India vs Netherlands (Delhi) (9th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 9^th March

25^th Match – Group B     (50-over match)

Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi,

India won by 5 wickets (with 81 balls remaining);

Netherlands won the toss and picked to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Netherlands            189/10    (46.4 over)

Netherlands Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
ES Szwarczynski	b Chawla	28	42	4	0	66.66
W Barresi†	lbw b Yuvraj Singh	26	58	2	0	44.82
TLW Cooper	c †Dhoni b Nehra	29	47	2	0	61.70
RN ten Doeschate	c Khan b Yuvraj Singh	11	28	1	0	39.28
AN Kervezee	c Harbhajan Singh b Chawla	11	23	1	0	47.82
B Zuiderent	lbw b Khan	0	6	0	0	0.00
TN de Grooth	run out (Chawla/†Dhoni)	5	11	0	0	45.45
PW Borren*	c Nehra b Khan	38	36	3	2	105.55
BP Kruger	run out (Kohli/†Dhoni)	8	12	1	0	66.66
Mudassar Bukhari	b Khan	21	18	1	2	116.66
PM Seelaar	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, w 2, nb 1)	12

Total (all out; 46.4 over) 189 (4.05 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-56 (Szwarczynski, 15.2 over), 2-64 (Barresi, 18.6 over), 3-99 (ten Doeschate, 28.2 over), 4-100 (Cooper, 29.1 over), 5-101 (Zuiderent, 30.6 over), 6-108 (de Grooth, 34.2 over), 7-127 (Kervezee, 38.1 over), 8-151 (Kruger, 42.2 over), 9-189 (Borren, 46.1 over), 10-189 (Mudassar Bukhari, 46.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Z Khan	6.4	0	20	3	3.00
A Nehra	5	1	22	1	4.40
YK Pathan	6	1	17	0	2.83
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	31	0	3.10	(2w)
PP Chawla	10	0	47	2	4.70	(1nb)
Yuvraj Singh	9	1	43	2	4.77

India                191/5    (36.3 over)    (won by 5 wickets)

India Innings	(target: 190 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
V Sehwag	c Kervezee b Seelaar	39	26	5	2	150.00
SR Tendulkar	c Kruger b Seelaar	27	22	6	0	122.72
YK Pathan	c & b Seelaar	11	10	1	1	110.00
G Gambhir	b Mudassar Bukhari	28	28	3	0	100.00
V Kohli	b Borren	12	20	2	0	60.00
Yuvraj Singh	not out	51	73	7	0	69.86
MS Dhoni*†	not out	19	40	2	0	47.50
Extras	(w 4)	4

Total (5 wickets; 36.3 over) 191 (5.23 runs per over)

Did not bat:

Harbhajan Singh, PP Chawla, Z Khan, A Nehra

Fall of wickets:

1-69 (Sehwag, 7.3 over), 2-80 (Tendulkar, 9.1 over), 3-82 (Pathan, 9.5 over), 4-99 (Kohli, 14.3 over), 5-139 (Gambhir, 23.1 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Mudassar Bukhari	6	1	33	1	5.50	(2w)
RN ten Doeschate	7	0	38	0	5.42	(2w)
PM Seelaar	10	1	53	3	5.30
PW Borren	8	0	33	1	4.12
TLW Cooper	2	0	11	0	5.50
BP Kruger	3.3	0	23	0	6.57

Player of the match:    Yuvraj Singh (India)

Umpires:        SJ Davis (Australia) and BNJ Oxenford (Australia)

TV umpire:        BR Doctrove (West Indies)

Netherlands maintained losing streak as India defeated them by five wickets on a slow track at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, India accomplished their goal with lost of five wickets with more than 14 over spare. Chasing target 190 set by Netherlands, India's top order fired with boundaries on Netherlands pacers as Sachin Tendulkar became the first man to reach 2000 World Cup runs. The flurry of boundaries made live the crowd at Feroz Shah Kotla, India were 69 in their eighth over without loss of wicket.

Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni finished the game as Yuvraj completed another unbeaten fifty, India will play their fifth match against South Africa at Nagpur on Saturday.