Netherlands all-rounder Teja Nidamanuru believes that his team has enough firepower to outclass the table-topping India in their last game at the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
The Netherlands cricket team has won only 2 of their 8 games so far in the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023. They have already been eliminated from the showpiece event, but Nidamanuru believes that the Netherlands can beat Team India as "funnier things have happened” in the game of cricket.
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team has been in stunning form, having won all eight games in the ongoing ODI World Cup 2023 and becoming the first team to make it to the top four. They will next face the Netherlands on Sunday, November 12 in Bengaluru.
Teja Nidamanuru said at the press conference: “It's a game of cricket right. So, it could be possible (defeating India). We play our brand of cricket. We do what we do well. We've got some great manoeuvres of the ball. We've got guys who can play spin well.”
He continued, “We've also got guys who can take wickets. It really just obviously you need a bit of luck. There's no doubt that they're a very strong team and they've been playing very good cricket. But funnier things have happened in the game.”
Sharing the excitement to play against the Men in Blue, the Netherlands all-rounder said: “To arguably play the best team in the competition at the top of the table is something that we're very excited by and it's another opportunity for us.
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Every time we step on the park, we're trying to showcase our skills and do the best that we can, especially being at the World Cup and coming through the journey that we've done. We don't take any game for granted and definitely looking forward to getting out there on Sunday against India.”
The Netherlands are languishing at the bottom of the points table after their 160-run loss to England, and Teja said that it is disappointing to be in the last place. He noted, “Our objective to come to the World Cup was to be in a position to play knockout cricket and as wild or as brave as that sounds.”
Nidamanuru signed off by saying, “It's really important to have aspiration and it's really important to have something to aim for so - if you don't aim for that you might you might get there and which would be a good result, but if you aim for here and you don't get anywhere, that's also not ideal.”
(With PTI Inputs)
