Arun Jaitley Stadium Pitch Report: A confiedent Australia will face the resilient Netherlands in Match 24 of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 on October 25 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. After a poor start to the tournament, Australia have found their rhythm, winning back-to-back games. The Pat Cummins-led side, are currently fourth in the World Cup 2023 points table with four points from four matches.
Meanwhile, Netherlands have only one win from four matches but they have shown fights in recent games and will be aiming for another upset in the World Cup 2023. The Dutch team is placed eighth in World Cup group standings with two points from four matches. Ahead of the game, let’s look at the pitch report for the important clash.
AUS vs NED Pitch Report
Contrary to what the pitch is known for offering, the Arun Jaitley Stadium has produced high-scoring encounters. It is likely that the pitch will once again provide batters chance to score big runs.
However, spinners will play a key role in the game, especially in the second innings. The average score first innings score in the last 10 matches at this venue has been 258.
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Team winning the toss is likely to opt to bat first as past records suggest that the team batting first have won 60 per cent of the matches.
Probable Playing XIs:
Australia: Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (c), Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood
Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (c and wk), Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren
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Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
Netherlands squad: Scott Edwards (c), Max O’Dowd, Bas de Leede, Vikram Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Paul van Meekeren, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Wesley Barresi, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Sybrand Engelbrecht.
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