India 193 for 6 (Dube 66, Suryakumar 34, van Beek 3-56, Dutt 2-19) beat Netherlands 176 for 7 (de Leede 33, Varun 3-14, Dube 2-35) by 17 runs
Aryan Dutt rules powerplay
India chose to bat partly to prepare themselves for bowling in the dew later in the tournament and partly to flex their batting muscle, but Dutt, the tall offspinner, had other plans. He bowled quick, he cramped the batters up, and stayed away from driving or pulling length. Two dots later, Abhishek, yet to score a World Cup run, backed away and tried to go over mid-on, missing the ball completely. Dutt would have started off with a wicket-maiden but for a bad bounce from a corner strip.
Ishan Kishan, the form batter for India, tried to use his short stature to manufacture pulling length, but Dutt didn’t waver. The ball lobbed off his pad onto his forearm and then rolled onto the leg stump. That India didn’t promote Suryakumar Yadav to break up the left-hand batters allowed Dutt to tie down Tilak Varma as well.
Seamers continue to stifle India
The fast bowlers used the conditions well by taking the pace off often and going into the pitch. Kyle Klein was the pick of the quicks, but it was Logan van Beek, who created two chances in the ninth over. While Suryakumar found relief through a drop from Michael Levitt, Tilak Varma found a flying Roelof van der Merwe at wide long-off. Those shots came about thanks to no boundaries for 20 balls, and immediately Netherlands put together another spell of 19, which included Dutt coming back and signing off with analysis of 4-0-19-2.
