NED vs SA T20 World Cup 2024: South Africa has defeated Netherlands. In this way, South Africa has got its second win of the tournament. South Africa had a target of 104 runs. The South African team, captained by Aiden Markram, achieved the target in 18.5 overs for 6 wickets despite a bad start. David Miller was the hero of the South African team’s victory. David Miller scored 59 runs not out in 51 balls. This batsman hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.
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David Miller and Tristan Stubbs became troubleshooters
However, the South African team’s batsmen kept returning to the pavilion at regular intervals. At one point it seemed that the Netherlands was ready for a big upset, but David Miller and Tristan Stubbs handled the innings. Tristan Stubbs scored 33 runs in 37 balls. 6 South African batsmen could not cross the double-digit mark. While 3 South African batsmen failed to open their account.
Wickets kept falling continuously, but then…
South Africa’s top-3 batsmen had returned to the pavilion for 3 runs. While the fourth batsman of this team returned to the pavilion at a score of 12 runs. But after this David Miller and Tristan Stubbs played a slow but amazing innings. When Tristan Stubbs returned to the pavilion, South Africa’s score was 77 runs. However, after this David Miller along with the lower order batsmen took the team to the threshold of victory.
Aiden Markram won the toss and decided to bowl
Earlier, South Africa captain Aiden Markram won the toss and decided to bowl. After losing the toss, Netherlands came to bat first and scored 103 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In this way, South Africa had a target of 104 runs. For Netherlands, Sybrand Engelbrecht contributed the most 40 runs in 45 balls. Apart from this, Logan von Wyk scored 23 runs in 22 balls. But most of the Netherlands batsmen returned to the pavilion early.
Otniel Bartman shines for the Netherlands
Talking about South African bowlers, Otniel Bartman was the most successful bowler. Otniel Bartman took the wickets of 4 Netherlands batsmen for 11 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Marco Jonsen took 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. While Ernick Nortje took the wickets of 2 batsmen for 19 runs in 4 overs.