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[Cheema02]

Own field, own environment. In this environment, India is moving forward with a different feeling in organizing the World Cup in their own ground. India bowled out Australia by 199 runs in the first match of the World Cup Australia. I was so surprised by India's bowling performance that India could easily win the match against Australia today. Then when India came into bat, Australia took three wickets for zero runs. After that India came under a lot of pressure. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul made a solid pair to overcome that pressure. At the moment, KL Rahul has collected 50 runs from 73 balls and Virat Kohli has collected 59 runs from 85 balls. 

India won by 6 wickets and 52 balls left in the match. Its a great victory for Indian team. KL Rahul gets well-deserved Player of the Match for his amazing inning of 97 runs not out in just 115 balls against Australia in Chennai. Unfortunately miss his well deserved century by just 3 runs short but target was completely 201 runs. Australia team very poor performance especially in fielding they drop cath of Virat kholi. After Cath drop given a chance to Virat Virat kholi then well batting outstanding Score 85 runs in 116 runs.

Australian fast bowlerJosh Hazlewood bowling performance very amazing they picked 3 important wicktes by giving 38 runs in 9 overs and Mitchell Starc pick only 1 wickets by giving 31 runs in 8 overs, spin bowler bowling not well they didn't picked any wicket and put pressure on indian batters. But indian spinner bowl beautiful and picked  6 wickets and all out Australia in under 199. India chase down the target 201 runs in loss of 4 wickets in 41.2 Over. Its a very positive start for India in world cup.

[ZAINmalik75]

After looking 200 target India faced a rough start with their top three batters getting dismissed for a duck. However, there's hope as both Kohli and KL Rahul are heading a solid partnership.

I am really impressed by indian team performance because I don't think they will get them at such important match on such a small target, even they have dozen of overs to take the match deep and build partnership but even thier quality batter too unable to done something significant at such critical situation. I think credit goes to India spinner who add a huge contribution to his team by taking decent wickets when team need and thus they broke important partnership before they done any big damage.

But, a significant moment arrived when Mitchell Marsh dropped Virat Kohli's catch.

I think thats the turning point of match because indian team already lose thier top 3 batter at such a pressure situation and at same stage another dismissal of Kohli will really damage them and may be we saw a totally different result because due to Rahul Kohli partnership they able to chased required target. Anyway congratulations to India for brilliant victory

[GigaBit]

After looking 200 target India faced a rough start with their top three batters getting dismissed for a duck. However, there's hope as both Kohli and KL Rahul are heading a solid partnership.
But, a significant moment arrived when Mitchell Marsh dropped Virat Kohli's catch. Australia's fielding took a hit. This could be a crucial point in the match. Kohli has been fortunate in this innings, and let's hope he capitalizes on this luck to steer India towards victory.

Finally India won by 6 Wickets in just 41.2 overs. They achieved their target very smoothly, Virat Kohli scored 85 runs out of 116 balls consisting of 6 fours and no sixes has been involved in his innings. While Kl Rahul was the top scorer from the India Team today, scoring 97 runs in 115 balls consisting 8 fours and 2 sixes towards the boundary. Hardik Pandya came in and he scored 11 runs of 8 balls with a massive six.

Australia was not in the form, there bowlers and their batters hasn't play some impressive cricket today, although at the start the start of their bowling, they played really well by taking 3 wickets of India, and these 3 were all out for 0 runs, but then Virat Kohli and Kl Rahul gives a strong partnership to India. And finally after the good partnership between Virat Kohli And Kl Rahul leads India to win.

The way India made a comeback after losing 3 wickets for just 2 runs is admirable. The batsmen are naturally under extra pressure after 3 top order players return to the dressing room so quickly. But India's two experienced batsmen, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, batted very responsibly and took India ahead. Kohli and Rahul made a partnership of 165 runs. But I feel bad for Rahul. He was unbeaten on 97 runs. He failed to score a century for just 3 runs.

This pitch was spin bowling friendly. And India's spin bowlers have also had success. But the Australian captain used only his pace bowlers. Australia needed to form a squad that considered the pitch conditions. Then maybe the match would have been competitive.

