SKY-led India beat the Dutch

India made a couple of changes to their playing (Pat)eleven – Axar and Kuldeep Yadav made way for Washington Sundar and Arshdeep Singh.

The Netherlands (Ah)made half-a-dozen changes to their playing (Micha)eleven – Vikramjit Singh, Tom Cooper, Tim Pringle, Shariz, Fred Klaassen, and Paul van Meekeren made way for Levitt, Aryan Dutt, Zach Lion-Cachet, Noah Croes, Roelof van der Merwe, and Kyle Klein.

Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, elected to bat.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 51, and lost a couple of wickets.

India’s openers did not get off the (Shar)mark. Abhishek, who faced three balls, did not open his account. Three balls into the match, he was bowled by Dutt.

Though his innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, Ishan Kisan had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 18. Twenty-three balls later, Dutt broke the 39-rnu stand.

India scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). The Netherlands had not conceded any extras at that point.

After the Powerplay, the drinks break was taken. While Tilak Varma had scored 26, Suryakumar was in seventh heaven.

Varma, whose 27-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 31. Twenty-eight balls after Kishan’s dismissal, he was caught by van der Merwe. Logan van Beek broke the 30-run stand.

Sixty-five balls (10.5 overs) into the match, the Netherlands sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Shivam Dube, the player of the match, was the batter. Using the umpires’ call, it was struck down by South African umpire Allahuddien Paleker.

India scored 100 off 12.4 overs (76 balls). The Netherlands had conceded three extras at that point.

Suryakumar, whose 28-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 34. Twenty-seven balls after Varma’s dismissal, he was caught by Timm van der Gugten. Klein broke the 41-run stand.

At that point, the drinks break was taken. Dube had scored 23.

India scored 150 off 17 overs (102 balls). The Netherlands had conceded five extras at that point.

Dube’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and five sixes – came off 25 balls.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While Dube’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Hardik Pandya’s contribution to it was 16. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Dube, whose 31-ball innings included four boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes, eventually scored 66. Thirty-five balls after Suryakumar’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute (van der Gugten). Van Beek broke the 76-run partnership.

Hardik, whose 21-ball innings included three sixes, eventually scored 30. Four balls later, he was caught by van der Merwe. Needless to say, van Beek was in seventh heaven.

Rinku Singh, who faced three balls, scored half-a-dozen. His runs came by way of a six. He was unbeaten.

The Netherlands eventually conceded eight extras. India scored 193 for the loss of half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Van der Merwe faced a wicketless over, conceding 15.

Colin Ackermann faced three wicketless overs, conceding 36.

Bas de Leede faced four wicketless overs, conceding 28.

Klein bowled four overs, conceding 38. He picked up a wicket.

Dutt bowled four overs, conceding 19. He picked up two wickets.

Van Beek bowled four overs, conceding 56. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of the Netherlands’ innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 36, and lost a wicket.

Max O’Dowd, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 20. Thirty-four balls into the chase, Chakravarthy broke the 35-(Va)run stand.

At that point, the drinks break was taken. Levitt had scored 13.

The Netherlands scored 50 off 7.3 overs (45 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

Levitt, whose 23-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 24. Thirteen balls after O’Dowd’s dismissal, he was caught by Sundar. Hardik broke the 16-run stand.

Fifty-one balls (8.3 overs) into the chase, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. De Leede was the batter. Using the umpires’ call, it was struck down by Paleker.

Ackermann, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 23. Twenty-six balls after Levitt’s dismissal, he was caught by Rinku. Chakravarthy broke the 43-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Dutt, who faced a ball, did not open his account. The next ball, he was bowled by Chakravarthy.

The Netherlands scored 100 off 13.1 overs (79 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

De Leede, whose 23-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 33. Ten balls after Dutt’s dismissal, he was caught by Chakravarthy. Dube broke the 18-run stand.

At that point, the drinks break was taken. Scott Edwards, their skipper, was in seventh heaven.

Edwards, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 15. Eleven balls after de Leede’s dismissal, Jasprit Bumrah broke the 13-run stand.

The Netherlands scored 150 off 18.2 overs (110 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Lion-Cachet, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 26. Twenty-three balls after Edwards’ dismissal, he was caught by Sundar. Dube broke the 47-run stand.  

Croes, whose 12-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 25. He was unbeaten, as was van Beek, who faced a couple of balls, scoring four. His runs came by way of a boundary.

The Netherlands, who scored 176 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 17 runs.

Abhishek faced a wicketless over, conceding 10.

Arshdeep Singh faced three wicketless overs, conceding 22.

Sundar faced four wicketless overs, conceding 36.

Hardik and Bumrah bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 40, the latter conceded 17.

Dube bowled three overs, conceding 35. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Chakravarthy bowled three overs, conceding 14. He picked up three scalps.