‘Kya jabardast comeback kiya’ – Fans react as Netherlands make brilliant comeback against South Africa in ODI World Cup 2023
Netherlands (Source: Twitter)
The Netherlands made a brilliant comeback in the match against South Africa in the ODI World Cup 2023. Batting first under overcast conditions in Dharamshala, the men in orange were stuck by the brilliant spell of bowling from Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada. Jansen got the ball to swing into the right-handers and caused trouble. Rabada got the ball to move away from the right-handers.
Ngidi was threatening as well, with his accuracy. With the new ball, the trio did a huge damage to the Netherlands. South Africa reduced the Netherlands to 50/4 in 15/1 overs. In the middle overs phase, Gerald Coetzee did the damage. The right arm pacer ran through the lower middle order batters of Netherlands. From 50/4 at one stage, the men in orange were reduced to 140/7.
The Netherlands had no answer to the pace quartet of South Africa. In helpful conditions, the pacers from South Africa bowled an absolutely dominating spell. With 10 overs to go in the match, the Dutch began to accelerate. It was Scott Edwards, the captain of Netherlands, who did the bulk of the damage. Edwards got a bit of support from the other end and led the recovery of the Netherlands in the match.
100 runs in the last 55 balls of the innings!
Edwards was very good with the bat. the Dutch captain smashed the pacers of South Africa for fun. In the death overs, the premier pacers of South Africa lost their lengths. Edwards pounced on the mistakes of South African pacers. In his stay in the middle, Edwards faced 69 balls and scored an unbeaten 78, which included 10 fours and a six. He was aided well by a crucial cameo from Aryan Dutt.
In 9 balls, Dutt scored 23 runs, which included 3 sixes. Even Roelof Van Der Merwe played a fine knock in the middle. Merwe scored 29 runs in 19 balls, which included 3 fours and a six. South Africa bowled a whopping 32 extras in 43 overs. The match was restricted to 43 overs per side due to rain. In the given number of overs, the Dutch team scored 245/8 after being reduced to 140/7 at one stage, which was exceptional.
Here’s how the fans reacted to Netherlands’ comeback –
Wouldn’t be shocked if they create another upset of this worldcup.
Their bowling is good.— Yash Jadhav (@farzi_rtist) October 17, 2023
Brilliant Batting Performance 👏👏🔥
— Bolo Yaarrrr (@ShaRo45264) October 17, 2023
Hope they win their first match today! pic.twitter.com/O7VNs05aV0
— Nikhil Gupta (@Nikhilgupta1104) October 17, 2023
Happiest person rn: pic.twitter.com/TlSH9LTNIo
— Johns (@JohnyBravo183) October 17, 2023
Scored more than Pakistan 🤣🔥 pic.twitter.com/ow2ZrokgVE
— TEJASH 🚩 (@LoyleRohitFan) October 17, 2023
3rd upset of this World Cup is loading
— Hamza Tariq (@_HamzaPro) October 17, 2023
Kya jabardast comeback kiya hai, well done Netherlands 👏👏🔥
— Bolo Yaarrrr (@ShaRo45264) October 17, 2023
That’s putting South Africa in some pressure may be
— M@ula (@OfclMaula) October 17, 2023
Netherlands easily beat India
— Ahmad Hassan Bobak (@ahmad_bobak) October 17, 2023
Only Temba Bavuma century can save South Africa from here
— Kirkett (@bhaskar_sanu08) October 17, 2023
