Netherlands vs South Africa
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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ODI World Cup 2023 After England, South Africa’s team has also been a victim of upsets. South Africa has faced defeat against Netherlands. This is Africa’s first defeat in three matches in this World Cup. Earlier this team had defeated Sri Lanka and Australia, but the Netherlands team was successful in causing a big upset. The match started late due to rain and both innings were reduced to seven overs each. South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl. Netherlands’ beginning was nothing special. Half the team had returned to the pavilion at 82 runs. After this, Captain Edwards made excellent partnerships with the tail batsmen and took his team to a good score. Captain Charles Edwards scored unbeaten 78 runs for Netherlands. Van der Merwe scored 29 runs and Aryan Dutt scored 23 runs in nine balls. Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada took two wickets each for South Africa. Gerald Coetzee and Keshav Maharaj got one wicket each.
South Africa’s start to chase the target of 246 runs was also not very special. The first wicket fell on the score of 36 runs. De Kock was out after scoring 20 runs. After this Bavuma continued on his personal score of 16 runs. Markram was out after scoring one run and Dussen was out after scoring four runs. Klaasen and Miller raised some hopes by making a partnership of 45 runs for the fifth wicket, but after Klaasen’s dismissal, Miller was left alone. Yansen was out after scoring nine runs. After this, Miller also went on to score 43 runs and South Africa’s defeat was certain. Kotze was out after scoring 22 runs. Rabada scored nine runs. In the end, Keshav Maharaj and Lungi Ngidi could only take the team’s score to 207 runs and the team lost the match by 38 runs.