🏏ICC Men's T20I WC 2022 - S 12- M 23, Group 2- India vs Netherlands🏏

🏏ICC Men's T20I WC 2022 - S 12 Match 23- Group 2- India vs Netherlands🏏

India started their T20 World Cup campaign in fine fashion, beating Pakistan in a last-ball thriller. ⭐️

The 23rd game of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 between India and the Netherlands will be played today at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. The game is set to take place at 1:30 PM IST.

Less than 48 hours after playing what Rohit Sharma called was the best T20 innings by anyone in an India shirt, Virat Kohli took guard at an optional net session at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Knock. Knock.

He played a pair of front-foot defenses and then was beaten on the outside edge to the third ball. "Andar ka dikhata hai par bahar wala karata hai," (You reveal it's an in swinger but it moves away), he joked with the throw down specialist before refocusing for the next ball.

Knock. Another forward defense!!

Although Virat Kohli put in a sensational performance to get India over the line, there is room for improvement in the batting department.

The Netherlands on the other hand has shown a lot of grit and resolve. All-rounder Bas de Leede and Vikarmjit Singh have contributed massively towards their wins.

The party may be over but the happy high of Melbourne has lingered, and understandably so. It was therefore important for Kohli, Rohit & Co. to put their heads down and, in some sense, start over and really sink their teeth into this World Cup campaign.

"For us, from the situation we won, our confidence will skyrocket," Rohit said after the MCG epic. "Now we know we can win from anywhere. We saw last year when Pakistan beat us, the way they played after that, it was great. When you win the first game, you can really settle in."

Netherlands probable playing XI

Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Scott Edwards (c&wk), Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Fred Klaassen and Paul van Meekeren.

India probable playing XI

KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Helpfully for India, orange is a fine hangover remedy.

Netherlands offer just the kind of tempered re-centering they need after the emotionally-charged finish on Sunday.

It isn't to suggest the Dutch cannot upend the established order. In fact, the intensity of India's batting preparation, with a double session for Rohit, on Tuesday afternoon testified a cold fact: this game is worth exactly the same number of points as the previous one. India know the importance of grabbing both of those, if possible with a run-rate boost should rain and subsequent results complicate qualification as they have done for the other big team in the group - South Africa.

Netherlands, in a World Cup main draw for the first time in eight years, are out to prove they aren't a box for India to be ticked off.

They had a good start to this tournament before tailing off in the last couple of games, especially with the bat. Scott Edwards insists they will be up for it playing their brand of cricket. And after the events of this tournament, who could argue with him?

Whether they can convert belief into performance in the hothouse atmosphere sure to be provided by India's fanatical supporters, remains to be seen.

What's certain is that they aren't uncomfortable on the stage. They've enjoyed recent trysts with the big boys of the game, having played West Indies, England, New Zealand and Pakistan over the summer.

What to expect: Slight chance of rain around toss and match start time but clear thereafter as per the local meteorology department. The SCG produced a flat wicket for the Super 12 opener as New Zealand racked up 200 against the tournament hosts. A similar surface, possibly even slower, is predicted. Unlike the Australia-New Zealand fixture, India will play on a 40-overs used pitch given it will be the second of two games on the day and that could bring the slow bowlers into contention. Since BBL 2019-20, teams have a 7-6 W-L record when they bat first with an average first innings total of 157.

Head to head: 0-0 This is their first encounter in this format. India have beaten Netherlands in each of their two meetings at 50-over World Cups, in 2003 and 2011, and coincidentally made it to the final of each of those tournaments.

Thanks for the tag Madhu.🤗

Sun is out. Scattered clouds here and there.

Cheers..

Hardik Pandya suffered from cramps at the end of the Pakistan game. He cooled his heels alongside Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel and Suryakumar Yadav while the others used the optional practice session.

Bowling coach Paras Mhambrey confirmed Pandya and the other 14 members of the squad were all fit and available to play.

Warm welcome everyone. After a pulsating Sunday win over Pakistan at the MCG, India are in Sydney to play Netherlands in their second game.

The two sides will be meeting for the first time at a T20 World Cup and third overall. The two previous clashes were in 2003 (Paarl) and 2011 (New Delhi) at the 50-over World Cups.

I'm Shashank Kishore. Joining me on commentary is Hemant Brar. We will also have Anil Kumble joining us on ball-by-ball with an AMA (Ask Me Anything), we'll tell you how you could send through questions for him. Let's have some fun!

Sagar: "Is this game going to be played on the same pitch as SA vs BAN?" -- Yep, it will be. Sidharth Monga, our correspondent in Sydney confirms. He says, "double-headers have to be played on same surface because that is the only protected area on the square."

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Mohit Vaishnav : "How's the weather in Sydney?" -- There was some rain earlier in the day, but it seems to have cleared as you may know, with South Africa vs Bangladesh coming to its full conclusion. So for now, it's all systems go.