NED vs SL, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, Toss Report: NED Won The Toss And Chose To Bat First

In an encounter of two nations aiming high for their World Cup campaign, Netherlands will be taking on Sri Lanka at the Ekana Sports City in Lucknow.

The toss for the bout took place with Netherlands winning the toss and opting to bat first.

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The Netherlands, who stunned South Africa in Dharamsala for their first World Cup win against a Test-playing nation, will be eying an improved show from their top order as they look for back-to-back victories.

The performance against the Proteas showed that the Netherlands mean business, having set an ambitious target of reaching the semifinals in their first World Cup appearance in 12 years.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have plenty to worry about on the bowling front. They have not been able to a produce a collective performance thus far.

The Lions have been decent with their batting, having posted 300-plus total in their opening two contests.

However, it is Sri Lanka’s bowling that have let them down in the absence of a few injured players.

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Captain’s Comments:

Kusal Mendis (SL): We have three injuries. We have to do well in both batting and bowling, hope we do well in today’s game. We have positive things in the previous matches, we have batted really well. And the bowling unit has to bowl in partnerships. I am enjoying my own game, enjoying the captaincy.

Scott Edwards (NED): We are going to have a bat first. The pitch looks pretty good, hopefully put a score on and look to defend it. We played reasonably well the other night, still have some improvements to make. Every team that is here would be saying the same thing, you have to probably win 5 games and that’s what we are here to do. We have got some quality spinners and quicks as well, we just come into the game, make some plans and go from there. No changes.

Playing XIs:

Netherlands:

Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards(w/c), Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren

Sri Lanka: 

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka