Last match of World Cup league stage India vs Netherlands: Dutch team eyes Champions Trophy

Last match of World Cup league stage India vs Netherlands: Dutch team eyes Champions Trophy

India will face Netherlands in the ODI World Cup 2023 today on the occasion of Diwali. The match will start at 2:00 PM at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, the toss will take place at 1:30 PM. Both teams will play the 45th and last match of the league stage.

Team India has reached the semi-finals after winning 8 consecutive matches in the tournament, the team would like to win 9 consecutive matches for the first time in a World Cup. On the other hand, Netherlands would like to qualify for the 2025 Champions Trophy by winning today's match.

India won all its 8 matches

Hosts and table topper India are the only unbeaten team in the tournament. The team won 8 out of 8 matches and will now face Netherlands in the 9th match. Team India is on top in the points table with 16 points, but Netherlands is at number 10. The Dutch team could win only 2 out of 8 matches, the team has only 4 points.

There were 2 matches between the two, India won all of them

Till now only two ODIs have been played between India and Netherlands. India won both the times and both the matches were played in the World Cup. In 2003, India won by 68 runs and in 2011 by 5 wickets.

India defeated South Africa in the last match

In the ODI World Cup, India started the campaign by defeating five-time champion Australia by 6 wickets. After this the team also defeated Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka and South Africa. The team won the match against South Africa by a huge margin of 243 runs. By winning today's match, the team will win its 9th consecutive match in the tournament and will remain at number-1 in the points table with 18 points.

Kohli scored the most runs

Team India's bowling is excellent. Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj have performed brilliantly in the fast bowling department, all three together have taken 41 wickets. Among spinners, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav have taken 26 wickets each. The team has proved its mettle in fielding.

The team's star batsman Virat Kohli is the team's top run scorer in the tournament. He has 543 runs in his name. Whereas pacer Mohammed Shami is the top wicket taker, he has 16 wickets in his name.

Netherlands has also defeated South Africa

The Dutch team, which entered the World Cup through the qualifier stage, won 2 matches in the tournament. The team surprised everyone by defeating South Africa and Bangladesh. However, the team could not continue its form and had to face defeat in 6 matches.

Netherlands is currently at number 10 in the points table, by winning today's match the team could secure a place in the 2025 Champions Trophy with 6 points. But if the match is lost, the team will not be able to make it to the 2025 ICC tournament.

Engelbrecht team's top run scorer

Sybrand Engelbrecht is the team's top run scorer in the tournament. He has 255 runs in his name. Whereas Bas de Leede is the top wicket taker of the team, he has 14 wickets in his name. De Leede is also the Dutch bowler who has taken the most wickets in the World Cup, equal to his own father Tim de Leede. If he takes even one wicket in the match today, he will leave his father behind.

Pitch report

Bengaluru's pitch has always been batting friendly. Even today, a lot of runs can be seen being scored in the match. The fifth and last match of this World Cup will be played here. In the 30 ODIs held so far at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 15 matches have been won by the chasing teams. Out of 12, the teams batting first also won, one match was tied, while 2 matches also remained inconclusive.

The highest score here is 401, which was made by New Zealand against Pakistan in this World Cup. The lowest score is 156 runs, which was made by England against Sri Lanka in the same tournament.

Weather condition

There will be clouds in Bengaluru today. There is a 3% chance of rain. The temperature will be between 16 to 28 degrees Celsius.

Possible playing-11

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav/R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah/Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj/Shardul Thakur.

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain & wk), Wegley Baresi, Max O'Dowd, Colin Ackerman, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.