Patrick Edward
Key sentence:
- Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni have skilled fans, probably the best minutes in Indian cricket while batting together.
- Yuvraj turned into the first and, to date, the lone batsman to hit six sixes over T20I.
Four years before that, in a different universe occasion – T20 World Cup – Dhoni remained at the other hand when Yuvraj turned into the first and to date the lone batsman to hit six sixes in an over in a T20I.
Very nearly a long time since Yuvraj hit England’s Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over in Durban, the previous India all-rounder uncovered how commander Dhoni felt remaining at the non-striker’s end.
“I think MS was extremely glad. In case you’re the chief and the other person is simply hitting many more than one six, you’re simply glad that the score is expanding, and it was an absolute necessity dominate the match,” Yuvraj disclosed to Gaurav Kapur in the ’22 Yarns’ digital broadcast.
Also read: Sonu-praises-a-fan-who-came-to-meet-him-barefoot.
Yuvraj had likewise enlisted the quickest T20I fifty off only 12 balls in that match, assisting India with remaining alive in the competition, which they later won by beating Pakistan in the finals.
“I recall that I hit two great limits off Flintoff, which he didn’t care for. He told something to me something, and I answered something back.
It was a significant genuine battle around then. The umpires additionally came in. I just felt like I needed to hit each ball out of the recreation centre,” Yuvraj uncovered.
The left-hander, who played another rankling inning in the semi-last against Australia, clarified how he set himself up for full-length conveyance once he hit Broad a few sixes toward the beginning of the over.
“Fortunately, the primary ball I hit (off Broad) left the recreation centre. The second ball I hit went into the group. The third ball I hit over point, where I hadn’t hit a limit in my vocation.
Collingwood came and advised Broad to continue to bowl yorkers to me outside off-stump because the off-side was large.
“In any case, Broad considered bowling into my legs. So when he chose to do that, I realized he was in a tough situation.
The fifth ball hit the toe of my bat, and it was a little limit that went over Flintoff. 6th ball, I realized he needs to bowl a yorker. So I was prepared to hit it straight, and it was in my curve,” said Yuvraj.
“My first look was to Flintoff, giving him a nervy grin. My second once-over was to Dimitri Mascarenhas, revealing to him that the scores are settled, and afterwards, clearly, I did a clench hand siphon with Dhoni.
It didn’t enlist to me that I had hit six sixes. As far as I might be concerned, it was tied in with doling out the retributions with England.”
GIPHY App Key not set. Please check settings