India Takes on Netherland on wednesday



The 25th match of the 2011 ICC World Cup will be played between tournament favorites India and relative newcomers the Netherlands.

India will come out all guns blazing in this match, aiming to dominate and not just win this match. The net run rate they could possibly garner from this match will prompt them to take many risks to make the contest wider for strategic purposes later in the Cricket World Cup tournament. India’s match following this will be played against a much more difficult opponent: South Africa. It is imperative that India fires hard in this group stage match with the Netherlands, so all it’s batting superstars are burning at full efficiency on all cylinders.
It is also important that India not develop a sense of complacence because of the easy opponents they will be facing. They need to fight for every run like they are playing the finals of the World Cup itself. Having played 3 matches against minnows already, it is likely that India will be leading their group at this stage of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. They must attempt to win every match they can at the highest margin possible, so they play an easier target in the quarter-finals. If India can manage to top their table at the group stage, they are all but certain of a semi-final berth.

India: W-T-W-W-W

Mar 6, 2011 Defeated Ireland by 5 wickets
Feb 27, 2011 Tied with England
Feb 19, 2011 beat Bangladesh by 87 runs
Feb 13, 2011 beat New Zealand by 117 runs
Feb 13, 2011 beat Australia by 38 runs


Netherlands: L-L-W-L-L

Mar 3, 2011 Lost to South Africa by 231 runs
Feb 28, 2011 Lost to West Indies by 215 runs
Feb 22, 2011 Lost to England by 6 wickets
Feb 15, 2011 Defeated Kenya by 2 wickets
Feb 12, 2011 Lost to Sri Lanka by 156 runs

Likely teams:
India: Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Virat
Kohli, MS Dhoni, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer
Khan, Munaf Patel.

Netherlands: Alex Kervezee, Wesley Barresi, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tom Cooper, Bas
Zuiderant, Tim de Grooth, Peter Borren, Mudassar Bukhari, Pieter Seelar, Bernard
Loots, Berend Westdijk.

Players to watch out:-

Yuvraj Singh

Surely,He will be watch out for because he was coming to form at the right time for team india by picking 5 wickets and scoring a valuable 50 runs in the previous match against ireland
and also earned the man of the match award.

Ryan ten Doeschate

Who made his first ever ODI century against the formidable England attack 









Can India beat Netherland and qualify for the quarter finals lets wait and see...?