Chris Broad, former match referee with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the father of England fast bowling great Stuart Broad, has revealed he gifted his son an Indian jersey signed by Yuvraj Singh for Christmas after the 2007 T20 World Cup. In the India-England match at the event, Yuvraj smashed six sixes in an over against Stuart, which remains the only such incident in the tournament’s history.

Stuart was young and clearly shaken after being on the wrong side of cricketing history, against a belligerent Yuvraj, who was angered by his teammate Andrew Flintoff. However, his father showed the typical British humor to chastise him further and now remembers that the gesture wasn’t ‘appreciated’ by Stuart.

“He didn’t appreciate my gesture after he was hit for six sixes by Yuvraj

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