Team India tops Group 2 after defeating Netherlands in second game
India defeated Netherlands by 56 runs in their second match of the Super-12 round. Batting first after winning the toss, India scored 179 runs for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs. Rohit Sharma scored 53 runs. At the same time, Virat Kohli made unbeaten 62 runs in 44 balls and Suryakumar Yadav played an unbeaten innings of 51 runs in 25 balls. In reply, Netherlands team could score only 123 runs losing nine wickets in 20 overs. Tim Pringle scored 20 runs for Netherlands. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets each for India. While, Mohammed Shami got a wicket.
India on top in Group 2
With this win, Team India has reached the first place in Group-2 of the Super-12 round in ICC World T20 2022. India have four points from two matches with two wins. At the same time, South Africa’s team is in second place with three points. Bangladesh team is in third place with two points. India’s next match will now be against South Africa in Perth on 30 October.
Fifth consecutive win in T20 World Cup
This is the second consecutive victory of the Indian team in this edition of the T20 World Cup and the fifth consecutive victory in the T20 World Cup. India had earlier defeated Pakistan. At the same time, in the T20 World Cup last year, the Indian team won three consecutive matches against Namibia, Afghanistan and Scotland after losing two consecutive Super-12 matches against Pakistan and New Zealand. In such a situation, with two consecutive wins in this World Cup and three consecutive wins in the last World Cup, Team India has won five consecutive T20 World Cup matches.
