Former Indian all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh had smashed the veteran English fast bowler, Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over on September 19, 2007, in a super-8 stage match of the inaugural T20 World Cup. 13 years have passed to the day and Yuvraj took to social media to recall “how time flies,” posting a picture from one of the sixes he hit off Broad in that decisive over.
Broad remembered the day, as well, as he commented: “Time flies less than the cricket ball that night.” The comment left the Indian southpaw in splits as he fondly recalled the game as “one night we all will never forget.”
Chris Gayle, another southpaw big-hitter, also commented and called Yuvraj’s feat “legendary” while Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj’s teammate from that match, went filmy in his appreciation. As the southpaw opener wrote: “Ye record mujhe de de Thakur (Give this record to me).”
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India locked horns with England in Durban and half-centuries by Gambhir and Virender Sehwag gave India the much-needed start.
Yuvraj came out to bat after the third wicket fell down and smashed a 21-year-old Broad for sixes off every ball of the 19th over. India registered a huge total of 218/4 in 20 overs and although England posted a strong reply, they eventually fell lost the game by a narrow margin of 18 runs.
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Yuvraj Singh’s innings was in a way a payback to England as Dimitri Mascarenhas had smashed the Indian all-rounder for five sixes in one over in the One-day International (ODI) series between the two teams that preceded the T20 World Cup. Yuvraj went on to play 58 Twenty20 internationals for India in which he had amassed 1,177 runs.
