Yuvraj Singh is fondly remembered by his followers for his carnage towards England within the 2007 T20 World Cup. In the match, which India ultimately received, the left-handed batsman went on to finish his half-century in simply 12 deliveries, a report that also stands sturdy at the moment. During the course of his innings, the previous India cricketer exploded towards English pacer Stuart Broad and made him hapless by smashing six sixes in a row.
Yuvraj throughout a latest interplay with fashionable cricket presenter Gaurav Kapur mentioned the second in particulars and within the course of additionally revealed a number of details that have been unknown to the followers.
“I remember when we were playing the semifinal against Australia, Chris Broad, Stuart’s father was the match referee. He came before the game and said ‘thank you for almost finishing my son’s career.’ I said ‘nothing personal. I got hit for 5 sixes, I know how it feels,” Yuvraj advised Kapur within the 22 Yarns podcast.
After defeating England within the group stage by 18 runs, the Men In Blue then went on to defeat hosts South Africa by 37 runs, earlier than taking over Australia within the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, previous to the T20 World Cup, Yuvraj himself was whacked for 5 sixes in an ODI by England all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas.
Yuvraj additional mentioned that Chris requested the Indian to present the jersey to his son Stuart as a souvenir.
“He was like ‘you have to give that shirt to Stuart, the one you wore while hitting six sixes.’ I gave him the shirt and wrote ‘I know how it feels, coz I have been hit for five.’ I said ‘you are the future of England, I’m sure you are gonna do great things.’ And look where he is today, more than 500 Test wickets,” added Yuvraj.
Yuvraj, nonetheless, feels anybody can encounter such a state of affairs and the perfect factor to do is to maintain transferring ahead and proceed the hard-work.
“See it can happen to anyone. You can have a bad day and when you do only you are person who can understand what is actually going on. You work hard day in and day out to give the best for your country and when you have a day like that you suddenly don’t know who to turn up to. So you have to be your own saviour. It’s very easy for others to say anything,” mentioned India’s World Cup hero from 2007 and 2011.
