NED vs SL, World Cup 2023: Netherlands beating Sri Lanka wouldn’t be an upset, says Nidamanuru

Teja Nidamanuru is among the the reason why the Netherlands cricket group is in India. His sensible 111 off simply 76 balls helped the Dutch group pull off an unforgettable Super-Over win in opposition to the West Indies within the World Cup Qualifier in June.

The 29-year-old hasn’t fired but on the World Cup, although he has bought a few begins. He is hoping to come back good in opposition to Sri Lanka right here on Saturday.

The Vijayawada-born batter is delighted that the Netherlands is gaining some much-deserved consideration from again dwelling, the place, he mentioned on Friday, solely 5,000 individuals performed cricket.

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“We are here to compete and we have an aim, we have an aspiration to try playing in the semifinals and that could change stuff and we could get more bilateral series that way,” he mentioned. “So, the better we perform here and obviously showcase our skills, it will stand us in good stead going forward.”

He spoke of the Netherlands’ challenges of being solely an affiliate member of the ICC when it got here to the funding and the shortage of publicity when it got here to play in opposition to the larger groups. “So, when you do come up against them, you’re like, okay, well, we have really got to rise to the occasion,” Nidamanuru mentioned. “But if we were playing like the other (top) teams do, I am sure that would be up to par in terms of how it goes. So, if you say, hey, we play someone like New Zealand 10 times, I’m sure we would be able to win at least four or five games out of that.”

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Looking forward to the match in opposition to Sri Lanka, he mentioned a win may not even be an upset. “I don’t know if I would call it an upset,” he mentioned. “We’ve competed against Sri Lanka multiple times in the qualifiers, and obviously we fell short in our batting side, and we have worked extremely hard on that.”

Sri Lanka’s assistant coach Naveed Nawaz mentioned the group had a younger assault. “We came into this tournament with a lot of injuries to our main bowlers,” he mentioned. “We have been having this in the last couple of months. Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera were ruled out. (Maheesh Theekshana missed the first game). So, we had a concern there. We are playing with a really young group of bowlers. They are bound to make mistakes. The way forward is how we can learn from those mistakes.”