WATCH: Vintage Yuvraj Singh smashes seven sixes enroute to his 59-run knock in IML T20 game versus Australia masters

India masters have made it to the finals of the International masters league by beating Australia in the first semi-finals. The star with the bat for India was Yuvraj Singh who turned back the clock to hit seven sixes on his way to 59 runs. His knock came off just 30 balls as the hosts posted a mammoth 220 on the board and won the game by 94 runs. The second semi=finals on Friday will, see West Indies take on Sri Lanka in Raipur. 

Shane Watson won the toss and chose to bowl first and the move seemed to have been vindicated. India lost Ambati Rayudu and Pawan Negi early, this is when Yuvraj joined skipper Sachin Tendulkar in the middle. The pair added 47 runs for the third wicket in 29 balls before Tendulkar was out after scoring 42 runs from just 30 balls. 

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His powerful display leads him to a remarkable half-century! ⚡🙌

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Yuvraj though wasn’t fazed as he went after the Australian spinners and smashed them to all parts of the ground. The left-handed batter gave glimpses of his old self with the bat. Knock on Thursday also reminded fans of the amazing innings Yuvraj played in the 2007 T20 World Cup semi-finals against the same team in Durban. 

Indian spinners run through Australia after Yuvraj’ blitz

Xavier Doherty got the key wicket of Yuvraj in the 15th over but the Indian batters weren’t done. Stuart Binny scored 21-ball 36 with five fours and a six while Yusuf Pathan hit 23 off just 10 balls with two sixes and a solitary four. Irfan Pathan then gave the final touches for the last few balls as he hit 19 off seven balls to help India score 220. 

Shane Watson was the batter Australia had hoped to do well as the skipper had scored three tons in the campaign so far. Vinay Kumar dismissed both the opening batters to put Australia in early trouble. Ben Cutting was the best batter for Australia with 39 runs

Shahbaz Nadeem then got three wickets to break the back of Australia’s batting. The left-arm spinner bowled four overs with a maiden and claimed four wickets for 15 runs. Australia were all out for 126 with 11 balls left to play as India claimed a huge win to move into the finals.