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It was 17 years ago, when a tsunami of sixes hit the Durban ground in T-20 cricket. Former star all-rounder of the Indian team, Yuvraj Singh had created history in that match by hitting 6 consecutive sixes in a single over.
On 19 September 2007, UVA bowled England’s fast bowler Stuart Broad in an over in such a way that he would never be able to forget even if he wanted to. After achieving this feat in the match played against England, he was given the title of Sixer King.
This match was of T-20 World Cup 2007, where the young team India was playing on the field with the intention of winning. This was the 21st league match of the T20 World Cup between India and England, in which former Team India captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first.
After 18 overs, India’s score was 173 runs at the loss of 3 wickets and then Yuvraj Singh came into the field. By batting brilliantly, Yuvi achieved a feat which even he himself would not have thought of. How Yuvraj hit 6 consecutive sixes in 6 balls and the story behind his sixes, let us tell you through this article.
Actually, after winning the toss and batting first, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag started the innings of the Indian team. 2007 T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2007), in this India-England match, Gambhir faced 41 balls and played an innings of 58 runs, in which he hit 7 fours and 1 six. Meanwhile his strike rate was 141.
Virender Sehwag scored 68 runs in 52 balls, in which he hit 4 fours and 3 sixes. When India’s score was 155 runs, India lost its third wicket in the form of Robin Uthappa. India lost three wickets in three consecutive overs. Then MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh came to the crease. Yuvi looked aggressive as soon as he came on the field. He tried to understand the pitch by playing a dot on the first ball and then hit a four on the second ball.
In the next over, he hit two fours off Andrew Flintoff, which angered the English all-rounder. At the end of the over, Andrew even threatened to slit Yuvi’s throat. The dispute escalated so much that Yuvraj and Andrew clashed with each other and the umpire had to come to intervene.
Yuvraj Singh created history by hitting 6 sixes in 6 balls.
In the T20 World Cup 2007 match played between India and England, Yuvraj Singh created history by scoring a half-century in 12 balls against England. Yuvraj achieved an achievement not only in T20 International cricket but in any format of cricket.
This was the fastest half-century. Yuvraj scored a total of 58 runs in 16 balls which included 3 fours and 7 sixes. In that match, while chasing 219 runs, England could score only 200 runs and India won the match by 18 runs.
It is noteworthy that India won the title of the first season by defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final match of T20 World Cup 2007.