Netherlands vs Sri Lanka World Cup Match Prediction

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Netherlands vs Sri Lanka will be the 19th ICC Cricket World Cup match at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, on October 21, 2023.

The Netherlands stunned the world cricket once again as they won their last match against the in-form South Africa team. It was the 2nd biggest upset of the World Cup, just after Afghanistan defeated England a day ago. The Netherlands gave their all to defeat the South Africa team, who were amazing in their last two matches, smashing down other opponents. Scott Edwards and the bowling unit of the Netherlands did the miracle for the team as the team was 140-7, but then came the captain of the Netherlands, Edwards, and scored 78 not out.

Edwards was happy with their efforts in the last match, which he said in the post-interview.

Extremely proud. We came in with high expectations. We had very good players. Happy to get the first win out of the way. Hopefully, few more wins. We do a fair bit of research. We come up with a few matchups. Some days it works and some days it doesn’t. We were in decent positions in the first few games but then fell away. I am sure there will be plenty of fans staying up and watching this. Extremely happy with the win.
Scott Edwards said in the post match presentation.

It will be a tough fight between the Netherlands and Sri Lanka as both are decent teams who can come over the top on their day, but Sri Lanka will still have the upper hand in terms of spin department.

Sri Lanka lost their last match against Australia even after having an amazing opening partnership of 125 runs, but then they lost ten wickets under 80 runs, which was the most disappointing batting by their middle order because if they had scored around 250+, then it would have been a tough battle for Australia to win. Sri Lanka needs to perform better as they already lost 3 out of 3 matches they played in the World Cup till now. It will be a must-win match for them, and they will play against the weakest opponent in the tournament.

When and Where To Watch Netherlands vs Sri Lanka 19th ICC World Cup 2023 Match

Match	Netherlands vs Sri Lanka 19th ICC World Cup Match, 2023
Date & Time	October 21st, 2023, Tuesday, 10:30 AM IST
Venue	Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Where to Watch	Disney Hotstar

Player Injury Report For Netherlands vs Sri Lanka 19th ICC World Cup Match

There is no injury concern for the match between the Netherlands and Sri Lanka, but there will be few chances can be expected for both sides.

Netherlands vs Sri Lanka Head-to-Head ODI Record

Match Played	5
Netherlands Won	0
Sri Lanka Won	5
Tie/NR	0/0

Weather Conditions For Netherlands vs Sri Lanka 19th ICC World Cup Match

The weather conditions will be clear as there is a 2% chance of rain, but it is going to be sunny all day.

Pitch Report of Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, In the Netherlands vs Sri Lanka Match On October 21st, 2023

Match Played	11 Matches
Batting first won	3 Matches won
Batting second won	8 Matches won
Average 1st innings scores	226 Runs
Highest Team innings total	311/8 by RSA
Lowest Team innings total	157/10 by RSAW

Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow pitch is one of the most balanced pitches in the World Cup. Australia and South Africa played the first World Cup match on the Ekana pitch. There was a good amount of turn in the second innings of the match. In the second match between Australia and Sri Lanka, Adam Zampa took four wickets in the first innings, but Sri Lankan spinners failed to do that because there was a lot of dew on the pitch.

Team Preview Of Netherlands

The Netherlands must keep its strong performance going, which it showed against South Africa. They should not take Sri Lanka lightly just because they won it against South Africa because Sri Lanka still has better-skilled players. Scott Edwards will look to keep the good form going for his team, and everyone will look to win their next match against Sri Lanka, who will be searching for a win after being defeated by Australia in the last match.

Important players for the Netherlands Team in the match against Sri Lanka

1-Bas de Leede will be the main all-rounder for the Netherlands team, as in the last match he played against Sri Lanka, he took 3 wickets and scored 41 runs, which was an amazing all-round performance. In the last 9 matches, he took 21 wickets and scored 368 runs with an average of 46.

2-Scott Edwards played a beautiful innings in the last match against South Africa, and he will be the main player to settle things in the middle order. He scored 78 runs, and in the last 10 matches, he scored 339 runs with an average of 56.5, which makes him the highest-averaging batter.

3-Logan Van Beek needs to give an amazing performance, which he did in the last match, taking up 3 wickets, and in the last 9 matches, he took 16 wickets with an economy of 5.03.

Team Preview Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka will be happy to play in the Ekana stadium, as it does help spinners more. Which is a spin-dominant side, but they also have some good pace bowlers who showed their skill in the last match when they took the three wickets of Australia, especially Dilshan Madushanka, who took the three wickets.

Important players for the Sri Lanka Team in the match against the Netherlands team

1- Kusal Mendis failed to keep his amazing form in the last match against Australia, but still, he will be the main man from the batting front to give Sri Lanka a good start. He scored 520 runs with an average of 52 in the last ten matches.

2- Dilshan Madushanka was amazing in the last match against Australia, and he does have a good record against the Netherlands. In the last match against the Netherlands, he took 3 wickets. He played just 9 ODI matches but took 17 wickets, which is an amazing start to his career in the ODIs.

3- Dunith Wellalage can cause havoc against the Netherlands side because they have a majority number of right-hand batters, and he is a Left-arm Orthodox spinner who does create problems for right-handers. However, he did not perform well in the World Cup and took only 21 wickets in the 18 ODI matches he played.

Netherlands vs Sri Lanka Match Prediction

Sri Lanka will be the favorite to win the match as even in the head-to-head record, Sri Lanka won all five matches they played against the Netherlands side.

Netherlands vs Sri Lanka: Probable Playing 11 of Netherlands

Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards(w/c), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren

Netherlands vs Sri Lanka: Probable Playing 11 of Sri Lanka

Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha