Dealing with England pacer Stuart Broad, irked by Andrew Flintoff and with a watch on Dimitri Mascarenhas halfway by the over, it is a story that has so many different tales intertwined and brings a few totally different flavour yearly when September 19 arrives.
Getting hit for six sixes in an over is without doubt one of the most undesirable information for a bowler, whereas Flintoff rued getting Yuvraj pumped up with a heated argument, and Yuvi hit a six greater than he was hit for as a bowler by Mascarenhas not too way back.
Speaking to ICC in regards to the historic second in a video interview a while in the past, the ODI and T20 World Cup winner talked about an fascinating dialog with Dhoni, who was Yuvraj’s accomplice on the crease and loved watching him hit all six deliveries out of the park.
“After I hit the ultimate six, MS stated to me ‘everytime you come out to bat after me, your strike fee is double’,” Yuvraj had revealed.
THE VERBAL DUEL WITH FLINTOFF
Speaking about his altercation with the big-frame England all-rounder, Yuvraj stated: “Freddie (Flintoff) bowled two actually good balls really and on the final ball of the 18th over, I took a single (and the 2 exchanged just a few phrases after Yuvi accomplished the run). I used to be like ‘I’m sorry, what did you say?’
“Clearly I used to be offended, then the umpire got here in…I used to be so livid that I simply wished to hit each ball out of the bottom,” he added.
“The primary ball went out of the park. I keep in mind hitting this one with out even realising how massive that hit is.”
However the duo left that altercation on the sphere.
“The beauty of Freddie is he talked about it after the sport and shook palms, and that’s the reason I’ve lots of respect for Flintoff,” Yuvraj stated.
‘I HAD FIVE SIXES ON MIND’
After hitting Broad for sixes off 5 balls, Yuvraj was on the verge of historical past. However the southpaw had already taken his revenge and was smiling. The sixth most was a bonus and icing on the cake.
“I had really 5 sixes in my thoughts since I used to be hit for five sixes by Dimitri Mascarenhas within the ultimate over of the 2007 Oval ODI. It was very demeaning as properly. You do not wish to get hit for five sixes. I had been on this place and getting hit for five sixes will not be a great feeling,” he stated.
“If you will note (the footage), there was a smile on my face at that second (after hitting 5 sixes), and that smile was for Dimitri.”
He then narrated the scenes earlier than the ultimate ball of Broad’s over.
“I used to be like Dimitri was standing at deep mid-wicket and Flintoff was at deep sq. leg. I do know the place he was standing. Right here what occurred was Broad really switched to over the stumps on the final second. When he did that, in my thoughts I used to be like I knew the place he was going to bowl. I used to be prepared that it was going to be a full yorker in direction of my legs, and I simply wished to get my bat on it.”
Yuvraj’s blistering innings got here to an finish when he was caught at long-on off the penultimate supply of the ultimate over, having amassed a shocking 58 runs from a mere 16 balls, together with the quickest fifty at the moment in simply 12 balls. That file stood for 14 years, till Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee broke it on the Asian Video games final 12 months with a 9-ball fifty in a match in opposition to Mongolia.
Yuvraj’s explosive knock proved decisive, as India went on to safe a 20-run victory and later received the T20 World Cup with an exhilarating win over archrivals Pakistan within the ultimate.
