Zaheer Khan took three wickets and Yuvraj Singh scored an unbeaten half-century which helped India to beat Netherlands by five wickets in Delhi.Although at one point India were 82 for three in reply, they eventually clinched victory with more than 13 overs to spare.
Netherlands made a good start to their innings as openers Eric Scwarczynski (28) and Wesley Barresi (26) gave their side a useful platform making a 56-run opening partnership.
Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla bowled Szwarczynski to end the partnership.Yuvraj Singh trapped Baresi in front.
Tom Cooper then made 29 but the Netherlands then lost four wickets for nine runs when Ryan ten Doeschate (11), Cooper, Bas Zuiderent (0) and Tom de Grooth (5) all fell in quick succession to leave them at 108 for six.
Some hard hitting from Peter Borren, who made 38 in 36 balls, and Mudassar Bukhari, who hit 21 in 12 balls, got the Netherlands up to 189.Zaheer broke this partnership,taking his third wicket,having already removed Zuiderent and Borren.
Chawla took two wickets for 47 and Yuvraj took two wickets for 43.
Virender Sehwag then blasted 39 in 26 balls with five fours and two sixes and Sachin Tendulkar 27 in 22 deliveries scoring 69 in 7.3 overs.Left-arm spinner Pieter Seelaar struck to have Sehwag caught by Kervezee.
He struck again as he took the prize wicket of Tendulkar, caught by Bradley Kruger.He took his third wicket when he caught and bowled Yusuf Pathan for 11.
When Virat Kohli was bowled for 12 by Peter Borren, the Netherlands sensed the chance of an upset.
But first Gautam Gambhir (28), then Yuvraj (51 not out) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (19 not out) steered India to their third win of the competition.
Yuvraj was declared the ‘Man of the match’ for his outstanding performance with both bat and ball.
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