DURBAN, Sept 19: Yuvraj Singh smashed English fast bowler Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over as India won by 18 runs to stay alive in the Twenty20 world championships here on Wednesday.

India piled up 218-4 after electing to take first strike and then restricted England to 200-6. Left-hander Yuvraj’s feat in the 19th over gave him the fastest 50 in the tournament off just 12 balls.

It was only the fourth instance in top cricket that six sixes were hit in an over after Garfield Sobers and Ravi Shastri did it in first-class cricket and Herschelle Gibbs in the World Cup earlier this year.

South Africa thrashed New Zealand by six wickets in the Twenty20 world championships. The home team restricted the Kiwis to 153-8 after giving them first strike and then knocked off the modest target with five balls to spare.—AFP