Watching today's game, a team like Australia felt very helpless. India's bowling line-up was so strong that they could do anything. Australia's batting style seemed to put them under a lot of pressure. With such a bowling line-up, I can't find any other team in the World Cup who can defeat India and win this World Cup cricket. I have seen many matches but very few matches where the Australian batsmen felt helpless. After losing Steven Smith wickets seem to come and go situation even though some on the pitch but could not score. Expected a competitive match but it didn't happen. Australia somewhat expected good to fall 3 early wickets but the Indian batsmen are not the type they will fly away if they blow. After all India team showed the best.

[GbitG]

India lost 3 wickets for just 2 runs and Australians were favourite at that moment. Both Kohli and KL Rahul played with responsibility and won the game for India. KL Rahul missed his century by just 3 runs. Australian bowlers were not able to capitalise the early advantage they got.

Strong message has been left by Indian team after such a important victory against a strong team, Australian side can scored better than current target 199 but I think due to bowling friendly conditions they unable to scored something decent which can put opponent team in huge pressure. While during target defend they can catch indian team through his bowling trap and they does by early quick 3 dismissal but later they miss a golden opportunity of Virat catch which can change the entire results and thus the momentum of bowler broke but anyway India team should praised for his best performance, one think that Hardik should avoid and that is selfish play, he can help his teammates to scored his century but he didn't which is not good for indian team Unity.

[romero121]

India lost 3 wickets for just 2 runs and Australians were favourite at that moment. Both Kohli and KL Rahul played with responsibility and won the game for India. KL Rahul missed his century by just 3 runs. Australian bowlers were not able to capitalise the early advantage they got.

Strong message has been left by Indian team after such a important victory against a strong team, Australian side can scored better than current target 199 but I think due to bowling friendly conditions they unable to scored something decent which can put opponent team in huge pressure. While during target defend they can catch indian team through his bowling trap and they does by early quick 3 dismissal but later they miss a golden opportunity of Virat catch which can change the entire results and thus the momentum of bowler broke but anyway India team should praised for his best performance, one think that Hardik should avoid and that is selfish play, he can help his teammates to scored his century but he didn't which is not good for indian team Unity.

What you've said is true, at the end everything have come in control of the India team. Hardik shouldn't have done that, he should have given him the chance to record the century. Already Kohli missed the chance and the biggest moment of yesterday's match is the dropping of Virat's catch. If his wicket had fallen earlier, surely India team could've struggled. Maybe the fall of wickets could've continued. Yesterday Kohli and Rahul stood wicket as both were playing in the right way and there is no pressure to go for big shots as the target is low. One thing Rohit mentioned in the presentation party, the Chennai ground and crowd hadn't disappointed them. Things went bad at the beginning and the comeback is good and things happened good.

[posi]

Finally India won by 6 Wickets in just 41.2 overs. They achieved their target very smoothly, Virat Kohli scored 85 runs out of 116 balls consisting of 6 fours and no sixes has been involved in his innings. While Kl Rahul was the top scorer from the India Team today, scoring 97 runs in 115 balls consisting 8 fours and 2 sixes towards the boundary. Hardik Pandya came in and he scored 11 runs of 8 balls with a massive six.

Australia was not in the form, there bowlers and their batters hasn't play some impressive cricket today, although at the start the start of their bowling, they played really well by taking 3 wickets of India, and these 3 were all out for 0 runs, but then Virat Kohli and Kl Rahul gives a strong partnership to India. And finally after the good partnership between Virat Kohli And Kl Rahul leads India to win.

The way India made a comeback after losing 3 wickets for just 2 runs is admirable. The batsmen are naturally under extra pressure after 3 top order players return to the dressing room so quickly. But India's two experienced batsmen, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, batted very responsibly and took India ahead. Kohli and Rahul made a partnership of 165 runs. But I feel bad for Rahul. He was unbeaten on 97 runs. He failed to score a century for just 3 runs.

This pitch was spin bowling friendly. And India's spin bowlers have also had success. But the Australian captain used only his pace bowlers. Australia needed to form a squad that considered the pitch conditions. Then maybe the match would have been competitive.

