5 biggest sixes hit by Yuvraj Singh
When it comes to hitting the ball hard and clean, there are very few batsmen better than Yuvraj Singh. Gifted with flamboyance, the southpaw’s ability to hit sixes at ease has always been a nightmare for opposition bowlers.
He smashed 74 sixes in international T20 cricket – the most by an Indian batsman. Even at the age of 35, Yuvraj turned the clock back against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday, with a scintillating 62 off just 27 balls, aided by three massive sixes.
Overall, the destructive batsman has hammered 239 sixes in 195 matches in the lucrative format, and some of them not only cleared the ropes but travelled many miles. Now, let’s go back and relive the five monstrous strike from the Punjab batsman.
#5 World T20 2009, 102m
In the second edition of World T20, in 2009, though India’s title defence was forgettable, Yuvraj grabbed plenty of attention owing to his majestic display of six hitting. In fact, the left-hander topped the list for most sixes in the tournament with nine maximums, one more than the big Jamaican, Chris Gayle. Out of those mighty blows, the biggest one came against England in the super six match at Lords where Yuvi smashed his old foe Dimitri Mascarenhas for a massive 102m six over long on.
In pursuit of England’s total of 153, India never really got going and lost wickets at regular intervals. Once Gambhir was dismissed in the 11th over, the Indian fans at the Lord’s stadium were stunned into silence.
However, Yuvraj took everyone’s breath away in the next ball of the innings – when he nonchalantly lofted the length ball towards long-on that travelled many a mile over the biggest boundary of the iconic ground.