ODI World Cup 2023, IND vs NED, Highlights: India win by 160 Runs in Bengaluru

It's time to say good bye from Bengaluru as India end the league campaign on a high. It's time up for us as well as we wish you again Happy Diwali and join us again next time during the semifinals, for now its Good Bye!!

India will next take on New Zealand in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium with a win guaranteeing them a place in next Sunday’s ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad. On the other hand, the Netherlands bowed out of the World Cup with consolation wins while they were close to clinching an automatic place in the 2025 Champions Trophy.

A famous win for the Indian side as they beat the Netherlands by 160 runs. They walk into the World Cup semifinal with high confidence and look search for glory. What a win for the Men in Blue!

The Indian team is now on the brink of another win as they stand on the doors with Shreyas Iyer and Co being the star of the day on Diwali. Kuldeep Yadav has his second of the evening as the hosts establish an iron-grip over the contest.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 226/8 in 44 Overs, Need 185 more runs to win

Struggling Dutch have showed a great resilience as they have reached 200, something Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa did not manage against the Indian bowling line-up.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 201/6 in 41 Overs, Need 210 more runs to win

Sybrand Engelbrecht’s dismissal has now paved way for India to put the final nail in the coffin as they near their ninth win of the ODI World Cup.   

LIVE SCORE: NED – 183/6 in 37 Overs, Need 228 more runs to win

Sybrand Engelbrecht has held one end for the Dutch as they look to make India wait for before they take on New Zealand in the semifinal on Wednesday.  

LIVE SCORE: NED – 172/5 in 37 Overs, Need 239 more runs to win

Sybrand Engelbrecht and Teja Nidamanuru have led Netherlands to 150 as they look to lower the deposit of the defeat against the Indian side.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 150/5 in 35 Overs

Sybrand Engelbrecht and Bas de Leede have kept India waiting for their record ninth win of the ODI World Cup with the hosts in swift command of things.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 128/4 in 28 Overs

Sybrand Engelbrecht and skipper Scott Edwards have helped their side reach 100 as they look to avoid a catastrophic defeat in Bengaluru although their hopes of making the top seven have also taken a big hit.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 110/3 in 24 Overs

Sybrand Engelbrecht and skipper Scott Edwards will have tom weather the storm from the Indian players as things look out of hand for them at the moment.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 83/3 in 19 Overs

Kuldeep Yadav and Co will look to wrap the Netherlands innings early but as things stand they are giving a good reply. However, with the monster task in hand, India are well in the box seat to win the match while Ravindra Jadeja also strikes gold.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 72/3 in 15.1 Overs

Max ODowd and Cloin Ackermann have steadied the ship for the Dutch as they look to change the pattern of the chase. They will be vital for Netherlands if they are to have any remote chance of winning.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 66/2 in 12 Overs

The Dutch have reached 50 as they try to recover after early blow with Max ODowd and Cloin Ackermann in the middle.

LIVE SCORE: NED – 52/1 in 9 Overs

At the end of five overs, Netherlands are 17/1. India have started well with new ball once again and the Dutch have their task cut out if they want to qualify for 2025 Champions Trophy. 

Mohammed Siraj strikes in his first over to send Barresi back to the pavilion. Bowls a delicious ouswinger on fifth stump and the right hander goes feeling for it. Gets a thick edge which is gobbled up by KL Rahul without breaking a sweat. 

 Barresi c Rahul b Siraj 4(5)

Wesley Baressi and Max ODowd walk out to open the innings. India to start with Jasprit Bumrah.  

KL Rahul: Not gotten a lot of time in the last two games, so it was nice to get some time today. Batting at 5, it's important to get that confidence, it was a good knock. Getting that confidence to hit sixes towards the end was important. It's not rocket science, got to go hard in the last 10 overs.

Tried to get as many runs as possible, that was the plan, the ball gets softer, so hitting sixes at the back end becomes difficult. It's just not this game, everyone has a clear game plan, we have been executing it pretty well. Need to win this game and look forward to the semis. It gets difficult sometimes, but I enjoy being involved in the game, the bowlers have challenged me during DRS calls, but they don't give me enough credit. 

India finish their innings with a monstrous 410 run total. Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul smash hundreds while the top-3 reach half centuries. 