Watching today's game, a team like Australia felt very helpless. India's bowling line-up was so strong that they could do anything. Australia's batting style seemed to put them under a lot of pressure. With such a bowling line-up, I can't find any other team in the World Cup who can defeat India and win this World Cup cricket. I have seen many matches but very few matches where the Australian batsmen felt helpless. After losing Steven Smith wickets seem to come and go situation even though some on the pitch but could not score. Expected a competitive match but it didn't happen. Australia somewhat expected good to fall 3 early wickets but the Indian batsmen are not the type they will fly away if they blow. After all India team showed the best.

Australia, of course, tried to do well. But they were not able to. First of all that target was not big enough from Australia. To beat a team like India on their home ground, Australia had to give a big target. But they were not able to do so. I thought Australia would probably be able to perform well in the second innings. Australia also started well. The Indian top order definitely failed to do the job. But after the fall of the third wicket, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul had a very big partnership. That partnership alone made India win the match. The expectations were high from Australia. But they didn’t deliver.

[Popkon6]

What an amazing comeback by India after losing 3 wickets for 0 freaking runs. I applaud Kohli and Rahul for managing so well under crazy pressure. Their experience saved their team basically.

Australia are pretty much done in this match. Weird that Indian spinners bowled really well while the Australian spinners were not as good as them.

At the beginning of the game, due to the bowling pressure of the Indian team, the Australian team could not stay on the field for a long time to bat. But successive fall of wickets destroyed the Australian team by the spinners and fast bowlers of the Indian team. But the Australian team also had a good start in bowling but Virat Kohli and Rahul batted and the pair survived in this pressure moment.
From then on the duo started batting wildly and took the team closer to victory. But as the Australia team did not give much score to the Indian team, the Indian team managed to secure a win by 4 wickets within a short period of time. Indian team Virat Kohli and Rahul are two very experienced batsmen due to which they saved their team from losing.

[Bd officer]

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The 6th match of the World Cup is New Zealand vs Netherlands. It is very easy to predict which team will win today's match, I think New Zealand will definitely win today's match. Considering bowling and batting line, New Zealand is better than Netherlands. Also, in the last match, New Zealand defeated a strong team like England very easily. New Zealand has strong bowling like Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry. Besides, Netherlands did not perform well against Pakistan. Analyzing all aspects of today's match, it can be understood that New Zealand's chances of winning are very high.

[cozytrade]

After looking 200 target India faced a rough start with their top three batters getting dismissed for a duck. However, there's hope as both Kohli and KL Rahul are heading a solid partnership.

I am really impressed by indian team performance because I don't think they will get them at such important match on such a small target, even they have dozen of overs to take the match deep and build partnership but even thier quality batter too unable to done something significant at such critical situation. I think credit goes to India spinner who add a huge contribution to his team by taking decent wickets when team need and thus they broke important partnership before they done any big damage.

But, a significant moment arrived when Mitchell Marsh dropped Virat Kohli's catch.

I think thats the turning point of match because indian team already lose thier top 3 batter at such a pressure situation and at same stage another dismissal of Kohli will really damage them and may be we saw a totally different result because due to Rahul Kohli partnership they able to chased required target. Anyway congratulations to India for brilliant victory

This victory was deserved by the Indian team because the Australian team could not give a target to prevent India's victory. Australia team gave India a small target and meeting that small target was not too much of a headache for the Indian team. However, the players of the Australian team worked hard to weaken the Indian team. But all the efforts of the Australian team failed to the skilled players of the Indian team. India is the king of cricket so it is not unusual for India to reign in cricket. But in my opinion, India supporters gamblers will be able to achieve success from this World Cup

[rojan]

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The 6th match of the World Cup is New Zealand vs Netherlands. It is very easy to predict which team will win today's match, I think New Zealand will definitely win today's match. Considering bowling and batting line, New Zealand is better than Netherlands. Also, in the last match, New Zealand defeated a strong team like England very easily. New Zealand has strong bowling like Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry. Besides, Netherlands did not perform well against Pakistan. Analyzing all aspects of today's match, it can be understood that New Zealand's chances of winning are very high.

