Published 09:49 IST, September 20th 2019

Ravi Shastri gets nostalgic, pays tribute to Yuvraj Singh's six sixes

Ravi Shastri took to reveal that while he was holding a microphone in the commentary box, his junior (Yuvraj Singh) was with the bat on-field and shared a video

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It has been 12 years since Yuvraj Singh smashed six consecutive sixes off England pacer Stuart Bro at World T20 in 2007, a moment that is etched in memory of Indian fans forever. It is perhaps one of most talked-about moments in history of Indian cricket and Indian has mand to surpass feat yet. Yuvraj Singh himself recalled milestone and took to Twitter to post a childhood picture of himself witha bat and said that it was indeed a special moment for him. Yuvraj Singh, who enjoys a huge loyal fan base as or cricketer does, was for long Men in Blue's number four batsman and star all-rounder who could do magic on field to get India across line. But it wasn't just Yuvraj Singh who was hit by stalgia, for more prominent faces also shared memories of record-breaking moment back in 2007. 

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Ravi Shastri remembers Yuvraj Singh's moment

Indian he coach Ravi Shastri is famously kwn for his booming voice in commentary box and Indian fans have long associated his voice booming in background with historical milestones for Team India on-field. From former skipper MS Dhoni's winning six in final of 2011 World Cup to Yuvraj Singh's six sixes in 2007, Ravi Shastri's voice has been fused along with memory of event, such being effect of Ravi Sjhastri's voice during magical moments. 12 years after Yuvraj Singh smashed six sixes, Ravi Shastri took to Twitter to share his memory of Yuvraj Singh's bashing. Ravi Shastri took to reveal that while he was holding a microphone in commentary box, his junior (Yuvraj Singh) was with bat on-field and after that, re was just magic. Ravi Shastri shared a video of magical moment on micro-blogging website. See Ravi Shastri's tweet here:

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buildup to history

While India was struggling to qualify for semi-finals of  2007 World T20 championship in South Africa, it was crucial match against England that turned tables for India. game, at its pace, was proceeding with 171/3 in middle of 18th over. Batsman, Yuvraj Singh was on field with skipper, MS Dhoni, both trying to score high in order to set a maximum target for England. drama began when Yuvraj Singh scored two fours in 18th over and got into an argument with infuriated England bowler Andrew Flintoff.  argument got so heated that it h to be stopped with interference of on-field umpires.  

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Yuvraj’s 666666

Pissed after argument, Yuvraj Singh was on strike with Stuart Bro bowling. Singh me sure to channelise his anger and energy into game and started hitting six after six in 19th over of match.  first one went over deep mid-wicket, next over backward square leg, third one over wide long-off, n a swat over a deep point to a full toss, fifth one a hoick over square leg and finally a massive hit over wide long-on.  left-handed batsman n went on to score  fastest half-century in shortest format of game till date. Later, India finished at 218/4 whereas England could only make 200/6 subsequently losing match.

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09:24 IST, September 20th 2019