Netherlands’ Teja Nidamanuru in motion towards England through the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 match between England and Netherlands.
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It began its World Cup sojourn with a fortnight-long preparatory camp in Bengaluru. On Sunday, it would finish its topsy-turvy experience within the Garden City, that too towards table-topper India. Despite the Netherlands being positioned on the backside of the factors desk and India rolling over every of its opponents to this point, the Dutch aren’t chucking up the sponge.
“It’s a game of cricket, right, so, it could be possible. We play our brand of cricket. We do what we do well. We have got some great manoeuvrers of the ball. We have got guys who can play spin well. We have also got guys who can take wickets,” the Netherlands batter Teja Nidamanuru mentioned after being walloped by England on Wednesday night time.
“Obviously you need a bit of luck. There is no doubt that they are a very strong team and they have been playing very good cricket. But funnier things have happened in the game.”
The spotlight of the Netherlands’ World Cup marketing campaign has been its win towards South Africa. But the Dutch outfit — the lone non-Test enjoying nation to have certified for the marquee occasion — let England off the hook after decreasing the World champion facet to 192 for six.
Despite the loss, Nidamanuru, whose unbeaten 41 was the very best rating for the Netherlands on Wednesday, drew positives from the World Cup marketing campaign for his staff.
“We pride ourselves on being able to evolve and grow, which this exposure against the top nine teams in the world has done for us. So being in the last place, that’s the cricket that we’re playing right now,” he mentioned.
“I am sure that we will pick ourselves up and move forward in the coming tournaments. We have the T20 World Cup next year that we have already qualified for, so that’s another opportunity for us to build towards. I have no doubt that we will definitely be causing a few upsets there and playing well and wanting to play in the semifinals as well.”
