‘Oh Haris Rauf, what did you do?’: Pak pacer’s deadly bouncer gives Bas de Leede nasty cut under eye, internet reacts

Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf bowled a bouncer which struck Netherlands’ batsman Bas de Leede on his helmet. The Dutch player was injured and suffered a nasty cut on his face under his right eye. Play was stopped as doctors stepped onto the field to treat the injured de Leede. 

De Leede attempted to pull the ball but it struck his helmet's grille. He was retired hurt after making 6 runs from 16 balls. 

That's NASTY! pic.twitter.com/dbOgK1RlPy

— Adam NBA (@AdamNBA5) October 30, 2022

Netizens reacted to the deadly bouncer by Rauf and also sent wishes to de Leede to get well soon.

Oh, Haris Rauf what did you do? pic.twitter.com/KPWpJoW0LU

— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) October 30, 2022

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De Leede also suffered a concussion and was replaced by Logan van Beek who came in as a concussion substitute. Fans breathed a sigh of relief as de Leede got up on his feet and walked back to the dressing room. The Dutch star was later spotted applyin ice pack to the would in the Netherlands dugout. He was reportedly sent to the hospital later for a check up.

That’s brutal by Haris Rauf  pic.twitter.com/fjmwaoU8oI

— Ibrahim (@idc_ibrahim) October 30, 2022

Haris rauf
Against others against virat kohli pic.twitter.com/tyhvURe0rg

—  (@IconicKohIi) October 30, 2022

Comeback soon, Bas De Leede. pic.twitter.com/bd0r2HzxHY

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 30, 2022

Bas de Leede has concussion after being hit in the grill by a Haris Rauf short ball, get well soon champ. pic.twitter.com/ud4l4l9rs8

— Mansoor Naeem (@MansoorNaeem777) October 30, 2022

Ouch. Hope Bas de Leede is fine, that looked nasty.

— Nikhil  October 30, 2022

In the ongoing Super 12 game between Pakistan and Netherlands, batter Bas de Leede was sent to the hospital after he was hit with a nasty bouncer from Haris Rauf.#PAKvsNED pic.twitter.com/8kLwnDzQ5O

— Azadi March@Iam_Jawaid) October 30, 2022

Meanwhile, Pakistan bowlers demolished the Netherlands batting, never giving themk any chance. Netherlands could only manage 91 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Only two batsman - Colin Ackermann (27) and Scott Edwards (15) were able to reach double figures. For Pakistan, Shadab Khan was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs. Mohammad Wasim picked up 2 for 15 in 3 overs while Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah scalped one wicket each. 

Follow the Pakistan vs Netherlands match live here: PAK vs NED T20 World Cup 2022 Live score: Pakistan running riot, Shadab gets 3 wickets; LIVE scorecard