Team India, which has reached Super-8 in the T20 World Cup, has its last group match against the Netherlands. This match will be a practice opportunity for the batsmen. At the same time, Nepal won the World Cup after 12 years by defeating Scotland by 7 wickets.
Ahmedabad: Team India, which has secured its place in the Super-8 in this year’s ICC T20 World Cup, will face Netherlands on Wednesday in the last match of the group stage. Team India is on top after winning 3 matches played in ‘A’ group and is hoping to go to the Super-8 by defeating the Dutch team and remaining unbeaten. At the same time, Netherlands would like to bid goodbye to the tournament with a win.
Netherlands has lost all its three matches, so this match will not be too difficult for India. But to face strong teams in Super-8, Team India will take this match as a practice. Especially, the Indian batsmen, who struggled against the spinners in the first 3 matches, will have to perform well to boost their confidence before the Super-8.
All eyes on Abhishek Sharma
Explosive batsman Abhishek Sharma, who was out for zero against USA and Pakistan, is expected to perform brilliantly against Netherlands. His stormy innings will reduce the pressure on the middle order and will help the team score big.
Ishan Kishan has already proved his ability and is desperate to play an explosive innings against the Dutch team as well. Captain Suryakumar is in good form, while Tilak Verma and Shivam Dubey are also expected to score runs. Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel are fulfilling their responsibilities well.
Changes in bowling?
India can make some changes in this match. Arshdeep Singh may get a chance in place of spinner Kuldeep Yadav. If Jasprit Bumrah is rested, Mohammed Siraj is expected to play in his place.
Only 1 time: India and Netherlands have clashed only once in International T20. India had won that match in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
today’s matches
South Africa-UAE, 11 am (New Delhi)
Pakistan-Namibia, 3 pm (Colombo)
India-Netherlands, 7 pm (Ahmedabad)
Nepal won the World Cup after 12 years
Mumbai: Nepal has won the T20 World Cup after 12 years. Nepal team, which won 2 matches in 2014, bid goodbye to the tournament this time by defeating Scotland by 7 wickets on Tuesday. Batting first, Scotland scored 170 runs for 7 wickets. Michael Jones scored 71 runs. Nepal achieved this big target in 19.2 overs. Deepender Singh scored unbeaten 50 runs in 23 balls, while Kushal Bhurtel scored 43 runs and Asif Shaikh scored 33 runs.