Pakistan bowling attack put up a spirited performance, with pacer Haris Rauf being the pick of them with three for 43, to ensure the team’s campaign began in style with an 81-run win over The Netherlands in the ICC Cricket World Cup match at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad on October 6.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam should have been clearly delighted with the way the bowlers – both pace and spin – stuck to the basics and struck at regular intervals.
The Dutch openers Vikramjit Singh and Bas de Leede, who scored half-centuries and put on 70 runs for the third wicket, batted well but the rest of the line-up couldn’t contribute much to the chase.
