LIVE SCORE: Netherlands vs. Afghanistan, ICC ODI World Cup 2023: The Dutch Get Off to a Good Start Despite an Early Wicket

 LIVE SCORE: Netherlands vs. Afghanistan, ICC ODI World Cup 2023: The Dutch Get Off to a Good Start Despite an Early Wicket

Live updates for the Netherlands vs. Afghanistan match at the Cricket World Cup 2023: On November 3, 2023, at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, the Netherlands and Afghanistan will square off in a match that must be won. It is the 34th match between NED and AFG. Kickoff is set for 9:30 AM IST. Greetings and welcome to our live coverage of the ODI World Cup match between the Netherlands and Afghanistan from Lucknow's Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan will want to keep up their winning streak when they play a competitive Dutch team in Lucknow on Friday. With victories against Sri Lanka and Pakistan in a row, the Afghans are feeling quite confident. Meanwhile, the Netherlands made their campaign unforgettable by winning their most recent game against Bangladesh. With their confident style of cricketing that they have shown thus far in the World Cup, the two sides are still in the running for the semifinals.

Good spinners are on both sides' rosters, which will come in extremely helpful on the Lucknow field, where the red soil pitch helps spin bowlers. The Netherlands' batting lineup has been the weak point in the series so far, but Afghanistan's batsmen have recently shown promise, giving them the advantage in this match.

Head-to-head: Afghanistan vs. Netherlands in ODIs

Afghanistan and the Netherlands have met each other nine times in the ODI format. Afghanistan has emerged victorious in seven of these matches, with the Netherlands winning only two of them.

In the XI

Afghanistan's starting eleven are: Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad; Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (w).

Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (w/c), Bas de Leede, Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, and Paul van Meekeren are the members of the Netherlands playing eleven.