NED vs SL: Netherlands faced Sri Lanka in the 19th match of ODI World Cup 2023. Batting first, the Dutch team had set a challenging target of 263 runs for Sri Lanka, which Sri Lanka achieved by losing five wickets with 10 balls remaining.
Such a situation is rarely seen in cricket: –
Netherlands team won the toss and decided to bat first. Netherlands, who came to bat, did not have a special start. Six wickets were lost at the score of 91 runs, but after this Sybrand Engelbrecht and Logan Van Beek took charge. Both of them took the team’s score beyond 200 runs. There was a drama in the last over which is rarely seen in cricket.
NED vs SL: Drama happened in the last over :-
Actually, the ball of the last over on which the last wicket of Netherlands fell was a no ball. As per the rules, the Dutch team got a free hit, but the surprising thing was that the free hit did not work for the Netherlands. The team lost its last wicket in the form of run out. In such a situation, despite being a free hit, it was of no use to the Dutch team.
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Got a free hit due to this reason :-
When the bowler released the ball from his hand on the fifth ball of the last over, at that time only three fielders were inside the circle. In such a situation, the umpire declared that ball a no ball. Let us tell you that Sadira Samarawickrama of Sri Lanka played an unbeaten inning of 91 runs.
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