Netherlands defeated Bangladesh by 87 runs in the 28th match of World Cup 2023. Bangladesh cricket team had to face a crushing defeat at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Batting first, Netherlands scored 229 runs. In response, Bangladesh team was all out on the score of 142 runs. Scott Edwards played an important inning of 68 runs for Netherlands. While Paul Van Meekeren has taken 4 wickets. With this victory, the team has reached 8th position in the points table. This is his second victory in this World Cup.
Very poor performance of Bangladesh –
Bangladesh had a very bad start and even after this the team could not recover. Opener Liton Das walked out after scoring just 3 runs. Tanjeed Hasan was out after scoring 15 runs in 16 balls. Mehdi Hasan Miraj tried to add some runs. But he too was out after scoring 35 runs. The bowlers of Netherlands did not leave any chance for the opposing team. Captain Shakib Al Hasan was shown the way to the pavilion on a personal score of 5 runs. Mushfiqur Rahim was out after scoring 1 run. Mehdi Hasan was out after scoring 17 runs. He faced 38 balls and hit one four. In the end Mustafizur Rahman scored 20 runs in 35 balls. Taskin Ahmed scored 11 runs. In this way the entire team was all out after scoring 142 runs in 42.2 overs.
Edwards played an important inning for Netherlands
Captain Edwards played an important innings for Netherlands. He scored 68 runs facing 89 balls. Hit 6 fours during this period. Opener Vikramjit Singh was out after scoring 3 runs. At the same time, Max could not even open an ODD account. Baresi scored 41 runs in 41 balls. He hit 8 fours. Englebrecht scored 35 runs in 61 balls. Van Beek remained unbeaten after scoring 23 runs in 16 balls. He hit 2 fours and a six. Aryan Dutt was out after scoring 9 runs. In this way Netherlands scored 229 runs till all out in 50 overs.
Good performance by Bangladeshi –
Mustafizur Rahman bowled well for Bangladesh. He took 36 wickets for 36 runs in 10 overs. He bowled a maiden over. Mehdi Hasan took 40 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.