A confident South African team will aim for a hat-trick victory against a mighty Dutch team in the 2023 ODI World Cup at the beautiful Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Tuesday, October 17. Themba Bavuma and his mates have won two similar matches in the championship round so far. Holland, on the other hand, has shown a very different performance and so far he has lost both of his matches.
Australia defeated South Africa in their last encounter, with Australia choosing to bowl after winning the toss. South Africa made an exciting start, scoring 108 points heading into the opening stand. The runfest continued unabated after that, with piles piling up on every wicket. With Quinton’s outstanding century support, they reached a respectable total of 311 runs. Australia struggled to catch up and kept losing wicket after wicket. They were unable to form a partnership going forward and lost the game by a whopping 134 points.
Netherlands played New Zealand in the final match, and the Netherlands won the toss and qualified. New Zealand got off to a great start. The opening stand saw him score 67 runs and the second wicket partnership brought in another 77 runs. The contributions of the entire batting order resulted in a total of 322 runs, which was a little too much for the Dutch team. They started slowly and only Colin Ackermann was able to achieve significant results. They scored just 223 runs and lost the match by 99 runs.
Today’s match prediction:
South Africa to win the match.
Highest scorer in SA vs NED match:
Quinton De Kock
Highest wicket-taker in SA vs NED:
Kagiso Rabada
SA vs NED Head to Head:
When it comes to head-to-head matches between SA and NED, the two teams have faced each other a total of seven times in the history of cricket, six of which were won by the South African team, and one match ended. No results. The Proteas will look to extend his 100% record against the Netherlands at Dharamshala on Tuesday 17 October.
| Stats | Match | SA Won | NED Won | NR | Tie |
| Overall | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Recent 5 Matches | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| In ODI World Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SA vs. NED, starting prediction:
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (Wash), Themba Bavuma (C), Lassie of the Twelve Apostles, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Claassen, David Miller, Marko Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungiitch bin Tabraiz Shamsi.
Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (c)/(wk), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Ryan Klein , Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.
