IND vs NED: Team India registered their second consecutive win in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 after beating the Netherlands by 56 runs on Thursday in Sydney. India managed to post a 179-run total in the first innings and then restricted the opposition to 123.
India suffered a big jolt early on as KL Rahul departed after scoring only 9 runs in 12 balls. However, Rohit Sharma was smashing the ball to all parts of the ground, on the other hand. He set the tone for a big score with a crucial knock of 53 runs in just 39 balls, including 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Rohit Sharma stitched a vital 73-run partnership with Virat Kohli for the second wicket. Kohli changed gears after Rohit Sharma got out. Suryakumar Yadav, on the other hand, carried his good form as well. He didn’t take a lot of time to get settled and read the patch.
It was Yadav, who shifted the momentum of the game. Yadav’s crucial 51-run knock in just 25 balls helped the team reach a formidable total on the board. Kohli, on the other hand, scored his second consecutive half-century in the tournament and thus, would be riding high on confidence.
The former Indian skipper amassed 62 runs in just 44 balls, including 3 fours and 2 sixes. Indian bowlers didn’t let Netherlands score runs easily as kept bowling at tight lengths. Till the first half of the innings, Netherlands couldn’t score more than 50 runs and lost three wickets as well.
Axar Patel, who had a forgettable day with the ball in the last game, picked the crucial wickets of ODowd and Bas de Leede inside the first 10 overs. Ashwin then picked the wickets of Colin Ackermann and Tom Cooper in the 13th over to leave the Netherlands in all sorts of trouble at 63 for 5.
Tim Pringle (20) and Paul van Meekeren (14) played short cameos but those were never going to be enough.
IND vs NED Brief Scores: India 179 for 2 (Kohli 62*, Rohit 53, Suryakumar 51*) beat Netherlands 123 for 9 (Bhuvneshwar 2-9, Axar 2-18) by 56 runs
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