New Zealand vs Netherlands
5th day; Match no. 6
New Zealand vs Netherlands
Date: 09th October 2023
Time: 14.00 Hrs. IST
Venue: Hyderabad
New Zealand has won their first battle against England convincingly by 9 wickets. Whereas Netherlands have lost their first match by huge margin of 81 runs against Pakistan.
Both teams will clash at Hyderabad tomorrow on 09th October 2023 at 14.00 Hrs. IST. Netherland will be searching their first victory in the World Cup, on the other hand New Zealand will try to capitalise their victory further in this World Cup.
On papers, New Zealand has upper hand definitely. But cricket is game of uncertainty also. We have witnessed an excellent match yesterday. The day was full of new records in World Cup. Sri Lanka has lost their match against South Africa, but they have shown their positive temperament throughout the innings. On the huge pressure of 429 runs target, they never let the average run rate go below the asking rate, but on regular intervals, they have lost wickets and finally lost the match by a big difference of 102 runs.
Probable New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
Today, we will witness another high voltage on-ground show at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai, when India will challenge Australia for supremacy. As per previous records, Australia has won 8 out of 12 matches again India in World Cup. But in recent past, India has performed extremely well. Though Shubhman Gill is suffering from Dengue and will not play today’s match, but Indian team is ready to show their strength in the field. Ashwin will be playing on his home ground and may surprise Australians by his deceiving bowling. Bumrah is also going to play after a long gap in captaincy of Rohit Sharma and will definitely impress the skipper by his performance. Batting line up is superb and a good start is only required to build the innings.
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Netherland
Netherlands has played twenty matches in World cup so far and managed to win two of them against Namibia and Scotland. They have appeared in 1996, 2003, 2007 and 2011. Now they are appearing in 5th times in ICC World Cup.
Netherlands have played 6 times against Pakistan and they have lost all the 6 matches, so far.
Netherland has lost their first match of World Cup 2023 against Pakistan by 81 runs and will be searching their first victory in this World Cup.
Players who may impress in Netherlands team are Vikramjit Singh, Teja Nidamanuru. Aryan Dutt & Bas De Leede by their performance today.
Probable playing team for Netherlands: Scott Edwards (C), Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikramjit Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
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