Their excitement knows no bounds. The day India won the World Cup, they danced, bursted firecrackers and raised toast in honour of one of their own who had played a pivotal role in winning the cup for the country after a gap of 28 years.
An ancestral Haveli of Yuvraj singh in Kanech village nr.Ludhiana.
The man, who has brought glory to this otherwise sleepy village, is Yuvraj Singh, who won the man of the tournament award owing to his rocking performance at the world cup. The village is basking in its new-found glory.
“The World Cup semifinal and then the final was a big event for all of us because our son was seen in action,” said Rajpal Singh Bhandal, a relative of Yuvraj Singh. “We relished every moment of the semifinal and the final, but the ultimate moment came when Yuvraj was declared ‘Man of the Tournament’. We all felt on the top of the world,” Rajpal said. He has made arrangement for a wet party at his home to celebrate the occasion.
Though villagers are proud of Yuvraj Singh, but no one remembers when was the last time the cricketer had visited his ancestral village, where his grandfather’s haveli still stands. “His father, Yograj Singh, often comes to the village, but Yuvraj has not come here as far I remember,” said a villager.
“This time we believe that Yograj will bring Yuvraj to the village. We want to meet him and honour him,” said Rajpal Singh.
The village has many NRIs. With their efforts, a project worth Rs 2.78 crore has been initiated to lay new water supply and sewer system in the village. Of the total amount, Rs 72 lakh will be contributed by the village and remaining amount will be paid by the government.
“We are facing no dearth of money. About 70 per cent work of laying water supply system has been completed. After it, the work to lay sewer line would be taken up,” said Rajpal Singh, who has come from Canada to help in the execution of the project.
