Netherlands Cricket Team: T20 World Cup 2024 is starting from June 1 on the soil of America and West Indies. Now the Netherlands team has announced the squad for the T20 World Cup. Scott Edwards has been made the captain of the team. Many senior players have not got a place in the team. These include Roelof van der Merwe and powerful batsman Colin Ackerman. The selectors have expressed confidence in the youth instead of these players.
Young players have got a chance in the team
Spinner Tim Pringle, young fast bowler Kyle Klein and opener Michael Levitt have got a chance in the Netherlands team. Levitt is in excellent form. He has performed well for the Netherlands team for some time now. He scored a stormy century against Namibia in the tri-series played in Nepal. Then he hit 11 fours and 10 sixes in his innings of 135 runs in just 62 balls. Scott Edwards is present as the wicketkeeper. Star all-rounder Bas de Leede has also got a place.
Netherlands coach said this
Netherlands head coach Ryan Cook said that we have been able to select a well-balanced team and we are confident that we will be able to perform well in the conditions against the opponents we face in the US and West Indies. All the players are training well. Netherlands has performed well in the recent series.
Defeated South Africa and England
In the T20 World Cup 2009, the Netherlands team defeated England by 4 wickets. Whereas in the T20 World Cup 2014, Netherlands defeated England by 45 runs. Netherlands defeated South Africa by 13 runs in the T20 World Cup 2022.
The first match in T20 World Cup 2024 is against Nepal.
Netherlands team is in Group-D. Apart from Netherlands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh are present in this group. Netherlands team will play its first match against Nepal on June 4. The team will play matches against South Africa on 8 June, Bangladesh on 13 June and Sri Lanka on 17 June. All teams can make changes in their squad till May 25. After which any change will require permission from the ICC’s Event Technical Committee.
Netherlands team for T20 World Cup 2024:
Scott Edwards (captain), Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Daniel Dorum, Fred Klaasen, Kyle Clyne, Logan Van Beek, Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Barresi.
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