Sports Saturdays- Pakistan beat Netherlands by a big margin of 81 runs in the 2nd Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

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The 2nd Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between Pakistan vs Netherlands at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. In which Pakistan beat Netherlands by a big margin of 81 runs.

TOSS: Netherlands won the toss and opted to bowl.

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Pakistan Innings: Pakistan batted first and started the inning not very well, the entire team was dismissed just for 286 runs in the last ball of the 49th over. Saud Shakeel played a very brilliant half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 1 six and 9 boundaries in just 52 balls, Mohammad Rizwan also played a very brilliant half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 8 boundaries in 75 balls, Mohammad Nawaz played a brilliant inning 39 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 43 balls, Shadab Khan scored 32 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in 34 balls, apart from this, Fakhar Zaman dismissed just for 12 runs in 15 balls, Imam-ul-Haq 15 runs in 19 balls, Babar Azam 5 runs in 18 balls, Iftikhar Ahmed 9 runs in 11 balls, Haris Rauf 16 runs in 14 balls, Hasan Ali dismissed without scoring, and Shaheen Afridi remains unbeaten for 13 runs in 12 balls. In this way, the entire team all-out just for 286 runs in 49 overs and set a target of 187 runs in front of Netherlands.

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Netherlands bowlers- Bas de Leede performed very brilliant bowling took 4 wickets just for 62 runs in 9 overs, Colin Ackermann 2 wickets just for 39 runs in 8 overs, Aryan Dutt 1 wicket for 48 runs in his spell, Logan van Beek 1 wicket for 30 runs in 6 overs, Paul van Meekeren 1 wicket for 40 runs in 6 overs, Roelof van der Merwe was wicketless for 36 runs in 6 overs, Vikramjit Singh wicketless for 16 runs in 2 overs, and Saqib Zulfiqar also wicketless for 15 runs in 2 overs.

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Netherlands Innings: Netherlands chasing 287 runs in the second inning the entire team dismissed just for 205 runs in the last ball of the 41st over and lost the match by 81 runs. Netherlands also started the inning not very well, Bas de Leede played a very brilliant half-century inning of 67 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 6 boundaries in 68 balls, Vikramjit Singh also played a brilliant half-century inning of 52 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in 67 balls, apart from this, Max ODowd dismissed for 5 runs in 12 balls, Colin Ackermann 17 runs in 21 balls, Teja Nidamanuru 5 runs in 9 balls, Teja Nidamanuru dismissed without scoring in just 2 balls, Saqib Zulfiqar dismissed just for 10 runs in 18 balls, Roelof van der Merwe 4 runs in 7 balls, Roelof van der Merwe 1 run in 3 balls, Paul van Meekeren 7 runs in 12 balls, and Logan van Beek remains unbeaten for 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in 28 balls. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all-out just for 205 runs in 41 overs, and they lost the match by a big margin of 81 runs.

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Pakistani bowlers: Haris Rauf took 3 wickets for 43 runs in 9 overs, Hasan Ali 2 wickets for 33 runs in 7 overs, Shaheen Afridi 1 wicket for 37 runs in 7 overs, Shadab Khan 1 wicket for 45 runs in 8 overs, Mohammad Nawaz 1 wicket for 31 runs in 7 overs, and Iftikhar Ahmed 1 wicket for 16 runs in 3 overs.

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PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Pakistani batsman Saud Shakeel was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant half-century inning of 68 runs with the help of 1 six and 9 boundaries in just 52 balls.
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