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“Netherlands deserve an appreciation too”: Twitter reactions on Netherlands falling agonizingly short of upsetting Pakistan during 3rd ODI

Gurpreet Singh
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"Netherlands deserve an appreciation too": Twitter reactions on Netherlands falling agonizingly short of upsetting Pakistan during 3rd ODI

Twitter reactions on Netherlands nearly winning their first ever ODI against Pakistan during the 3rd ODI at Hazelaarweg in Rotterdam.

During the third and final ODI of Pakistan’s ongoing tour of the Netherlands at Hazelaarweg Rotterdam, some ordinary batting during the final few Overs of the chase robbed the hosts of staging a memorable upset against Babar Azam’s men, as they lost by 9 runs, to lose the three-match series 0-3.

Netherlands opener Vikramjit Singh (50 off 85), who scored his second half-century of the series, and spirited performances from the middle-order batter in the experienced Tom Cooper (62 off 105) and Teja Nidamanuru (24 off 32), were just not enough at the end of it all, as they got bundled up at 197 in 49.2 Overs, en route the modest target of 207 handed by Pakistan.

As for Pakistan, their day was saved by moments of brilliance from their 19-year-old pacer Naseem Shah (10-0-33-5), who registered his maiden five-wicket haul across all formats for Pakistan.

After dismissing Max ODowd (3 off 11) and Musa Ahmed (11 off 21) within the initial Powerplay, Shah scalped the crucial wicket of the set Vikramjit Singh during the 31st Over, and later another set batter Teja Nidamanuru to prevent Pakistan from a rather embarrassing defeat, despite having already won the series.

Twitter reactions on Netherlands nearly upsetting Pakistan 

Earlier, Pakistan captain Babar Azam (91 off 125) for the umpteenth time proved to be his side’s messiah, as they huffed an puffed towards posting 206/10 on the scoreboard in 49.4 Overs.

Azam continued with his brilliant run-of-form, especially in the ODI format, as she smashed his third consecutive half-century of the series, to hand his bowlers something to bowl at.

The hosts’ medium-pacer Bas de Leede was the pick of the bowlers, as he finished the innings with figures of 9-0-50-3.

While today was Netherlands’ only third instance of bowling an opposition team all-out in the ODI format, their spirited chase garnered enough praises as well.

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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