00:00I was so furious that I just wanted to hit every ball out of the ground.
00:10His only option is to bowl a Yorker, he's going to try and bowl full and I'm ready to
00:14hit him straight.
00:15See if you see, there's a smile on my face, that smile is for Dimitri Masvidianis.
00:27In the last couple of innings, I didn't do well, so I was very keen to get out there
00:31and get some big hits and get some kind of form.
00:35It was the 18th, 19th over, I had to swing everything.
00:42Freddie bowled two really good balls actually, one was a Yorker offside, I stopped, managed
00:46to get it for a boundary, it was a length ball, got a bit lucky, but it was fine.
00:50In the last ball, I took a single.
01:00And I was just like, walking and I was like, I'm sorry, what did you say?
01:05Obviously he was angry, then the umpire came in.
01:08Anyways I was furious, I was so furious that I just wanted to hit every ball out of the
01:14ground.
01:17This first ball is just going out of the park.
01:21That's huge, that is a biggie, it's out of here.
01:26I remember hitting this one and not even realising how big that hit is.
01:32Ravi, I'm backing this one, I think this is one of the biggest, into orbit.
01:37So every time I'm playing the death overs, I try and open up my legs to get more elevation
01:43in the leg side.
01:44That was just in my arc, it was completely in the slot and I'm strong on the leg side
01:48when I'm going hard.
01:51That's a biggie.
01:52Because I knew he was trying to bowl a Yorker now, towards my legs.
01:54I was ready for that.
01:59Six ball, just a flick of the wrist.
02:03Kind of like, looks like the ball was on middle stump, but just because it was angling in
02:08towards my legs, just got my hands free again.
02:12My legs were open.
02:14Just got a good contact on the bat and just, just not try to hit it too hard.
02:19Look out in the crowd, he's coming again.
02:22Yeah, Freddie is not happy when I hit the second six.
02:26He's smiling now.
02:27Do you think at that point he'd realised he'd made a mistake?
02:37This is in the air again, Thiaz Longo, three in a row.
02:41So obviously, he's bowled two balls in my leg side.
02:45I know he's trying to target the offside now.
02:47And I'm ready to hit on the offside.
02:49It's actually not a bad ball, but I was already in that position.
02:53Because I knew that he's trying to bowl away, swinging it into my legs.
02:58But now he's bowled two on my legs, so he's going to try and target the offside.
03:03Absolute carnage.
03:06Now around the wicket.
03:07Will it make a difference?
03:10It doesn't.
03:12It's four in a row.
03:14If I was a bit smarter, I would have been standing on the off stump.
03:17Because I know he's trying to bowl the box.
03:20But I'm just concentrating more on his hand over here.
03:23What is he trying to bowl?
03:26And here, obviously, he's trying to bowl the box.
03:28I got good contact on it.
03:31There's a longer boundary there to finish.
03:33At this point, have you got six sixes in your mind?
03:41No, I've actually got five sixes in my mind.
03:44Because Debitri hit me with five sixes.
03:49Well, I bowled the 48th over for two runs.
03:51Everybody was getting smashed.
03:54And I don't know what came into Rahul Dravid's head to tell me to bowl the 50th over.
03:58I remember the first ball was a dot ball.
04:01Second ball, Piyush Chawla caught it.
04:03And I don't know why he dived.
04:05And his hand hit the rope.
04:06And then the next four balls, he hit me everywhere.
04:09And it was very demeaning as well.
04:11Because you don't want to get hit for five sixes.
04:14Because I've been in this place, you know.
04:17I know six sixes is even tougher.
04:20But getting hit for five sixes is not a good feeling.
04:23And I was like, Debitri is standing at deep mid wicket.
04:26Trentov is at deep square, like he's at deep mid wicket.
04:28And I knew where he was standing.
04:36Here, what happens is, last moment, he's actually switched.
04:40Last second to bowl over the stumps.
04:44When he did that, in my head I was like, now that's dangerous.
04:50That's where I want him to bowl.
04:52Because, just pause it.
04:55Because if he bowls two balls outside,
04:58still keeps on bowling outside the box,
05:01it's not going to be easy for me to hit over covers for a six.
05:05If he bowls one low full toss to hit it over long off,
05:08it's not going to be an easy shot.
05:10But when he comes on the left side, I knew that,
05:14even if I just get my bat on, the boundary is very small here.
05:17I might be able to, you know, get under it.
05:20I knew where he's going to bowl this.
05:23I'm just ready that it's going to be a full yorker towards my legs.
05:27And I just want to get my bat on it.
05:39It's actually a good ball.
05:41It's actually a very full ball.
05:43Probably the best ball of the over.
05:45It just hit the toe of my bat.
05:47I didn't get a good connection, but small boundary.
05:53Yuvraj Singh, 44, 11 deliveries.
05:58I'm not nervous at all. He's the one who's nervous.
06:01I can see his body language.
06:03Because he's like, just pause it.
06:06See, if you see, there's a smile on my face.
06:08That smile is for Dimitri Maskarenis.
06:11You hit me over five, I've hit five against you.
06:14I'm happy. This one's for me now.
06:17Five for Dimitri, last one for me.
06:21Yuvraj must be favorite here.
06:23Put the sixth one into the crowd as well.
06:27Now here, obviously, what are the options of a bowler?
06:30He cannot bowl a slower one.
06:32He cannot bowl a bouncer.
06:34He can't bowl a length ball.
06:36His only option is to bowl a yorker.
06:38And again, he's going to try and bowl full.
06:40And I'm ready to hit him straight.
06:43Kingsbeat on its feet.
06:45So is the commentary box.
06:48If you miss, I hit, basically.
06:51Last ball of the innings.
06:53And he's put it away.
06:55Oh, has he? Yes.
06:57Into the crowd.
06:59Six sixes and then over.
07:02Yuvraj Singh finishes things off in style.
07:05I normally bat four, Amit bats five.
07:08So Amit said to me, every time you come after me,
07:12your strike rate is double.
07:14The first time it's happened in 2020.
07:16Still one over to go.
07:18The great thing about Freddie,
07:20we will probably talk about that after the game.
07:22Shake hands.
07:24That's why I have a lot of respect for Flintoff.
07:29I think that was a big moment in his career.
07:31Because he knew from here,
07:33he has to add more variety in his bowling.
07:36He just can't come and bowl yorkers.
07:38He has to bowl slower ball, bouncer, slower bouncer.
07:41Obviously, he was young.
07:42He was learning as well.
07:44And from there on, he went on to take 600 test wickets.
07:48I don't think if this moment would have happened,
07:50he would have ended up with 600 wickets.
07:52I think probably this moment made him work harder
07:54and realize how important it is to succeed
07:56and have that feeling.
07:58So I think definitely this is the moment
08:00which made him a legend, I think.
08:12Yeah, I mean, it's one of the iconic moments.
08:14I cherish it.
08:17But if we wouldn't have won the World Cup,
08:21it wouldn't have been that special, I guess.
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