Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh will definitely characteristic among the many prime 10 cricketers who entertained spectators like by no means earlier than, and the massive pictures off his bat at all times ensured that the followers’ cash was nicely spent.
Throughout one such event in 2007, which discovered its method into historical past books as ‘6 sixes in an over’, Yuvraj smashed England’s Stuart Broad out of the park in Durban throughout India’s match in opposition to England within the inaugural T20 World Cup.
The flamboyant left-handed batter, who retired from cricket in June 2019, joined the ‘Membership Prairie Hearth’ podcast on YouTube as a visitor; and the primary apparent matter of debate was, in fact, the 6 sixes.
Yuvraj Singh slams six sixes off Stuart Broad | ENG v IND | T20 World Cup 2007
Yuvraj narrated the incident to Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan, telling how Andrew Flintoff made him indignant along with his phrases and the way, after a verbal duel, he vented it out all on these six balls delivered by Broad.
“He (Flintoff) type of spat at me,” mentioned Yuvraj. “So I instructed him, ‘You see this bat in my hand, you recognize the place it is gonna go’. Clearly, it went worse after that. That is when the umpire got here in.”
Yuvraj’s consideration was then drawn in direction of the YouTube video of his six sixes on the Worldwide Cricket Council’s (ICC) official channel.
“You hitting Stuart Broad for six sixes has 96 million views on the ICC’s YouTube web page. I used to be questioning for those who ever despatched them an bill,” joked the host.
It made Yuvi snicker out loud. “I might have made some huge cash,” he replied in jest.
