Netherlands vs Bangladesh Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Bangladesh take on Netherlands in the battle of the laggards at the iconic Eden Gardens.
Netherlands vs Bangladesh World Cup 2023 Live Score: Netherlands batted painfully slow, scoring 229 all out in their World Cup match against Bangladesh on Saturday. Skipper Scott Edwards made a laboured 89-ball 68, while top-order batter Wesley Barresi scored 41. Lower-order batter Sybrand Engelbrecht contributed 35 off 61 deliveries. For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam and Mahedi Hasan took two wickets each. Both Bangladesh and Netherlands are struggling at two points each after five outings in the World Cup.
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Earlier Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards won the toss and opted to bat. Bangladesh made two changes with pacer Taskin Ahmed returning after sitting out for two matches in place of Hasan Mahmud while batting allrounder Mahedi Hasan replacing Nasum Ahmed
The Dutch also brought in two changes, picking Wesley Barresi and Shariz Ahmad in place of Teja Nidamanaru and Roelf van der Merwe. Both teams are on two points with one win and four losses each and their semifinal qualification hopes are as good as over.
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ICC Cricket World Cup, 2023 – Match 28
Netherlands
229 (50.0)
vs
Bangladesh
69/5 (16.5)
Bowling
Paul van Meekeren2/16 (3)
Bas de Leede *1/6 (0.5)
Batting
Mushfiqur Rahim1 (1)
Play In Progress ( Day – Match 28 )
Bangladesh need 161 runs in 199 balls at 4.85 rpo
‘At home’ Bangladesh look to turn fortunes around against the Netherlands, as Kolkata leg of World Cup kicks off
As the final sound of the dhak fades into the distance, marking the end of Bengal’s most famous festival, the City of Joy will wake up to the riffs and flavours of another carnival, as the World Cup weaves its way into Kolkata. The city has yet to wake up from celebrations of the days gone by. The storied Eden Gardens is all decked up, wonderfully lit in the night and gearing up to leave its imprints on the tournament, though the buzz has so far been missing. But it could all change in the coming weeks, as the tournament would kick off in the city when Bangladesh encounter the Netherlands on Saturday.
The relative low-profile nature of the teams, though a contest that has the potential to thrill, is an appetizer of sorts for the big games lined up in the coming weeks. Both teams are practically out of semifinal contention, having won just one of their five games, though both would look to pick a few more points and end the tournament on respectable note. Even more so for Bangladesh, who have looked utterly flat in this edition.
They, though, would hope for a good turnout at the venue because of the support that the team historically enjoys here. Pacer Taskin Ahmed played up the crowd factor, saying, “When there’s a crowd cheering us on, it gives us motivation. With the match in Kolkataa lot of people from Bangladesh will come to watch the match and there will be our Bengali brothers from here whose support will obviously inspire us.” (READ MORE)
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First published on: 28-10-2023 at 12:19 IST
