Netherlands pulled off one other historic win to beat Bangladesh within the twenty eighth match of the ICC World Cup 2023 on Sunday, October 28. Captain Scott Edwards scored one other fifty to assist Netherlands put in a difficult complete of 229 runs whereas batting first after which spectacular spells from Bas de Leede and Paul van Meerkeren produced an enormous 87-run win.
Both groups entered the sport with an out of doors probability to end within the high 4 having gained only one recreation of their first 5 video games. Edwards gained the toss and elected to bat first within the first recreation of the version at Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens.Â
Taskin Ahmed gave Bangladesh an early breakthrough with Vikramjit Singh’s wicket within the second over after which the left-arm pacer Soriful Islam dismissed Max O’Dowd within the subsequent over to put the Dutch facet underneath stress. Wesley Barresi and Colin Ackermann supplied a steadiness with a 59-run stand for the third wicket with the previous scoring essential 41 runs off 41 balls.
Edwards turned up for his crew as soon as once more along with his second fifty within the event as he scored 68 runs off 89 balls. Sybrand Engelbrecht added 77 runs for the sixth wicket however Bangladesh bowled made a late comeback to prohibit Netherlands to 229 runs in 50 overs.
In-form spinner Aryan Dutt gave Netherlands an ideal begin with Litton Das’ invaluable wicket within the fifth over and tempo all-rounder Logan van Beek dismissed Tanzid Hasan within the subsequent over to take the driving seat. Bangladesh’s center order’s struggles continued with Najmul Shanto and captain Shakib Al Hasan failing to make an influence.Â
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mahmadullah tried to steadiness the sport however weren’t in a position to convert their begins into large knocks. Mehidy top-scored with 35 runs as Bangaldesh’s innings collapsed on simply 142 runs in 42.2 overs. Paul van Meekeren took 4 wickets for simply 23 runs to bag the Player of the Match award whereas Bas de Leede picked two for Netherlands.Â
A win boosted Netherlands to eighth place within the factors desk whereas Bangladesh slipped to ninth place with simply two factors after six video games.
Bangladesh Playing XI: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam
Netherlands Playing XI: Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Wesley Barresi, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
