“Hope bowlers save the day for Pakistan”: Twitter reactions on Pakistan all out for 206 in 3rd ODI vs Netherlands

Pakistan all out for 206: The Pakistani team barely crossed the 200-run mark in the third ODI at Hazelaarweg.

It is in their sixth ODI against each other that Netherlands have bundled out Pakistan for the first time. Captain Babar Azam (91) winning the toss and electing to bat first didn’t reap the desired rewards barring a 22nd ODI half-century for the skipper at a strike rate of 72.80.

An innings which never really looked to be on the ideal track, Pakistan were found wanting against a disciplined bowling and fielding performance in testing conditions.

Netherlands pacer Bas de Leede was the pick of their bowlers as his figures of 9-0-50-3 involved running through the visitors’ middle-order dismissing Mohammad Haris (4), Mohammad Nawaz (27) and Mohammad Wasim (11) in the process.

Opening the bowling with spinner Aryan Dutt, pacer Vivian Kingma picked a couple of wickets including sending back debutant opening batter Abdullah Shafique (2) on the second ball that he bowled.

While Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad and Dutt picked a wicket apiece, Dutt registering a caught and bowled dismissal to dismiss Azam in the 43rd over denied Pakistan of a much-needed finish on Sunday.

Pakistan’s ploy of providing batting opportunities to Shafique and Haris in place of established opener Imam-ul-Haq and wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan also backfired as both the rookies got out for single-digit scores.

Twitter reactions on Pakistan all out for 206 in 3rd ODI vs Netherlands

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