Yuvraj Singh’s 6 sixes by Stuart Broad: 19 years of historic T20I moment
Nineteen years ago today, Yuvraj Singh created one of the most iconic moments in Indian cricket when he smashed six sixes in an over against England in the inaugural T20 World Cup. Long before India’s new-age power hitters started rewriting records, Yuvraj gave the world a breathtaking display of how destructive the batter can be in the shortest format.
It was September 19, 2007 and India faced England in a crucial Super Eight clash at the Kingsmead in Durban. MS Dhoni’s young side lost their Super Eight opener against New Zealand and needed a win to keep their campaign alive.
India were in a strong position when Yuvraj came to the crease but the situation soon got heated. After exchanging words with Andrew Flintoff, Yuvraj’s spirits were bright and England captain Paul Collingwood handed the ball to 21-year-old Stuart Broad for the 19th over.
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Six deliveries followed, which have become cricket folklore.
Broad’s first ball disappeared over mid-wicket. The second was launched over backward square leg before Yuvraj sent the third over deep extra cover. The fourth followed a similar trajectory, while the fifth again disappeared over midwicket. The final delivery was broken for a long time.
Six balls. Six sixes. Thirty six runs.
Yuvraj raced to his fifty in just 12 balls, with the six that completed the sequence bringing up the milestone. He eventually fell for 58 off just 16 balls, smashing seven sixes and three fours. India finished on 218/4 to beat England by 18 runs.
THAT HAS BECOME HISTORY
Six Sixes wasn’t just about numbers. They captured Yuvraj at his most explosive, taking on the young Broad with a level of confidence and pure ball-striking that made the skip almost surreal.
Yuvraj became the first batsman to hit six sixes in a T20 international after Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in an ODI against the Netherlands earlier in 2007. His 12-ball fifty also became one of the defining records of the early years of T20 cricket.
That was Yuvraj’s kind of batter. He didn’t need a long period to settle down or a string of boundaries to gain momentum. Give him a few deliveries and he could change the entire face of the game.
This legacy is easily recognizable in the Indian team today. Abhishek Sharma just smashed a century of 30 against Afghanistan, the fastest T20I hundred by an Indian batsman, while 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already become the youngest player to score a century in men’s T20 cricket. The records are different, but the intent is familiar.
And perhaps fittingly, Yuvraj’s influence extended directly to Abhishek, who spoke of the former India all-rounder as a mentor during his rise.
India had just completed a 3-0 T20I sweep over Afghanistan, with Abhishek’s record 108 off 34 balls providing a spectacular finish to the series. Attention now shifts to the next task, with India set to open a three-match ODI series against West Indies on September 27 in Thiruvananthapuram.
After nineteen years, the generation may have changed and records may be constantly shifting. But September 19, 2007 remains Yuvraj Singh’s day, the day he took six balls from Stuart Broad and turned it into one of the most memorable displays of batting cricket has ever seen.
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Issued by:
Debodinna Chakraborty
Published on:
19 Sep 2026 09:32 IST