John Hastings reveals what happened in Yuvraj Singh’s room during 2011 World Cup which turned party ‘dead quiet’

Former Australian cricketer John Hastings recalled a cheeky anecdote from the 2011 World Cup, which India went on to win by defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Hastings spoke about attending a party hosted by Indian veteran Yuvraj Singh, where he accidentally broke a table, causing a moment of complete silence. However, he revealed how he promptly went to reception and sorted out the issue.

The 39-year-old played 29 ODIs, a few T20Is, and only one Test in his career. Hastings admitted that he knocked a laptop and phone off a ledge, leaving everyone around in stunned silence.

“It was one of those ones where we’d obviously had a few and I think you know we’d obviously been invited up to Yuvi’s (Yuvraj Singh) room and walked in and there was a suite. It was massive. It was as big as my house over here. And I remember looking around, I just jeez there’s so many people in here,” said Hastings, speaking on LiSTNR Sport.

“What’s going on with this music? So, I was fiddling around with the laptop trying to get some of my playlist on and I sat on the edge of this… There was a ledge that had a phone on there. There was a laptop, I sat on it and boom off it came down on the floor and I just remember everyone just stopped and looked and went silent, dead quiet, pin could drop,” he added.

Hastings admitted that he calmly reported the phone damage to reception and ensured no issues remained.

“I just went, ‘What am I going to do here? I’m a young kid.’ It’s Yuvraj Singh’s room. There are so many people here. There’s probably Bollywood celebrities everywhere, and I just went, ‘Right, stay calm,’ and I went to the phone, which was already out off the wall, and I’d seen the cord being ripped out of the wall. So, I just thought, I’ll just make sure that I’ve made this right. And there was no one at the end of the line. So, I picked up the phone. I said, ‘Reception,’ yep. John Hastings, I just want to make sure that there’s a bit of damage in Mr. Singh’s room. I’ll make sure I fix it up. I’m in the room such and such. And everyone was like, ‘Well done, mate. That’s brilliant.’ And everyone just kicked on, played on,” Hastings said.

“I actually went down to reception to make sure that I could rectify the situation, but there was never another word. So, happy days. I didn’t have to pay for any damage and we had a really good night,” he concluded.