Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin recently recalled how the England team got clattered when Yuvraj Singh banged Stuart Broad for 6 sixes in the 2007 T20 World Cup, during an interaction on his YouTube show ‘Reminisce with Ash’.
Who does not remember the first T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2007? At the time, the shortest format of cricket had just been introduced to the world, and there were many opponents of the format, who did not believe that T20 cricket could work, as T20 in 2007 was not considered as a serious version of the game at that time, But the World Cup changed everything.
The T20 World Cup 2007 was an instant hit among fans. New era of cricket had arrived. One of the highlights of the tournament, which helped make the show as big as it is today, was when Indian mid-ranking drummer Yuvraj Singh went wild against Stuart Broad and the crashed for 6 sixes.
“And when the whole nation was looking at her, that’s when the MS Dhoni team really hit her out of the park. And Yuvraj Singh was the ace up their sleeve. He crushed Broad for six six. I had never seen Broad in such a situation before, ”said Ashwin.
“But what was the point of talking? If you get squashed like that I say it as a melon you are really shaken up. You don’t know what to do next. Even Broad, he was my teammate in Nottingham. Very good person. But he got hit for six sixes and Yuvi won that battle, ”Ashwin added.
The historic moment lifted the spirits of the Indian team led by MS Dhoni as they won the T20 World Cup title in 2007 after trashing Pakistan on edge of a final.
