The Netherlands defeated Bangladesh by 87 runs in the 28th match of the World Cup 2023. The Bangladesh cricket team fell victim to a major reversal at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Batting first, the Netherlands scored 229 runs. In response, Bangladesh’s team was all out for a score of 142 runs. Scott Edwards played an important innings of 68 runs for the Netherlands. While Paul Van Meekran has taken 4 wickets. With this win, the team has reached the 8th position in the points table. This is his second win in this World Cup.
Bangladesh’s very poor performance
Bangladesh had a very poor start and even after this, the team could not recover. Opener Liton Das scored just 3 runs. Tanzid Hasan scored 15 runs in 16 balls. Mehdi Hasan Miraj tried to add some runs but he was also out for 35 runs. The Dutch bowlers did not leave an opportunity for the opposition team anywhere. Captain Shakib Al Hasan showed the way to the pavilion on a personal score of 5 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim was out for 1 run. Mehdi Hasan was out for 17 runs. He hit a four while facing 38 balls. In the end, Mustafizur Rahman scored 20 off 35 balls. Taskin Ahmed scored 11 runs. In this way, the whole team was all out for 142 runs in 42.2 overs.
Edwards played an important innings for the Netherlands
Captain Edwards played an important innings for the Netherlands. He scored 68 runs while facing 89 balls. During this, 6 fours were scored. Opener Vikramjeet Singh was out for 3 runs. At the same time, Max Odod could not even open the account. Baresi scored 41 runs in 41 balls. He hit 8 fours. Englebrate scored 35 off 61 balls. Van Beek remained unbeaten on 23 off 16 balls. He hit 2 fours and a six. Aryan Dutt was out for 9 runs. In this way, the Netherlands scored 229 runs till they were all out in 50 overs.
Good performance of Bangladeshis –
Mustafizur Rahman bowled well for Bangladesh, taking wickets for 36 runs in 10 overs. He took out a maiden over. Mehdi Hasan took wickets for 40 runs in 7 overs. Islam took 2 wickets for 51 runs in 10 overs. Taskin Ahmed gave 43 runs in 9 overs and took 2 wickets.
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