| 0.0 : TOSS - The coin goes up and lands in favour of India. They have elected to BAT first. |
| India (Unchanged Playing XI) - KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh. |
| Netherlands (Unchanged Playing XI) - Vikramjit Singh, Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (C) (WK), Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren. |
| Scott Edwards, the Netherlands skipper says that they would have batted first as well had they won the toss but are happy to bowl. Mentions that their bowlers have been sensational and feels that batting needs some improvement. Adds that the batters need to put on some scores in this game. Informs that they are playing with the same team as the last game. |
| Time for the national anthems now! We will have India's national anthem first followed by the Dutch one. This is a big moment especially for the Dutch boys, playing in front of packed SCG against a big team like India, a good performance here can go a long way in boosting their confidence. |
| Rohit Sharma, the skipper of India says that they will bat first. Adds that the last game has taken their confidence up and they need to calm down and keep impoving. Says that for them this is another opportunity to win the game and play the game they have set their standards for. Ends by saying that they are used to play on the slower pitches and they will go with the same line up. |
| 0.1 : Fred Klaassen to KL Rahul, Starts with a very full delivery and on middle, with some swing. KL Rahul defends it to square leg. A dot to start with. |
| 0.2 : Fred Klaassen to KL Rahul, Wide! This one goes wide outside off, KL Rahul lets it go. |
| Fred Klaassen to KL Rahul, On a length and on off, Rahul eases it to short covers. A dot again. |
| 0.3 : Fred Klaassen to KL Rahul, FOUR! Fine placement. An overpitched delivery on off, KL Rahul caresses it past mid off for a boundary! |
| 0.4 : Fred Klaassen to KL Rahul, Fuller one this time, KL Rahul nudges it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 0.5 : Fred Klaassen to KL Rahul, Good length angling it into the batter, KL Rahul defends it away solidly. |
| 0.6 : Fred Klaassen to KL Rahul, Touch fuller and on middle, KL Rahul eases it to the mid on fielder. A dot to end with. |
| 0.0 : We are done with the anthems! Time for the cricket to take over as the Netherlands players make their way out to the middle. KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma also walk out to the middle now. It will be Fred Klaassen to start the proceedings with the ball. Here we go... |
| 1.1 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and on off, Rohit Sharma guides it to point. The fielder makes a good stop to his right. Dot. |
| 0.6 : The young Tim Pringle is given an opportuntity to start from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, On off again, Rohit Sharma drives it to extra covers for one. |
| 1.3 : Tim Pringle to KL Rahul, Quicker one, outside off. KL Rahul defends it to short covers. |
| 1.4 : Tim Pringle to KL Rahul, On off, this is payed towards extra covers for one. |
| 1.5 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, Quicker again, outside off. Rohit Sharma defends it to short covers. |
| 1.6 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, A dot to end the over. Full and on off, Rohit defends it to the mid on fielder. |
| 2.1 : Paul van Meekeren to KL Rahul, Short outside off, KL Rahul gets on top of the bounce and guides it past backward point for a couple of runs. |
| 2.2 : Paul van Meekeren to KL Rahul, Back-of-a-length outside off, KL Rahul looks to go down the ground and gets beaten. |
| 2.3 : Paul van Meekeren to KL Rahul, Short on off, KL Rahul opens the bat face and punches it to backward point. |
| 2.4 : Virat Kohli walks out to the middle. |
| Paul van Meekeren to KL Rahul, OUT! LBW! Paul van Meekeren strikes! Full and sliding onto the pads, KL Rahul goes for the flick and gets rapped on the pads. Umpire Ahsan Raza took his time and raised his finger. KL Rahul has a chat with Rohit Sharma and decides to walk. Poor start for India as KL Rahul departs early again. |
| 2.5 : Paul van Meekeren to Virat Kohli, Short outside off, Virat Kohli punches off the back foot through covers and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 2.6 : Paul van Meekeren to Rohit Sharma, SIX! Banged in short by Meekeren, Rohit Sharma uses the pace nonchalantly pulls this one over fine leg for the first six of the innings. |
| 3.1 : Bas de Leede to Virat Kohli, Short of a length on off, Virat Kohli works this one past point for a single. |
| 3.2 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, Back of a length outside off, Rohit Sharma defends this one to mid wicket. |
| 3.3 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Full and outside off, Rohit Sharma waits for the ball and cuts this one fiercely past backward point. Just enough width for a batter of the class of Rohit Sharma and he doesn't miss out. Rohit is looking in great nick today. |
| 3.4 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, Full and in the channel outside off, Rohit Sharma gets beaten as he tried to slash it through the off side. |
| 3.5 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, Full and shaping into the batter, Rohit Sharma drives it crisply to extra cover. |
| 3.6 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, Full and outside off, Rohit Sharma shimmies down the track to go down the ground. Gets this one off the inside part of the bat and cannot hit it past mid on. |
| 4.1 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, On a length and just outside off, Virat Kohli looks to defend it but misses. Close! |
| 4.2 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, Outside off and on a length, Virat Kohli slaps it to extra covers for one. |
| 4.3 : Fred Klaassen to Rohit Sharma, Keeps bowling on a length, Rohit Sharma flicks it to mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 4.4 : Fred Klaassen to Rohit Sharma, Bowls it on off, Rohit Sharma eases it to mid off. |
| 4.5 : Fred Klaassen to Rohit Sharma, On a length and down leg, Rohit Sharma looks to slog it but gets hit on his pads. Dot again. |
| 4.6 : Fred Klaassen to Rohit Sharma, DROPPED! Slightly shorter and on off, Rohit Sharma lofts it but the ball hits the upper part of his bat. It goes in the air towards mid on and Tim Pringle moving to his right gets both hands to it but ends up making a mess of it. This could prove to be very costly for Netherlands. |
| 5.1 : Paul van Meekeren to Virat Kohli, Slightly shorter and on middle, this is defended back towards the bowler. |
