India defeated Netherlands at the Feroz Shah Kotla with more than 14 overs to spare. Another match winning performance by Yuvaraj Singh. He made 51 runs and got 2 wickets. He got his second successive man of the match and scored 3 half centuries in successive matches and looking solid.We hope he will continue his form throughout the tournament.
Netherlands batting
On choosing to bat, Eric Szwarczynski, playing his first match of the tournament, combined well with Wesley Barresi to put on 56, equalling Netherlands' best opening partnership in World Cups. There were only six boundaries in the first two Powerplays but aside from a couple of half-chances, it was easy going for Netherlands.
Piyush Chawla, surprisingly retained after a horror match against Ireland, finally got the breakthrough in the 16th over, as he bowled Szwarczynski. The next dismissal came from Y Singh, whose wicket-to-wicket bowling got Barresi lbw. After that Netherlands couldn't put big score on board.
India's batting
Chasing 190, India raced out of the blocks with Sachin Tendulkar becoming the first man to reach 2000 World Cup runs. Seelaar had Sehwag (39 of 26) slicing to point, and then dismissed both Tendulkar (27 of 22) and the promoted power-hitter Yusuf Pathan in the 10th over to rein in India.
G Gambhir and Y Singh added 40 runs before Gambhir was bowled round his legs. It was left to Yuvraj and MS Dhoni to finish the game.
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