India vs England at Oval in 2007 – Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, the two names that come to our mind when we remember this game. It was the same game where Yuvraj was hit for five consecutive sixes in the last over of the first innings and Uthappa’s heroics that made it 3-3.
It was the penultimate game of the seven-match ODI series which the Indian team needed to win to keep their hopes alive. Batting first, England notched up a humongous total of 316, courtesy 30 runs in the last over hit by Dimitri Mascarenhas off Yuvraj Singh’s bowling.
The Indian team had an uphill task to chase such a huge total. Openers Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar started off well by sharing 150 runs for the first wicket but then came the moment when the Men in Blue started losing wickets but Dravid and Uthappa then shared 60 runs for the sixth wicket to revive India’s hopes.
It was the last over heroics from Uthappa that sealed the game for India as the visitors had a task to chase 10 off the last six balls. Uthappa ran two on the first ball but Zaheer Khan got run-out on the second.
Eight off four needed 49.3: Broad to Uthappa, and Uthappa just sends the delivery to fine leg to say hello to the boundary.
Need four of three, still anybody’s game
49.4: Board to Uthappa, Uthappa drives it towards mid-off and smacks eight runs off two balls in form of boundaries. India win.