NEW DELHI: Cricket star Yuvraj Singh will campaign for BJP in Haryana for the assembly election in the state, according to TV reports.The cricketer had a meeting with BJP president Amit Shah on Friday.The Election Commission has announced the dates of the assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra on Friday, and the two states will go to the polls on October 15.Yuvraj Singh, who is from Chandigarh, is a popular sportsman in the state. The BJP hopes to defeat the ruling Congress led by its two-time chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. In this year's Lok Sabha election, the BJP had won 9 out of 10 parliamentary seats.The assembly election for the Haryana will be held on October 15 and the results will be declared on October 19.Yuvraj Singh during an IPL match in Pune. (TOI file photo by Santosh Bane)