India win amid tough Dutch fightback

NEW DELHI: India recorded a five-wicket victory after Dutch bowlers provided tough fight in their World Cup Group B match here at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground on Wednesday.
India, already leading the points table in their group, have added two more points to go to seven from four matches whereas the Netherlands did not win any of the four matches they have played so far.
Chasing an easy target of 190 runs, India lost their four top-order batsmen for 99 as Virender Sehwag (39), Sachin Tendulkar (27), Yousuf Pathan (11) and Virat Kohli (12) went back to pavilion.
Then, Gautam Gambhir (28) and Yuvraj Singh added 40 runs before the former departed and India were 139 for five on the board.
However, Yuvraj joined by captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni and both succeeded in reaching the target in 36.3 overs.
Yuvraj’s winning boundary took him to 51, his 48th ODI fifty, while Dhoni was also not out on 19.
Left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar was the most successful bowler for the Netherlands, taking three for 53.
India win amid tough Dutch fightback
NEW DELHI: India recorded a five-wicket victory after Dutch bowlers provided tough fight in their World Cup Group B match here at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground on Wednesday.
India, already leading the points table in their group, have added two more points to go to seven from four matches whereas the Netherlands did not win any of the four matches they have played so far.
Chasing an easy target of 190 runs, India lost their four top-order batsmen for 99 as Virender Sehwag (39), Sachin Tendulkar (27), Yousuf Pathan (11) and Virat Kohli (12) went back to pavilion.
Then, Gautam Gambhir (28) and Yuvraj Singh added 40 runs before the former departed and India were 139 for five on the board.
However, Yuvraj joined by captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni and both succeeded in reaching the winning target in 36.3 overs.
Yuvraj’s winning boundary took him to 51, his 48th ODI fifty, while Dhoni was also not out on 19.
Left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar was the most successful bowler for the Netherlands, taking three for 53.
Earlier, the Netherlands were all out for 189 runs in 46.4 overs after captain Peter Borren won the toss and elected to bat.
Their openers Eric Szwarczynski (28) and Wesley Barresi (26) provided a good start of 56 runs but after they departed, wickets fell at regular intervals.
Peter Borren however played a captain’s innings and top scored with 38 runs off 36 balls with three fours and two sixes.
Other main scorers were Tom Cooper (29) and Mudassar Bukhari (21).
For India, spinners Piyush Chawla and Yuvraj Singh shared four wickets while fast
bowler Zaheer Khan grabbed 3-20.
Yuvraj completed his 100 ODI wickets when he had Barresi trapped leg before.