| 5.2 : Paul van Meekeren to Virat Kohli, Fuller one this time, Virat Kohli flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 5.3 : Paul van Meekeren to Virat Kohli, Bowls it fuller again, on off. Virat Kohli works it to mid-wicket for one. |
| 5.4 : Paul van Meekeren to Rohit Sharma, Oh, did that carry? Fuller and on leg, Rohit Sharma flicks it to short fine leg. The ball goes aerially and falls just short of Tim Pringle. Another lucky escape for Rohit Sharma. |
| 5.5 : Paul van Meekeren to Rohit Sharma, Outside off this time, Rohit Sharma guides it to point for one. |
| 5.6 : Paul van Meekeren to Virat Kohli, This one lands down leg, Virat Kohli flicks it to the left of the keeper who stops it well. A dot to end the over. India are 32 for 1 after the Powerplay! |
| 6.1 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, Flighted on middle, Rohit Sharma drives this one to long off for a single. |
| 6.3 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, Flighted on off, Rohit Sharma pushes this one to extra cover. |
| 6.2 : Tim Pringle to Virat Kohli, Flighted on off, Virat Kohli advances and slaps this one towards extra cover. The fielder does not stop it cleanly and concedes a single. |
| 6.4 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, Flighted outside off, Rohit Sharma makes room and chips it uppishly past backward point for a couple of runs. |
| 6.6 : Tim Pringle to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on off, Virat Kohli gets forward and drives it with a straight bat to long off for a single. |
| 6.5 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, Flatter and quicker on middle, Rohit Sharma punches off the back foot to deep point for a single. |
| 7.1 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, Short on off, Virat Kohli advances and nudges it behind square for a single. |
| 7.2 : Logan van Beek to Rohit Sharma, Short of a length on off, Rohit Sharma shuffles across and pulls it to deep square leg for a run. |
| 7.3 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, Short on off, Virat Kohli works it to mid-wicket for a quick single. |
| 7.4 : Logan van Beek to Rohit Sharma, SIX! SMASHED! Back of a length and outside off, Rohit Sharma stands tall and thumps this one over deep mid-wicket for an 88-metre six. The fielder in the deep thought he was in business but the ball sailed just over his head. Second six of the innings for the Indian skipper. |
| 7.6 : Logan van Beek to Rohit Sharma, Banged in short, Rohit Sharma gets a top edge as he tried to pull. The ball falls just short of fine leg and a single is taken. |
| 7.5 : Logan van Beek to Rohit Sharma, Rohit survives! Slower delivery on off, Rohit Sharma looks to paddle this one behind square and gets rapped on the pads. Umpire Michael Gough has a look and gives it out. Rohit Sharma straightaway sends it upstairs. UltraEdge shows that Rohit Sharma got some glove on it and hence successfully overturns the decision. |
| 8.1 : Shariz Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Tossed up, on off. Rohit Sharma defends it towards the off side. |
| 8.2 : Shariz Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, Fuller one again, on off. Rohit Sharma knocks it to mid on for one. |
| 8.3 : Shariz Ahmad to Virat Kohli, Outside off and fuller, Virat Kohli drives it past covers. The fielder makes an excellent stop at the fence diving to his right. Just two runs off it. |
| 8.4 : Shariz Ahmad to Virat Kohli, Fuller and on off, Virat Kohli eases it back towards the bowler. |
| 8.5 : Shariz Ahmad to Virat Kohli, Fuller again, down leg. Virat Kohli flicks it to square leg for one. Good over so far from Shariz Ahmad. |
| 8.6 : Shariz Ahmad to Rohit Sharma, On off, Rohit Sharma gets on his knee and slogs it to deep mid-wicket. The ball falls just short of the fielder. They collect one. Just 5 runs off the over. Good start from the Netherlands so far. |
| 9.1 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, Fuller and on off, Rohit Sharma looks to loft it but miscues it to the fielder at short third man. |
| 0.0 : Bas de Leede is back on. One over for five runs so far. |
| 9.2 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Fine shot. Slightly shorter and on off, Rohit Sharma hangs back and guides it over backward point for a boundary. India need more of these! |
| 9.3 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, SIX! BANG! Slightly shorter again, Rohit Sharma uses the pace of the ball and flicks it over fine leg for a maximum. Excellent timing! |
| 9.4 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, On off this time, Rohit Sharma guides it to covers for one. |
| 9.5 : Bas de Leede to Virat Kohli, Fuller one, on off. Virat Kohli drives it but finds the fielder at deep covers. Just a single. |
| 9.6 : Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, Wide! This one lands outside leg, Rohit Sharma lets it go. |
| Bas de Leede to Rohit Sharma, Another one on leg, Rohit Sharma dances down he track to loft it but mistimes it to mid-wicket. They collect one. |
| 10.1 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, Flighted at the pads, Rohit Sharma clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 10.2 : Tim Pringle to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on off, Virat Kohli advances and slaps it to extra cover. |
| 10.3 : Tim Pringle to Virat Kohli, Floated outside off, Virat Kohli chips it towards long off for a single. |
| 10.4 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Sliding onto the pads, Rohit Sharma gets on his knees and helps it behind square for a boundary. Rohit Sharma is getting a move on here. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break. Netherlands have managed to keep the scoring rate under check here. They got the wicket of KL Rahul early and would have got Rohit too but Tim Pringle failed to hold onto an easy catch. Since then, Rohit has tried to up the ante and India would be looking to go all guns blazing in the final 10 overs now. Netherlands, on the other hand, need to keep their discipline going if they want to restrict India to a chaseable score. Tim Pringle is back on. |
| 10.5 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Low full toss outside off, Rohit Sharma shimmies down the track to go over covers. Gets an outside half of his blade and the ball goes to the right of short third man for another boundary. Consecutive boundaries for Rohit Sharma. |
