Netherlands’ star all-rounder Bas de Leede did all he could, but Pakistan put up an improved bowling effort to pick up an 81-run victory in their World Cup opener in Hyderabad on Friday.
Netherlands’ star each-rounder Bas de Leede did all he could, but Pakistan put up an bettered bowling trouble to pick up an 81- run palm in their World Cup nature in Hyderabad on Friday. De Leede took four lattices with his medium- pace as a bent Netherlands limited Pakistan to 286 all out in 49 overs. The Dutch were in the run chase till nature Vikramjit Singh (52 off 67) and de Leede( 67 off 68) were in the middle but the end of their 70- run stage for the third gate led to their downfall. They were ultimately sailed out for 205 in 41 overs.
Pakistan’s bowling, which was set up wanting in the warm-up games, delivered in the middle- overs.
Haris Rauf (3/43) hastened the middle- order brace of Teja Nidamanuru and Scott Edwards to strike doubly in the 27th over.
Shaheen Afridi trapped Saqib Zulfikar in frontal with a fast and full ball to make it 158 for six and when left- arm incentive Mohammad Nawaz dismissed De Leede with a beauty, it was game over for the associate platoon in the competition. Under firevice-captain Shadab Khan also raised his game with the ball.
With minimum bottom movement, Vikramjit’s stroke play against Shaheen in the powerplay was effective as he collected three boundaries off the star leader. De Leede’s six over wide long- on against the turn off Nawaz stood out in his sublime knock.
In the end, de Leede was left to do too important on his own.
before, Pakistan suffered two mini defeats in their innings, one at the top of the order and the other bone
after a 120- run stage off 114 balls between Mohammad Rizwan (68 off 75) and Saud Shakeel( 68 off 52) for the fourth gate.
While de Leede got the important improvements in the middle- overs, off- baits Aryan Dutt(1/48) and Colin Ackermann(2/39) got a lot out of the Hyderabad face.
Playing their first World Cup game in 12 times, Netherlands used as numerous as eight bowling options after concluding to field.
Dutt opened the bowling for Netherlands alongside Logan van Beek who got his outswing( inswing to the left- handers) going in the powerplay.
Pakistan were in a nervy state after losing Fakhar Zaman (12), commander Babar Azam (5) and Imam Ul Haq( 15) by the 10th over.
Van Beek had the eschewal- of- form Zaman caught and sailed before Ackermann got the prized gate of Babar whose tried pull landed straight into the hands of themid-wicket fielder.
Paul van Meekran struck on his veritably first ball as his short ball got big on Imam who pulled it straight to fine- leg, leaving Pakistan at 38 for three.
Rizwan and Saud gave the innings much- demanded stability. Shakeel, playing only his seventh ODI, was particularly emotional against the baits. His trouble included nine fours and six via a slog reach off Roelof Van der Merwe.
De Leede broke the stage by removing Rizwan with a ball that cut back in to skulk through the batter’s defence.
From 188 for six, Nawaz( 39) and Shadab( 32) forged a 64- run cooperation to take the platoon past 250.
Pakistan were on course to reach 300 but De Leede got relieve of Shadab and Hasan Ali off consecutive balls to put the thickets on their scoring. Know More Latest Cricket News…
