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India after a stunning victory against Pakistan in their opening game of T20 WC 2022 will be facing Netherlands in Sydney tomorrow. Netherlands lost their opening game against Bangladesh by just 9 runs despite a stunning batting effort from Colin Ackermann and Paul van Meekeren in the end. India is expected to be clear favourites going into the game, but Netherlands might surprise India as they have a potential to upset a big team on any given day.
Indian opening pair of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul would be looking to score big after their disappointing performance against Pakistan in the previous game, meanwhile Indian team and fans would be praying for the rain gods to stay away as it might cost them the 1 crucial point in T20 WC which might affect the qualification chances of semi-finals for their team in upcoming games. Notably, India and Netherlands have never played against each other previously in T20Is.
Numbers and stats before start of NED vs IND game:
1 - Paul van Meekeren need 1 more wicket to surpass Pieter Seelaar and become the leading wicket-taker for Netherlands in men's T20I.
Most wickets for Netherlands in men's T20I:
Pieter Seelaar - 58
Paul van Meekeren - 58
Ahsan Malik - 44
Mudassar Bukhari - 43
Timm van der Gugten / Roelof van der Merwe - 42
1 - Netherlands have won only 1 game in T20 WC Super-8/ Super-10 / Super-12 stage so far. Netherlands defeated England by 45 runs in Super-10 stage of T20 WC 2014 and it remains to be their only win in 2nd round of the tournament so far.
2 - India and Netherlands have met each other twice in 2003 & 2011 ODI World Cups. India ended up winning both those games by 68 runs and 5 wickets respectively.
3 - India have won 3 out of 4 men's T20I matches at Sydney Cricket Ground. All 4 matches they played against Australia only in 2016, 2018 & two matches in 2020.
35 - Rohit Sharma will be playing his 35th match in T2O WC.
Most matches played in men's T20 WC:
Tillakaratne Dilshan - 35
Shahid Afridi - 34
Dwayne Bravo - 34
Shoaib Malik - 34
Rohit Sharma - 34
Rohit Sharma will equal Dilshan's record after the match against Netherlands.
58 - KL Rahul needs 58 more runs to surpass Shikhar Dhawan and become 2nd highest run-scorer for India as opener in men's T20I.
Most runs as an opener for India in men's T20I:
Rohit Sharma - 3260
Shikhar Dhawan - 1759
KL Rahul - 1702
73 - Virat Kohli needs 73 more runs to become the 2nd batsman after Mahela Jayawardene to complete 1000 runs in men's T20 WC.
Most runs in men's T20 WC:
Mahela Jayawardene - 1016 (31 inns)
Chris Gayle - 965 (31 inns)
Virat Kohli - 927 (20 inns)
176.37 - Suryakumar Yadav has strike rate of 176.37 in his T20I career.
Highest batting strike rate in men's T20I career (min. 250 balls faced):
Taranjeet Singh (Romania) - 176.44
Suryakumar Yadav - 176.37
Zeeshan Kukikhel (Hungary) - 175.97
Saber Zakhil (Belgium) - 174.39
Finn Allen - 166.99
Suryakumar Yadav's aggressive batting might play a key role against the Dutch side in the upcoming game in T20 WC 2022.
