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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar pleaded with fans not to crucify Yuvraj Singh for his lacklustre performance in the final of the World Twenty20 and warned against writing him off.

Tendulkar wrote on his Facebook page that Yuvraj, who took 21 balls for his 11 runs, had a tough day and should be criticised but should not be written off.

“It is the unpredictable nature of the game that makes cricket such an exciting sport. As cricketers, we always enjoy the applause when we succeed but it is the support and encouragement from fans during tough times that we appreciate the most,” said Tendulkar.What do you think?

Tendulkar reminded the fans when they took pride in Yuvraj’s scintillating performances in the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 50-over World Cup in 2011.

“All of us took pride in the heroics of Yuvi when we won the T20 World Cup in 2007 and his outstanding contribution in the ODI World Cup win in 2011 will always be cherished.

“Last evening, Yuvi had a tough day and he can be criticized. But he should not be crucified nor should he be written off,” he said.

Tendulkar said he admires Yuvraj’s indomitable spirit and hoped that the southpaw will bounce back strongly.

“I have been an admirer of Yuvi’s indomitable Spirit which has overcome many challenges, both on and off the field. Knowing Yuvi’s determination and ability to fight adversities, he will emerge stronger, proving his critics wrong, yet again.

“Yuvi, one off day cannot undermine your tremendous contribution in many sweet memories over the years. You may be down today but you are far from being out,” Tendulkar said.

Targeting the Congress on the 1984 Military raid on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev said the-then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, had faced the consequence of her actions.

He was addressing the media here during the Lok Sabha election campaign of Prem Singh Chandumajra, Akali-BJP candidate for the Anandpur Sahib seat.

"What Indira sowed, she reaped", he said, camparing her daughter-in-law and current Congress president, Sonia Gandhi to various she-demons. He referred to Sonia as "bimaar" (ill) and her son, Rahul Gandhi, as "nadaan" (Novice).

Going by the announcement already made in this regard, Kamaldeep Kaur, the sister of Balwant Singh Rajoana has filed her nomination papers from Patiala Lok Sabha seat as an independent on Thursday.

Rajoana is on death row in the assassination case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh and is at present lodged in Patiala Jail.

Kamaldeep Kaur is now all set to fight three-time Congress MP Preneet Kaur who is fighting to retain her seat for the fourth time. Kamaldeep would also be pitted against congressman turned Akali Deepinder Singh Dhillon. Another prominent contestant at Patiala is AAP candidate Dr. Dharamvir.

Talking to reporters after filling her papers, Kamaldeep Kaur claimed to have support of Sant Samaj. She said that her brother Balwant Singh Rajoana has written an open letter to all Sikhs as well as Sant Samaj asking them to treat her as his candidate and to extend their support to her.