IND vs NED World Cup 2023: India crush Netherlands to finish group stage unbeaten

IND vs NED World Cup 2023: After defeating the Netherlands by 160 runs in Bengaluru, the World Cup hosts finish the group stage with nine wins from nine matches.

Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul both hit hundreds as World Cup hosts India prepared for the semi-finals with a crushing 160-run victory over the Netherlands, keeping their perfect tournament record intact.

IND vs NED World Cup 2023

After their top-order colleagues had left after breezy fifties on a good M Chinnaswamy Stadium track on Sunday, Iyer (128no) struck his fourth ODI tonne before Rahul (102) exploded to take India to 4-410.

The winning streak of Team India continues in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. On November 12 (Sunday), India defeated Netherlands by 160 runs at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Indian team, led by Rohit Sharma, will now face New Zealand in the semi-finals. The semi-final match between India and New Zealand will take place on November 15 at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.

India won nine consecutive matches for the first time.

For the first time in ODI World Cup history, India has won nine consecutive matches. It had previously won eight consecutive World Cup matches in 2003. This year, India has won its 24th One Day International. India had achieved a similar victory in 1998. India now has a chance to set a new record if they win the semi-finals.

Consecutive wins in any one World Cup
11- Australia, 2003
11- Australia, 2007
9- India, 2023
8- India, 2023
8- New Zealand, 2015

India’s most ODI wins in a calendar year
2023 – 24 wins
1998 – 24 wins
2013 – 22 wins

KL Rahul set two important records.

The Indian team batted first after winning the toss and scored 410 runs for four wickets. This was the Indian team’s second highest score in the World Cup. India’s highest World Cup score is 413/5 runs, which it achieved against Bermuda. Shreyas Iyer scored an unbeaten 128 runs on 94 balls for India, including 10 fours and five sixes. KL Rahul, on the other hand, batted an inning of 102 runs in 64 balls with 11 fours and four sixes. Rahul is the second Indian wicketkeeper to score a World Cup century. This was also the fastest century scored by an Indian batsman in the World Cup. Rahul and Shreyas Iyer put on 208 runs for the fourth wicket.

Fastest century for India in the World Cup

62- KL Rahul vs Netherlands, 2023
63- Rohit Sharma vs Afghanistan, 2023
81- Virender Sehwag vs Bermuda, 2007
83- Virat Kohli vs Bangladesh, 2011

Highest score in ODI World Cup

428/5- South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Delhi 2023
417/6- Australia vs Afghanistan, Perth 2015
413/5- India vs Bermuda, Port of Spain 2007
411/4- South Africa vs Ireland, Canberra 2015
410/4- India vs Netherlands, Bengaluru 2023

Most ODI sixes in a calendar year

215- India (2023)
209- West Indies (2019)
203- South Africa (2023)
179- New Zealand (2015)
165- Australia (2023)

Highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper in the ODI World Cup

145- Rahul Dravid vs Sri Lanka, 1999
102- KL Rahul vs Netherlands, 2023
97*- KL Rahul vs Australia, 2023
91*- MS Dhoni vs Sri Lanka, 2011
85*- MS Dhoni vs Zimbabwe , 2015

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India’s captain, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli all batted half-centuries. Gill had a 51-run innings in 32 balls. During this time, he hit three fours and a six. In terms of Rohit, he scored 61 runs in 54 balls, including eight fours and two sixes. Virat Kohli, on the other hand, scored 51 runs (56 balls, 5 fours, and one six). For the first time in ODI history, five Indian batsmen scored 50 or more runs.

Highest 50+ score in an ODI innings
5- Pakistan vs Zimbabwe, Karachi, 2008
5- Australia vs India, Jaipur 2013
5- Australia vs India, Sydney 2020
5- India vs Netherlands, Bengaluru 2023

Most sixes in a team innings for India in the World Cup
18 vs Bermuda, Port of Spain, 2007
16 vs Netherlands, Bengaluru, 2023

Bowlers giving most runs in an innings in the World Cup
115 – Bas de Leede vs Australia, Delhi 2023
110 – Rashid Khan vs England, Manchester 2019
107 – Logan van Beek vs India, Bengaluru 2023

Highest 50+ score in a World Cup (India)
20* in 2023 World
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Chasing a 411-run target, the Dutch team was under pressure from the start, losing wickets at regular intervals. As a result, he and his team were limited to 250 runs in 47.5 overs. Teja Nidamanaru of the Netherlands batted 54 runs in 39 balls, with six sixes and one four. Meanwhile, Sybrand Engelbrecht scored 45 runs and Colin Ackerman scored 35.

Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja each took two wickets for India. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma each took one wicket. India used a total of nine bowlers. This was only the third time in World Cup history that a team used nine bowlers. Ravindra Jadeja established a new record by taking two wickets. Jadeja is now the Indian spinner with the most World Cup wickets in a single season.Most bowlers used in a World Cup innings
9- England vs. Sri Lanka in Peshawar in 1987; 9- New Zealand vs. Pakistan in Christchurch in 1992; and 9- India vs. the Netherlands in Bengaluru in 2023.

Most bowlers used in an innings of the World Cup
9- England vs Sri Lanka, Peshawar, 1987
9- New Zealand vs Pakistan, Christchurch, 1992
9- India vs Netherlands, Bengaluru 2023

Most wickets in a World Cup season (Indian spinners)
16- Ravindra Jadeja (2023)
15- Anil Kumble (1996)
15- Yuvraj Singh (2011)
14- Kuldeep Yadav (2023)
14- Maninder Singh (1987)

Most sixes in ODI matches (Netherlands Team)
10 vs Afghanistan, Sharjah 2022
9 vs Oman, Harare 2023
9 vs India, Bengaluru 2023

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These records were also made during India’s innings

– Rohit hit the most number of sixes in ODI in a calendar year, taking his number to 60 in 2023. With this, he left behind AB de Villiers’ record of 58 sixes made in 2015

-Rohit and Shubman Gill achieved the highest partnership of more than 100 runs in ODIs this year, doing so five times.

– Among Indian captains, Rohit has scored the most runs (503) in one phase of the World Cup. He was succeeded by Sourav Ganguly (465 in 2003).

– Rohit joins Tendulkar as the only player to have scored more than 500 runs in two World Cups. Rohit is also the first player to have done so in consecutive stages.

– Virat Kohli (51 runs against Netherlands) has scored more than 50 runs 14 times in the World Cup, trailing only Sachin Tendulkar (21).

– Kohli tied Tendulkar and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan for the most 50-plus scores in a World Cup, with seven.

– This is the first time in ODI history that India’s top five batsmen have scored more than 50 runs.- Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul’s 208-run partnership was also India’s best partnership for the fourth wicket or less in the World Cup. Previously, the best partnership was Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina (196 not out) against Zimbabwe in 2015.