| 10.6 : Tim Pringle to Rohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma goes down the track and flicks the fuller ball towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.1 : Fred Klaassen to Rohit Sharma, On a length and around leg as Rohit skips down the track to heave it towards the leg side. He misses and the ball goes off his pads towards the off side. A leg bye is taken. |
| 11.2 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, Full outside off, Virat Kohli drives it to mid off and takes a quick single. |
| 0.0 : Fred Klaassen is back into the attack. Two overs for 12 runs so far. |
| 11.3 : Fred Klaassen to Rohit Sharma, Good length on off, Rohit Sharma shuffles across and clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 11.4 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, Fullish delivery on off, Virat Kohli jams this one towards deep cover for a couple of runs. The fielder in the deep runs around and keeps it to two. |
| 11.5 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, Back of a length outside off, Virat Kohli punches it off the back foot to mid off and rushes for a quick single. |
| 11.6 : Fred Klaassen to Rohit Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! A slower fullish delivery on off. Rohit Sharma looks to deposit this one over cow corner. However, he does not get enough power behind this shot and ends up hitting it straight to deep mid-wicket where Colin Ackermann takes a fine catch. A timely wicket for Netherlands. Rohit Sharma was threatening to take the game away from them. |
| Suryakumar Yadav walks out at number 4! |
| 12.1 : Tim Pringle to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Fuller one and on middle, Virat Kohli lofts it straight down the ground for a one-bounce boundary! |
| 12.2 : Tim Pringle to Virat Kohli, Tossed up on middle, Virat Kohli eases it to short covers for a quick single. |
| 12.3 : Tim Pringle to Suryakumar Yadav, Fuller one again, this is guided towards point for one more. |
| 12.4 : Tim Pringle to Virat Kohli, Fuller and just outside off, Virat Kohli pushes it to extra covers and calls for two. Excellent running between the wickets. |
| 12.5 : Tim Pringle to Virat Kohli, On off again, Virat Kohli plays it to deep extra covers for one. |
| 12.6 : Tim Pringle to Suryakumar Yadav, Fuller and on off, Suryakumar Yadav taps it to short covers for a quick single. An over throw allows the batters to take another run. They collect two. |
| 13.1 : Paul van Meekeren to Virat Kohli, Fuller and on off, Virat Kohli flicks it to square leg for one. |
| 13.2 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Good length and on middle, Suryakumar Yadav uses his wrist and flicks it past deep square leg for a boundary! |
| 13.3 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries. This one lands on off, Suryakumar Yadav drives it past covers for a another boundary! |
| 13.4 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, Shorter one and on off, Suryakumar Yadav looks to play the upper cut but misses. |
| 13.5 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, Slightly shorter this time, Suryakumar Yadav punches it to covers for one. |
| 13.6 : Paul van Meekeren to Virat Kohli, A yorker and on middle, Virat Kohli digs it to the right of the bowler and scampers for a single. |
| 14.1 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, Lands it on a length, on off. Kohli heaves it off the inside half of his blade to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 14.2 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, A dot now! Serves it on a length and outside off. Yadav gets across and tries to flick it towards the leg side but misses it completely. |
| 14.3 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! This time he connects and finds the gap! Angling into middle and Yadav again moves across to his right a bit and flicks it towards the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, On a length and around off. Suryakumar Yadav hits it firmly to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 14.5 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, A fullish delivery on off. Kohli drives it straight to the mid off fielder. |
| 14.6 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, Good fielding in the deep! Back of a length, on off. Kohli pulls it wide of long on. The fielder there covers good ground by running to his right and dives to stop it just inside the fence. Two taken. |
| 15.1 : Bas de Leede to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! SKY starts the over with a boundary! On a length and around off. Yadav lifts this from his crease and gets it into the gap towards the extra-cover fence. |
| 15.2 : Bas de Leede to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! That's another tremendous shot! Bas de Leede with a fullish delivery, on off. Yadav makes room and beats the extra-cover fielder in the ring this time as the ball runs away towards the fence. |
| 15.3 : Bas de Leede to Suryakumar Yadav, Just a single this time! Another fullish delivery, outside off. Yadav slices it to deep point for a single. |
| 15.4 : Bas de Leede to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Now, Virat Kohli gets into the act! Back of a length and angling into leg. Kohli pulls it in the gap towards the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 15.5 : Bas de Leede to Virat Kohli, Good slower delivery! On a length and around off. Kohli is early in his slog as he gets beaten by the lack of the pace of this delivery. |
| 15.6 : Bas de Leede to Virat Kohli, On the shorter side, on off. Kohli pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. 14 from the over and can India reach 180 from here? |
| 16.1 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, WIDE! A slower length delivery but bowls it way down the leg side. Kohli looks to flick it but misses. |
| Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, Just over mid off! On a length, on middle. Kohli stays inside the line of the ball and drives it uppishly over mid off for a couple. |
| 16.2 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, FOUR! This time a better shot! On a length, on off. Kohli plays the same shot that he played on the last ball but times it better and the ball runs away towards the long off fence. |
| 16.4 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, Back-to-back fifties for Virat Kohli! This man is really hard to stop once he starts scoring, absolute champion! A fullish delivery, outside off. Kohli drives it along the ground to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 16.3 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, SIX! Now, this is a fantastic shot! A fullish delivery on off. Kohli makes room and plays a lofted drive again, this time over covers for a maximum. |
