Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh on Saturday took the followers down the reminiscence lane as he smashed four consecutive sixes to Zander De Bruyn in the Road Safety World Series conflict between India Legends and South Africa Legends. Interestingly, in the submit match convention Yuvraj revealed that he needed to hit the fifth six however determined towards it as he needed to have the strike in the final two overs in order to placed on a large complete.
Yuvraj whacked four consecutive sixes of de Bruyn in the 18th over of the match. The south-paw reminded of his 2007 World T20 heroics of six sixes in one over of Stuart Broad.
The swashbuckling batsman smashed a sensational fifty off simply 21 balls to steer India Legends to 204/3 in the allotted 20 overs after skipper Sachin Tendulkar’s masterclass.
“I was looking to hit the fifth consecutive six because I remember that there was one dot ball in the over. And I was waiting for the bowler to bowl in my areas.”
“So after the fourth sixes, I was looking for fifth six but there were also two overs to go so I decided to rotate the strike and bat till the end to have a big score. The wicket was really good and the South had won the last game. So I wanted to bat till the end and am happy to do that,” stated Yuvraj whereas replying to a question from ANI after the match.
India Legends registered a thumping 57-run win over South Africa at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Saturday. South Africa, chasing 205 to win, may handle simply 148 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs.
Tendulkar received his maiden half-century of the match whereas Yuvraj was at his classic greatest throughout his unbeaten 52 in India’s enormous win.
Yuvraj stated he felt like taking part in for India once more as he took the area in presence of the passionate crowd.
“It’s like playing for India again, everybody in the stands was holding a light and it was amazing. It is great to see people coming back into the ground and enjoying the game.”
“It has been hard for everyone during Covid-19, people on television or people on the ground are getting to watch some entertaining cricket. All the players are happy to express themselves,” stated Yuvraj whereas replying to a question from ANI.
The win has taken India again to the prime spot with 16 factors overtaking Sri Lanka in internet run charge.
(With companies inputs)