India will face Netherlands in the final league match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Sunday. Undefeated India, who have already reached the semi-finals, will be looking to end the league phase with a win. The Netherlands, on the other hand, must win this game, which will help them qualify for the 2025 Champions Trophy.
India will face the Netherlands this Sunday in the final game before the play-offs begin. It's essentially a dead game as India has already reached the semi-finals while the Netherlands are eliminated.
India is currently at the top of the ICC World Cup 2023 points table while Netherlands are currently at the bottom of the points table. India played eight matches in the ICC World Cup 2023 and won all of these matches, while Netherlands also played eight matches in this tournament and won two matches.
India played its last match against South Africa where it won by 243 runs. Virat Kohli scored 101 runs in this match while Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets for India. On the other hand, Netherlands played their last game against England where they lost that game by 160 runs. Teja Nidamanuru scored 41 goals for the Netherlands in this game. These two teams have played two matches against each other in this format so far and India won both the matches against Netherlands.
Match Preview
The group stage of the 2023 Cricket World Cup comes to an end as hosts India take on the Netherlands in Bengaluru on Sunday. India are already guaranteed to top the group and go into this game with a 100 percent record, having won eight out of eight. The Netherlands have won two games at a Cricket World Cup for the first time but could still finish last. The match begins at 2:00 p.m. local time at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
While there will be a temptation to rest players, we expect India to press on and continue to gain momentum with a chance of going through the entire tournament and winning every remaining game. It would be a big shock if they didn't manage to beat the Netherlands by a big margin.
The Netherlands kept the West Indies and Zimbabwe out of the tournament when they qualified earlier this year, justifying their place in the competition with victories over South Africa and Bangladesh. However, the Dutch have slowly become tired in the last few games and it will be a very tough game.
Pitch Report
The surface at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is likely to provide excellent support to the batters in this game. The team that wins the toss here could look to strike and dominate from the first moment. The average first innings score in the last five games here was 253 runs.
Toss Prediction
The teams that competed first and second had similar success rates on this ground during this tournament, winning two games each. However, we believe batting first on this surface will be a good option.
Weather Report
There will be plenty of cloud cover and occasional sunshine throughout Sunday's game. The temperature will drop from a maximum of 27 degrees to around 22 degrees by the end of the competition.
Head to Head
Both teams have played just two ODIs against each other to date, with India winning both of them.
Venue Details
The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will host the final match of the league phase of this World Cup with India taking on the Netherlands. The dimensions of the ground here are quite short, which makes it easier for batters to overcome the boundary. We expect a total score of 320+ from the team that bats first at this venue. Anything less than 300 will not be enough for this reason.
Match Prediction
It was a very entertaining group stage of the 2023 Cricket World Cup, but it could be a rather one-sided affair ahead of the knockout stages. India have been outstanding in almost all the games and even when they have struggled with the bat, their bowlers have stepped up and made batting very difficult for their opponents. We expect India to be far too strong on Sunday and are betting on a win by a large margin over the Netherlands.
India beats Netherlands
Betting Tips
The odds are heavily in favor of the hosts and given their form, it's not worth risking your money by betting against them.
Bet on India to win.
Probable Playing XI
India
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, S Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), SA Yadav, RA Jadeja, M Shami, JJ Bumrah, KL Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Netherlands
W Barresi, MP O'Dowd, Colin Ackermann, SA Engelbrecht, S Edwards (C), BFW de Leede, AT Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, RE van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, PA van Meekeren
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India Key Players
Rohit Sharma – the captain led the attack on the South African bowling attack and hit 40 runs off 24 balls, including eight boundaries. He set the tone in the game and will try to do the same in this game.
Virat Kohli - the right-handed number three batsman equaled Sachin Tendulkar's record number of ODI centuries in the last game. He is in fantastic shape.
Mohammed Shami right-arm fast bowler dismissed the dangerous Rassie van der Dussen and the in-form Aiden Markram against South Africa and continues to bowl with remarkable accuracy.
Ravindra Jadeja - the bowling all-rounder is a brilliant international player and took 5/33 from 9 overs last Sunday with a great display of left-arm spin.
Netherlands Key Players
Scott Edwards - the captain hit a six and three fours against England and is the only player from his team to average over 40 in the competition.
Sybrand Engelbrecht – it was a great tournament for the 35-year-old batting all-rounder, who has gradually risen up the batting order and is the Netherlands' top run-scorer with 255 runs so far.
Aryan Dutt – the tall right-arm spinner was very strong throughout the tournament, taking wickets and keeping the runs low. He was expensive in the last game but still dismissed Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali.
Bas de Leede - the young bowling all-rounder can often concede a lot of runs but has the brilliant ability to take wickets regularly in the middle and late overs.
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