Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has added that four of the Netherlands’ top five batters getting run out was a unique occurrence, especially in the World Cup. The Netherlands faced a spate of run-outs and were bundled out for 179 in their 2023 World Cup clash against Afghanistan in Lucknow on Friday, November 3.

Reviewing the game in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said: “The Netherlands did an amazing job because four of their top five got run out. It’s happened for the first time in whatever cricket I have seen, or the videos I have seen, or the scorecards I have read. Does it ever happen that four of the top five get run out but it happened with the Netherlands in a World Cup match. Engelbrecht batted very well but what were the others doing? Scott Edwards got run out for zero. Run-outs one after the other.”

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Engelbrecht top-scored for the Netherlands with 58 runs off 86 deliveries as well. He was also one of the four players who ran out, with Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann and Scott Edwards being the others.

“Nabi picked up three wickets and Noor took two wickets. Rashid Khan is economical but hasn’t picked up too many wickets in this World Cup, which is slightly surprising and a little frustrating maybe, but the team is doing well. They first did well with the ball and do well with the bat nowadays. Rahmanullah Gurbaz got out early but Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai completed the job. Afghanistan won in a very good fashion,” Aakash Chopra concluded.