HE'S known to give one-line answers. And considering that cricketer Yuvraj Singh has just landed from New Zealand this morning, chances seem bleak. Turns out, he's in a good mood but his answers remain to the point.
He cheers up when children come to meet him at his room. "Come, come in," he says, hugging the girls and saying 'hello' to the boys. He even jumps up on the couch to pose for photographs, almost falling once amidst laughter.

Yuvraj is in town to promote merchandises under brand Yuvi, which has caricatures of him in his last year's six sixes glory at the Twenty20. An initiative of actor Dino Morea and Malay Parekh, who hails from the Pidilite family, the merchandising company is called Cool Maal.

Your association with Cool Maal sounds interesting.
Well, I'm a big football fan. Whenever I go to England, I buy something... perhaps a T-shirt of Manchester United. If there's a sportsperson you like, you pick up his stuff. And the player, in turn, comes closer to his fans.u00a0

So how cool are you?
(Emphasises) I... am... not so cool (laughs). I am trying to be. With Cool Maal, I could get cool pretty soon.