Quote from: Bitcoin Smith on October 17, 2023, 05:58:13 PM

Netherlands won the match and the tournament is getting interesting with this upset and two upsets in 3 days of time frame, probably this is going to be the most exciting edition as far as I know because its still the early days of tournament, and we witnessed two upsets already.

Tomorrow we have New Zealand vs Afghanistan match at Chepauk which is highly spin friendly, so hopefully there can be another thriller tomorrow if AFG batters did decent job another important news Kane Williamson will not be available due to the injury which is going to be a major concern for NZ in the upcoming matches.

I would say it was an accident. No one expected the Netherlands to win. South Africa's erratic bowling was one of the reasons for their defeat. I was very disappointed with South Africa's bowling. After losing 4 wickets for 50 runs, Netherlands set a huge target of 246 in 43 overs. South Africa gave 32 extra runs in this match. They have scored 21 wide balls. 32 runs extra in 43 overs is too much. Even if the target was around 200, maybe South Africa would have won.

Afghanistan players are now very confident after the win against England. There is no doubt that New Zealand is a strong team. But since the pitch is spin friendly I would say Afghanistan team cannot be considered weak in this match. They have several excellent spin bowlers. There will be no surprise if New Zealand loses.