Match Details
R(B) | 4S | 6S | SR |
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14 (6)16 (11) | 3 2 | 0 0 | 233.33 145.45 |
W-R | Overs | Econ |
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2-37 | 4.0 | 9.25 |
Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 38 | 27 | 10 Over | 51 | 51 | 15 Over | 85 | 81 |
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Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 53 | 32 | 10 Over | 70 | 67 | 15 Over | 121 | 114 | 20 Over | 178 | 179 |
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3:53 PM IST: And with that, India have clinched a 56 runs victory against Netherlands and is crowned at the top of their points table, just over South Africa.
Earlier India won the toss and decided to bat first. KL Rahul failed to fire once again as he was dismissed for 9 off 12 in the third over of the innings.
However captain Rohit Sharma and the man in form, Virat Kohli ensured that India did not falter. They stitched a 73 runs partnership and laid the foundation for the team. Rohit was dismissed in the 12th over when India’s score was 84 runs. Before walking back to the hut Rohit had scored 53 runs off 39 deliveries.
Even after Rohit’s dismissal, Kohli continued to be the anchor from one end while Suryakumar Yadav took it upon himself to increase the scoring rate of the team. Towards the fag end of the innings Kohli started accelerating and remained unbeaten at 62 off 44. Surya at the other end played a blinder of 51* off 25 and helped India reach a total of 179 runs in their 20 overs.
The Netherlands were nervous to get off the blocks in their chase. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals and by the halfway stage the Dutch were stationed at 51 for 3.
A formidable partnership never came for the Netherlands and they were ultimately restricted to 123 for 9 in 20 overs. The pick of the bowlers for India was Axar Patel, who took 2 wickets for 18 runs in their 4 overs. Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar also bagged the same number of wickets.
India won the match by 56 runs and are now comfortably positioned at the top of Group 2 with 4 points from 2 matches.