South Africa elected to field first after winning the toss against Netherlands in the 16th match of the T20 World Cup 2024, being played at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York on Saturday.
The proteas have a dominating win against Sri Lanka from the first World Cup match on their back, where the Islanders were bowled out for just 77 runs, their lowest total in T20Is.
On the other hand, the Netherlands defeated Nepal in their T20 World Cup opener. The Dutch bowled the entire Nepal team out for 106 runs and managed to chase the target without much trouble.
Playing XIs
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (capt), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman
Netherlands: Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Vikramjit Singh, Scott Edwards (capt, wk), Teja Nidamanuru, Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma
More to follow…