In today's New Zealand vs Netherlands team match, New Zealand team has more chances to win. However, Netherlands team can bat first today and give a target of 280 runs. It will be very difficult to know which team will win this match.I know that New Zealand team is very strong. New Zealand team is very strong in bowling line and batting line, so it is expected that New Zealand team will have more chances to win in today's match.

[ThemePen]

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The 6th match of the World Cup is New Zealand vs Netherlands. It is very easy to predict which team will win today's match, I think New Zealand will definitely win today's match. Considering bowling and batting line, New Zealand is better than Netherlands. Also, in the last match, New Zealand defeated a strong team like England very easily. New Zealand has strong bowling like Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry. Besides, Netherlands did not perform well against Pakistan. Analyzing all aspects of today's match, it can be understood that New Zealand's chances of winning are very high.

I am also sure about that. New Zealand is a good team because they already win a match from England. And if the New Zealand will take the first turn so I think it will go above 300 runs and this will be an excellent target. Which will be difficult to chase by the Netherlands. By the way the performance will show everything. But New Zealand has 90 % chances to win.

[noormcs5]

Strong message has been left by Indian team after such a important victory against a strong team,

India is no doubt looking to be the best team although it is just the beginning of the tournament. Sometimes teams are too much causal and a loss for them early in the tournament can be a triggering point for them. Who knows if Australia take this loss seriously and come back strongly in the tournament.

The 6th match of the World Cup is New Zealand vs Netherlands. It is very easy to predict which team will win today's match, I think New Zealand will definitely win today's match.

I also do not have much hope for the Netherlands teams. Also as we have seen how the New Zealand team beat the former champion England in the opening match, the chances of Netherlands becomes even more slim.

Also, this match is not worth to bet because we only get 1.05 odds to bet on New Zealand.

[3kpk3]

It will be very difficult to know which team will win this match.

How the heck is it difficult? New Zealand will obviously win and their recent performance against England pretty much reaffirms that. Netherlands will fight hard, but expecting them to win against the Kiwis is silly.

India is no doubt looking to be the best team although it is just the beginning of the tournament. Sometimes teams are too much causal and a loss for them early in the tournament can be a triggering point for them. Who knows if Australia take this loss seriously and come back strongly in the tournament.

Fact is that India won and Australia lost. Simple! Australia might come back stronger, but their chances of winning the cup drastically decreased.

[Sithara007]

Fact is that India won and Australia lost. Simple! Australia might come back stronger, but their chances of winning the cup drastically decreased.

LOL.. one defeat against strongest team in the tournament and all of a sudden Australia's chances are down? I don't agree with this assessment. Australia still remains as one of the favorites to lift the trophy and historically they have performed really well in ICC tournaments. Their next match is against South Africa at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, and I am sure that they will bounce back strongly. Almost everyone in the Australian squad have the experience of participating in the IPL. So they are very familiar with the weather and ground conditions. And this is going to help them as the tournament progresses.

[MusaPk]

LOL.. one defeat against strongest team in the tournament and all of a sudden Australia's chances are down? I don't agree with this assessment. Australia still remains as one of the favorites to lift the trophy and historically they have performed really well in ICC tournaments. Their next match is against South Africa at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, and I am sure that they will bounce back strongly. Almost everyone in the Australian squad have the experience of participating in the IPL. So they are very familiar with the weather and ground conditions. And this is going to help them as the tournament progresses.

Australia have the capability to bounce back in the tournament. Even yesterday they got 3 quick wickets and were right on top but its King Kohli and KL who shattered there desires of winning the game. You expect your bowlers to win a game for you if you have scored 199 batting first.
Today there is only one fixture - Netherlands vs New Zealand. Not much chances for Netherlands today as New Zealand are in good from as evident from there first match agonist England.   

[_Hiloveua_]

LOL.. one defeat against strongest team in the tournament and all of a sudden Australia's chances are down? I don't agree with this assessment. Australia still remains as one of the favorites to lift the trophy and historically they have performed really well in ICC tournaments. Their next match is against South Africa at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, and I am sure that they will bounce back strongly. Almost everyone in the Australian squad have the experience of participating in the IPL. So they are very familiar with the weather and ground conditions. And this is going to help them as the tournament progresses.

