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Cricket is called a game of uncertainties because it is very difficult to predict what will happen. When the T20 World Cup was played for the first time in 2007, no one thought of the Indian team as a strong contender. Under the leadership of Dhoni, the young Indian team proved everyone wrong and lifted the first T20 World Cup trophy. Apart from India's victory over Pakistan in the final of this tournament, one more memorable moment for cricket fans was Yuvraj Singh hitting 6 consecutive sixes in one over off England fast bowler Stuart Broad, who has completed 16 years today.
There was a brawl between Yuvraj and Andrew Flintoff in the field
Yuvraj Singhbi is counted as a match winner in world cricket. An example of which was seen in the first T20 World Cup. Batting first in this match against England, the Indian team made 155 runs at the loss of 3 wickets by the 17th over. Then Dhoni and Yuvraj were playing when Andrew Flintoff came in to bowl the 18th over from England. Flintoff gave away 12 runs in his over but after completing his over he clashed with Yuvraj Singh and the two had a brawl on the field.
England gave Stuart Broad the responsibility of the 19th over of the innings
Little did Flintoff imagine at the time how costly this clash with Yuvraj would be for his team. England gave the responsibility of the 19th over of the innings to the young fast bowler Stuart Broad. On the first ball of this over, Yuvraj hit a six towards midwicket. In the second ball, Skewer hit a six by flicking it towards leg while in the third ball he hit a six on the off side. A six off the first three balls of the over put Stewart under pressure. Due to which he bowled a fourth ball full toss which Yuvraj easily hit for a six. Now all the eyes of the people sitting in the stadium were on the fifth ball and Yuvraj hit that six towards midwicket.
A record of hitting 6 sixes in 6 balls
On the last ball, most of the players sitting in the dug out of the Indian team stood up and were eagerly waiting to see if Yuvraj would succeed in hitting 6 sixes in a row today. Yuvraj hit the last ball of Broad's over towards wide mid-on for a six as soon as he hit the record of 6 sixes in 6 balls. Along with this, he scored a fifty in just 12 balls which is still a world record for the fastest to reach this figure in any format in international cricket. Based on Yuvraj's innings of 58 runs in 16 balls, India could score 218 runs in 20 overs. The Indian team won this match by 18 runs.
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