An interesting moment occurred during the clash between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. During the 14th over of Mumbai’s batting, veteran batsman Yuvraj Singh smashed three sixes in a row on leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s bowling. The vintage Yuvi looked set to make it six out of six but he was caught at long off the very next ball.
Chahal, speaking about the same incident, admitted that he was feeling like Stuart Broad when he received that pelting from the star batsman. Yuvi hit six sixes to Broad during a clash between India and England in the T20 World Cup 2007 in South Africa.
Watch – Yuvi sends Chahal for three consecutive sixes
“When he (Yuvraj) hit three sixes, I felt like Stuart Broad,” said Chahal.
The leg-spinner dismissed Yuvi the next ball, which was sailing over the long off but Mohammad Siraj completed a superb catch and sent Yuvraj back. He scored a quickfire 23 runs off 12 balls.
“You know he is a legend batsman and I backed myself. I had to bowl a bit up, might be a chance to get him out because it is a smaller ground. So that time, I thought of bowling my best delivery and he got sixes. That you cannot help and hence I bowled a wider googly,” he told reporters in post-match session.
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Speaking about the wicket, Chahal said since it was good for batting, he varied his pace, especially for the big-hitting Kieron Pollard. “The wicket was not turning. It was good for batting. So, the plan was to vary my pace, like bowling slower ones and sometimes sliders too,” he said.
Mumbai won the thrilling game by just six runs on the last ball of the game. RCB was in hunt of the target throughout their chase. But failed to give it a final touch and fell just short. AB de Villiers scored an unbeaten 70 runs off 41 balls. Earlier, Mumbai scored a mammoth total of 187/8 in 20 overs.
