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ODI World Cup 2023, PAK vs NED: Pakistan take on Netherlands in their World Cup 2023 opening game against the Netherlands at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday, October 6.
Pakistan, led by Babar Azam, are looking to start on a positive and dominant note in the tournament with an easy win of Max O'Dowd and his band.
Pakistan - who failed to make it to the final of Asia Cup 2023 in Sri Lanka and lost the two warm-up matches in Hyderabad ahead of the World Cup 2023 - will look to keep those disappointments aside when they take on the field.
The Netherlands - who are an Associate Nation - will be looking to cause an early upset in the tournament and prove their mettle in the tournament.
- PAK vs NED World Cup 2023 Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
- Toss: Netherlands win the toss, elect to bowl
A good confident win for Babar Azam led side in the game and with this, the team's campaign in the 10-team event started on a good note in Hyderabad. The Men in Green have one more game at this venue before they fly to Ahmedabad for that highly anticipated contest against India on October 14. This brings us to the end of this blog.
Pakistan beat Netherlands by 81 runs
Wicket! Paul van Meekeren (7) gets clean bowled by Haris Rauf and with that Netherlands' innings comes to an end for 205 in 41 overs. Pakistan won the game by 81 runs and prevented any shock from the Dutch side after getting restricted to 286. The entire Dutch innings lasted for 187 mins.
PAK vs NED Live Score: Netherlands 9 down
Despite a good start, the Netherlands batters have made a mess out of their batting. From 120/3 in 23.5 overs they are struggling at 164/7 in 33.2 overs. Vikramjit Singh (52) and Bas de Leede (67) were the top-scorers for the Dutch side while chasing.
Netherlands are 58/2
The Dutch batters are recovering from the loss of their batters. All eyes are now on the duo of Bas de Leede - their in-form batter and Vikramjit Singh - their reliable opener who's batting brilliantly.
Wicket! Colin Ackermann tries to sweep Iftikhar Ahmed's delivery that was pitched at the middle stumps. The batter misses the ball and pays the price. The timbre is disturbed and he has to walk back to the pavilion for 17 off 21 balls. Netherlands are two down now.
At the end of 7 overs, Netherlands are 30 for the loss of 1 wicket. Vikramjit Singh and Colin Akermann are the ones present in the middle for the Dutch.
PAK vs NED Live Score: Netherlands lose opener cheaply
Wicket! Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali strikes early as he dismisses Netherlands' opener Max O'Dowd for 5 off 12 balls (1 four and 24 minutes he stayed at the wicket). Shaheen Shah Afridi takes the catch at deep fine-leg and Netherlands are 28/1 in 5.5 overs.
Pakistan have scored 286 in the first innings after put in to bat first by Netherlands in Hyderabad. Mohammed Rizwan (68) and Saud Shakeel (68) were the top-scorers with the bat for the Pakistani side. Medium pacer Bas de Leede was the pick of the bowlers for the Dutch side today as he returned with figures of 4/64 from 9 overs. The Pakistani side failed to bat full 49 overs.
PAK vs NED Live Score
Mohammed Rizwan and Saud Shakeel's partnership for the fourth wicket is now worth 60 runs and the duo has faced as many deliveries. Pakistan are on a road to recovery after losing top-three early. Pakistan have reached 98/3 in 19 overs.
Hello and Welcome to the Live Blog for the World Cup 2023 match between Pakistan and Netherlands.
Pakistan will hope for a good performance from their batters against the Netherlands, Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique had good outings in warm-up games. Leg-spinner Usama Mir had a good outing against Australia, while Mohammad Nawaz showed promise.
Pakistan's bowling unit looked in a bit of trouble and Naseem Shah's absence from the competition will be a concern. The Dutch, on the other hand, will look to come out of competition.
Pakistan Squad: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Usama Mir, Abdullah Shafique.
Netherlands Squad: Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Wesley Barresi, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Teja Nidamanuru, Roelof van der Merwe, Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Paul van Meekeren, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Shariz Ahmad.
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