The inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 is something that India will never forget. The Men in Blue were crowned the champions in a thrilling final against Pakistan, overpowering them by 5 runs.
But today we are looking back into a fiery incident that happened in the same tournament, a few matches before. It was when India met England, and whoever came to Durban to watch that match had a feast of cricket gifted by Yuvraj Singh. If you are a cricket fan, you might have got it already.
Yuvraj Singh Recalls Smashing 6 Sixes
Yuvraj Singh smashed the young Stuart Broad for 6 sixes in his over after having been subjected to sledging by England’s Andrew Flintoff in the over before. Though Flintoff was the man who unleashed the fired-up man in Yuvraj, that heat was felt by Stuart Broad, who came to bowl in the over adjacent to his. Yuvraj remembers that on the Club Prairie Podcast.
“Freddie (Flintoff) bowled two good balls – a length ball that didn’t hit the middle of my bat but went for a boundary, then he bowled a really good yorker that I was able to hit over point. I took a single off the last ball, and he went after me, saying, ‘Shit shots,’ and I was like, ‘I am sorry,’ and he repeated that again in my face. I walked towards him, and he kind of spat at me.”
“I said, ‘Do you see this bat in my hand? Do you know where it’s going to go?’ It went worse after that, and that’s when the umpire came in, and when I hit Freddie for one six, I enjoyed that more than the six sixes.”
Yuvraj went on to score a half-century in just 12 balls. With the help of that, India, which was once at 155/3 in the 17th over, finished the innings, winning the match by 18 runs.
For Yuvraj was also revenge against England’s Dimitri Mascarenhas, who had hit 5 sixes off his over in an ODI match before.
“I remember I got hit for five sixes against Dimitri (Mascarenhas) in one of the one-day games. I don’t know why Rahul Dravid gave me the last over to bowl because all our fast bowlers were getting thumped at the Oval. I bowled the 48th over for two runs, and he gave me the 50th over, and Dimitri hit me for five sixes. And when I hit the fifth six, Dimitri was at deep mid-wicket, and I looked at him and smiled, and I was like, ‘That’s equal now, and the last one is for me’,” said Yuvraj.
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