His wait to lift an IPl crown finally over, Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Yuvraj Singh said he will place the trophy right on top in his cabinet along with the World Cup victories.
The 34-year-old from Punjab, who has been part of two World Cup-winning squads, had to wait for nine years to lay his hands on an IPl trophy and he described it an amazing feeling to finally win the championship.
"It is an amazing feeling to win an IPl Trophy. I have won the World Cups but never won an IPl trophy. I have been playing this tournament for eight years now but never won it. That moment has finally come," Yuvraj told iplt20.com website.
Yuvraj, who scored 38 in the final against RCB, said: "I had never tasted the sweetness of an IPl trophy and this is something really amazing. At the moment this trophy will go right on top in my cabinet. This one will go along with my World Cup victories."
Yuvraj was left nursing an injury that he sustained in April during India's match against Australia in the World T20 and was out of action for the early games of IPl. Once back in the team, the dashing batsman showed his prowess as he played some crucial knocks.
Yuvraj, who became the only player to win the Under-19 World Cup, 50-over World Cup, World Twenty20, Champions Trophy and the IPl, credited the camaraderie among the Sunrisers players for their maiden IPl trophy victory. "It is an exciting bunch of youngsters and we gelled together really well," he said. "We spent a lot of time together off the field which came in handy when the times were tough for the team. When we didn't quite qualify in the top two, we knew that if we played to our potential, we would make it to the final and win it. We got it the hard way."