{"id":142869,"date":"2024-09-27T01:58:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T01:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/yuvraj-singh-reveals-hilarious-untold-story-from-2007-08-border-gavaskar-series-i-had-to-wear-actress-girlfriends-pink-slip-ons-off-the-field-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T01:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T01:58:07","slug":"yuvraj-singh-reveals-hilarious-untold-story-from-2007-08-border-gavaskar-series-i-had-to-wear-actress-girlfriends-pink-slip-ons-off-the-field-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/27\/yuvraj-singh-reveals-hilarious-untold-story-from-2007-08-border-gavaskar-series-i-had-to-wear-actress-girlfriends-pink-slip-ons-off-the-field-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuvraj Singh reveals hilarious &#8216;untold&#8217; story from 2007\/08 Border-Gavaskar series: &#8216;I had to wear actress girlfriend&#8217;s pink slip-ons&#8230;&#8217; | Off the field News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-113689046,imgsize-24054,width-400,resizemode-4\/113689046.jpg?fit=400,225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Yuvraj Singh reveals hilarious &#8216;untold&#8217; story from 2007\/08 Border-Gavaskar series: &#8216;I had to wear actress girlfriend&#8217;s pink slip-ons&#8230;&#8217; | Off the field News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Yuvraj Singh reveals hilarious &#8216;untold&#8217; story from 2007\/08 Border-Gavaskar series: &#8216;I had to wear actress girlfriend&#8217;s pink slip-ons&#8230;&#8217; | Off the field News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Former India all-rounder <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/yuvraj-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">Yuvraj Singh<\/a> shared a personal story from the 2007\/08 <!-- -->Border-Gavaskar series<!-- -->, providing a unique perspective on the series infamous for the &#8216;<!-- -->Monkeygate<!-- -->&#8216; scandal.<br \/>Speaking on the <!-- -->Club Prairie Fire podcast<!-- -->, Yuvraj revealed he was dating an actress who was in Australia for work during that time. &#8220;I was dating an actress, I won&#8217;t take her name.(She is) very good at the moment and very experienced. She was shooting in Adelaide,&#8221; Yuvraj said.<br \/>Yuvraj asked her not to meet him as he wanted to concentrate on the crucial series. However, she followed him to Canberra.&#8221;I told her, &#8216;Listen, let&#8217;s not meet for a bit because I&#8217;m on the Australia tour and need to focus.\u2019 She actually followed me to Canberra on the bus. In two Tests, I didn&#8217;t get many runs. And I was like, &#8216;what are you doing here?&#8217; And she was like, &#8216;I want to spend time with you&#8217;,&#8221; Yuvraj recalled.<br \/>The story took a funny twist when Yuvraj mentioned how she packed his suitcase, leaving him with only her pink slip-ons.<br \/>&#8220;In the morning, I was like &#8216;where are my shoes? She said, &#8216;I packed them.\u2019 I asked, &#8216;How would I go on the bus\u2019? And she said, &#8216;Wear mine,'&#8221; he explained.<br \/>Yuvraj was forced to wear the pink slip-ons, and his teammates clapped for him as he tried to hide them.<br \/>&#8220;I had to wear pink slip-ons to the airport until I bought flip-flops there,&#8221; Yuvraj added, amusing his audience.<br \/>Yuvraj&#8217;s revelation about his past girlfriend will surely raise the curiosity of the cricket fans, even though the World Cup-winner decided not to reveal the name of the actress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW\">\n<p class=\"efT4r\">Yuvraj Singh becomes a Life-Time Member of Club Prairie Fire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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