Sydney: India marked a spectacular win against Netherlands after the heroics of batters. Men in Blue marked win by 56 runs after three half centuries that came from the bat of Indian players.
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India post 179 runs against Netherlands
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.
Indian bowlers shine, take 9 wickets in 20 overs
Netherlands didn’t have 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.
After the win, India captain Rohit Sharma said, “Lucky for us, we had a few days to get over that special win. As soon as the game got over, we came to Sydney and regrouped. We have to move on now, and the focus was on this game where we wanted to come out and get those two points.”
“It was a clinical win” – Rohit Sharma
“I thought it was a clinical win. Looking at the way they have qualified for the Super 12s, credit to them. We however always looked to what we can do with ourselves, not bother about the opposition.
