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Spirited Afghanistan's quest to reach the next level starts in earnest against an equally inspirational Netherlands in a World Cup match between the two teams on Friday

He added that Aryan Dutt and van Beek kept things tight in the powerplay. Meekeren added that it was an all-round performance against Bangladesh.

With this loss, Bangladesh is out of the WC, having lost five of six matches. The Netherlands has won two games, lost four and with four points is at the eighth spot.

Pace bowler Van Meekeren's superb figures of 4 for 23 aided by Bas de Leede's equally potent bowling (2/25) decimated Bangladesh.

Desperate to revive their fortunes after four successive losses, Bangladesh made smart bowling changes and their attack looked incisive

Taking on the guardianship of Jaya, Amsterdam native Meral Bontenbel expressed her long-standing desire to adopt a pet, recounting how she couldn't resist falling in love with the Varanasi street dog during her visit to the temple town

Both teams have one win from four outings. Call it their misfortune or lack of a proper planning, Bangladesh's campaign has fallen miserably after they began on a positive note with a comprehensive win over Afghanistan

As soon as BCCI released tickets at 12 pm on Saturday, cricket enthusiasts rushed to the ticketing portal to secure their seats, and they were  quickly sold out.

The astonishing innings broke South Africa captain Aiden Markram's record of a century off 49 balls against Sri Lanka at the same stadium 18 days earlier.

Australia's win was the biggest in the World Cup in terms of margin of runs and second biggest in the ODI history

Bolstered by the revival of their batting firepower, a rejuvenated Australia will look for another dominating show but need to be cautious when they face a tenacious Netherlands

During the match at one point, Netherlands was down at 91/6 but then Sybrand and Logan unleashed a calculated counter-attack, stitching a partnership of 130 runs to take their team beyond the 200-run mark. Both batters also brought up their half-centuries.

The Netherlands, who stunned South Africa in Dharamsala for their first World Cup win against a Test playing nation, will be eying an improved show from their top-order as they look for back-to-back victories

Kohli's statement comes following two major upsets in the ongoing World Cup. While Afghanistan stunned holders England by 69 runs, Netherlands recorded their biggest win in the history of the game when they shocked South Africa by 38 runs

Netherlands scored 245 for eight after South Africa opted to bowl in the rain-hit match. In reply, South Africa were all out for 207 in 42.5 overs

As the Proteas take on the Netherlands on Tuesday, the perennial under-performers and ''chokers'' have shown in the last two games their determination to go the distance in the tournament

The women's team defeated the Senior EDE side 3-2, while the men's side thrashed their Dutch counterparts 8-0

After posting an imposing total of 322/7 on the back of Will Young's measured 70-run knock and half-centuries from Rachin Ravindra (51) and Tom Latham (53), Santner ran through the Netherlands batting order to skittle them for 223 runs in 46.3 overs

Sent in to bat, New Zealand's batting fired in unison with Will Young (70), Rachin Ravindra (51) and Tom Latham (53) posting half-centuries.

Rizwan, Shakeel hit fifties in their side's 81-run victory over Netherlands