A dialogue from the Bollywood film ‘Dilwale’ became quite famous, ‘We were robbed by our own people, where did others have power, my boat sank where water was less’. world cup 2023 After the crushing defeat against Netherlands in the 15th match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, this dialogue completely fits the South African team. Because the ‘Chokers’ team has been defeated not by anyone else but by its own people. In fact, the Netherlands team includes many players who have played cricket for South Africa. We will tell you about these players, but before that let’s take a look at the result of tomorrow’s match.
Netherlands beat South Africa by 38 runs
In a rain-affected match in Dharamshala on Tuesday, the Netherlands team played brilliantly and defeated South Africa by 38 runs. Batting first in the match of 43 overs due to rain, Netherlands made a challenging score of 245 runs losing 8 wickets. But the entire South African team, which came to chase the target, was all out on the score of 207 runs in 42.5 overs. Captain Scott Edwards, Roelof van der Merwe, Siebrand Engelbrecht and Colin Ackerman played a big role in the victory of Netherlands. While captain Edwards played a big inning of 78 runs in 69 balls with the help of 10 fours and one six, Roelof van der Merwe and Colin Ackerman played brilliant all-round innings. Merve played an innings of 29 runs and also took 2 wickets. Similarly, Ackerman also played an inning of 13 runs and also took 1 wicket.
These players from Netherlands have played for South Africa
The Netherlands team includes many players who previously played cricket for South Africa. The names of Roelof van der Merwe, Sibrand Engelbrecht and Colin Ackerman are included in it. Roelof van der Merwe was a part of the South African national team till 2014. While Sybrand Engelbrecht and Colin Ackerman have played for South Africa’s Under 19 team. These players played an important role in the victory of Netherlands on Tuesday.
Netherlands defeated South Africa for the second time in the World Cup
Netherlands has not defeated South Africa in the World Cup for the first time. In fact, he has done this feat in the T20 World Cup also. In the match played on 6 November 2022, Netherlands created a big upset by defeating South Africa by 13 runs.
The teams were as follows
Netherlands (Playing XI)
Vikramjeet Singh, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackerman, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (wk/captain), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.
South Africa (Playing XI)
Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jensen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Gerald Coetzee.