Invincible India gives another intimidating show with both bat and ball as they outclass the Netherlands by 160 runs in their final league game of World Cup 2023. On Diwali crowd enjoy the fireworks from the Indian batters before the bowlers came up with a clinical show on a good batting pitch in Bengaluru.
India became the first team to go unbeaten in the league stage of a World Cup featuring a single round-robin format.
Rohit Sharma’s team made a big statement of intent with 9 wins on the trot before they head to Mumbai to take on New Zealand in the first semi-final.
Shreyas Iyer’s 128 not out and KL Rahul’s 62-ball hundred, India post their second-biggest World Cup total (410).
There was no stopping the show of aggression from the Indian batters as they script a new World Cup record.
For the first time in the history of the tournament, all batters in the top 5 of an innings hit at least a fifty as India made the most of the early advantage of winning the toss and opting to bat on a batter-friendly pitch.
Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav pick up 2 wickets each.
In a double delight for fans on the festival day, Virat Kohli hit 51 and roll his arm also picking up a wicket, his first in World Cups as he got the opposition captain Scott Edwards.
The Netherlands lost the wicket of Wesley Berresi as early as the 2nd over as Mohammed Siraj steam in and produce an outside edge.
Max O’Dowd and Colin Ackermann added 61 runs for the 2nd wicket at a good click as Netherlands post the highest powerplay score of the tournament against the relentless Indian attack.
Then Kuldeep Yadav remove Ackermann out LBW for 35.
Max O’Dowd was not able to make good use of a drop catch as he fell to Ravindra Jadeja in the first delivery of the left-arm spinner’s spell.
Rohit Sharma had to turn to his part-time bowlers, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Suyrakumar Yadav, as Mohammed Siraj need a concussion test after he was hit on his throat following the drop catch of O’Dowd.
Virat Kohli got the wicket of Edwards with a harmless delivery that drift down the leg side.
Sybrand Engelbrecht and Teja Nidamunuru continue the defiant batting display but the Indian spinners and Mohammed Siraj kept picking wickets at regular intervals before it all came to an end in the 48th over.
While as cherry on the cake is as Rohit Sharma also pick up a wicket, that of the half-centurion Nidamunuru, as India bundle out the Neetherlands for 250.
Scoreboard of India vs Netherlands
India (50 Overs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (C) | c Barresi b de Leede | 61 | 54 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 112.96 | ||
| Shubman Gill | c Nidamanuru b van Meekeren | 51 | 32 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 159.37 | ||
| Virat Kohli | b van der Merwe | 51 | 56 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 91.07 | ||
| Shreyas Iyer | not out | 128 | 94 | 145 | 10 | 5 | 136.17 | ||
| KL Rahul (WK) | c Engelbrecht b de Leede | 102 | 64 | 98 | 11 | 4 | 159.37 | ||
| Suryakumar Yadav | not out | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 1, w 13) | 15 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 50 Ov (RR: 8.20) | 410/4 | |||||||
| Did not bat: Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Shubman Gill, 11.5 ov), 2-129 (Rohit Sharma, 17.4 ov), 3-200 (Virat Kohli, 28.4 ov), 4-408 (KL Rahul, 49.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aryan Dutt | 7 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 7.42 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Logan van Beek | 10 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 10.70 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Colin Ackermann | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul van Meekeren | 10 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 9.00 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Roelof van der Merwe | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 5.30 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bas de Leede | 10 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 8.20 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Netherlands (Toss : 50 Overs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Barresi | c Rahul b Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | ||
| Max O’Dowd | b Jadeja | 30 | 42 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 71.42 | ||
| Colin Ackermann | lbw b Kuldeep Yadav | 35 | 32 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 109.37 | ||
| Sybrand Engelbrecht | b Mohammed Siraj | 45 | 80 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 56.25 | ||
| Scott Edwards (C)(WK) | c Rahul b Kohli | 17 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 56.66 | ||
| Bas de Leede | b Bumrah | 12 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | ||
| Teja Nidamanuru | c Mohammed Shami b Sharma | 54 | 39 | 65 | 1 | 6 | 138.46 | ||
| Logan van Beek | b Kuldeep Yadav | 16 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 106.66 | ||
| Roelof van der Merwe | c Mohammed Shami b Jadeja | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 200.00 | ||
| Aryan Dutt | b Bumrah | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | ||
| Paul van Meekeren | not out | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 9, w 4) | 13 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 47.5 Ov (RR: 5.22) | 250 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Wesley Barresi, 1.3 ov), 2-66 (Colin Ackermann, 12.1 ov), 3-72 (Max O’Dowd, 15.1 ov), 4-111 (Scott Edwards, 24.3 ov), 5-144 (Bas de Leede, 31.6 ov), 6-172 (Sybrand Engelbrecht, 37.3 ov), 7-208 (Logan van Beek, 42.1 ov), 8-225 (Roelof van der Merwe, 43.4 ov), 9-236 (Aryan Dutt, 46.1 ov), 10-250 (Teja Nidamanuru, 47.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 3.66 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 4.83 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 6.83 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 10 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 4.10 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 9 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 5.44 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Virat Kohli | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4.33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shubman Gill | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Sharma | 0.5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8.40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Points Table of World Cup 2023
| TEAMS | P | W | L | T | PTS. | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND(Q) | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +2.570 |
| SA(Q) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | +1.261 |
| AUS(Q) | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | +0.841 |
| NZ(Q) | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | +0.743 |
| PAK | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -0.199 |
| AFG | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -0.336 |
| ENG | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -0.572 |
| BAN | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | -1.087 |
| SL | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | -1.419 |
| NED | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | -1.825 |
