Netherlands has announced the team for T20 World Cup 2024. The team has made Scott Edwards the captain. Aryan Dutt and Bais de Lead are also part of the team. The Netherlands team looks quite balanced. He has given opportunities to experienced players as well as young players. But Netherlands had to drop two of its experienced players from the team. All-rounders Rolf van der Merwe and Colin Ackerman have not been given a chance.
Captain Edwards' career
The Netherlands team will play under the captaincy of Scott Edwards. Edwards is an experienced player and has a good record. He has scored 671 runs in 18 T20 international innings. Edwards has scored 1512 runs in 47 ODI innings. He has scored 15 half-centuries in this format. The bass de lead is also part of the team. As an all-rounder he has performed very well. Lee has scored 610 runs in 31 T20 International matches. Besides, 27 wickets have also been taken.
These legendary players did not get a place
In-form top-order batsman Colin Ackerman and left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe could not find a place. Netherlands did not give Ackerman a place in the team. Ackerman had scored a century in a first-class match in April this year. He played an inning of 90 runs in a domestic T20 match in Harare. After this he played an inning of 52 runs. However, the team did not trust Ackerman. The team did not give Merv a chance. His overall record has been good. However, Merv failed to make the Netherlands squad for the T20 World Cup 2024.
Netherlands team for T20 World Cup 2024
Scott Edwards (captain/wk), Aryan Dutt, Bas de Leede, Daniel Doram, Fred Klaasen, Logan van Beek, Max O'Dowd, Michael Levitt, Paul van Meekeren, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Teja Nidamanuru, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh, Viv Kingma, Wesley Baresi
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