Happy Birthday Yuvraj Singh: The Punjab cricketer retired earlier this year but he will remain one of the country's most-loved figures for his on-field heroics.

Yuvraj Singh, the 2011 World Cup champion in India, and perhaps one of the best winners in limited formats, turns 38 years old.

The famous cricketer and one of the country's biggest game winners, ended the 19-year race after making his first appearance at ICC KnockOut Trophy in Kenya and impressed in his first match against Australia, scoring 84 runs against Glen McGrath, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie.

Yuvraj Singh has over 10,000 international runs in over 400 appearances and has been India's favorite player on many occasions.

Yuvraj faced many ups and downs in his impressive career, but his ability to advance in major tournaments excels him. The elegant left handed player, starred in India's two biggest wins in the century title: World T20 in 2007 and World Cup in 2011.

Yuvraj will always be remembered for six sixes that that his smashed against Stuart Broad from England at the opening of the 2007 T20 World Championships in Durban.

It's a race that included more than 304 ODIs, 58 T20Is, and 40 tests, and Yuvraj imprinted his place as a star player in cricket. Yuvraj, who announced his retirement earlier this year, made his ODI debut in 2000 and went to play 304 games in which he scored 8,701 runs with 14 centuries and 52 half-centuries in his name.

Yuvraj celebrates his 38th birthday today, and twin World Cup-winning star got wishes from his fans on social media.

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