New Delhi: September 19, 2007, a date which Indian cricket fans can never forget. It was on this very day former Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh set Kingsmead on fire hitting six sixes in an over bringing the world to its feet.
In the first edition of the T20 World Cup in South Africa, India were in a spot as they had to beat England in their Super Eight game to keep their chances alive of making it to the semifinals in Durban.
The drama began when the Men in Blue were on 171/3 at the end of the 18th over in their first innings. With Yuvraj and then skipper M S Dhoni at the crease the duo was looking to finish off on a high by collecting as many runs in the death overs.
Yuvraj smashed Andrew Flintoff for two fours in the 18th over, which infuriated the England bowler. The pair got involved in a verbal duel which came to an end after the intervention from the on-field umpires.
However, the exchange of words pumped up Yuvraj and it was Stuart Broad who bore the brunt of his onslaught in the very next over.
In the 19th over of the innings, the left-hander from Punjab made sure England paid the price for their over-aggressiveness and hit six maximums of consecutive deliveries from Broad.
The first one went over deep mid-wicket, the next over backward square leg, the third one over wide long-off, then a swat over deep point to a full toss, the fifth one a hoick over square leg and finally a massive hit over wide long-on.
In the process, Yuvraj rocketed away to a 12-ball half-century. It remains the fastest half-century till date in the shortest format of the game.
The southpaw eventually finished on 58 (3x4, 7x6) off 16 balls as India amassed 218/4. In reply, England were restricted to 200/6.
India eventually went on became the world champions when they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in a thrilling final on September 24 in Johannesburg.