New Zealand will take on the Netherlands on Monday at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. NZ won their first WC match against defending champions England by nine wickets. On the other hands, the Netherlands opened their campaign with an 81-run loss to Pakistan.
The pair weren’t part of the squad that saw the Netherlands book their place at this year's World Cup via a runner-up finish at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament earlier this year, but have been included in the list of 15 players to battle it out over six weeks in India du
The Barbados Royals men's team had earlier retained eight players - Jason Holder, Kyle Mayers, Obed McCoy, Rahkeem Cornwall, Justin Greaves, Joshua Bishop, Nyeem Young and Ramon Simmonds - and also traded in West Indies' T20I skipper Rovman Powell. The women's team saw the retentions of capt
The Netherlands welcome back spinner Roelof van der Merwe in the mix, with the squad being led by Scott Edwards. The spinner last featured for the Netherlands in an ODI in November 2021.
Van der Merwe has played a total of 16 ODI's till date. Of the 16, he has played 13 for South Africa and featured for Netherlands in the remaining 3 ODI's. The 38-year-old all-rounder has 96 runs and 19 wickets after featuring in 16 matches. He was also a part of the SA 20 title-winning side
Merwe finished with a spell of 4/31 in four overs, which earned him the 'Man of the Match' title. Markram was also given the 'Man of the Tournament' award. He scored 366 runs in 12 matches at an average of 33.27 with a century and fifty. He also took 11 wickets in the tournament.