<p>Yuvraj, who has been struggling to cement his place in the Test side, felt scoring a century and a fifty in the two games he played in Sri Lanka should have earned him a place in the two-match series against Australia.<br /><br />He had smashed 118 in the practice game before the first Test at Galle, where he made 52 in the first innings. “Selection is not in my hands. In Sri Lanka I played two games, in the first I scored a hundred and a fifty in the second. If that’s not good enough, I can’t say,” he told reporters here.<br /><br />“Of course it is a disappointment but disappointments have become part of my life. In the last two years, I have had a lot of injuries and struggled. It’s out of my hands,” he added. <br /><br />Yuvraj missed the second Test due to illness and was left out of the third Test as well after Suresh Raina scored a century on his debut in the second match. Asked about his fitness, the Punjab left-hander said, “It’s much better now. Sri Lanka tour was hard for me especially due to dengue and the neck injury. In the next few days I will be fitter.”<br /><br />Yuvraj lends a lot of solidity to the middle-order in the Indian ODI team but has never been a regular in the Test side.<br /><br />Asked why he was struggling in the longer format of the game, Yuvraj said he himself could not identify the shortcomings. “Not a great feeling. For the last seven years I have been trying to cement my place in the Test team but have not been able to do that. And that is a big disappointment. The reasons may be many. The first reason even I don’t know. Then I was injured and got ill.<br /><br />“The last two games, I am satisfied and then Raina scored a hundred and he got the chance to play the next match. These things are not under my control,” he said.</p>
<p>Yuvraj, who has been struggling to cement his place in the Test side, felt scoring a century and a fifty in the two games he played in Sri Lanka should have earned him a place in the two-match series against Australia.<br /><br />He had smashed 118 in the practice game before the first Test at Galle, where he made 52 in the first innings. “Selection is not in my hands. In Sri Lanka I played two games, in the first I scored a hundred and a fifty in the second. If that’s not good enough, I can’t say,” he told reporters here.<br /><br />“Of course it is a disappointment but disappointments have become part of my life. In the last two years, I have had a lot of injuries and struggled. It’s out of my hands,” he added. <br /><br />Yuvraj missed the second Test due to illness and was left out of the third Test as well after Suresh Raina scored a century on his debut in the second match. Asked about his fitness, the Punjab left-hander said, “It’s much better now. Sri Lanka tour was hard for me especially due to dengue and the neck injury. In the next few days I will be fitter.”<br /><br />Yuvraj lends a lot of solidity to the middle-order in the Indian ODI team but has never been a regular in the Test side.<br /><br />Asked why he was struggling in the longer format of the game, Yuvraj said he himself could not identify the shortcomings. “Not a great feeling. For the last seven years I have been trying to cement my place in the Test team but have not been able to do that. And that is a big disappointment. The reasons may be many. The first reason even I don’t know. Then I was injured and got ill.<br /><br />“The last two games, I am satisfied and then Raina scored a hundred and he got the chance to play the next match. These things are not under my control,” he said.</p>