Shakeel and Rizwan — taking part in their first ODI World Cup match — scored 68 every and added an important 120-run for the fourth wicket to elevate Pakistan to a aggressive 286 after the early wobble.
Led by speedster Haris Rauf, bowlers then produced a commanding efficiency to shoot out the Dutch for 205 in 41 overs.
Netherlands’ star all-rounder Bas de Leede did all he may, first grabbing a four-for after which scoring 76 however the different batters did not step up Pakistan registered a scientific win.
As It Occurred
The Dutch have been within the run chase until opener Vikramjit Singh (52 off 67) and de Leede (67 off 68) have been within the center however the finish of their 70-run stand for the third wicket led to their downfall.
Pakistan’s bowling, which was discovered wanting within the warm-up video games, delivered within the middle-overs.
Haris Rauf (3/43) hurried the middle-order duo of Teja Nidamanuru and Scott Edwards to strike twice within the 27th over.
Shaheen Afridi trapped Saqib Zulfikar in entrance with a quick and full ball to make it 158 for six and when left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz dismissed De Leede with a magnificence, it was sport over for the affiliate workforce within the competitors.
Beneath hearth vice-captain Shadab Khan additionally raised his sport with the ball.
With minimal foot motion, Vikramjit’s stroke play towards Shaheen within the powerplay was efficient as he collected three boundaries off the star pacer. De Leede’s six over broad long-on towards the flip off Nawaz stood out in his chic knock.
In the long run, de Leede was left to do an excessive amount of on his personal.
Earlier, Pakistan suffered two mini collapses of their innings, one on the prime of the order and the opposite one after a 120-run stand off 114 balls between Mohammad Rizwan (68 off 75) and Saud Shakeel (68 off 52) for the fourth wicket.
Whereas de Leede obtained the necessary breakthroughs within the middle-overs, off-spinners Aryan Dutt (1/48) and Colin Ackermann (2/39) obtained loads out of the Hyderabad floor.
Enjoying their first World Cup sport in 12 years, Netherlands used as many as eight bowling choices after opting to subject.
Dutt opened the bowling for Netherlands alongside Logan van Beek who obtained his outswing (inswing to the left-handers) going within the powerplay.
Pakistan have been in a nervy state after dropping Fakhar Zaman (12), skipper Babar Azam (5) and Imam Ul Haq (15) by the 10th over.
Van Beek had the out-of-form Zaman caught and bowled earlier than Ackermann obtained the prized wicket of Babar whose tried pull landed straight into the palms of the mid-wicket fielder.
Paul van Meekran struck on his very first ball as his quick ball obtained massive on Imam who pulled it straight to fine-leg, leaving Pakistan at 38 for 3.
Rizwan and Saud gave the innings much-needed stability. Shakeel, taking part in solely his seventh ODI, was significantly spectacular towards the spinners. His effort included 9 fours and 6 by way of a slog sweep off Roelof Van der Merwe.
De Leede broke the stand by eradicating Rizwan with a ball that reduce in to sneak via the batter’s defence.
From 188 for six, Nawaz (39) and Shadab (32) cast a 64-run partnership to take the workforce previous 250.
Pakistan have been on the right track to achieve 300 however De Leede removed Shadab and Hasan Ali off successive balls to place the brakes on their scoring.
(With inputs from PTI)