| 16.5 : Fred Klaassen to Suryakumar Yadav, In the air..but short of the fielder. On a length, on off. Yadav gets across and tries to paddle it. However, he gets a top edge that falls just short of the forward running fielder at deep backward square leg. Single taken. |
| 16.6 : Fred Klaassen to Virat Kohli, A full delivery on off. Kohli skips down the track and drives it to long off for a single. |
| 17.1 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, Bowls a full delivery on the pads. Kohli skips down the track again and flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 17.2 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, Angles it on leg from 'round the wicket. Yadav drills it wide of long on and comes back for the second run. |
| 17.5 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! SKY finds another boundary! A fullish delivery on leg. Yadav backs away and hits it slightly off the inside half of his blade straight down the ground for a boundary. |
| 17.6 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, Angles it on the pads. Yadav flicks it to fine leg for a single. 10 from the over! |
| 17.4 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, Nails a yorker on middle from 'round the wicket. Kohli digs it out towards the off side and a single is taken. |
| 17.3 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, Wow! Good fielding by Fred Klaassen in the deep! A full delivery on middle. yadav scoops it towards the fine leg region. However, the fielder moves across to his right, dives full length and stops it. Just a single. |
| 18.1 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Lovely shot! This man is something special! A fullish delivery, around off. Yadav stays deep in his crease and slams it over extra cover for a boundary. |
| 18.3 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, Bowls it full and on leg. Yadav flicks it towards cow corner and gets two as the fielder at long off cuts it off. |
| 18.4 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, Back of a length, on leg. Yadav pulls it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 18.2 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, Nice comeback by Paul van Meekeren! Back of a length and around off. Yadav tries to slash it away but misses. |
| 18.5 : Paul van Meekeren to Virat Kohli, Just a single, good over so far from Paul van Meekeren! On a length, on off. Kohli tries to hit it towards the off side but gets the inside half of his blade. Paul gets his hand to the ball and half-stops it. Single taken. |
| 18.6 : Paul van Meekeren to Suryakumar Yadav, Brilliant yorker to end the over, around off. Yadav only manages to dig it out towards backward point. Just 8 from the over! |
| 19.1 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, A yorker from 'round the wicket on middle. Kohli pushes it towards the off side and takes a single. |
| 19.2 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, Two more! Yadav backs away a bit too much, Logan van Beek follows him and bowls it full. SKY drives it wide of long off for a couple. |
| 19.3 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, On a length, on leg. Yadav flicks it to fine leg for just a single. |
| 19.4 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, SIX! After bowling three good deliveries, Logan van Beek bowls a full toss on middle. Kohli whips this off his pads and ends up hitting it over the square leg fence. |
| 19.5 : Logan van Beek to Virat Kohli, Bangs a short delivery at 140 kph on middle. Kohli is hurried by this ball and gets a top edge that falls short of the fine leg fielder. A single taken. |
| 19.6 : Logan van Beek to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX! SKY finishes things in style and gets his fifty off just 25 balls! A full delivery on the pads. Suryakumar Yadav stays deep in his crease and flicks it over fine leg for a maximum. India end with 179 for 2 after 20 overs! |
| At the end of 20 overs, India have 179 on the board. India scored 112 in the last ten overs and they will certainly be the happier side at the halfway mark. Opting to bat first, India lost KL Rahul early again as he was dismissed in the third over of the innings. The men in Blue started off quite slow in the innings and the Netherlands bowlers were incredible in targetting the tight lines. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli then stitched a partnership for the second wicket and kept the runs flowing. |
| Netherlands bowled exceedingly well in the first six overs and as a result, India could only manage 33 runs in the powerplay. Tim Pringle was the most economical bowler for the Dutch. The Netherlands conceded a lot after the 10th over mark. As opposed to their bowling, the Dutch were tidy in the field and saved quite a few runs. Scott Edwards and his men would be unhappy with the way they have ended. They spilled a couple of runs in the cue end barring a brilliant 19th over from Paul van Meeke |
| Suryakumar Yadav is in for a quick chat. He says that he is enjoying his batting and it was an important partnership. Tells that Virat told him to just keep batting and he is happy to do that. Adds that the atmosphere and support they have is fantastic and mentions that they have a good total on the board. He praises Kohli for the way he played and says that he enjoyed playing with him. |
| Netherlands will look to bat with intent in the chase and take the game to the end while India will be hoping to significantly boost their net run rate by bundling out the Dutch for a low total. Chase coming shortly⦠|
| ... The Run Chase ... |
| 0.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vikramjit Singh, Lands it on a length and a bit of swing into the batter for Kumar. Singh defends it off the front foot. |
| 0.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vikramjit Singh, Serves a fullish delivery, that is bowled outside off and Singh leaves it seeing that the ball is out of his arc while walking down the track. |
| 0.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vikramjit Singh, Pulls his length back a bit, around off. Singh punches it to the cover-point fielder again. |
| 0.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vikramjit Singh, On a length and around off. Singh drives it to cover-point this time. |
