Yuvraj Singh's Cricket (Xbox 360 Review)

Navneet Prakash, May 05, 2007 1635 hrs IST

Does the Indian exit from the WC make you want to teach 'them' some cricket maneuvers? Now you can try your hand at that virtually.

Expert Rating:

Good cricketing action, Best looking cricket game till date, Official licensed players and teams.

Buggy, Loses its charm very soon, Repetitive presentation.

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EXPERT REVIEW

A majority of us (read men) love sports and can't do without our daily dose of it in some form. Most of us Indians follow several sports, but worship only two: Female Beach Volley Ball and Cricket. I will concentrate on the latter today, as that is what this article is all about.

Cricket is the definition of passion, a religion to some, a lifeline; it is just too good to be true. But these days all Indian Cricket fans are sulking, we are unhappy as our team didn't do well in the World Cup, well they need to stick around a bit to even try! Millions of cricket fans were in shock, in pain after India's early exit. We wait 4 years for the World Cup, and there our dreams went shattered. However, life goes on and you need to find alternatives to keep your spirits high. And if you are an avid gamer, here is some news for you. Codemasters studios have been brave enough to release a cricket game called Yuvraj Singh's Cricket. A game that released in better times may have grabbed more attention. Anyway, let us see what the game has to offer.

Bad Timing

As I said before, this isn't the best time to release a game based on cricket, especially in a nation that is still scarred by its early exit from the World Cup. Cricket games have always been low budget which are released in select nations. A major reason for that has to be the fact that Cricket is not as popular as Football or Motor sports in the international bazaar. So cricket games are always buggy and irritating. Codemasters Brian Lara's Cricket did score with gamers worldwide and it's back this time in India under a different brand name. Yes, this is the same game with a different title, internationally it is called Brain Lara's Cricket.

So let's talk about the gameplay. Is this game the best cricket game ever? I would have to say Yes and No. Yes because I don't remember any other game doing so much justice to the game and No because it's still not perfect. There are more than a few notable features, but then there are the same number of flaws. Now let us see the game in detail.

USER COMMENTS

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by yogesh, new delhi, on Mar 02, 2009 11:44 AM, Report abuse Reply

is this game come in ps2

by sunil, Georgetown, on Jan 20, 2009 12:50 AM, Report abuse Reply

I WILL LIKE TO PLAY THIS GAME

by aasif, islamabad, on May 27, 2008 07:02 PM, Report abuse Reply

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by aasif, islamabad, on May 27, 2008 07:01 PM, Report abuse Reply

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by aasif, islamabad, on May 27, 2008 06:58 PM, Report abuse Reply

I like Yuvraj Singh & Virender Sehwag

by Jarnail Singh B, Patiala, on Jan 31, 2008 04:59 PM, Report abuse Reply

please this game want on online game

by jarnail singh, patiala, on Feb 07, 2008 03:32 PM, Report abuse

this games cds are available in pc audition so please do for me this .

by alankar, mumbai, on May 26, 2007 09:44 AM, Report abuse Reply

if any one hav this game in pc edition then e-mail me

by karann, -, on Nov 02, 2007 09:22 AM, Report abuse

I WILL LIKE TO PLAY THIS GAME

by margish joshi, ahmedabad, on Oct 30, 2007 12:55 PM, Report abuse Reply

i will like to play this game

by preetpal singh, ferozpur, on Oct 12, 2007 10:29 AM, Report abuse Reply

its nice

by mathirooban, noisy le grand, on Aug 24, 2007 11:41 PM, Report abuse Reply

The game is buggy sometimes irritating, when you field, the wicketpicker idiot and all fielders will always drop catches, when you throw at the wicketkeepers end that idiot will always fail to collect the ball and the batsmen will reach comfortably for the 3rd of 4th run. Apart from this buggy thing the game is cool

by Robert, Chennai, on May 06, 2007 02:10 PM, Report abuse Reply

It has to be buggy as our Indian Cricket team ;-) Players must drop catches!

by Shailendra, Panvel, on May 07, 2007 09:39 AM, Report abuse

the game's not buggy fielding and catching are controlled by player check fielding tutorial

by Manoj, Bongaigaon, on May 08, 2007 08:43 PM, Report abuse

Yes you are right, fielding can be controlled most of the time, Im playing this on PS2 and to take a catch its very very irritating, the progressbar (or whatever) runs quickly before i can press the X button, out of 10 times one can hardly be successful 5 times.

by Robert, Chennai, on Jul 15, 2007 12:57 PM, Report abuse

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by xbox, xbox, on Jul 05, 2007 01:40 AM, Report abuse Reply

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by zameer, muscat, on Jun 25, 2007 12:07 PM, Report abuse Reply

i want this game in pc audition

by alankar, mumbai, on May 31, 2007 03:23 PM, Report abuse Reply

sir. plase sir play the cricket game

by Ravinder, new delhi, on May 26, 2007 08:50 AM, Report abuse Reply

dear sir. i am cricket man but oneting plese the cricket game

by Ravinder, new delhi, on May 26, 2007 08:45 AM, Report abuse Reply

i want to play this now and i also so to my all frend too play this game now

by saqib, karachi, on May 21, 2007 10:31 AM, Report abuse Reply

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by Yuwraj, Nasik, on May 18, 2007 10:22 AM, Report abuse Reply

TO PLAY

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by xbox, mumbai, on May 12, 2007 11:16 AM, Report abuse Reply

good game

by vijay, hyderabad, on May 10, 2007 09:10 PM, Report abuse Reply

good

by charles, chennai, on May 10, 2007 08:39 PM, Report abuse Reply

Navneet, you've done it again! You moron, At least name the game correcty! It's not called Yuvraj Singh's Cricket, it's called Yuvraj Singh International Cricket 2007. You're completely useless; you should change professions. Try being a janitor perhaps? That seems more up your alley. You write like a mentally handicapped two year only on opium.

by Dj d0rk, Mumbai, on May 08, 2007 02:39 PM, Report abuse Reply

TTHE MOST EXITING AND INTERESTING GAME

by MANISH, CHENNAI, on May 07, 2007 08:57 PM, Report abuse Reply

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by mohit, agra, on May 07, 2007 02:40 PM, Report abuse

it is very nice...........

by nitin agarwal, agra, on May 07, 2007 02:37 PM, Report abuse Reply

it has good graphics.

by rajinder, chandigarh, on May 07, 2007 12:52 PM, Report abuse Reply

Brian Lara Cricket dominates over EA Sports over Gameplay. I have played both on PS2 i find Brian lara lot better, coz whenever i want to play cricket i feel brian is the best.

by Robert, Chennai, on May 06, 2007 02:06 PM, Report abuse Reply

I have both the consoles Xbox 360 and PS2. Played both games Yuvraj Singh on 360 and EA Cricket 2007 on PS2. Surprisingly, I find PS2 game EA Cricket 2007 much better and playable. If some one asks me which console cricket game is best, I would definitely recommend PS2 EA Cricket 2007.

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by KAUSTUBH, HYDERABAD, on May 06, 2007 08:22 AM, Report abuse Reply

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by badra, hyderabad, on May 06, 2007 12:14 AM, Report abuse Reply

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by badra, hyderabad, on May 06, 2007 12:11 AM, Report abuse Reply