Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, took to Twitter on Thursday evening to share with his fans a picture of unforgettable ‘six sixes’ match on its 12-year anniversary. Yuvraj also attached his childhood picture with tweet, where he is playing with a plastic bat and ball, in what seems to be a living room. Complementing match's picture with childhood photo, Yuvraj refurbished his ‘sixes’ memory by saying that he started practicing for achievement 'very early'. September 19, 2007, was date when Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in last over of a T20 World Cup match against England.  

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 had 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 Broad bowling. Singh made 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. BCCI also shared this memory from ir Twitter handle. 

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