Netherlands vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI: Match Preview, Head to Head, Playing XI and Broadcast Details

Pakistan will be locking horns with the Netherlands in the second One Day International at the Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam on Thursday, August 18. The visitors would be hoping to showcase a much better performance after having managed only a 16-run victory in the series opener despite having scored a mammoth 314/6 on the board.

The Men in Green have rested their pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi for this series so that he can be fresh for the Asia Cup 2022 starting August 27. Pakistan will begin their campaign against arch-rivals India in Dubai on the 28th of this month. Meanwhile, the other bowlers who are a part of the continental tournament would be looking forward to getting some much-needed match practice in the remaining two games.

The onus will be on skipper Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman to be among the runs again, and Imam-ul-Haq and the middle-order would be expected to step up from hereon. The good thing for Pakistan is that spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan was among the runs in the first game and he would be expected to maintain consistency.

The Dutch, on the other hand, were poor with the ball in hand in the series-opener as they conceded a total well in excess of 300. Nonetheless, the batters showcased valiant performances with three half-centurions Vikramjit Singh, Tom Cooper, and Scott Edwards nearly doing the unthinkable.

Skipper Edwards remained at the crease right till the very end and scored an unbeaten 71 runs off 60 balls. He waged a lone war with hardly any support from the other end. His knock went in vain as the hosts were restricted to 298/8.

Pitch and conditions

Like the opening fixture, the Rotterdam surface is expected to be batting-friendly for the second match as well and the spinners might get some assistance from this pitch. Batting will be good in the second innings where the Dutch batters made the Pakistani bowlers toil hard in the previous game. Therefore, the captain winning the toss will be looking to bowl first.

Playing Combinations for NED vs PAK

Netherlands

The hosts would be hoping to rectify the errors in their bowling and more focus would be on their top-order batters, except on opener Vikramjit Singh, who failed to put up a good show which left the middle order to do way too much in the end. The Dutch would now be hoping for a complete team effort with the series on the line.

Predicted Playing XI: Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Tom Cooper, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Aryan Dutt, Wesley Barresi, Vivian Kingma

Pakistan

While Pakistan are 1-0 up in the series, they would not be convinced by the manner in which they won the first game where their bowlers failed to maintain their lines and lengths against the Dutch middle order. The Babar Azam-led side would be determined to make the second ODI one-way traffic and seal the three-match series comfortably.

Predicted Playing XI:  Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah

NED vs PAK Head to Head

Played – 4 | Netherlands – 0 | Pakistan – 4 | No Result – 0 |

NED vs PAK Broadcast Details

Match Timings- 2:30 PM IST

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