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South Africa vs Netherlands, World Cup 2023: Netherlands make history, win by 38 runs against South Africa

South Africa vs Netherlands, World Cup 2023: The Netherlands pulled off their second major upset of the World Cup on Tuesday when they beat South Africa by 38 runs in Dharamsala.

WORLD CUP 2023

South Africa vs Netherlands, World Cup 2023

The Netherlands beat powerhouse South Africa by 38 runs in the Cricket World Cup on Tuesday as European outsiders humiliated the Proteas for the second time in a year.

Despite being considered one of the tournament favourites , South Africa, chasing 246 runs to win against the backdrop of the Himalayas, collapsed and managed to score just 207 runs. In November last year, the Dutch knocked South Africa out of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

Earlier, the Netherlands managed to chase down a manageable target as captain Scott Edwards played a brilliant innings of 78 runs. Tail end batsman Arin Dutt hit some crucial sixes in the last few overs to take the final score to 244/8.

South Africa's pace bowlers completely dominated the game as Dutch wickets kept falling. Gerald Coetzee struck to dismiss Colin Ackerman while pacer Lungi Ngedi dismissed Sybrand Engelbrecht.

Kagiso Rabada dominated the Dutch batting today with 2 wickets. First he dismissed Vikramjeet Singh and then the in-form Boss de Lady. Netherlands batsmen are struggling against South Africa's pace attack.

Lungi Ngidi is spearheading South Africa's pace attack and will be looking to provide his team with early wickets. Dutch openers Vikramjeet Singh and Max O'Dowd started cautiously and are playing according to slow conditions.

As the skies cleared in Dharamsala, the match was reduced to 43 overs with the first powerplay of 9 overs. Netherlands openers Vikramjeet Singh and Max O'Dowd will open the innings soon.

South Africa vs Netherlands started after a long delay due to rain but as the game started, Netherlands opener Max O'Dowd looked in good form. South Africa's pace attack is led by Lungi Ngadi and Marco Johnson.

Captain Scott Edwards scored an unbeaten 78 while Roelof van der Merwe stunned his homeland with a late cameo as the Netherlands cruised to 245-8 against South Africa in the World Cup on Tuesday.

Edwards' runs came off 69 balls and included 10 fours and a six.

Meanwhile, 38-year-old van der Merwe, who played 13 ODIs for the Proteas before switching allegiance, scored 29 off 19 balls with three fours and a six before being caught behind by Lungi Ngidi. gone.

In their two matches so far, South Africa have dominated their opponents, beating Sri Lanka by 102 runs in their first encounter at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, and five-time champions Australia by 134 runs at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. was defeated by the second.

The African team is looking in exceptional form with both bat and ball. While the Proteas scored more than 300 runs in both the matches, they made a statement by restricting the powerful Australians to 177 in the second match.

In stark contrast to South Africa, the Netherlands suffered losses in their opening two matches. In the first match against Pakistan, Holland bowled well and took three quick wickets before Saud Shakeel and Fakhar Zaman took the game away from them and helped the Asian team to a total of 286. Total and finally bowled out for 205.

In the second match, a strong all-round performance by the Kiwis eliminated Holland. New Zealand scored a total of 322 runs in their 50 overs, which the Dutch team could not chase down and were eventually bowled out for 223 runs.

South Africa playing XI

Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Gerald Coetzee

Netherlands playing XI

Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards(w/c), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren

South Africa vs Netherlands Live Score, World Cup 2023: Highlights

1. South African captain Temba Bauma won the toss and elected to field first.

2. Netherlands openers Vikramjeet Singh and Max O'Dowd will open the first innings soon.

3. Due to the return of rain, the match was reduced to 43 overs.

4. Lungi Ngidi leads the South African attack.

5. The Dutch openers went back to the pavilion as Kagiso Rabada dismissed Vikramjeet Singh and Marco Johnson dismissed Max O'Dowd.

6. Kagiso Rabada strikes again as he dismisses Boss de Leyde.

7. Gerald Coetzee makes good use of his speed and reports to Colin Ackerman

8. Lungi Ngidi further dominates the game by dismissing Sybrand Engelbrecht

9. Marco Johnson dismisses Teja Ndamanuru to break another partnership.

10. Colin Ackerman strikes for the Netherlands as they get De Kock early.

11. Roelof van der Merwe struck first.

12. Paul van McRae clean bowls Aidan Markram for just one. Merway also had Rasi van der Dusen caught out by Aryan Dutt for four in his next over.

13. Klaasen Miller was close to a fifty-run partnership when Klaasen was dismissed for 28 by Logan van Beek. He was caught by Vikramjit Singh at fine leg. The Proteas were 89/5 in 18.5 overs.

14. McCarran dealt another blow to the Proteas by rattling Johnson's stumps when they were on nine. The Proteas were now 109/6 in 25 overs.

15. Just when Miller looked threatening and Van Beek clean bowled him for 43 runs. Coetzee did not last long and was dismissed for 22 after being caught by Scott Edwards. Boss de Leyde took the wicket. The Proteas' score was 147/8 in 33.1 overs.

16. De Leyde removes Kagiso Rabada for just nine to take South Africa to 166/9 in 35.1 overs, one wicket away from an upset.

17. Keshav Maharaj tries to wrestle with Langi Ngidi (7*), but is caught by Scott Edwards to give Van Beek his third wicket.

18. Maharaj returned to the pavilion after scoring 40 runs and South Africa lost the match by 38 runs. He was all out for 207 runs in 42.5 overs