On this day, 19 September 2007, the world witnessed a rare sight – a batsman hitting six sixes in an over. Cricket Lovers watch Yuvraj Singh smash six sixes in Stuart Broad’s over in the inaugural T20I World Cup in South Africa. It is a moment that will never be forgotten and will always be remembered whenever Yuvraj’s cricket career is mentioned.
In the 2007 T20I World Cup Group E clash between India and England, Yuvraj not only did the unthinkable by hitting six sixes but also scoring the fastest fifty in T20I cricket, which is still unbroken.
The rivalry between India and England has always been special and whenever both the sides lock horns, be it tour or series or tournaments, the cricketing stalwarts put on their best as there is more than just pride at stake.
India won the toss and elected to bat against England in Durban. Given that this was the first T20I World Cup being played, the onus was on the batsmen to score runs on the board. Openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag put on a scintillating 136-run partnership before giving England a breakthrough in the 14th over by dismissing Sehwag for 68. Gambhir also played a brilliant innings scoring 58 runs, putting India in a comfortable position.
India were 144/2 in 15.3 overs after Gambhir departed and Robin Uthappa managed to score 6 runs before being removed. Then came Yuvraj and what happened after that was a pure shock. Before launching the attack, Yuvraj uttered a ‘not so healthy word’ with Andrew Flintoff, which led the umpires to intervene at that time.
The conversation enraged Yuvraj, which resulted in the Punjab batsman hitting Stuart Broad for six sixes and a record 12-ball half-century in the shortest format of the game. Yuvraj’s carnage helped India post a mammoth total of 218/4 in 20 overs.
England did all that in the chase with Vikram Solanki, Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood putting up their best performances with the bat, but India had other plans as the Men in Blue restricted England to 200/6 in 20 overs, from 18 won the struggle. Run.
At that time, Yuvraj became the first Indian and second cricketer after Herschelle Gibbs to hit six sixes in international cricket. Yuvraj had a phenomenal tournament as the batting all-rounder was instrumental in India’s success to lift the T20I World Cup in 2007. He scored 362 runs and claimed 15 wickets in the tournament.
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