Andrew Flintoff admits 18 years after Yuvraj Singh’s 6 sixes:’I crossed the line in 2007- Yuvi took out his anger on Stuart Broad’

Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has finally admitted, after 18 years that during the 2007 T20 World Cup, he had crossed the line in the argument with Yuvraj Singh. Flintoff revealed that it was his anger that day that ignited the fire within Yuvraj, which gave cricket history its most memorable moment – six sixes in an over. Yuvraj Singh had hit 6 sixes in Stuart Broad’s over What happened in the India vs England match? In that 2007 T20 World Cup match played in South Africa, India, batting first, scored 171 runs until the 18th over. Before the 19th over, there was a heated argument between Yuvraj and Flintoff. Some harsh words were exchanged between the two, after which an enraged Yuvraj hit six sixes in one over of English bowler Stuart Broad. India scored 218/4 in 20 overs and won the match by 18 runs. Later, this team also became the first World Cup champion. Now what did Flintoff say? Speaking on the ‘Beard Before Wicket’ podcast, Flintoff shared the story of that night. He said- ‘Yuvraj and I always used to clash in jest. That day my ankle was bad, I thought it was my last match. I was very angry and I crossed the line in an argument with Yuvraj. Perhaps it was the first time I did that in my career. Then Yuvraj hit Broad for 6 sixes. Those sixes should have been hit on me, not Broad.’ Flintoff said that Yuvraj is a wonderful person and his cricketing talent was amazing. He also admitted that the match changed the direction of Yuvraj’s career. Later, this player became India’s biggest hero in winning the 2011 World Cup. Yuvi was staring at me after every six Flintoff said, “When Yuvi hit the first six off Broad, I was fielding on the boundary. After hitting the six, he stared at me.” “Then he hit the second six and stared at me again. That’s when I said – that’s it for today. When the fifth six was hit, I thought the sixth one would also be hit, and that’s what happened.”