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Cricket World Cup, 2011 - Netherlands vs India, Match 25 (Final Scorecard) Dhoni amused one and all by not resting bhajji, zaheer and Sachin and bringing out Piyush Chawla once again. Although it had to be a bitter one-sided game, The dutch managed to put up some mild competition but in the end India win by 5 wickets. Cricket World Cup, 2011 - India vs Netherlands, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, Match 25 Toss won by: Netherlands Status : India win by 5 wkts Batted First : Netherlands Batted Second : India Man of the match : Yuvraj Singh (IND)    India: 191 for 5 in 36.3 overs R/R: 5.23   Target: 190 India Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Virender Sehwag c Alexei Kervezee b Pieter Seelaar 39 26 5 2 Sachin Tendulkar c Bradley Kruger b Pieter Seelaar 27 22 6 0 Yusuf Pathan c & b Pieter Seelaar 11 10 1 1 Gautam Gambhir b Mudassar Bukhari 28 28 3 0 Virat Kohli b Peter Borren 12 20 2 0 Yuvraj Singh On Strike 51 73 7 0 MS Dhoni (C) (W) Batting 19 40 2 0 Harbhajan

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - South Africa vs Netherlands, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Match 16 Match Result: South Africa beat Netherlands by 231 runs Man of the match: AB de Villiers Toss won by: Netherlands Status : Match Ended Batted First : South Africa Batted Second : Netherlands South Africa: 351 for 5 in 50.0 overs R/R: 7.02 South Africa Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Hashim Amla c Tom Cooper b Ryan ten Doeschate 113 130 8 0 Graeme Smith (C) b Bernard Loots 20 32 1 0 Jacques Kallis c Wesley Barresi b Ryan ten Doeschate 2 12 0 0 AB de Villiers run out (Berend Westdijk) 134 98 13 4 Faf du Plessis not out 18 14 1 0 JP Duminy c Peter Borren b Ryan ten Doeschate 40 15 2 4 Morne van Wyk (W) not out 0 0 0 0 Robin Peterson Dale Steyn Morne Morkel Imran Tahir Extras :    24  (b - 2, w - 16, nb - 1, lb - 5, Penalty - 0) Fall of wickets: 1/51 (Graeme Smith 12.5 ov.), 2/58 (Jacques Kallis 15.3 ov.), 3/279 (Hashim

Cricket World Cup, 2011 - West Indies vs Netherlands, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, Match 13 Match Result: West Indies beat Netherlands by 215 runs Man of the match: Kemar Roach (WI) Toss won by: Netherlands Status : Match Ended Batted First : West Indies Batted Second : Netherlands West Indies: 330 for 8 in 50.0 overs R/R: 6.6 West Indies Batsman Status R B 4's 6's Devon Smith c Wesley Barresi b Bernard Loots 53 51 9 0 Chris Gayle c Alexei Kervezee b Ryan ten Doeschate 80 110 7 2 Darren Bravo c Alexei Kervezee b Pieter Seelaar 30 38 1 2 Ramnaresh Sarwan lbw b Berend Westdijk 49 42 7 1 Kieron Pollard c Ryan ten Doeschate b Mudassar Bukhari 60 27 5 4 Darren Sammy (C) c Alexei Kervezee b Pieter Seelaar 6 6 1 0 Shivnarine Chanderpaul b Pieter Seelaar 4 6 0 0 Devon Thomas (W) lbw b Mudassar Bukhari 13 13 1 0 Nikita Miller not out 11 7 2 0 Sulieman Benn not out 3 1 0 0 Kemar Roach Extras :    21  (b - 3, w - 14, nb - 1, lb - 3, Penalty - 0) Fall of