Ace Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who had been suffering from cancer has finally spoken to the media about his ordeal when he first found out that he had the disease and also stated that if it hadn’t been for the support of cycling great and record seven time champion at the Tour de France Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor himself, it wouldn’t have been possible. Yuvraj was diagnosed with a tumor in his liver while playing for the Indian Cricket Team at ICC Cricket World Cup in the subcontinent and still put up stellar performances to lead his country to the trophy in which he was named the most valuable player of the tournament.

It was only after he withdrew from the Test series against West Indies that the whole country came to be aware of his curious case and that he had been suffering from cancer. Yuvraj underwent surgery in the United States of America and while he was recuperating, the former cycling legend Lance Armstrong was in regular contact with him, cheering him up via messages on the social networking site Twitter and phone calls as well and helped him a lot with stories of his own battle against cancer.

Armstrong, the winner of the most famous and prestigious Grand Tour a record seven consecutive times was diagnosed with testicular cancer when he was just starting to make a name for himself in the circuit and it was a devastating blow for him as well but he managed to overcome the odds, not only in beating cancer but in becoming a cycling legend as well and it was these stories of Lance Armstrong that inspired the Indian cricketer very much during his recuperation in the United States and he has thanked him for his support during this difficult time.