Dube hits a quickfire 66, together with two sixes and a 4 off Colin Ackermann, reaching fifty off 25 balls
Defending champions India beat a spirited Netherlands workforce by 17 runs on Wednesday forward of their assembly with South Africa within the Tremendous Eights of the T20 World Cup.
India posted 193-6 after which stored the Dutch right down to 176-7 with spinner Varun Chakravarthy returning figures of 3-14 in Ahmedabad to remain unbeaten of their 4 matches in Group A.
However a tricky take a look at awaits the co-hosts on the similar venue on Sunday once they face South Africa, who emerged prime of a probably difficult Group D that featured New Zealand and Afghanistan.
India end prime of their group forward of arch-rivals Pakistan, however want to repair holes of their batting together with the type of opener Abhishek Sharma, who fell for his third straight duck within the event.
“I imply, you’ll be able to’t say that we’ve got ticked virtually all of the bins, however even for those who win, you be taught one thing out of it,” skipper Suryakumar Yadav stated. “And we’ve got discovered a couple of areas. We’ll return to the rooms, have a break day tomorrow, and have a chat on that.”
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Abhishek was bowled on the third ball by off-spinner Aryan Dutt after India elected to bat first on the world’s greatest cricket stadium. India have been teetering at 110-4 earlier than Shivam Dube hit a counter-attacking 66 and placed on a key stand of 76 with Hardik Pandya (30).
“It is a World Cup and the sport will get tough typically,” participant of the match Dube, who additionally took two wickets, informed reporters. “It was just a little powerful on the wicket, however yeah, that is the scenario I like to bat and I used to be having fun with.”
The Dube impact
A number of batters received begins however didn’t capitalise as Ishan Kishan fell for 18, Tilak Varma made 31 and Suryakumar contributed 34. However Dube stored calm and hit a couple of lusty blows together with two sixes and a 4 off off-spinner Colin Ackermann, reaching his fifty off 25 balls.
He and Pandya ensured India’s innings completed strongly though each have been dismissed within the remaining over on the 110,000-capacity stadium, which had a turnout of over 68,000 followers.
Dube, who hit 4 fours and 6 sixes in his 31-ball knock, was caught by substitute fielder Tim van der Gugten on the boundary rope, with Pandya choosing out a fielder within the deep off the ultimate supply by Logan van Beek.
Dutt returned spectacular figures of 2-19 from his 4 overs.
In reply, the Dutch openers began cautiously earlier than Max O’Dowd fell bowled for 20 off Chakravarthy and Pandya dismissed Michael Levitt, for twenty-four. Bas de Leede and Ackermann tried to place the chase again on monitor of their stand of 43 however Chakravarthy broke by way of along with his thriller spin.
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He despatched again Ackermann, for 23, after which bowled Dutt on the subsequent ball, earlier than the hat-trick was averted by skipper Scott Edwards.
The ever-increasing run fee pressured the Dutch to take dangers and within the course of lose their wickets as De Leede (33) fell to Dube and Jasprit Bumrah took down Edwards.
Zach Lion-Cachet (26) and Noah Croes, who made an unbeaten 25, hit common boundaries in a determined try to tug off a miracle however India had runs to play with and, regardless of two dropped catches within the final over, noticed out the match.
