Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has said that bowlers might not want to play at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi after Australia’s explosive batting performance in their 2023 World Cup clash against the Netherlands as well. The Aussies posted 399 runs after opting to bat first on a placid pitch on Wednesday, October 25. They then bowled out the Netherlands for a paltry 90 to complete an emphatic 309-run win as well.

While talking about Australia’s batting in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said: “Australia decided to bat first after winning the toss and scored 399. What are you doing? Fours and sixes are being hit at the Arun Jaitley Stadium as though it is a Sarojini Nagar sale, fours and sixes on every ball as though they were on sale. Bowlers are saying they won’t come here.”

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He further added, “Whoever starts hitting, doesn’t stop at all. Mitchell Marsh came to open with David Warner. Mitchell Marsh played a bad shot but David Warner said that his wagon is back on track and he won’t let it derail now. He scored a century in the last match and a hundred here as well. Australia slipped a little when he got out as they were 244/2 and became 267/5. Wickets fell one after the other, although Steve Smith played well. He needed to score runs and he also finally got his rhythm. Marnus Labuschagne also scored runs. So everyone in focus did a good job in this match.”

While David Warner smashed 104 runs off 93 deliveries with the help of 11 fours and three sixes, Smith scored a 68-ball 71, and Labuschagne smoked 62 runs off 47 balls as well. And, Aakash Chopra applauded Glenn Maxwell for taking Australia to a massive total after they had stumbled a little in between. Maxwell scored 106 runs off just 44 deliveries with nine fours and eight sixes.

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“They became 290/6 and then it looked like it would be a big thing if they reached even 350. But then came a storm named Glenn Maxwell – a century off 40 balls. Maximus, maximum, Maxwell, big show – we got to see everything. He hits sixes against fast bowlers with switch hits,” Aakash Chopra concluded.