India’s captain, Rohit Sharma, decided to bat first after winning the toss against the Netherlands in their final World Cup pool stage match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday, as reported by Reuters.
India is aiming for a ninth consecutive victory in the World Cup to maintain their perfect record before their semi-final clash with New Zealand in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Rohit said, “It’s a good opportunity for us to tick all the boxes. Extremely happy with how we have played this tournament. It makes the job easier as a skipper.”
Both teams opted to make no changes to their lineups from their previous matches.
The Netherlands is hoping to climb off the bottom of the table with a victory that could also secure their place in the 2025 Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan.
Dutch skipper Scott Edwards mentioned, “We have been pretty good overall. We’ve had two good wins and today we want to put in a good performance. This is the biggest crowd we’ve had in the tournament. We’ll have to be at our best today.”
Here are the teams:
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami.
Netherlands: Wesley Barresi, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.
Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru
