SA vs NED | Twitter reacts to agile Markram racing against time to dismiss his opposite number

06/08/2024

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Certain individuals are known to raise the bar of a particular trait and Aiden Markram certainly has uplifted the importance of fitness in cricket. He produced a brilliant run out leaving Scott Edwards marginally short as the Netherlands went loggerheads with the Proteas unit in New York.

Winning the toss, South Africa opted to field first and the pacers backed it up brilliantly with Marco Jansen and Ottneil Baartman drawing early wickets. The introduction of Anrich Nortje in the bowling further rattled the Dutch unit with Aiden Markram’s magnificent run out to remove Scott Edwards serving as a cherry on the top.

Following the fall of the fourth wicket, captain Edwards came to the rescue and smashed a six via a reverse lap to Nortje on the second ball of the twelfth over. In the immediate next delivery, Nortje bowled a good length delivery near the stumps that the right-hander nudged towards close-up of mid on where Markram steamed in with a quick direct hit at the non-striker’s end. While the Netherlands skipper hurried for a single, Markram beat him with agility and superb technique, as he dived and instantaneously jabbed the ball at the stumps, without even grasping the ball firmly.

Seeing one skipper remove the other one, the Twitterverse drew a comparison of race against time.

Good piece of fielding

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— Bill Jax (@jax_bill74377) June 8, 2024

One of the beat

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— Bill Jax (@jax_bill74377) June 8, 2024

Good player

Aiden Markram - Agile and an athlete 👏
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) June 8, 2024

Beauty

Aiden Markram baby 🔥🔥🔥
— 🧋(will jacks ka parivar) (@flopinfinals) June 8, 2024

Proteas power

Aiden Markram the fielder for SA.

Brilliant runout.#SAvsNED #T20WC
— cricketidiot45 (@cricketidiot) June 8, 2024

What a runout!

What a shot by Scott edwards

What a run out by Aiden markram.
— Mystery analyst FA CUP WINNERS 🔴🔴🔴✨✨✨ (@Indian_pep) June 8, 2024

What a beauty

Aiden Markram YOU BEAUTY!!!
— Select Reservist 🥃 (@MaKaZ_Mania) June 8, 2024

Agreed

Aiden Markram should have brought marco to bowl his 4th here #NEDvSA
— BazBall (@harshit181710) June 8, 2024

Palying eleven

_*💥South Africa🇿🇦 (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman*_

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.#RSAvNED #16thMatch #GroupD #ICCT20WorldCup2024 #RONALDO pic.twitter.com/psGWdbhRrp
— SALAR KHAN🇵🇰 (@Salarkhan222) June 8, 2024

Winning runs