Aryan Dutt to Rohit, 2 runs, 85.2kph, Rohit shimmies down, gets close to the pitch and clips over mid-wicket for a couple of runs
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Aryan Dutt to Rohit, no run
0.3
Aryan Dutt to Rohit, FOUR, second boundary for Rohit! 91.1kph, Aryan Dutt pulls his length back, the Indian captain gets down on one leg and brooms it over backward square leg. There's spin and Rohit hits it aerially in the direction of it
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Aryan Dutt to Rohit, no run, 92.4kph, offie, spinning in on leg, Rohit nudges it to square leg's right
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Aryan Dutt to Rohit, FOUR, 89kph, Rohit gets going with a boundary. Leg-lined, Rohit gets down low to sweep it over backward square leg for a one-bounce four. Hit with the spin...
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Aryan Dutt to Rohit, wide, 87.5kph, Aryan Dutt gets turn but the line is down leg.
Rohit and Shubman Gill are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Aryan Dutt will open the attack
The Dutch players disperse from the huddle and in walk the Indian openers.
As hinted yesterday by Rahul Dravid yesterday, India haven't tinkered their winning combination.
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India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Netherlands (Playing XI): Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
Scott Edwards: We would have batted as well. Looks like a pretty good wicket, but good ground for chasing.
India have won the toss and have opted to bat
Rohit Sharma: We are gonna have a bat. No particular reason. Whether we have batted first or bowled first, we have done extremely well. Another opportunity to play well today.
India have won the toss and have opted to bat
Pitch Report | Sanjay Manjrekar and Aaron Finch: "Side boundaries - 64 metres on both sides, straight boundary - 73 metres. Today's pitch looks an absolute beauty. It's absolutely rock hard. There's a little bit of surface cracking but there's that little sheen to the wicket. As a batter, you see that and you start licking your lips. We have seen some monster scores here. You can afford to take a little bit of time at the start of your innings."
Here's Kaushik Rangarajan, our correspondent, from the stadium - "In a quirky twist, India are in the orange training kits while the Dutch are in the blue. India have had their huddle, broken away for fielding drills while the Dutch huddle has now been going on for a good 7-8 minutes. Lots of clapping, lots of talking."
India have been dominant in this World Cup. All their nine wins have been emphatic - be it while batting first or second. They've played with the same XI in the last four matches and all their players are in good nick. It'll be interesting to see if India will rest a few players ahead of their semi-final fixture against New Zealand on Wednesday. Netherlands pocketed a couple of wins, including a famous win against the Proteas in Dharamsala. Scott Edwards, the Dutch captain, summed up his team's campaign perfectly after his team's loss at the hands of England - "We've been good in patches. Just got to do it for longer."