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Venue : Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Average first innings score in last three years:349
100% of the games have been won by team batting first
Pacers have picked 82.35% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 17.65% of the wickets.
*all data from last 3 years
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Grand League Punts
- Bank on Shaheen Afridi to do damage against the Netherlands with the ball early on. Interestingly, the Dutch side have the second-lowest average against left-arm pacers (LAPs) in ODIs since 2021. The Netherlands averaged 20.6 against left-arm pace, with a run-rate of 4.4. Shaheen has the joint-best strike rate (25.6) for a Pakistani pacer (min 50 wickets). In 16 consecutive innings, the left-arm pacer has picked up at least one wicket, going back to March 31, 2022.
- Scott Edwards could be key for the Dutch side, with 1212 runs in 35 innings, averaging 40.4, the third-most for the Dutch side ever. Not just that, he has been their best player against spin, averaging 69.6, with a strike-rate of 100. Against the World Cup teams, Edwards has scored eight fifties in 16 innings and also has a good record against Pakistan - with 82 runs from three innings, including a 71*.
Probable XIs
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Saud Shakeel
Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Paul van Meekeren, Wesley Barresi