India: 410/4 ; Shreyas Iyer: 128*, KL Rahul, 102, Rohit Sharma 61

KL Rahul departs after scoring a brilliant century. He miscues the pull straight down the throat of deep square leg. 

Rahul c Sybrand Engelbrecht b Bas de Leede 102(64)

Iyer starts the penultimate over by smashing two consecutive maximums to propel India near 400.

Iyer racks up his maiden World Cup century by pulling a wide outside off delivery from Bas de Leede to deep midwicket for a single. His fourth century overall. India 346/4 after 46 overs. 

At the end of 45 overs, India are 337/3 and eyeing that 400-run mark, especially with Iyer and Rahul at the crease. 

India cross 300 with a swatted pull from Iyer towards cow corner. 100 run partnership between Iyer and Rahul also comes up. 

India get a move on in the last five overs with the scoreboard reading 284/3 at the end of 40 overs.

At thh end of 35 overs, India are 244-3 and coasting along. Shreyas Iyer competed his fifty, making it the first time all batters in top 4 had scored 50+ for India in ODIs.  

At the end of 30 overs, India are 211-3 and looking all set for a 350+ total. the wicket of Kohli, however, may slow down the proceedings for a while. 

Not the news Indian fans would have been hoping for. Kohli departs immediately after reaching his fifty. Van der Merwe bowls a length ball that slides on with the arm, snakes past Kohli's bat and uproots the off pole. Silence in Chinnaswamy. 

 Kohli b van der Merwe 51(56) 

A shot delivery on middle and leg by Van Meekeren is pulled towards deep mid-wicket by Virat Kohli for his 71st ODI fifty. However, all eyes will be on him to reach 50th ODI centutry and break Sachin Tendulkar's record. 

The 50-run partnership comes up between Iyer and Kohli. Both have carried on after Rohit's dismissal by not allowing Dutch bowlers to dominate.

Kohli has found the groove here in Bengaluru as he nears his 50 and India inch towards 200 wit aim to post a mammoth total once again. Shreyas Iyer has been taking time but we know he can change a gear or two once set.

India: 178/2 in 25 overs

Some great bowling by Netherlands have seen them restrict the run-flow for India batter - giving away just 21 runs in from overs 15 to 20. They also managed to take the prized wicket of Rohit Sharma as well.

India: 140/2 in 20 overs

WICKET! Rohit departs shortly after his fifty too! Back of a length ball and Rohit hoicks it only for the fielder to catch it at long-on. The ball hit high on the bat than Rohit would've liked but alas he has to go back.

Rohit Sharma c Barresi b de Leede 61

India looking unstoppable here despite Gill's wicket. Rohit has crossed his fifty and looking for many more runs while Kohli's form has everyone on toes in every single match.

India: 119/1 in 15 overs

Another brilliant 50 for skipper Rohit Sharma - he has been the main pillar for India batting at the top - giving fiery starts and no wonder India crossed 90 thrice in powerplay in this tournament.

WICKET! Gill departs right after 50. BIG WICKET for Netherlands. It was short ball and Gill pulled it to square leg- third man area where Nidamanuru took a great catch on the boundary.

Shubman Gill c Nidamanuru b van Meekeren 51

Brilliant batting by Shubman Gill - the no. 1 ICC ODI batter - a fifty off just 30 balls  with three fours and four sixes and third 50 in the ODI World Cup 2023.

Sensational batting from these two here really. Netherlands doing nothing much wrong apart from facing two batters in their prime. Both the batters are already nearing 50!

India: 91/0 in 10 overs

Rohit looks in fine touch today as so do Gill who hit a six on which touched the roof of Chinnaswammy. Sharma has already hit five fours in his innings and raced away to 25.

India: 37/0 in 5 overs

Here are the playing XIs of both teams:

India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul, 6 Suryakumar Yadav, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Mohammed Shami, 9 Jasprit Bumrah, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Netherlands: 1  Max O'Dowd 2 Wesley Barresi, 3 Colin Ackermann, 4 Sybrand Engelbrecht, 5 Scott Edwards, 6 Bas de Leede, 7 Teja Nidamanuru, 8 Logan van Beek, 9 Roelof van der Merwe, 10 Aryan Dutt, 11 Paul van Meekeren

India have won the toss and elected to bat first in Bengaluru with the same team. Bring it on!