New York [US], Aiden Markram-led South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl against Scott Edwards' Netherlands in the 16th match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Netherlands are coming into this match after defeating Nepal by six wickets in their previous match of the tournament. The Dutch team is currently in second place in the Group D points table.
Meanwhile, the Proteas are leading Group D. They are coming into this match after defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the ongoing marquee event.South Africa captain Aiden Markram said the wicket at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium looked different before today's start.
"We are going to bowl. Looking at the few matches on this wicket, ideally we would like to have the first crack on it. To be honest, the wicket looks a bit different. But overall, don't expect it to be Will be a belter.We have seen in the World Cup alone, can't take any team lightly, it's a big game for us," Markram said.
Netherlands captain Scott Edwards said he is confident of today's game against the Proteas.
"Yeah, that's probably something that comes up (the record against South Africa). The matches we've won against similar players give us a lot of confidence. We played a really good game the other day.Our bowlers were fantastic and the batsmen did the job. Same side,'' Edwards said.
Netherlands Playing XI: Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjeet Singh, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (wk/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Ndamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma.
South Africa Playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottniel Baartman.
Netherlands are coming into this match after defeating Nepal by six wickets in their previous match of the tournament. The Dutch team is currently in second place in the Group D points table.
Meanwhile, the Proteas are leading Group D. They are coming into this match after defeating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the ongoing marquee event.South Africa captain Aiden Markram said the wicket at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium looked different before today's start.
"We are going to bowl. Looking at the few matches on this wicket, ideally we would like to have the first crack on it. To be honest, the wicket looks a bit different. But overall, don't expect it to be Will be a belter.We have seen in the World Cup alone, can't take any team lightly, it's a big game for us," Markram said.
Netherlands captain Scott Edwards said he is confident of today's game against the Proteas.
"Yeah, that's probably something that comes up (the record against South Africa). The matches we've won against similar players give us a lot of confidence. We played a really good game the other day.Our bowlers were fantastic and the batsmen did the job. Same side,'' Edwards said.
Netherlands Playing XI: Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjeet Singh, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (wk/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Ndamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma.
South Africa Playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottniel Baartman.
