Netherlands’ Sybrand Engelbrecht, who has announced his retirement, made a superman save during their last league stage match against Sri Lanka in ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 on Sunday (June 17).
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The save came in the 17th over of the Lankan innings when Angelo Mathews mowed a full-toss to leg side. Engelbrecht leaped high in air to pull the ball in just in time before his feet touch the boundary rope. Have a look at the video below:
ALSO READ | T20 World Cup 2024: Nicholas Pooran smashes 36 runs in an over as West Indies rout Afghanistan – WATCH
The video was already watched over a million times on Instagram reels by the time match came to end. The Dutch lost the match by 83 runs and failed to advance to the knockout stage.
Sri Lanka, who were already out of the tournament, ended a rather disappointing campaign with a comfortable win.
Speaking about his effort after the match, Engelbrecht said: “Initially, when he hit it, I kind of moved in. I knew there was a wind, but I didn’t think he hit it that well. So I had to kind of back-track a little and kind of stuck the hand out. I suppose it’s a little bit lucky.”
The Dutchman, however, was not happy with himself for dropping Mathews one over earlier.
“He actually batted really well, but I had an opportunity to catch him… unfortunately, that cost us quite dearly. But yeah, I’m happy with the effort and I’m happy that it stuck,” said Engelbrecht.
Netherlands finished Group D at fourth place among five teams with one win and three losses in four games.
Dutch skipper Scott Edwards acknowledged that his side unraveled despite being in strong position against South Africa and Bangladesh and hence the early exit from the tournament.
“We had good patches throughout the tournament where we gave ourselves a chance to win at least three of those games, but just in those [big] moments, the batting or the bowling or the fielding was just slightly off and against good-quality sides, you just can’t afford that,” he said.
You can now write for Baazigarnews.com and be a part of the Baazigar family. Share your stories and opinions with us here.
