Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, continued its winning streak in the World Cup 2023 and won its 9th consecutive victory. In the last league match of the tournament, the Indian team defeated Netherlands by 160 runs. In the match played in Bengaluru, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also took wickets while bowling for India. Bumrah, Siraj, Kuldeep and Jadeja took 2-2 wickets for the team.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first in the match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Team India put 410 runs on the board for 4 wickets in 50 overs. Shreyas Iyer played an unbeaten inning of 128 runs for the team. Apart from this, KL Rahul scored 102 runs. Apart from this, half-centuries were scored from the bats of Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli and captain Rohit.
While chasing the huge target of 411, Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj prevented Netherlands from getting a good start and dismissed Wesley Barresi (04) in the second over. However, after this, Colin Ackerman and Max O’Dowd took over the innings and made a partnership of 61 runs for the second wicket, which was broken by Kuldeep Yadav by dismissing Colin Ackerman in the 13th over. Ackerman was out after scoring 35 runs in 32 balls. Then in the 16th over, Jadeja bowled Max Odaud to the pavilion on a personal score of 30 runs.
After this, in the 25th over, Virat Kohli showed the way to the pavilion to captain Scott Edwards, who was out on 17 runs. Then in the 32nd over, Jasprit Bumrah bowled Bas de Leede (12) with his beautiful yorker. In this way Netherlands lost 5 wickets. Then Siraj gave India its sixth success by bowling out Cybrand Engelbrecht, who was moving towards his half-century. Engelbrecht played an innings of 45 runs with the help of 4 fours.
Then in the 43rd over, Longa van Beek lost Kuldeep Yadav for 16 runs, Roelof van der Merwe lost Jadeja for 16 runs in the 44th over, Aryan Dutt lost Jasprit Bumrah for 05 runs in the 47th over and Teja Nidamanuru lost the Indian captain for 54 runs in the 48th over. Became victim of Rohit Sharma. Nidamanuru’s innings included 1 four and 6 sixes.
This was how India’s bowling was.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Kudlid Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets each. Apart from this, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma also got 1 success each by bowling for a long time.