 Freddie's banter instigated Yuvraj to unleash fury
20th Sep 2007 15:01 IST
Agencies
An angry exchange of words with Andrew Flintoff fuelled Yuvraj Singh's fury as he smashed six sixes in an over off Stuart Broad in the Twenty20 World Championships' Super Eights match against England in Durban.
The 25-year-old left-hander's breathtaking exploits also earned him a place in the record books alongside Sir Garfield Sobers, Ravi Shastri and Herschelle Gibbs besides, of course, piloting India to an 18-run victory over England last night.
"It's a great feeling. To hit six sixes in an over of a main bowler, thank God for helping me achieve that!," said Yuvraj.
In his moment of reckoning, Yuvraj recollected the agony he had to endure precisely two weeks ago in England when Dimitry Mascarenhas hit him for five consecutive sixes in the final over at the Oval in the sixth one-dayer.
"After I was hit for five sixes, I had so many phone calls. I never got that many calls after I got a hundred, but there were about 150 calls and sms' with people making fun of me. So I said, 'Oh God this is not right, you got to give it back to me.' And he gave it to me today!" he recalled.
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