| 0.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vikramjit Singh, Ohh...that's a lovely ball! Good inswinging full delivery from Kumar. Singh fails to read the swing of the ball and almost puts his boot on the ball. |
| 0.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vikramjit Singh, A maiden to start from Bhuvneshwar Kumar! A fullish delivery on middle. Singh drives it off the inside half of his blade to mid on. |
| Arshdeep Singh to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Max O'Dowd, Drags his length back a bit, outside off. It is angled across the batter and Max O'Dowd leaves it. |
| 1.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Max O'Dowd, FOUR! Good shot! Netherlands and Max O'Dowd are underway with a boundary. A fullish delivery, outside off. Max O'Dowd leans forward and drives it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 1.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Max O'Dowd, Oh, lovely delivery! Serves it on a good length and around off at 133 kph. The ball seams away after pitching and beats the outside edge of Max O'Dowd's blade as he looks to defend. |
| 1.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Max O'Dowd, WIDE! Bangs it short and around leg. Max O'Dowd ducks under it. |
| Arshdeep Singh to Max O'Dowd, FOUR! Nicely timed again! On a length and around off. Max O'Dowd just caresses it through cover-point again for a boundary. Nice placement as well. |
| 1.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Vikramjit Singh, Serves a fullish delivery on off at 135 kph. Singh flicks it towards fine leg for a single. Indian bowlers have not found the kind of movement they found in Melbourne against Pakistan with the new ball. |
| 1.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Max O'Dowd, Serves it on a length, on off. Bit of swing into the batter. Max O'Dowd tries to defend but gets the inside edge towards short fine leg. A single taken. |
| 2.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vikramjit Singh, Short and outside off, Vikramjit Singh awkwardly chips it in the air on the leg side. The ball falls just short of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in his follow through. |
| 2.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Vikramjit Singh, OUT! BOWLED! Bhuvneshwar Kumar draws first blood! Back of a length on off, Vikramjit Singh tries to pull it but fails to make any contact and the ball hits the timber. Singh's reaction gave the impression that it bounced a bit low than he anticipated. To be honest, Vikramjit Singh never looked comfortable in the middle and credit should be given to Bhuvneshwar Kumar here for the way he set Singh up. |
| 2.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bas de Leede, Back of a length angling into the batter, Bas de Leede defends it of the back foot to mid-wicket. |
| 2.2 : Bas de Leede is the new batter. |
| 2.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bas de Leede, Short of a length angling away, Bas de Leede taps it back to the bowler. |
| 2.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bas de Leede, Another one into the wicket and angling in, Bas de Leede solidly defends it off the back foot. |
| 2.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Bas de Leede, Short of a length around off, Bas de Leede defends it on the off side. Consecutive maidens by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. |
| 3.1 : Mohammad Shami to Max O'Dowd, Full and swinging into the batter, Max O'Dowd clips it wide of mid on for a single. |
| 3.2 : Mohammad Shami to Bas de Leede, Full and angling in, Bas de Leede defends it on the off side. |
| 3.3 : Mohammad Shami to Bas de Leede, Back of a length on off, Bas de Leede makes room and guides this one past backward point. Arshdeep Singh at third man keeps it to one. |
| 3.4 : Mohammad Shami to Max O'Dowd, FOUR! Full and drifting onto the pads, Max O'Dowd flicks this one uppishly towards vacant square leg region for his third boundary. Max O'Dowd is looking in great touch. |
| 3.5 : Mohammad Shami to Max O'Dowd, Full and shaping into the batter, Max O'Dowd blocks this one on the off side. |
| 3.6 : Mohammad Shami to Max O'Dowd, Full and swinging onto the pads, Max O'Dowd works this one to the right of mid on for a couple of runs. Ravichandran Ashwin at mid on chases and does the cleaning work. |
| 0.0 : Netherlands need to put up a solid partnership if they need to chase this total. Can Bas de Leede and Max O'Dowd do it? |
| 4.1 : Axar Patel to Bas de Leede, A flatter one on off. Bas de Leede punches it to long off for a single. |
| 4.2 : Axar Patel to Max O'Dowd, OUT! BOWLED! Axar Patel hits the stumps this time and Netherlands lose their second! Max O'Dowd gets away too across to his right and tries to sweep this full delivery on off. He misses and the ball goes onto hit the stumps. Max O'Dowd was looking good but this is another big blow to Netherlands. India on top here! |
| 4.3 : Axar Patel to Colin Ackermann, A full delivery on off. Colin Ackermann drives it straight to the cover fielder. |
| 4.2 : Colin Ackermann walks in next. |
| 4.4 : Axar Patel to Colin Ackermann, Slower through the air, this time on off. Colin Ackermann defends it with soft hands towards the off side and takes a single. |
| 4.5 : Axar Patel to Bas de Leede, Pushes it quicker on off. Bas de Leede drives it to covers. |
| 4.6 : Axar Patel to Bas de Leede, Just a single and three runs with a wicket from the first over of Axar Patel. He continues to fire it on off. Bas de Leede uses his feet and drives it to long off for a single. |
| 5.1 : Mohammad Shami to Bas de Leede, On a length, on off. Bas de Leede makes room and dances down the track but drives it straight to the cover fielder. |
| 5.2 : Mohammad Shami to Bas de Leede, Serves a full delivery on off. Bas de Leede drives it to long off for a single. |
| 5.3 : Mohammad Shami to Colin Ackermann, On a length, on middle. Shaping into middle. Colin Ackermann gets an inside edge onto his pads and the ball rolls towards third man. Meanwhile, Shami appeal for an LBW but the umpire is not interested as it is clearly hitting the bat. Single taken. |
| 5.4 : Mohammad Shami to Bas de Leede, A fullish delivery on middle. Bas de Leede flick it to mid-wicket. |
| 5.5 : Mohammad Shami to Bas de Leede, Shami with a short delivery on middle. Bas de Leede pulls it through mid-wicket and the batters run three as the fielder cuts it off near the fence. |
| 5.6 : Mohammad Shami to Colin Ackermann, Back of a length, on off. Colin Ackermann with a solid block from his crease. Netherlands are 27 for 2 after the Powerplay! |
