Pakistan lock horns with Netherlands as Scott Edwards won the toss and put Babar Azam's brigade to bat first at the Rajiv Gandhi international stadium in Hyderabad on Friday, October 6.
Babar Azam after losing the toss said," We will try our best with the bat. We believe in our openers, Imam and Fakhar. Shaheen Afridi is there as well. Hasan Ali is back in the side. We are looking at 290-300 plus."
Meanwhile, Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards said, “We will bowl first, might get a little bit easier under lights. We got some quality bowlers and spinners who can bowl in the powerplay. For us it's about adjusting and see how the pitch is playing.”
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Pakistan vs Netherlands Head-to-Head records
Matches played: 6
Pakistan won: 6
Netherlands won: 0
Last result: Pakistan won by nine runs (Rotterdam; Aug. 2022)
PAK VS NED in ODI World Cups
1996: Pakistan won by eight wickets (Lahore)
2003: Pakistan won by 97 runs (Paarl)
PAK VS NED - Highest and Lowest scores in ODIs
PAK (highest score) vs NED: 314/6 (50) - PAK won by 16 runs (2022)
PAK (lowest score) vs NED: 206 (49.4) - PAK won by nine runs (2022)
NED (highest score) vs PAK: 298/8 (50) - NED lost by 16 runs (2022)
NED (lowest score) vs PAK: 136 (50) - NED lost by nine wickets (2002)
PAK (highest individual score) vs NED: Fakhar Zaman 109 (109)
PAK (best bowling) vs NED: Naseem Shah 5/33 (10)
NED (highest individual score) vs PAK: Bas de Leede 89 (120)
NED (best bowling) vs PAK: Bas de Leede 3/50 (9)
PITCH REPORT
"63 metres square, 65 metres on the other side. Straight is 75. Looks like a good wicket, little bit of dryness at the top but it is rock hard. Could get better under lights, lot of runs to be scored," Pommie Mbangwa and Shane Watson analysed the pitch.
Pakistan's Playing XI: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.
Netherlands' Playing XI: Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
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