NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat against Netherlands in the last league match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.
Both teams are unchanged from the last match.
After winning the toss, Rohit Sharma said, "We are gonna have a bat. No particular reason. Whether we have batted first or bowled first, we have done extremely well. Another opportunity to play well today and tick all the boxes. Extremely happy with how we have played in this tournament. Hats off to the guys who have stood up at different times and taken the responsibility. Same team."
After losing the toss, Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards said, "We would have batted as well. Looks like a pretty good wicket, but good ground for chasing. We have been pretty good overall, there's games we've been blown out. We've had two wins. Looking to give a good performance today, give ourselves a chance. This is going to be the biggest crowd we've had for the tournament, looking forward to the atmosphere that's going to be here. India have been flawless, we have to be at our best. A WC in India is as big as it gets. To win those games, it's been big for us. Same side for us."
"Side boundaries - 64 metres on both sides, straight boundary - 73 metres. Today's pitch looks an absolute beauty. It's absolutely rock hard. There's a little bit of surface cracking but there's that little sheen to the wicket. As a batter, you see that and you start licking your lips. We have seen some monster scores here. You can afford to take a little bit of time at the start of your innings," reckoned former cricketers Sanjay Manjrekar and Aaron Finch in their pitch report.
India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Netherlands XI: Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
