Hyderabad: Netherlands won the toss against New Zealand in their second match of ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 here in Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Monday today.
Kivis started the World Cup sojourn with pomp and show by defeating defending champions England with 9 wickets in an opening match of the World Cup with an inauguration of a series of centuries by its batters Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway.
Captain Edwards decides to field first after winning the toss.
— Cricket🏏Netherlands (@KNCBcricket) October 9, 2023
Sybrand Engelbrecht debuts while Ryan Klein replaces an injured LVB in our XI against the Kiwis today. #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/w8kHP3uHV0
Devon Conway scored a tremendous unbeaten 152 runs whereas Rachin Ravindra made a fantastic 123 runs.
Batting first in Hyderabad after a toss win for Scott Edwards and @kncbcricket. One change from Game 1 with Lockie Ferguson in for Jimmy Neesham. Follow play LIVE in NZ with @skysportnz. LIVE scoring | https://t.co/aNkBrDiAuv #CWC23 #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS pic.twitter.com/YcQGmrZrTP
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 9, 2023
On the other hand, the Netherlands lost its opening match of World Cup 2023 against Pakistan by 81 runs.