Bangladesh batter Mustafizur Rahman clear bowled through the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 match towards Netherlands, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, on October 28, 2023.
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Netherlands pacers Paul van Meekeren and Bas de Leede struck with a vengeance to thrash Bangladesh by 87 runs and trigger another upset in the World Cup right here on Saturday.
Bangladesh’s possibilities of making it to the semifinals are successfully over after struggling their fifth consecutive loss in six video games.
The Dutch, who had defeated South Africa by 38 runs in Dharamsala, did so once more as they fought tenaciously to demolish Bangladesh for 142 runs in 42.2 overs after setting them a 230-run goal for victory.
Van Meekeren had figures of 4/23, whereas de Leede took two wickets for 25 runs.
Earlier, Netherlands batted very slowly to handle 229 all out.
Skipper Scott Edwards made a laboured 89-ball 68, whereas top-order batter Wesley Barresi scored 41. Lower-order batter Sybrand Engelbrecht contributed 35 off 61 deliveries.
Brief scores(*87*):
Netherlands: 229 all out in 50 overs (Wesley Barresi 41, Scott Edwards 68, Sybrand Engelbrecht 35; Mustafizur Rahman 2/36, Shoriful Islam 2/51, Taskin Ahmed 2/43, Mahedi Hasan 2/40).
Bangladesh: 142 in 42.2 overs (Mehidy Hasan Miraz 35; Paul van Meekeren 4/23, Bas de Leede 2/25).
