Underdogs Netherlands beat in-form South Africa by 38 runs to win their first match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in Dharamshala.Netherlands placed on a shocking show of tight bowling and highly effective late-innings batting to beat South Africa by 38 runs within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in Dharamshala on Tuesday.
Put in to bat on the variable-bounce pitch on the HPCA Stadium within the midst of the Himalaya mountains, the Dutch set the Proteas a goal of 246 runs, thanks to 2 large partnerships on the finish of their innings.
South Africa started the chase with warning and misplaced their first wicket for 36 runs within the eighth over when their in-form opener Quinton de Kock fell to Colin Ackermann.
It led to a flurry of wickets for the decided Dutch as they eliminated South Africa captain Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram within the area of 26 balls for eight runs.
Veteran spinner Roelof van der Merwe and medium pacer Paul van Meekeren took two wickets every because the Dutch stemmed the circulate of runs with tight traces and sharp fielding.
Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller provided hope to the South African followers by placing on a 45-run partnership however each fell to pacer Logan van Beek.
Tail-enders Keshav Maharaj and Lungi Ngidi held on for a 41-run partnership however Bas de Leede took the ultimate wicket at hand Netherlands one more well-known World Cup win and South Africa a shock loss.
De Leede was the very best wicket-taker for the Dutch with three from his eight overs.
Earlier, Netherlands regarded set to get bowled out for a low whole once they misplaced 4 wickets for 50 runs in 15 overs, however an excellent half-century by their captain Scott Edwards and a late flourish by Van der Merwe and Aryan Dutt noticed them go from 140-7 in 34 overs to ending on 245-8 in 43 overs within the rain-shortened match.
Edwards scored 78 runs off 69 balls, hitting 10 fours and a six a lot to the delight of the Dutch crowd.
With the win, Netherlands bagged their first two factors of the match after three matches. They play a weakened Sri Lankan aspect of their fourth match on Saturday, October 21.
In the meantime, South Africa stay on 4 factors after three matches. Their subsequent match is in opposition to Bangladesh on Tuesday, October 24.