NED vs SL, World Cup 2023: High-Spirited Netherlands eyes one other win because it faces injury-hit Sri Lanka

Their intent was clear underneath a blazing solar on Friday. The males in orange educated laborious, the batters spending appreciable time on the nets, the bowlers steaming in.

After recording one of many largest upsets in cricket World Cup historical past, the Netherlands have to be hoping to place up one other nice present on Saturday on the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, towards Sri Lanka. The commanding win at Dharamshala would have boosted the morale of Scott Edward’s males, who’ve proven why they aren’t completely happy being known as an affiliate nation.

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They had arrived in India eager to make the semifinals. They aren’t right here simply to inform their grandchildren that they’ve performed in cricket’s most prestigious match.

And they absolutely wouldn’t wish to relaxation on the laurels of the South Africa recreation. They could not thoughts avenging their twin losses to Sri Lanka within the World Cup qualifier.

If they might replicate the fervour, resilience and preparedness that they displayed towards South Africa, the previous champion may nicely have a troublesome job. Skipper Scott Edwards had performed the important thing position in that recreation together with his gritty knock that gave the bowlers a defendable whole.

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The captain must be anticipating extra from his major batters, like Teja Nidamanuru, Max O’Dowd and Vikramjit Singh, who’ve scored only one fifty between them from the three matches to date. The bowlers, be it the seamers Logan van Beek and Paul van Meekeren or spinners Roelof van der Merwe and Aryan Dutt, could be trying to proceed from the place they left off at Dharamshala.

Sri Lanka, admittedly troubled by accidents, wants higher efforts from its bowlers. In the very first match, they have been on the receiving finish towards the South African batters, who piled up 428 for 5 to interrupt the match file for the best rating, and have continued to wrestle.

As the one workforce that hasn’t been capable of publish a win but, even after three video games, the Lankans can’t afford one other dangerous recreation. They have to be hoping the likes of the 2 Kusals –Mendis and Perera – and Sadeera Samarawickrama make sufficient runs.