In a thrilling encounter between 2022 T20 World Cup finalist Pakistan and the USA, the USA defeated Pakistan by five runs in a super over. Meanwhile, last night Afghanistan stunned 2021 finalist New Zealand by winning with a margin of 85 runs.
After back to back upsets in 2024 edition of T20 World Cup, Its time for a clash between Netherlands and South Africa in match no.16 of the tournament. Last time when these two sides met in the T20 wc, It was Netherlands who won the match by 13 rums, marking it as one the greatest win of the tournament and T20I history. The latest trends indicate that in past 3 ICC tournament matches Netherlands have managed to win 2 games.
Can this South African side end this losing streak against Dutch? South Africa destructive batsman Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller looked well throughout the IPL season for their respective franchise.
The match is scheduled at Nassau County Cricket Club and will kick off at 8pm (IST). Both teams will compete against each other to secure the first position in the points tally of their group, thereby taking a step closer to qualifying for the super 8 stage.
Pitch Report And Weather Forecast:
With a slow pitch but a potentially faster outfield, this surface is ideal for bowlers, who seldom receive support in this format globally. Expect temperatures around 24°C with 44% humidity, and winds potentially reaching up to 11 km/h.
NED vs SA: Probable Playing XI
Netherlands: Michael Levitt, Max O’Dowd, Vikramjit Malik, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (c and wk), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tom Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman