Yuvraj Singh hits a six off Stuart Broad in that 2007 World T20 Championship match against England
Dubai - Yuvraj played his most famous innings in the 2007 World Cup
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Published: Mon 19 Sep 2016, 5:11 PM
Last updated: Mon 19 Sep 2016, 7:31 PM
Yuvraj Singh has given plenty of unforgettable moments to cricket fans all over the world. But his one achievement that fans will never forget is the six sixes he famously in a Stuart Broad over. It was nine years ago today that the flamboyant left-hander put the English fast bowler to the sword. Of course, the Indian fans will never forget that match. It was in that group stage match of the T20 World Championship against England at Kingsmead Durban. The MS Dhoni-led team were sitting pretty at 171 for three after 18 overs. That was after Virender Sehwag (68) and Gautam Gambhir (58) had hit fine half centuries to give the team a solid start. Yuvraj's mayhem started in the 18th over of the match when India were looking to reach the 200-mark. Not many people know that just before the start of that Broad over, Andrew Flintoff tried to unsettle Yuvraj (who was batting on 14) with some nasty words. An agitated Yuvraj hit back and even charged towards the England all-rounder but the umpire held him back. Yuvraj later admitted that incident fired him up. "Oppositions do have words with each other; it's part of the game. Outside we're good friends, but in the game, it's competitive. I just wanted to give it back with the bat," Yuvraj said after the match.
Little did Broad know that Yuvraj would hit back with such venom. The first ball was hit over the mid-wicket boundary, the second was flicked nonchalantly over square leg boundary, the third was ferociously hit over the extra cover boundary and the fourth, a full toss, was hit over backward point. When a nervous Broad came to bowl the fifth, Yuvraj was in the zone and hit him again over the mid wicket. And when the final one received the same treatment in the same area (mid wicket), the crowd simply went berserk. "It was the best striking I've ever seen," England captain Paul Collingwood later admitted. Yuvraj went on to complete a 12-ball half-century as India (218/4) recorded an 18-run win over England (200/6). Remarkably, it was only a couple of weeks before that game that Yuvraj himself was hit for five consecutive sixes by England all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas in a one-day match at the Oval in London. "It's a horrible feeling," admitted Yuvraj. "I'm not even a bowler and Stuart Broad is obviously one of their main bowlers and I feel sorry for him because I had a horrible day. Personally it's a great feeling. To hit six sixes off a main bowler is great and I thank God. "When I got hit for five sixes I got so many phone calls. Nobody called me when I used to get a hundred and I got a load of them making fun of me so I thought that wasn't right and I wanted to give it back." India, of course, went on to win the tournament with a famous last-over win over bitter rivals Pakistan in the final.
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