THE INDIAN team, which is unbeaten in their group in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 so far, will meet the weakest team of the group, Netherlands, in the 25th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at Ferozeshah Kotla stadium in New Delhi.
At the same venue on February 28, the Dutch team lost against West Indies by a huge margin of 215 runs.
MS Dhoni-led team India is a leading contender who can lift the trophy on April 2 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai according to cricket pundits and experts. The Indian team won the inaugural match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 against Bangladesh by 87 runs.
In the next match they tied against England in spite of scoring 338 runs. Two days back, on Sunday, Dhoni and his brigade defeated Ireland by five wickets. In that match Yuvraj Singh became the first all-rounder in the World Cups, who claimed five wickets and scored 50 runs.
Netherlands have not won even a single match in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. In their first match of the campaign, they lost against England by six wickets. In the next two matches against West Indies and South Africa, the Dutch team lost by 215-run and 231-run respectively.
Once again it is likely that the Indian team will play their fourth match of the Cricket World Cup 2011 against Netherlands with two seamers and two spinners. But in this match off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is likely to be included in the playing XI in place of Piyush Chawla.
The Ferozeshah Kotla pitch will likely to help batsmen. For the last few days, the weather in Delhi has become hotter. Thus, if Dhoni wins the toss, then he will likely prefer to set a target for visitors Netherlands at the dry Kotla wicket.
The India and Netherlands match will be played under flood lights and will start from 2:30 PM IST. Star Sports and Star Cricket will telecast live the India vs Netherlands match from 2:30 Pm onwards in English and Hindi respectively.
Here are the Indian and Dutch squads for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011:
India: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag(vice capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, R. Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel and S. Sreesanth.
Netherlands: Peter Borren (Capt), Wesley Baressi (wk), Mudassar Bukhari, Atse Buurman Tom Cooper, Tom de Grooth, Alexei Kervezee, Bradley Kruger, Bernard Loots, Adeel Raja, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Swarczynski, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Berend Westdijk, Bas Zuiderent.
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