Pakistan

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

Vikramjit Singh

Max O'Dowd

Colin Ackermann

Bas de Leede

Teja Nidamanuru

Scott Edwards (C) (W)

Saqib Zulfiqar

Logan van Beek

Roelof van der Merwe

Aryan Dutt

Paul van Meekeren

Bastiaan Franciscus Wilhelmus de Leede

Benjamin Edwin Fletcher

Colin Niel Ackermann

Daniel Tarric Doram

Frederick Jack Klaassen

Kyle Klein

Logan Verjus van Beek

Maxwell Patrick O'Dowd

Michael Levitt

Noah Roderick Joseph Croes

Paul Adriaan van Meekeren

Roelof Erasmus van der Merwe

Ryan Klein

Saqib Mohammad Zulfiqar

Scott Andrew Edwards

Shariz Ahmad

Sikander Ali Zulfiqar

Anil Teja Nidamanuru

Timm van der Gugten

Timothy James Gerard Pringle

Vivian Jilling Kingma

Wesley Barresi

Zach Benjamin Lion-Cachet

Abdullah Shafique

Abrar Ahmed

Asif Khan Afridi

Mohammad Babar Azam

Faheem Ashraf

Faisal Akram

Hasan Nawaz

Haseebullah Khan

Mohammad Hussain Talat

Khawaja Muhammad Nafay

Mohammad Rizwan

Mohammad Wasim

Naseem Abbas Shah

Noman Ali

Sahibzada Farhan

Saim Ayub

Sajid Khan

Salman Ali Agha

Mohammad Salman Mirza

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Shan Masood Khan

Usman Khan

Usman Tariq

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

Pakistan began their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign with a comprehensive win over the Netherlands at the Rajeev Gandhi stadium in Hyderabad on Friday.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam during ODI World Cup 2023 match against Netherlands in Hyderabad on October 6, Friday.

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The incident occurred when Babar Azam introduced Haris Rauf into the attack after the completion of eight overs during the Netherlands' innings.

Babar Azam patted Haris Rauf on the neck before hilariously slapping his premier pacer during match against Netherlands.

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Watch: Babar Azam slaps Haris Rauf in live ODI World Cup match between Pakistan and Netherlands; fans react as video goes viral

The tension between the two cricketers brewed when Haris Rauf was looking to wrap up the Netherlands innings and was bowling with fierce pace.

Haris Rauf and Paul van Meekeren were involved in a heated exchange during Pakistan's match against Netherlands.

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Watch: Haris Rauf and Paul van Meekeren indulge in heated on-field verbal fight before Pakistan pacer has the last laugh; video goes viral

The moment first came to light during the 21st over when Pakistan was fielding. It was observed that the boundary cushion was shifted nearly a foot from its designated position.

Pakistan fielder during match against Netherlands in Hyderabad.

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World Cup 2023: Bas de Leede was lauded by Netherlands captain Scott Edwards for his all-round performance in the losing cause against Pakistan

Bas de Leede celebrates after taking Iftikhar Ahmed's wicket (Getty Images)

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Pakistan vs Netherlands, ODI World Cup 2023: Bas de Leede on his World Cup debut scored a half-century and took a fifer against Babar Azam's side.

Bas de Leede winks at Haris Rauf (Screengrab: Hotstar)

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Pakistan vs Netherlands, ODI World Cup 2023: Bas de Leede's all-round show went in vain as Dutch batters failed to chase down 287 and lost by 81 runs.

Mohammad Rizwan appeals for a stump out against Bas de Leede (Getty Images)

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Bas de Leede (left) and father Tim (right) (Getty Images)

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Pakistan vs Netherlands, World Cup 2023: This was the first time Babar Azam returned to pavillion without scoring a half-century against the Dutch.

Babar Azam's wicket to Colin Ackermann (Screengrab: Hotstar)

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Netherlands invited Pakistan to bat first in their ODI World Cup opener against Babar Azam's Pakistan at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Hyderabad.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (left) and Netherlands captain Scott Edwards in this frame.

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WATCH: Babar, Babar chants erupt in Hyderabad stadium, Pakistan captain's reaction goes viral

Watch: Babar Azam slaps Haris Rauf in live ODI World Cup match between Pakistan and Netherlands; fans react as video goes viral

Watch: Haris Rauf and Paul van Meekeren indulge in heated on-field verbal fight before Pakistan pacer has the last laugh; video goes viral