Cricket fans could soon see former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh back on the field, at least in Twenty20 cricket for Punjab, when the domestic season starts, reported Cricbuzz.

Yuvraj has been working with the young Punjab quartet of Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh and Anmolpreet Singh at the PCA Stadium in Mohali for the last few months. In a recent interview with Cricbuzz, he said, “I enjoyed spending time with these youngsters, and talking to them about various aspects of the game, I realised that they were able to pick up various things that I was telling them.”

According to him, while training the youngsters, he rediscovered himself in the nets. He said, “I had to get into the nets to show them a few other elements, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well I was hitting the ball even though I hadn’t held a bat for a really long time.”

After he started the off-season camp, Secretary of the Punjab Cricket Association, Puneet Bali approached him after a session and asked him to reconsider retirement. Yuvraj said, “Initially, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to take up the offer. I was done with domestic cricket, though I did want to continue to play in other domestic franchise-based leagues worldwide if I got permission from the BCCI. But I also couldn’t ignore Mr Bali’s request. I gave it a lot of thought, for nearly three or four weeks, and it was almost as if I didn’t even have to make a conscious decision in the end.”

Last week,  Yuvraj mailed a letter to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah, seeking their permission to come out of retirement. 

He said, “As things stand now, I will be playing only T20s if I get the nod.”