Last Update on: October 28th, 2023 at 08:15 pm
Paul van Meekeren bowled brilliantly against Bangladesh.
Paul van Meekeren castled Mushfiqur Rahim with a jaffa.
The 30-year-old Netherlands National Cricket Team pacer Paul van Meekeren removed the 36-year-old Bangladesh National Cricket Team wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim for 1 with a beauty in the 28th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The struggle of the Bangla Tigers continued in the ongoing edition of the World Cup against the Dutch. Chasing a small total in the match, the Bangladesh batters were off to an awful start as Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, and Najmul Hossain Shanto once again failed to perform and the onus was once again on veterans Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim to bail the side out of trouble.
However, both Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur were unable to do the job for Bangladesh this time around and they were back in the dugout for low scores, leaving the side in a horrible position.
The wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur fell to a jaffa from Paul van Meekeren and he was beautifully set up by the pacer. After bowling three deliveries outside off-stump, the pacer bowled an absolutely incredible off-cutter on the fourth ball of the 18th over.
The ball jagged back in after pitching outside off-stump and Mushfiqur played the wrong line, leaving a small gap between bat and pads through which the ball passed and rattled stumps.
Watch: Paul van Meekeren Removed Mushfiqur Rahim
Earlier, the Netherlands won the toss and opted to bat first in the match against Bangladesh. They made two changes to their playing XI as Shariz Ahmad and Wesley Barresi replaced Roelof Van der Merwe and Teja Nidamanuru. The Bangla Tigers also made two changes to their playing XI as Mahedi Hasan and Taskin Ahmed replaced Nasum Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud.
Batting first, openers Max O’Dowd and Vikramjit Singh got out for low scores and were in trouble. Captain Scott Edwards once again stood up and played a stunning 68-run knock to steady the ship.
Wesley Barresi (41), Sybrand Engelbrecht (35), and Logan van Beek (23) also batted well and contributed important runs to help the Netherlands reach 229 runs in 50 overs.