| 6.1 : Hardik Pandya to Bas de Leede, Full on middle, Bas de Leede shuffles across and clips to deep square leg for a single. |
| 6.2 : Hardik Pandya to Colin Ackermann, Full and swinging into the batter, Colin Ackermann pushes this one to mid-wicket. |
| 6.3 : Hardik Pandya to Colin Ackermann, Short of a length on off, Colin Ackermann moves away and swats this one towards long on. Does not get enough on the bat and as a result, the batters come back for two. |
| 6.4 : Hardik Pandya to Colin Ackermann, Back of a length outside off, Colin Ackermann pushes it off the back foot towards backward point for a single. |
| 6.5 : Hardik Pandya to Bas de Leede, WIDE! Hardik Pandya loses his radar as he bowls this one wide down the leg side, Bas de Leede looks to flick it but misses. |
| Hardik Pandya to Bas de Leede, Short on off, Bas de Leede works this one between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.Good running by Bas de Leede. |
| 6.6 : Hardik Pandya to Bas de Leede, Slower outside off, Bas de Leede waits for it and pushes this one right of deep point to collect another brace. |
| 7.1 : Axar Patel to Colin Ackermann, Darted into the batter, Colin Ackermann makes room and cuts it to deep point for a single. |
| 7.2 : Axar Patel to Bas de Leede, Flighted on middle, Bas de Leede fails to get any bat on it and the ball brushes off his pads. |
| 7.3 : Axar Patel to Bas de Leede, Full on off, Bas de Leede gets forward and pushes it wide of long off for another brace. |
| 7.4 : Axar Patel to Bas de Leede, Short on off, Bas de Leede shimmies down the track and works it to long on for a single. |
| 7.6 : Axar Patel to Colin Ackermann, Flatter on middle, Colin Ackermann stays in the crease and works it off the backfoot to deep point for a single. |
| 7.5 : Axar Patel to Colin Ackermann, STUMPING MISSED! Tossed up outside off, Colin Ackermann advances to thump this one down the ground. Connects with thin air but still survives as Dinesh Karthik fails to collect it and misses a stumping chance. |
| 8.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, Starts off with a flatter delivery on off. Colin Ackermann pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 8.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, FOUR! SHOT! Slower through the air, around off. Colin Ackermann slaps it towards the cow corner for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, Fires it quicker on middle. Colin Ackermann works it towards the leg side. |
| 8.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, Pushes it quicker again on off. No flight for the batter to work with and he pushes it down the ground for a single. |
| 8.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Bas de Leede, Continues to push it quicker on middle. Bas de Leede clips it towards the leg side. |
| 8.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Bas de Leede, Touch shorter and on off. Bas de Leede punches it to towards sweeper cover for a single. |
| 9.1 : Axar Patel to Bas de Leede, On the shorter side on off. Bas de Leede slaps it back to the bowler. |
| 9.3 : Axar Patel to Tom Cooper, Tossed up, on off. Cooper drives it to deep extra-cover for a couple. |
| 9.4 : Axar Patel to Tom Cooper, Fires it quicker on off. Cooper drives it to long off for a single. |
| 9.5 : Axar Patel to Colin Ackermann, Another single to long off as Colin Ackermann knocks this full delivery on off with a straight blade. |
| 9.2 : Axar Patel to Bas de Leede, OUT! CAUGHT! Excellent bowling from Axar Patel! He gets his second wicket and Netherlands lose another big wicket. This is clever from Patel, he bowls it a touch wider and on the shorter side. Also takes the pace off the ball and Bas de Leede tries to cut it but gets a thickish outside edge that goes aerially towards backward point. Hardik Pandya there takes a sharp catch and Netherlands are currently going nowhere in this chase. |
| 9.6 : Axar Patel to Tom Cooper, Shortish length and around off. Cooper tries to cut it but gets the inside edge that goes behind square on the off side. |
| 9.2 : Drinks! India are all over the Netherlands. India have three Dutch wickets and have allowed them to score only 47 runs in 9.2 overs. The Netherlands would need a solid partnership here whilst India will look to restrict them to a low score. Tom Cooper is the new batter. |
| 10.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, Flighted outside off, Colin Ackermann gets forward and knocks it to long on for a single. |
| 10.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tom Cooper, Tossed up outside off, Tom Cooper gets beaten as he went for the cover drive. |
| 10.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tom Cooper, Floated on off, Tom Cooper looks to work it on the leg side. Gets a leading edge that fulls just out of reach of Ravichandran Ashwin. |
| 10.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, Fuller one on off, Colin Ackermann sweeps it to backward square leg for a brace. |
| 10.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, Flatter and quicker outside off, Colin Ackermann pushes it to extra cover. |
| 10.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, Flighted down the leg side, Colin Ackermann tries to help it behind square but misses. |
| 11.1 : Axar Patel to Tom Cooper, Full outside off, Tom Cooper looks to slash this one on the off side. Gets an outside edge past short third man. Ravichandran Ashwin chases and keeps it to three. |
| 11.2 : Axar Patel to Colin Ackermann, Flatter and quicker outside off, Colin Ackermann pushes it to cover for a single. |
| 11.3 : Axar Patel to Tom Cooper, Darted into the batter, Tom Cooper knocks it back to the bowler. |
| 11.4 : Axar Patel to Tom Cooper, Flighted on middle, Tom Cooper drills it over the bowler. Axar Patel tried to stop it but it was travelling. Tom Cooper collects a brace towards long on. |
| 11.5 : Axar Patel to Tom Cooper, Full outside off, Tom Cooper slaps this one to Rohit Sharma at extra cover who does a good job not to concede the single. |
| 11.6 : Axar Patel to Tom Cooper, Flatter outside off, Tom Cooper goes for the reverse paddle but misses. |
| Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, Bowls it outside off, Colin Ackermann looks to heave it but misses. |
| 12.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Colin Ackermann, OUT! CAUGHT! Ravichandran Ashwin gets his first wicket and Netherlands lose their fourth. Still 118 runs needed from just 47 balls and the Dutch hopes sink further. Ashwin bowls it fuller on off. Colin Ackermann tries to launch it over deep mid-wicket. However, he fails to get enough power behind this shot and ends up hitting it just left of Axar Patel in the deep who takes it comfortably. |
