3 Indians who played for Yorkshire before Ruturaj Gaikwad

2. Yuvraj Singh

It had been more than a decade after Sachin played for Yorkshire that they proceeded to secure the all-round services of Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj was yet to make his Test debut for India by then. However, he had impressed the cricket fraternity with his dynamic prowess with bat and ball in the ODI format. Yuvraj scored 145 runs in 12 innings. He picked up three wickets in six innings at an economy rate of only 3.76.

Yuvraj scored 27 in the sole 50-over match he played for Yorkshire. He became the first Indian to score a fifty in the T20 format in 2003 with a 71 (37) against Leicestershire. Yuvraj struck at 143.92 and secured five wickets in as many games at an economy rate of 7.28. Yuvraj also took part in the National Cricket League Division One. He garnered 169 runs in eight games in the 45-over competition.