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Netherlands recorded a commanding victory over Bangladesh in the 28th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 held at the iconic Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Netherlands Innings
After winning the toss, Netherlands elected to bat first and put up a total of 229 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Scott Edwards‘ resilient 68 and valuable contributions from Wesley Barresi (41) and Sybrand Engelbrecht (35) powered their innings. Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman and Mahedi Hasan led the bowling attack for Bangladesh♉, 𝔉claiming 2 wickets each.
Bangladesh Innings
In response, Bangladesh struggled to find momentum in their batting and were eventually bowled out for 142 runs in 42.2 overs, falling short of the target by 87 runs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz top-scored for Bangladesh with 35 runs, while Paul van Meekeren starred for the Netherlands with 4 wickets. Aryan Dutt, Logan van Beek, Bas de Leede and Colin Ackermann also contributed significantly to the Netherlands’ bowling effort, picking up crucial wickets to restrict Bangladesh’s scoring.
The Netherlands’ comprehensive performance with both bat and ball ultimately secured their victory, marking another memorable win for the team in the ongoing World Cup tournament.
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Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Appreciation post for Scott Edwards and Net🎶herlands Cricket. I wish we had more leaders like himꩲ who do much with little. No global superstars, but they work smart and hard. These are no longer upsets. They are deserved victories.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Netherlands i༺s the most hardworking team in the tournament and also the best 🍬fielding side.
— SHOAIB (@SHOAIBSHAUKAT2)
Saffron winning against Green.. 🔥😅
— ᎠeeթtᎥ 🇮🇳 (@SaffronJivi)
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 2𝙣𝙙 𝙒 𝙞𝙣 !
— Cricket🏏Netherlands (@KNCBcricket)
Netherlands beats Bangladesh by 87 Runs
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB)
Netherlands thrash and knock out Bangladesh
-No crying about pitch
-No crying about crowd
-No crying about 𝘁𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿
-No crying about umpires
-No crying about Jay Shah
-No crying about one-sided ODI cricketJust terrific on field performance 🔥 |
— Johns (@JohnyBravo183)
Neꦐtherlands 🇳🇱 defeated Bangladesh 🇧�ꦗ� by 87 runs
What Tournament for Netherlands 👏
— Don Cricket 🏏 (@doncricket_)
Afghanistan 2-2 Netherlands 😍👏
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL)
Eden is Orange tonight! 🇳🇱
The Dutch have ♏won 💮two matches in the same World Cup for the first time!
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
The 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 continues 👏
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
All over! The Dutch jump up the table and Englaꦑnd slip into the wooden𓆏 spoon position.
— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket)
