Bangladesh need 230 to win against Netherlands

Netherlands posted a 230-run target against Bangladesh in the 28th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.

Dutch captain Scott Edwards scored the highest 68 runs from 89 balls while the second highest 41 came from Wesley Barresi's batt.

For the Tigers, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman and Mahedi Hasan bagged two wickets each while Shakib Al Hasan took one.  

The Tigers made two changes for the game with fast bowler Taskin Ahmed and spin allrounder Mahedi Hasan coming in place of fast bowler Hasan Mahmud and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed.

"We have to do better with batting and bowling, especially in the powerplay. If we can do that, the momentum will be with us. We've got a lot of Bangladeshis who have travelled across the border, plus in Kolkata we speak the same language, have a similar culture," Shakib Al Hasan said after being  asked to bowl first.

Netherlands Captain Scott Edwards had no hesitation to bat first after winning the toss. He said the wicket looks good to bat first.

"The wicket looks good. Hopefully, we can score quick. The good thing is that it is a quick turnaround, so we need to leave the loss behind," he said. 

"We've set high expectations on ourselves, we need to just focus on the games to come. Barring the last game, we've been playing a lot of good cricket."

Netherlands also made two changes from the previous game. Like Bangladesh they also aim to secure their second victory after upsetting mighty South Africa.

Playing XIs 

Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al  Hasan(c), Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam

Netherlands: Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Wesley Barresi, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Logan van Beek, Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt and Paul van Meekeren.

Source: BSS and ESPNcricinfo