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Thursday, March 10, 2011

India bowl out Netherlands for189

Updated at: 1728 PST,  Wednesday, March 09, 2011
NEW DELHI: The Netherlands were all out for 189 runs in 46.4 overs against India in their World Cup Group B match here at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground on Wednesday.After captain Peter Borren won the toss and elected to bat, the Netherlands openers Eric Szwarczynski (28) and Wesley Barres (26) provided a good start of 56 runs but after they departed wickets were falling at regular intervals.Peter Borren however played a captain’s innings and top scored with 38 runs off 36 balls with three fours and two sixes.Other main scorers were Tom Cooper (29) and Mudassar Bukhari (21).For India, fast-medium bowler Zaheer Khan claiked three while Yuvraj Singh and Piyush Chawla took two wickets each.