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This is an archive article published on January 1, 2011

Yuvraj in British newspaper8217;s 8216;top 10 egos8217;

He was described as a talented cricketer whose ego has been inflated by the moolah from the IPL.

Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh finds himself in a rather unflattering list with a British newspaper naming him as one of the 8216;top 10 sporting egos8217; of recent times.

Yuvraj,who has failed to find a place in India8217;s Test squad for some time,was described as a talented cricketer whose ego has been inflated by the moolah from the Indian Premier League.

8220;The Twitter biography says it all,really: 8216;Cricketer,Celebrity,Entrepreneur,budding Philanthropist aka Yuvi8217;,8221; 8216;Daily Telegraph8217; said.

8220;Wonderfully talented teenager got lost in the 8216;tamasha8217; which accompanied the Indian Premier League. Ego,bank balance and waistline have all swollen in recent years,but his performances have deserted him. Lost his rag completely last summer when,as India8217;s 12th man in Colombo,Sri Lankan fans mocked him as 8216;waterboy8217;,8221; the newspaper said.

Yuvraj has a fellow cricketer for company in former England captain Kevin Pietersen who yesterday claimed that his selfless resignation from skipper8217;s job was the reason for England8217;s Ashes victory.

8220;Switch hits and tattoos,Lamborghinis and Liberty-X 8212; Kevin Pietersen is a very different type of English cricketer.

8216;The walking ego8217; is how Shane Warne described Pietersen earlier this winter.

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8220;There8217;s no doubt that Pietersen8217;s flamboyance and arrogance have contributed to his downfall on a number of occasions,most notably when he reaches 94 and starts looking for the photographers,8221; the newspaper said.

Others in the list include boxing legend Muhammad Ali,current Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho,basketball great Michael Jordan and golf legend Nick Faldo.

 

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