| 0.0 : Scott Edwards is the new batter. |
| 12.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Scott Edwards, A fullish delivery, around off. Scott Edwards reverse-paddles it behind the keeper for a single. |
| 12.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tom Cooper, Shortish length and outside off. Cooper tries to cut it but misses. |
| 12.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Pringle, Fuller and around off. Tim Pringle pushes it towards backward point and takes a quick single. |
| 12.4 : Tim Pringle walks in. |
| 12.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Scott Edwards, This one lands outside off, Scott Edwards looks to cut it but misses. An end to an excellent over from Ravichandran Ashwin. |
| 13.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Tim Pringle, FOUR! Poor delivery and punished! Lands it on a length, on leg. Tim Pringle clips it fine towards the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Tim Pringle, On a length, on off. Tim Pringle dabs it towards the off side for a single. |
| 12.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tom Cooper, OUT! CAUGHT! Ravichandran Ashwin gets his second over of the wicket and another one bites the dust! This is full and on leg. Cooper tries to whip it off his pads. However, his bat face closes a bit early and the ball ends up going aerially towards deep square leg. Deepak Hooda (Sub) there takes a fine catch and India all over Netherlands now. |
| 13.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Scott Edwards, Nasty short delivery by Singh! Bowls it quick and on middle. Scott Edwards tries to pull it but gets hit on his helmet. The ball rolls towards the off side and a leg bye is taken. |
| A concussion test is to be followed as Arshdeep Singh hits the helmet of Scott Edwards with a bouncer. The test is complete and we are good to go. |
| 13.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Tim Pringle, On a length and outside off. Tim Pringle cuts it to the point fielder. |
| 13.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Tim Pringle, NO BALL! Arshdeep Singh has overstepped here. Bowls it full and angling into leg from 'round the wicket. Tim clips it to deep backward square leg for a single. Free Hit coming up... |
| Arshdeep Singh to Scott Edwards, Bowls a yorker angling into middle. Scott Edwards gets the inside edge onto his pads as he tries to flick it towards the leg side. A single is taken as the ball rolls towards the off side. |
| 13.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Tim Pringle, Beaten! A slower length delivery, outside off. Tim Pringle swings across the line but misses. 107 needed now from 36 balls! |
| 14.1 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Scott Edwards, Tossed up on leg, Scott Edwards sweeps it towards backward square leg for one. |
| 14.2 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Pringle, SIX! Up and over. This one lands fuller and on off, Tim Pringle lofts it over long on for a maximum. Excellent timing! |
| 14.3 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Pringle, Bowls it on middle, this is defended back towards the bowler. |
| 14.4 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Pringle, Similar to the last delivery, this is again, defended towards Ravichandran Ashwin. |
| 14.5 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Pringle, Bowls it on off with a hint of turn, Tim Pringle defends it solidly. |
| 14.6 : Ravichandran Ashwin to Tim Pringle, Slightly shorter this time, Tim Pringle knocks it to mid on for one. |
| 15.1 : Mohammad Shami to Tim Pringle, On a length and on off, Tim Pringle lofts it but mistimes it completely. The ball goes up in the air and lands safely at mid off. They collect two. |
| 15.2 : Mohammad Shami to Tim Pringle, Slightly shorter, on off. Tim Pringle eases it to mid on for a brace again. |
| 15.3 : Mohammad Shami to Tim Pringle, Bangs a shorter one outside off, Tim Pringle guides it to backward point for two more. |
| 15.4 : Mohammad Shami to Tim Pringle, OUT! TAKEN! Another one bites the dust. This one lands fuller and on middle, Tim Pringle chips it towards mid off. Virat Kohli runs behind and takes it comfortably around his head. Netherlands are six down now and India are looking all set for a big win here! |
| 15.5 : Mohammad Shami to Logan van Beek, A low full toss on off, Logan van Beek eases it to mid off. Dot. |
| 15.4 : Logan van Beek walks out to the middle. |
| 15.6 : Mohammad Shami to Logan van Beek, On a length and on outside off, Logan van Beek shoulders arms at it. |
| 16.1 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Scott Edwards, On a length and just outside off, Scott Edwards looks to loft it but misses. |
| 16.2 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Scott Edwards, Good length again, Scott Edwards pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 16.3 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Scott Edwards, OUT! CAUGHT! On a length and on off, Scott Edwards looks to loft it but gets the upper part of his bat. The ball goes high up in the air to the right of mid off where Deepak Hooda (Sub) keeps his eye on the ball, moves to his right and eventually takes it comfortably. |
| 16.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shariz Ahmad, FOUR! Outside off this time, Shariz Ahmad slaps it past point for a boundary! Confident shot from the youngster! |
| 16.3 : Shariz Ahmad is the next batter in. |
| 16.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shariz Ahmad, On a length and outside off, Shariz Ahmad punches it to covers for one. |
| 16.5 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Shariz Ahmad, Length ball outside off. Shariz Ahmad drives it down to deep cover for a brace. |
| 17.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Shariz Ahmad, Fuller one on off, Shariz Ahmad digs it to mid on for one. |
| 17.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Logan van Beek, Slightly shorter, around off. Logan van Beek pulls it towards deep square leg for one. |
| 17.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Shariz Ahmad, Fuller and on leg, Shariz Ahmad looks to flick it but hits his leg. The ball rolls towards square leg. They cross for a leg bye. |
| 17.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Logan van Beek, Fuller again, on middle. Logan van Beek taps it to point for a brace. |
