Bangladesh handed reality check as Netherlands produce another World Cup shock
It was the Netherlands' second win in the tournament. Earlier, they beat favourites South Africa in Dharamsala. On the other hand, it was Bangladesh's fifth straight defeat in the World Cup.
Bangladesh were handed another reality check in the ongoing ICC World Cup as the Netherlands produced yet another stunning result by defeating the Asian side by 87 runs.
It was the Netherlands' second win in the tournament. Earlier, they beat favourites South Africa in Dharamsala. On the other hand, it was Bangladesh's fifth straight defeat in the World Cup.
Bangladesh kept the Netherlands to 229 in the first innings.
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It was a pitch tailor-made for Bangladesh's slow bowlers and in particular Mustafizur Rahman, who has quite a few types of slower balls up his sleeve.
All the bowlers, except for Mehidy Hasan Miraz, were among the wickets.
The Netherlands rode on Scott Edwards' 15th ODI half-century. The right-handed batter now has more fifty-plus scores than anybody else in Dutch cricket history. He broke the record of Ryan Ten Doeschate who has 14.
A superb player of spin, Edwards dealt with the fast bowlers well too after coming out to bat at number six. He had luck on his side too as he was dropped twice on zero, by Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim, off Mustafizur Rahman in the same over.
It was Mustafizur in the end who got Edwards, but not before a vital 78-run stand with Sybrand Engelbrecht (35).
The Dutch had a difficult start, losing openers Vikramjit Singh (3) and Max O'Dowd (0) to Taskin and Shoriful early.
Wesley Barresi, into the side in place of Teja Nidamanuru, responded for them, but missing out on a half-century. He was dismissed by Mustafizur Rahman for a stroke-filled 41 off 41 balls.
Colin Ackermann and Bas de Leede, two mainstays of the batting line-up, did not look comfortable in the middle and got out cheaply.
Skipper Edwards built a strong partnership with Sybrand Engelbrecht for the sixth wicket to take the Netherlands to a respectable total.
In reply, Bangladesh produced yet another horror show with the bat. None of Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto could show any resilience.
Onus was on the experienced duo of Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim but none of them could deliver under pressure.
By the time Mahmudullah, centurion of the last match, arrived in the middle, the Dutch were all over Bangladesh and Bangladesh could never recover.
