After a thrilling showdown in yesterday’s match, the World Cup is heading for another exciting clash. On November 3, Afghanistan will be facing the Netherlands at the Ekana Sports City in Lucknow. This will be a very exciting fixture. After losing back-to-back matches, Afghanistan made a comeback. They won the previous three matches. But for this match, they opted for a change in the squad.
Naveen ul Haq is not in the team:
Afghanistan is all set to take on the Netherlands in today’s match. Afghanistan made an excellent comeback in the tournament. From losing consecutive matches, they won three matches in the last fixtures. On the other hand, the Netherlands registered two wins till now in the tournament. It is hard for them but they are playing good cricket throughout the tournament.
The Netherlands won the toss and decided to bat first. Afghanistan has to bowl. At that time, Afghan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi announced that Naveen ul Haq is not playing. He said, “ We wanted to bat, but that doesn’t matter. We need to play 100 overs of good cricket. It’ll spin. We are trying to play good cricket. We are going with four spinners. Noor Ahmed is in for Naveen. A lot of support, in this WC, everyone’s praying for us. We are happy for that. The focus will be on today’s game.”
Conditions Before the Face-Off:
Both teams are ready to face each other. Afghanistan has been going well in the last few matches. In the last match, Afghanistan faced Sri Lanka. After winning the toss, Afghanistan decided to bowl first. Sri Lanka gave a decent start. Nissaka scored 46 runs in 60 balls. Kusal Mendis scored 39 runs. Samarawickrama scored 36 runs. Afghan bowlers were outstanding. Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up 4 wickets in 34 runs. Mujeeb ur Rahman took 2 wickets in 38 runs. Omarzai and Rashid Khan took 1 each.
The Afghan batter played excellently. Ibrahim Zadran scored 39 runs in 57 runs. Rahmat Shah played a knock of 62 runs in 74 balls. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai remained unbeaten and secured the win.
On the other hand, the Netherlands locked horns against Bangladesh. They choose to bat first. They didn’t have a good start. Wesley Barresi scored 41 runs in 41 balls. Scott Edwards scored 68 runs in 69 balls. They got all out in 229 runs.
Bangladesh had a horrible start. No Bangladeshi batters had a chance to stand in front of the Dutch bowlers. Mehidy Hasan scored 35 runs in 40 balls. The Dutch bowlers were amazing. Paul Van Meekran took 4 wickets in 23 runs. Bas de Leede took 2 wickets in 25 runs. Aryan Dutt, Logan van Beek, and Colin Ackermann took one each. They won the match by 87 runs.
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