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Pakistan beat Netherlands in their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 opener at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad by 81 runs on Friday (October 6). The Dutch, the only associate nation to be part of the World Cup, put on a spirited show riding on all-round performance by Bas de Leede who first scalped four wickets for 62 runs with the ball before keeping the Men in Orange for a good part in their run chase, top scoring with 67 off 68.
Pakistan did lose early wickets after being put on to bat first by Scott Edwards who won the toss and chose to field. However, the partnership between Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan was the real match-saver for them in the middle in Pakistan’s first game in India in seven years. Both Shakeel and Rizwan made 68 each, scoring them off 52 and 75 deliveries respectively.
With the ball in hand, it was a proper team effort with each of the six bowlers used by Babar Azam being amongst the wickets.
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