Yuvraj Singh smashing Stuart Broad for 6 sixes in an over during the triumphant 2007 T20 World Cup campaign still feels like yesterday as every India fan has the fondest memory of it.
When the southpaw was going berserk in the penultimate over of India’s innings, former skipper MS Dhoni had the best seat in the house to witness history as he was standing at the non-striker’s end.
Recalling his momentous feat, Yuvraj recently revealed how then captain Dhoni felt standing at the non-striker’s end.
“I think MS was very happy. If you’re the captain and the other guy is just hitting six after six, you’re just happy that the score is increasing and it was a must-win game,” Yuvraj told Gaurav Kapur in the ’22 Yarns’ podcast.
In that game, Yuvraj had also blasted fastest T20I fifty off just 12 balls. Thanks to his 16-ball 58, India had defeated England by 18 runs in Durban and stayed alive in the tournament.
"I remember I hit two good boundaries off Flintoff which he obviously didn't like. He said something to me and I said something back. It was quite a serious fight at that time. The umpires also came in. I just felt like I wanted to hit every ball out of the park," the left-hander revealed.
Yuvraj, whose knock was laced with 3 fours and 7 sixes, further explained how he prepared himself for fuller lengths delivery after hitting Broad for a couple of sixes at the start of the 19th over.
"Luckily, the first ball I hit (off Broad) went out of the park. The second ball I hit, went into the crowd. The third ball I hit over point, where I hadn't even hit a boundary in my career. Collingwood came and told Broad to keep bowling yorkers to me outside off-stump because the off-side was big.
"But Broad thought of bowling into my legs. So when he decided to do that, I knew he was in trouble. The fifth ball hit the toe of my bat, it was a small boundary that went over Flintoff. Sixth ball I knew he has to bowl a yorker. So I was ready to hit it straight and it was in my arc,” said Yuvraj.
“My first look was to Flintoff, giving him a cheeky smile. My second look was to Dimitri Mascarenhas sort of telling him that the scores are settled and then obviously I did a fist pump with Dhoni. It actually didn’t register to me that I had hit six sixes. For me, it was all about settling the scores with England."
