Pakistan will take on the Netherlands in the second match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. This match will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad. Pakistan have lost both their warm-up matches but will be looking to start the tournament well. Netherlands are the underdog and will look to spring a few surprises.
When: 6 October, 2:00 PM IST
Where: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Pitch Report
The surface here will be excellent for batting and plenty of runs will be on offer. The previous ODI match at this venue saw both teams score more than 330 runs. In both the warm-up matches recently at this venue more than 650 runs were scored in each match and all the teams scored more than 300. The average score at this venue is 288.
Pakistan Playing 11
- Imam-ul-Haq
- Fakhar Zaman
- Babar Azam(c)
- Mohammad Rizwan(w)
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Saud Shakeel
- Mohammad Nawaz/ Usama Mir
- Shadab Khan
- Shaheen Afridi
- Haris Rauf
- Hasan Ali
- All the players are fit and available for selection.
Babar Azam Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Runs vs India | Batting Average |
| 106 | 5409 | 10, 17, 151, 60, 53 | 1303 runs in 20 matches. | 59.5 |
Shaheen Afridi Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | BBM | Bowling Average |
| 42 | 86 | 1/79, 1/42, 4/35, 2/27, 2/31, 2/58 | 6/35 | 23.4 |
Netherlands Playing 11
- Vikramjit Singh,
- Max ODowd,
- Wesley Barresi/ Sybrand Engelbrecht
- Colin Ackermann
- Bas de Leede
- Scott Edwards(w/c)
- Teja Nidamanuru
- Roelof van der Merwe
- Logan van Beek
- Paul van Meekeren
- Aryan Dutt
- All the players can take part in this match.
Scott Edwards Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Batting Average | S/R |
| 38 | 1212 | 1, 25, 4, 67*, 67 | 40.4 | 92.7 |
Logan van Beek Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | Bowling Average | Economy |
| 25 | 34 | 2/40, 1/49, 0/55, 3/26, 1/77 | 33.4 | 5.29 |
PAK vs NED Dream11 Team Prediction
Wicket-keepers: Mohammad Rizwan, Scott Edwards
Batsmen: Imam ul Haq, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Vikramjit Singh
All-rounder: Colin Ackerman, Shadab Khan
Bowlers: Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Logan van Beek
Captain, Vice Captain for Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi
Captain, Vice Captain for Grand League: Logan van Beek, Scott Edwards
PAK vs NED Fantasy Tips
- Bas de Leede is a crucial all-rounder for the Netherlands, amassing 765 runs and claiming 24 wickets in ODI
- Babar Azam scored 85 and 90 runs in the two warm up matches and has an impressive record of 5409 runs in ODI. He will be a key batter in this match.
- Mohammad Nawaz has failed to make much of an impact in this format. Hence avoid him for this match.
- Max O’Dowd will open the batting and has amassed 1158 runs at a strike rate of 73.99 in 33 ODI matches in his career so far.
- Logan Van beek picked up 12 wickets in the World Cup Qualiffiers and can also be handy with the bat lower down the order.
- Scott Edwards is a reliable batter from the Netherlands team and can also give points with his wicket-keeping.
- Rizwan has amassed 1693 runs in 65 matches. He had smashed a sensational century in the last game as well.
- Imam ul Haq has scored 2 half centuries in his previous six matches. He will be a key pick for this match.
- Fakhar Zaman has been out of from but he can be a differential pick in the grand leagues considering this venue will be good for batting.
- The surface here has been very good for batting and hence try to cover all the main all-rounders and batters.
Who will win Pakistan vs Netherlands today match?
- Pakistan are expected to win this match
- Babar Azam is ranked Number 1 in the ICC ODI rankings.
- Pakistan and Netherlands have faced each other in 6 matches in ODI. Out of these 6 games , Pakistan have won all the 6 matches.
- These two teams have met 2 times in the World Cup and it was way back in 2003 and 1996. Pakistan won the match both those times