Sri Lanka vs Netherlands, T20 World Cup 2024: In St. Lucia, Netherlands batsman Sybrand Engelbrecht has surprised everyone by fielding in a strange manner while fielding on the field. This incident was seen on the second ball of the 17th over in the field. Van Beek was bowling this over from the Netherlands side. At the same time, Aslanka is batting for the opposition team. Aslanka swung the bat strongly on Beek’s full-toss ball and the ball was seen going out of the boundary line.
However, before the ball reached the boundary line. Everyone was surprised to see the way Sybrand Engelbrecht tried to save the run while fielding. He almost caught the catch by jumping in the air from behind. But when he felt that he would not be able to stop himself before the boundary line, he threw the ball inside the field and went out of the boundary line himself.
Sybrand Engelbrecht tried to save runs through fielding
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When the on-field umpires saw the review, Engelbrecht’s foot was seen touching the boundary line before the ball was thrown. Due to which this ball was declared a six. But the way he tried to save runs on the field, everyone was surprised to see it. The commentators present in the commentary box were also seen praising him.
Talking about his performance in the match, he faced a total of 9 balls while batting at the fourth position for his team. Meanwhile, he was able to score only 11 runs with the help of a six. In this match against Sri Lanka, the Netherlands team had to face defeat by a huge margin of 83 runs.