Yuvraj Singh meets children afflicted with cancer in Odisha


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  • Cricketer Yuvraj Singh met kids afflicted with cancer and autism at Mayfair Hotel.

Bhubaneswar, Odisha: Indian cricket player Yuvraj Singh on Friday brought smiles on the faces of some kids afflicted with cancer and autism as he met them at Mayfair Hotel in Bhubaneswar this morning.

Debashish Mohanty and Shiv Sundar Das, the two former international cricketers from Odisha, facilitated the meeting of the children with Yuvraj.

The children are undergoing treatment in a private hospital at Telengapentha in Cuttack.

The kids were enthralled after spending time with Yuvraj, who himself is a cancer survivor.

Notably, Yuvraj was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung in February 2012 following which he underwent chemotherapy treatment at the Cancer Research Institute in Boston as well as Medicine Facilities in Indianapolis, Indiana.

He was discharged from the hospital after the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April 2012.

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