| 17.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Logan van Beek, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Shorter one on middle, Logan van Beek was not expecting it and looks to pull it. He gets the slightest of the edge and Dinesh Karthik takes an easy catch behind the wickets. Netherlands are eight down now as Arshdeep Singh gets his first wicket. This bouncer shows the class and skills of this young man, brilliant execution. |
| Fred Klaassen walks out to bat now. |
| 17.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Fred Klaassen, OUT! LBW! Right on the money again. A yorker from 'round the wicket on middle and leg, Fred Klaassen looks to flick it but gets hit on his pads. A loud appeal follows for the LBW but the finger stays down. Arshdeep Singh asks for a review. The Ball Tracking rolls and it shows three reds and Arshdeep Singh gets two in two. Netherlands are nine down now. Paul van Meekeren is the last man in. |
| 18.1 : Mohammad Shami to Shariz Ahmad, On a length and outside off, Shariz Ahmad looks to play at it but misses. |
| 18.2 : Mohammad Shami to Shariz Ahmad, Slightly shorter and on off, Shariz Ahmad knocks it to mid off for one. |
| 18.3 : Mohammad Shami to Paul van Meekeren, Fuller one on off, Paul van Meekeren slices it to deep covers for one more. |
| 18.4 : Mohammad Shami to Shariz Ahmad, On a length and just outside off, Shariz Ahmad looks to drive it but misses. |
| 18.5 : Mohammad Shami to Shariz Ahmad, FOUR! Fine shot. Fuller one on off, Shariz Ahmad smashes it through covers for a boundary! |
| 18.6 : Mohammad Shami to Shariz Ahmad, Slightly shorter and on off, Shariz Ahmad shuffles across and slaps it towards deep covers for a brace. |
| 19.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Paul van Meekeren, NO HAT-TRICK! A yorker and just outside leg, Paul van Meekeren digs it to the square leg fielder. Dot. |
| 19.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Paul van Meekeren, Slightly shorter and on middle, Paul van Meekeren looks to pull it but gets a bottom edge towards square leg. They cross. |
| 19.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Shariz Ahmad, Bowls it fuller and outside off, Shariz Ahmad guides it to point for one. |
| 19.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Paul van Meekeren, FOUR! Fine shot. A low full toss outside off, Paul van Meekeren smashes it past covers for a boundary! |
| 19.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Paul van Meekeren, FOUR! A shorter one on leg, Paul van Meekeren looks to pull it but gets a top edge. The ball races away towards the fine leg fence for another boundary! |
| 19.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Paul van Meekeren, FOUR! A low full toss on off, Paul van Meekeren drills it through mid off for another boundary. India win by 56 runs! |
| Earlier in the game, India began decently after opting to bat first. At 67-1 after 10 overs, India needed to get a move on to reach a good total. The pair of Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli provided a much-needed impetus and took them to a very good total on this slowish pitch. For Netherlands, Fred Klaassen and Paul van Meekeren got a wicket each but they were left with a lot to do coming into the second half of the game. |
| Netherlands were off to a shaky start while chasing 180. They lost both their openers inside the Powerplay and could only manage 27 runs in the first six overs. Post that, Dutch were unable to string partnerships together and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. It was always going to be a stern test for them against a formidable Indian bowling attack and they just could not put any pressue on the Indian bowlers at any point in time in this chase. |
| 0.0 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar is back on. |
| 19.6 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar set the tone for India with consecutive maidens in his first spell and an early wicket. Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin then combined to spin a web around the Dutch. Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh too joined the party and were amongst the wickets. Overall,  Rohit Sharma will be pleased with a disciplined bowling effort in this game and this could be termed as a perfect game for India. |
| Time for the Presentation. |
| Suryakumar Yadav is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his attacking knock of 51 off just 25 balls! He says that he was trying to express himself and he likes to bat. Adds that the message was clear to reach a total that the bowlers could defend. Ends by saying that he likes to bat with Kohli and needs to run hard on the pitch while batting with him. |
| Rohit Sharma, the Indian skipper says that it was good that they got few days to get over that special win against Pakistan. He told the boys to move on and start thinking of this game. He shares that they wanted to get these two crucial points and adds that pressure is a lot when you are expected to win. Credits Netherlands for their performance in this tournament. Mentions that it was a near perfect game for them. Shares that the wicket was on the slower side and had discussed with Virat Kohli |
| Right then, that is all we have from this game. The caravan now moves to Perth from Sydney for the third game of this Super Thursday. Pakistan are going up against Zimbabwe in that encounter and it will start at 4.30 pm IST (11 am GMT). So switch tabs and enjoy the coverage of that game. Cheers! |
| A comfortable victory for India in the end and they now move to the top of the table in this group. This big win will also boost their net run rate as well and overall, India have done what they were expected to do coming into this game. The Netherlands, on the other hand, had their moments with the ball but with the bat, they just could not handle the pressure of the big score along with the might of the Indian bowling and this is one area they need to improve a lot to compete with the big team |
| Scott Edwards, the skipper of Netherlands says that with the noise around, things become a bit difficult. Adds that they came here to win but and they put on a good performance. Ends by saying that it is difficult to restrict the batters (Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav) who bat in that manner and says that the score over 180 was always going be tricky. Says that he is looking forward to the Pakistan game and it just keeps getting better and better and they hope to put up a better performa |
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