ICC World Cup: India vs Netherlands - Match Preview, Team News, Pitch Report and Live Score
India will play their fourth match in the ICC world cup 2011 against Netherlands at Ferozshah Kotla ground at Delhi. Read this articles to get the team informations, pitch report and links for live score updates.
ICC World Cup 2011; India vs Netherlands – 9th March, Delhi
India will play their fourth match in ICC world cup 2011 against Netherlands at Ferozshah Kotla Ground in the Capital City of India. So far, India has played 3 matches in which they won 2 matches, first match with Bangladesh and third match with Ireland. Their second match was tied with England. Click Here
As of now, India is leading the table with 5 points. Indian Skipper told that they are not going to take the game lightly. Dutch will have the unique experience of playing the second-best one-day team in the world in front of a full house. The biggest match the Dutch have played in front of a virtually packed stadium came on June 9, 2009, when they shocked England in the World Twenty20 at Lord's. But playing India in India in front of a raucous crowd is like being on a different planet.
India remains the only team in their group yet to lose a match. Indian batsmen had played very well so far. The problem concerning with India is regarding their bowlers. No Indian bowlers have shown their abilities so far. Indian skipper gave Piyush chawla a chance to prove his side, but he also failed to impress the Indian fans. Indian part time bowler Yuvraj Singh excelled in the last match by taking five wickets. Indian batsmen are showing their presence in all games. India is much concerned about fielding also. India will definitely cross the group stage, but worried about the knock out round. There both the batsmen and bowlers should perform to clinch the victory. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will be playing in front of their home crowd at the Feroz Shah Kotla. But both of them don't have a good batting record at this ground. Sehwag has a highest score of 42 in four innings, while Gambhir has scored 31 runs in two innings. Then also Sehwag fans are expecting some glamorous performance from him and he will make use of the inexperienced Dutch bowling line up. He had scored a fantastic 175 runs in the opening match against Bangladesh at Mirpur. Wednesdays match is also a big match for Sachin. Sachin Tendulkar needs just 18 runs to reach the 2000-run landmark in World Cups. He has scored 1982 runs at 58.29 with five centuries and 13 fifties.
Netherlands has not won any match so far in ICC World cup 2011. So Wednesdays match against India is prestigious for them. Their players need to keep their head, and remain focused. Ryan ten Doeschate, with his fighting knock against England in their first match, is their only batsman to score a century in this World Cup, while Tom Cooper is the only other player to get past fifty. Moreover they have not won any of the last five One Day Internationals they have played. Their batting line is appreciable, but they don't have any much experienced bowlers. They had scored a good score against England and gave a hope for their fans, but the lack of experienced bowlers landed up them in a defeat. One of their major recent winning matches was against England in the T20 2009 world cup held at England. All the attention is likely to be on Ryan ten Doeschate's all-round skills. Seelar, their only spinner has made some remarkable performance against West Indies. He took three wickets for 45 runs from ten overs while all other bowlers completed at a economy rate above 6. They lack a second spinner in their team, which is the major requirement in Indian Pitches.Team Info
India
Dhoni did not give any information regarding the team for the match during the press conference. Sometimes the skipper will give Aswin a chance instead of Piyush Chawla. Ashish Nehra was reported fit before the match against Ireland, but didn't get a chance to play. So he might also get chance to decide the best bowling line up for the knock out rounds. Considering that India play South Africa on Saturday in an important match, one that could determine the group seedings, India could think of giving Zaheer Khan a rest. The probable team for the match is:
Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (wk/capt), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan/Ashish Nehra, Piyush Chawla/R Ashwin, Munaf Patel
Netherlands
Dutch team is missing a second spinner which is essential in the Indian pitches. So far they played with 4 seamers- one spinner combination. Considering the pitch condition, they might include an extra slow bowler, Adeel Raja in the team. He had played against India in the 2003 world cup and took 2 wickets. The probable team is:
Alexei Kervezee, Wesley Barresi (wk), Tom Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Bas Zuiderent, Tom de Grooth, Peter Borren (capt), Mudassar Bukhari, Pieter Seelaar, Bernard Loots/Adeel Raja, Berend Westdijk.Pitch Report and Conditions
Ferozshah Kotla Ground's pitch is a slow, low bounce pitch. Big runs are imminent on what should be a flatbed. But the low bounce and the slowness in the track, witnessed in the previous three matches played here, will keep the batsmen on their toes. So far, 3 day night matches have been played here in this world cup. Out of that, 2 have been won by the chasing team.
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India
Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA),
Feroz Shah Kotla ground, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,
New Delhi - 110002
Phone: 011 2331 9323
Also or formerly known as Willingdon Pavilion
Established: 1883
End names: Stadium End, Pavilion End
First Test: India v West Indies in on Nov 10-14, 1948
First ODI: India v Sri Lanka on September 15, 1982
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