Australia have the capability to bounce back in the tournament. Even yesterday they got 3 quick wickets and were right on top but its King Kohli and KL who shattered there desires of winning the game. You expect your bowlers to win a game for you if you have scored 199 batting first.
Today there is only one fixture - Netherlands vs New Zealand. Not much chances for Netherlands today as New Zealand are in good from as evident from there first match agonist England.   

After winning the toss against New Zealand, the Netherlands decided to bowl. Although Netherlands are a much weaker team compared to New Zealand but it is good that they have taken this decision. Because if Netherlands had batted first, the target of runs that Netherlands would have given would have been beneficial for New Zealand because they would have given a certain number of runs per over as per the target. Since now netherlands are willing to play with target so it can be said netherlands are better if they can play according to run rate. Although New Zealand is playing very well against England, but still it is not possible to say what can happen in the match between Netherlands and New Zealand. And after some time we will be able to enjoy this great match.

[fuguebtc]

LOL.. one defeat against strongest team in the tournament and all of a sudden Australia's chances are down? I don't agree with this assessment. Australia still remains as one of the favorites to lift the trophy and historically they have performed really well in ICC tournaments. Their next match is against South Africa at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, and I am sure that they will bounce back strongly. Almost everyone in the Australian squad have the experience of participating in the IPL. So they are very familiar with the weather and ground conditions. And this is going to help them as the tournament progresses.

Australia have the capability to bounce back in the tournament. Even yesterday they got 3 quick wickets and were right on top but its King Kohli and KL who shattered there desires of winning the game. You expect your bowlers to win a game for you if you have scored 199 batting first.
Today there is only one fixture - Netherlands vs New Zealand. Not much chances for Netherlands today as New Zealand are in good from as evident from there first match agonist England.   

After winning the toss against New Zealand, the Netherlands decided to bowl. Although Netherlands are a much weaker team compared to New Zealand but it is good that they have taken this decision. Because if Netherlands had batted first, the target of runs that Netherlands would have given would have been beneficial for New Zealand because they would have given a certain number of runs per over as per the target. Since now netherlands are willing to play with target so it can be said netherlands are better if they can play according to run rate. Although New Zealand is playing very well against England, but still it is not possible to say what can happen in the match between Netherlands and New Zealand. And after some time we will be able to enjoy this great match.

I am sure Netherlands will lose today's match too. Because the New Zealand team is in a very good rhythm. The way the New Zealand players performed against England, this team is a worthy contender for this year's World Cup. England's experienced bowlers were completely destroyed by New Zealand's batsmen. The team won the target of 283 runs given by England very easily. Perhaps they won in just 36.2 overs, losing just one wicket.

My guess is New Zealand can collect 380+ today. And their batting seems to be the case so far. The team collected 63 runs in 10 overs. They don't collect too much in the power play. But they did not lose a single wicket. If New Zealand do not lose wickets, the team will easily collect more than 350 against Netherlands. Even if I see 400+ I won't be surprised at all today.

[Minecache]

LOL.. one defeat against strongest team in the tournament and all of a sudden Australia's chances are down? I don't agree with this assessment. Australia still remains as one of the favorites to lift the trophy and historically they have performed really well in ICC tournaments. Their next match is against South Africa at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, and I am sure that they will bounce back strongly. Almost everyone in the Australian squad have the experience of participating in the IPL. So they are very familiar with the weather and ground conditions. And this is going to help them as the tournament progresses.

Australia have the capability to bounce back in the tournament. Even yesterday they got 3 quick wickets and were right on top but its King Kohli and KL who shattered there desires of winning the game. You expect your bowlers to win a game for you if you have scored 199 batting first.
Today there is only one fixture - Netherlands vs New Zealand. Not much chances for Netherlands today as New Zealand are in good from as evident from there first match agonist England.   

After winning the toss against New Zealand, the Netherlands decided to bowl. Although Netherlands are a much weaker team compared to New Zealand but it is good that they have taken this decision. Because if Netherlands had batted first, the target of runs that Netherlands would have given would have been beneficial for New Zealand because they would have given a certain number of runs per over as per the target. Since now netherlands are willing to play with target so it can be said netherlands are better if they can play according to run rate. Although New Zealand is playing very well against England, but still it is not possible to say what can happen in the match between Netherlands and New Zealand. And after some time we will be able to enjoy this great match.

