It is lucky for Team India to beat the Netherlands, Dhoni also accepted this miraculous record!

The Super-12 round of T20 World Cup match between India and Netherlands is to be played today i.e. on Thursday. Although Team India is considered to be a strong contender for victory, but this time the kind of upsets that have happened, one has to be cautious with them. This match is to be played at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). While India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in their last match, the Netherlands had to face defeat against Bangladesh.

Statistically speaking, Rohit & Co should have no problem winning against the Netherlands. Teams of India and Netherlands are not facing each other for the first time in international cricket. Before this, these teams have clashed twice in the ODI World Cup. For the first time in T20 International cricket, these teams will definitely be face to face, that too on the stage of T20 World Cup. Earlier, there were matches between India and the Netherlands in the 2003 and 2011 ODI World Cups. Team India won both the occasions.

‘Lucky’ is to beat the Netherlands

Defeating Netherlands has proved to be ‘lucky’ for the Indian team. Whenever India defeated the Netherlands in the ODI World Cup, it managed to reach the final. Under the captaincy of legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Team India defeated Netherlands in 2011 and achieved the distinction of becoming champion that year. Earlier, in the 2003 ODI World Cup, when the Netherlands won, the team led by Sourav Ganguly was the runner-up.

Netherlands won 2 out of 4 matches

India started the tournament with a win by defeating arch-rivals Pakistan. Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, won their last match played in Melbourne by four wickets. At the same time, Netherlands qualified for Super-12 by winning two out of three matches in their Group-A. However, in his first match of Super-12 played in Hobart, he suffered a close defeat by 9 runs against Bangladesh.