Sydney: Team India is locking horns with Netherlands in Sydney and after choosing to bat first, India put 159 runs on board.
Netherlands, however, haven’t had a strong start as they lose their openers within 5 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened strike for India as he dismissed Vikramjit Singh in third over for just a single run.
Axar Patel then followed the lead and dismissed Max O’Dowd in fifth over for 16 runs.
Axar Patel strikes in style, sends back Max ODowd: WATCH Video
India captain Rohit Sharma set a momentum for the team after hitting half-century. Thereafter, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav picked it up from there to take the score to 179 runs. Kohli played the innings of unbeaten 62 runs while SKY also finished his half-century on the last ball.
India vs Netherlands Playing XI:
India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren