IND vs NED T20 World Cup report card: Virat Kohli’s purple patch continues, Bhuvneshwar Kumar stifles the Dutch, KL Rahul disappoints

India beat the Netherlands by 56 runs at SCG in Sydney. It was a totally dominating efficiency with each bat and bowl by Rohit’s males who take high place within the Group 2 desk wit 2 victories out of two matches.

Here’s a fast form-check after the sport:

Okay.L. Rahul 9(12)

Okay.L Rahul fell early once more. His kind has been cold and warm of late. After enjoying a number of good innings earlier than the World Cup and within the warm-up video games constructing as much as the event the opener appears to be out of contact each towards Pakistan and Netherlands at the moment.

Rohit Sharma 53(39)

The skipper began a bit scratchy struggling for the timing initially however as his innings went on, his pull pictures appeared imperious as typical whereas his sq. driving appeared silky clean. The opener hit three mammoth sixes earlier than getting dismissed by Fred Klaassen caught on the cowl nook attempting to hit his fourth six.

Virat Kohli 62(44)

Virat Kohli took his time whereas Rohit was flying on the different finish. The batter hit three boundaries and two huge sixes in his knock and held the innings collectively. He first constructed a 73-run partnership with Rohit after which added 95 runs with Surya Kumar Yadav. It’s his second 50 in back-to-back video games of the event after his masterclass at MCG.

Surya Kumar Yadav 51(25)

The fashionable batter accomplished his first World Cup 50 in document time. The stage was set for him by the likes of Rohit and Kohli and all he needed to do is what he does finest, which is tackle the bowling. The batter reached 50 off the ultimate ball of the innings along with his trademark shot the place he flicked a leg-stump full supply to 6.

Axar Patel 2-18(4)
After getting smashed by Iftikhar Ahmed for 21 runs in an over at MCG, Axar had a great outing as he restricted the Netherlands from operating away with the sport. He cleaned up Max ODowd who appeared harmful in the beginning and later picked de Leede who was caught by Pandya.

Ravichandran Ashwin 2-21(4)
The off-spinner had a great outing alongside his associate in crime Axar. Both the finger spinners broke the backbone of the Netherlands batting order. The veteran spinner picked up the skilled Tom Cooper and in-form batter Ackerman. The spinners went for 39 runs of their eight overs and picked up 4 wickets.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2-9(3)
The 32-year-old had a superb outing with the ball  and picked up two wickets in his three overs. He began with two back-to-back maidens to turn into solely the fourth bowler within the historical past of T20I cricket to realize that feat. The right-arm seamer, after having a poor few months previous to the World Cup, appears to be getting again into his groove within the event.

Arshdeep Singh 2-37(4)
The left arm pacer had a cold and warm day. After having a superb day trip towards the arch-rivals Pakistan, the Punjab bowler appeared a bit flat at the moment. However, proper at loss of life, he managed to choose up a few wickets however conceded the most costly over of the innings after freely giving 14 runs within the twentieth over.

Mohammed Shami 1-27(4)
Similar to Arshdeep, Shami had a quiet day. He picked Tom Pringle in his third over of the spell and conceded 27 in 4 overs. The proper arm pacer appears to be in good rhythm from his comeback into the T20I aspect. His yorker appears to be deadly.