🏏Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #2 - Pakistan vs Netherlands on 6 Oct - Page 63

This world cup they r awarding the POTM first so that we can calculate points soon..

Originally posted by: Prizi

Most runs- Said Shakeel

Most 6s- Bas De leede

Most 4s- Said Shakeel

Most wks taker- Bas De Leede

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Bas 2 hi log ka raaj hai

Congratulations to Pakistan for their win.

Originally posted by: Prizi

Most runs- Saud Shakeel

Most 6s- Bas De leede

Most 4s- Saud Shakeel

Most wks taker- Bas De Leede

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Pakistan probably wouldn't be too chuffed about this. They ended up leaking a few runs at the death and the win wasn't quite as convincing as they would've liked. It still is points on the board though and they get their 2023 World Cup campaing off to a winning start.

Spare a thought for Bas de Leede as well. He was simply outstanding today. Picked up 4 wickets with the ball before coming out to score a valorous fifty. He got the Netherlands to the World Cup after almost single-handedly taking them to a win over Scotland in the qualifiers and he came out here and put up another solid performance. Unfortunately, there just wasn't quite enough from the rest of the unit.

Originally posted by: Rosyme

This world cup they r awarding the POTM first so that we can calculate points soon..

IPL mein ek toh aadhi raat tak match hi chalta tha aur pata nahi kitne ghante baad POTM milta tha

Netherlands last pair scored more than 100 runs. That shows their grit and determination 👏

So Pakistan stave off the Dutch threat! The Netherlands fought valiantly but it wasn't enough today. They did keep Pakistan on their toes though and that's definitely something they can write home about. After doing a great job with the ball to restrict Pakistan to 286, they got off to a promising strat. VIkramjit Singh looked very fluent and was prompt in dispatching anything that was loose. O'Dowd and Ackermann couldn't add many but Netherlands' man for all occasions, Bas de Leede, turned up once again. He shared a nice partnership for Vikramjit and they set about laying the foundations for what they hoped would be a historic chase. Even as VIkramjit fell trying to up the ante, de Leede carried on strong at one end. Unfortuntely though, he started to lose partners rather quickly at the other end. They lost three in a clump and that put them under a little too much pressure. De Leede eventually fell for well made 67. Van Beek swung his bat around but a bit but there weren't any other significant contributions, meaning that the Dutch fell short by 81 runs.

Saud Shakeel | Player of the Match: Tried to be positive and score runs for the team. Nerves were there, we lost 3 wickets but I was fortunate enough to get early boundaries. We knew the pressure would go back to them if we got a start. I think the last 2-3 months I’ve been playing hard, I knew I’d bat number 5 for Pakistan and have been developing my shots according to that - sweeps and reverse sweeps. Thanks to the crowd as well, and I want to thank my coach as well for helping me out.