The night of T20 World Cup 2007 is still remembered in the heart of every Indian fan. That night, Yuvraj Singh immortalized his name in cricket history by hitting 6 sixes in 6 balls against England. The victim of this memorable over was England’s young fast bowler Stuart Broad, whose career was just beginning at that time. That match is over, but the memory of that over is still one of the most talked about incidents of cricket. Now years later, Stuart Broad’s father Chris Broad has made a revelation that has surprised the fans. He told that his son, after seeing a gift related to Yuvraj Singh, threw it in the dustbin in anger.

Father gave Yuvraj’s jersey, son threw it in the dustbin

Former England cricketer and 1986-87 Ashes hero Chris Broad recently told in an interview that he once gave Yuvraj Singh’s autographed jersey as a Christmas gift to his son Stuart. Chris Broad told, “My son’s sense of humor was a bit weak at that time. I thought of surprising him by giving him Yuvraj’s signed jersey, but as soon as he opened the box, he threw the jersey straight in the dustbin without saying anything.”

England became a legend even after 6 sixes

However, even after that over, Stuart Broad proved himself and became one of the great bowlers in the history of English cricket. Broad has played 167 Tests, 121 ODIs and 56 T20 matches in his international career. He took 604 wickets in Tests, which is the second highest figure for England. At the same time, he took 178 wickets in ODI and 65 wickets in T20. He retired in 2023 after an illustrious career and is now counted among the great players of English cricket.

Chris Broad Allegations On Sourav Ganguly: Former ICC match referee Chris Broad has made many serious allegations against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Chris Broad claims that BCCI tries to save Indian players from penalties. Chris Broad, father of former England cricket fast bowler Stuart Broad, has also targeted former BCCI President Sourav Ganguly in his allegations. Broad even said that he used to get direct calls to behave softly with the Indian players.

Chris Broad made serious allegations

Chris Broad, without mentioning any match, has claimed in an interview to Telegraph that ‘in one match, Team India was trailing by 3-4 overs, due to which an automatic fine would have been imposed on them’. At the same time, Broad said that due to pressure from BCCI, the timing had to be changed to bring India’s slow over rate below the penalty limit. Broad also claimed that nowadays sport has become more political than in the early days.

Chris Broad further said that ‘India has a lot of money and they have gone ahead of ICC in many matters. I am happy that now I am away from this world, because now more politics is happening here than before. After talking about slow over rate, Chris Broad also mentioned his next match. Taking aim at Sourav Ganguly, Chris Broad said, ‘The same thing happened again in his next match. Sourav Ganguly did not pay attention to anything, then I called him and asked what do you want me to do. Then he said just work. Chris Broad said that ‘there is politics here’. There is no response from BCCI to all these allegations yet.

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