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India's World Cup star Yuvraj Singh will recover from a cancerous tumor, doctors said on Monday, as politicians, sports officials and his teammates gathered around Ailing versatile. Yuvraj is ongoing chemotherapy treatment in the United States for a rare condition, mediastinal seminoma, a malignant tumor located between the lungs.
Fans of Yuvraj singh hold up his portrait during a candlelight prayer meeting in Ahmedabad

Nitesh Rohatgi, a senior oncologist Delhi, which has to treat leg cricketer 30-year-old, Yuvraj said he was confident will recover from the disease. "It is curable with the help of therapy and not inconvenient Yuvraj career in the long term," Rohatgi, medical oncology or a consultant in a hospital in New Delhi, told reporters.

"I must stress that it is not lung cancer. It is located between the two lungs instead of the Lungs. It is a strange disease, but something that all can be cured. I am confident he will be healed and return to cricket as before , "Rohatgi said, adding that Yuvraj will be able to start training active in May.

Yuvraj will begin on the third Wednesday of one week or nine weeks of chemotherapy treatment in the United States and will be able to do light training as it improves, the doctor said.

Support for Yuvraj, who was named man of the tournament after the triumph of the World Cup in India in April last year, poured in from colleagues, officials and politicians across the country.

"Yuvraj wish a speedy recovery! Asking employees to find the quantum and nature of help needed. Government should and will help you," Do Indian Sports Minister Ajay wrote on Twitter.

India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh wrote in the micro-blogging site that "you are dealing with Yuvraj, we need to support him, leave him alone and allow him to recover soon."

"He is a born fighter. I ask the media to respect the privacy Yuvraj and allow it to concentrate on his recovery. He'll be back with a bang," said Harbhajan.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said he did not know about the disease that he had no contact with Yuvraj's leg, but he told the Press Trust of India news agency. "It is a pleasure to have in hand"

Southpaw Yuvraj had a dream run at the World Cup, scoring 362 runs batting with his aggressive and grabbing 15 wickets with his spin bowling Disciplined in nine games.

But his family said in November that the leg fighting handyman had a golfball-sized tumor from non-malignant lung that affected him constantly the first tournament. Yuvraj not played competitive cricket since the month, when he fired the two or three tests at home against West Indies.

Vijay Mallya, owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) side Royal Challengers Bangalore, said he was "devastated" by the news, while Rohan Bopanna Indian Davis Cupper said that "all our prayers and good wishes are with him."

"Here's wishing Yuvraj Singh a rapid and complete recovery. On a good day, there are few players more exciting cricket than him," Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said.

Political and cricket crazy ex-diplomat Shashi Tharoor tweeted, "Yuvraj, you're a brave man and a hero to millions You will beat this disease We're all praying for you to be the Man of the Match God bless you ...."

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), also wished a speedy recovery Yuvraj. Yuvraj scored 8051 runs in 274 one-dayers and 1775 runs in 37 tests since his international debut in 2000.

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