BAN vs NED, World Cup 2023 Match 28: Awards List, Man of The Match, Key Stats, Presentation Ceremony

BAN vs NED, World Cup 2023 Match 28: Netherlands created history by registering the biggest win by an Associate nation vs a Full Member nation in the World Cup. Netherlands defeated Bangladesh by 87 runs in match number 28 of the World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, October 28.

Netherlands won the toss and opted to bat first but soon found themselves five down for 107 in 27 overs. Captain Scott Edwards rose up to the occasion and scored 68 off 89 and was well accompanied by Sybrand Engelbrecht (35 off 61). Later, Logan Van Beek scored 23 unbeaten runs off 16 balls to help Netherlands post 229 in 50 overs.

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Bangladesh were expected to chase down the target without any major hiccups but 142 in 42.2 is all they could score. Paul Van Meekeren picked four wickets for 23 runs in 7.2 overs. Bas de Leede also chipped in with figures of 2/25 in seven overs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz top-scored for Bangladesh with 35 off 40. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan picked one wicket and scored 5 runs off 14 balls.

With their second win, Netherlands are placed eighth in the ten-team points table. Bangladesh are occupying the ninth spot. Defending champions England are the bottom-ranked team now.

BAN vs NED, World Cup 2023: Full List of Awards

Man of the Match: Paul Van Meekeren for bowling figures of 4/23 in 7.2 overs.

BAN vs NED, World Cup 2023: Who Said What?

Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh Captain): I thought we bowled very well. We should have restricted them to 160-170. We have been very poor with the bat throughout the tournament. This is as bad as it gets. It is very difficult from here. We need to take this on our chin. Throughout this tournament we have been struggling. Not sure what's going on the minds. Very unlike the Bangladesh team. The fans have been supporting us through our ups and downs.

Paul van Meekeren (Man of the Match): Pretty special day. We’ve said earlier we want to go till the semis, and for that we need to win games. Very happy with the way we bounced back against Australia. At the halfway stage, 230-240 would have been par we reckoned. Aryan Dutt and van Beek kept things tight in the powerplay.

We’ve been working on our fielding, every training session we do 20 minutes of fielding drills. It was an all round performance, pretty tough to pick a Man of the Match. Scott Edwards and Sybrand Engelbrecht got a bit of momentum for us by building that partnership. Pure team performance tonight.

Scott Edwards (Netherlands Captain): I think it was easy to be fair. We only had two days off. We were straight into travelling and into our plans. We were saying if we could get 220 plus, we were in the game. The bottom order guys got us to a very competitive total. The bowlers have been awesome.

Aryan, Colin, Bas everyone. We have been superb on the field. Bit of everything. The system is getting more professional in the Netherlands. We train incredibly hard. We always spoke at the start of the tournament that we aim for the semis. That remains our goal but we have a few tough games coming up.

BAN vs NED Key Stats

4 - Bangladesh have lost to 4 Associate nations - most by a Full Member side
87 - Netherlands 87-run win is the biggest by an Associate nation vs a Full Member nation
4/23 - Paul van Meekeren's bowling figures are the best by a Netherlands bowler in the World Cups