Rain puts Dharamsala outfield in more strife ahead of South Africa-Netherlands game

Pitch lined resulting from rain forward of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 match between South Africa and Netherlands, at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala, Monday. (AP)

On the eve of the South Africa-Netherlands World Cup sport, the hill city witnessed rain all through the day, beginning early within the morning. The surrounding mountains had their first snowfall of the season and because of this, Dharamsala noticed heavy showers from effectively earlier than daybreak. Not a ray of sunshine graced the HPCA Stadium all through the day and the groundstaff had been onerous at work with super-soppers. It stays to be seen how an already ‘average’ outfield fares throughout Tuesday’s match. (READ MORE)

Former South Africa & RCB player Roelof van der Merwe aims for star turn for Netherlands against his former team

Left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe has performed each for South Africa and Netherlands.

Even although the Dutch have misplaced their first two video games of the event, van der Merwe believes a beneficial result’s attainable on Tuesday. Not simply because Afghanistan have managed to topple world champions England, but in addition due to the current historical past between the 2 groups. Van der Merwe remembers the afternoon in Adelaide lower than a yr in the past when he pouched a spectacular catch of David Miller to set in movement a T20 World Cup knockout punch to the Proteas. Any texts from former South Africa teammates afterwards? (READ MORE)

Squads

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.