BANGALORE, March 7: Yuvraj Singh admitted on Monday that he’s thriving in his role as India’s World Cup terminator having made history with his five-wicket haul and half-century against Ireland.

“Finishing a game gives me a lot of confidence going into the next match,” Yuvraj said. “I’m just happy about how I am hitting the ball. My responsibility is to bat till the end whether we are batting first or chasing a target.

“I missed quite a bit of cricket over a year and a half due to injuries and now to come back and play my part in victories is very satisfying.

“Maybe I don’t have my 100 per cent strike-rate right now, but more than that I am helping to finish matches and that is important. Overall, it was a very good day for me.”

Yuvraj insisted India needed a batsman to stay till the end after Irish paceman Trent Johnston and left-arm spinner George Dockrell had taken two wickets apiece to put his side under pressure.

“When I got those five wickets I was as happy as I was when I scored my first  hundred.,” he stated.—AFP