Australia will definitely do better in the upcoming matches. After all, they were playing against the best team in this tournament and also in the home ground of their opponent. So it was always going to be hard for them to actually win the match. And when they had given only a target of 200, I instantly thought it was over. But Australia was able to start well. But then India came back really well in that match.

New Zealand is batting right now. The Netherlands have already given away so many runs. only 13 overs have been played. New Zealand has already scored 71 and only lost one wicket. They are definitely going to score somewhere near 300, if they have wickets in hand.

[Iranus]

LOL.. one defeat against strongest team in the tournament and all of a sudden Australia's chances are down? I don't agree with this assessment. Australia still remains as one of the favorites to lift the trophy and historically they have performed really well in ICC tournaments. Their next match is against South Africa at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, and I am sure that they will bounce back strongly. Almost everyone in the Australian squad have the experience of participating in the IPL. So they are very familiar with the weather and ground conditions. And this is going to help them as the tournament progresses.

Australia have the capability to bounce back in the tournament. Even yesterday they got 3 quick wickets and were right on top but its King Kohli and KL who shattered there desires of winning the game. You expect your bowlers to win a game for you if you have scored 199 batting first.
Today there is only one fixture - Netherlands vs New Zealand. Not much chances for Netherlands today as New Zealand are in good from as evident from there first match agonist England.   

After winning the toss against New Zealand, the Netherlands decided to bowl. Although Netherlands are a much weaker team compared to New Zealand but it is good that they have taken this decision. Because if Netherlands had batted first, the target of runs that Netherlands would have given would have been beneficial for New Zealand because they would have given a certain number of runs per over as per the target. Since now netherlands are willing to play with target so it can be said netherlands are better if they can play according to run rate. Although New Zealand is playing very well against England, but still it is not possible to say what can happen in the match between Netherlands and New Zealand. And after some time we will be able to enjoy this great match.

I am sure Netherlands will lose today's match too. Because the New Zealand team is in a very good rhythm. The way the New Zealand players performed against England, this team is a worthy contender for this year's World Cup. England's experienced bowlers were completely destroyed by New Zealand's batsmen. The team won the target of 283 runs given by England very easily. Perhaps they won in just 36.2 overs, losing just one wicket.

My guess is New Zealand can collect 380+ today. And their batting seems to be the case so far. The team collected 63 runs in 10 overs. They don't collect too much in the power play. But they did not lose a single wicket. If New Zealand do not lose wickets, the team will easily collect more than 350 against Netherlands. Even if I see 400+ I won't be surprised at all today.

New Zealand lost their first wicket. Devon Conway returned to the dressing room with 32 off 40 balls.
Will Young failed to collect any runs in the first match. But he is batting responsibly in today's match. He is unbeaten after collecting 40 runs off 48 balls. Ravindra collects 6 runs. New Zealand scored 87 runs in 16 overs. Now their run rate is below 6. The pitch is batting friendly. If the team does not lose wickets quickly, then they can give a big target. But I don't think New Zealand can give more than 400 target. The highest score on this pitch was 350, probably the 350 Australia scored. I think New Zealand can give a target of 360-380 if they bat very well. But that is less likely.

[MusaPk]

New Zealand lost their first wicket. Devon Conway returned to the dressing room with 32 off 40 balls.
Will Young failed to collect any runs in the first match. But he is batting responsibly in today's match. He is unbeaten after collecting 40 runs off 48 balls. Ravindra collects 6 runs. New Zealand scored 87 runs in 16 overs. Now their run rate is below 6. The pitch is batting friendly. If the team does not lose wickets quickly, then they can give a big target. But I don't think New Zealand can give more than 400 target. The highest score on this pitch was 350, probably the 350 Australia scored. I think New Zealand can give a target of 360-380 if they bat very well. But that is less likely.

NZ got a good start today and Netherlands bowlers are not getting wickets as they were getting in game against Pakistan. If NZ keep moving like that then they will surely finish giving target of over 300 runs. Odds are already in favour of NZ and they are in full control of the match right now. Netherlands bowlers must work hard to get wikcets to restrict NZ.