Although the target was big, the Netherlands were dreaming with the bat of Vikramjit Singh and Bas de Leed. However, in that dream break of the Dutch, their pair of 70 runs was broken. After Vikramjit returned to 52 runs, the rest could not accompany the D Leed. Teja Nidamanaru and Captain Scott Edward succumbed to Harris' pace. The team, who scored 120 for 2, lost 3 wickets by just 13 runs and became 133 for five. The Dutch lost the match there.
Still, there was hope for D Leed's bat If he could go this route with the rest. However, that remained in the end when D Leed returned to 67 runs. After that, the Dutch did not match the difficult equation as the rest expected. The Dutch were bowled out for 205 runs in the first match of the World Cup. On the contrary, Pakistan started the World Cup through a convincing win of 81 runs.
The Dutch, who came out of the qualifier round, got off to a great start after winning the toss in Hyderabad. Pakistan's three top-order batsmen returned to the dressing room for 38 runs. However, Rizwan and Shakeel Saud handled that pressure very well. The pair of 120 runs from 114 balls put the Pakistanis in a safe zone.
However, the Dutch did not allow the safe to increase. After Shakeel, the team quickly brought back Rizwan who was in rhythm. Both scored 68 runs with the bat. After that, Iftekhar quickly returned.
Coming to the wicket, Shadab fought to take the team to a strong position by forming a partnership with Mohammad Nawaz. But he could not score more than 32 runs. After that, Nawaz brought the team in a position to fight with Tail enders. 39 runs came from his bat before being run out and leaving the field. Then Pakistan's innings was stopped at 286 runs by Haris and Shaheen.
Bus De Leed took the maximum 4 wickets among Dutch bowlers. Haris Rauf took a maximum three wickets for Pakistan.