Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Head To Head Records: ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 38

Sri Lanka and the Netherlands go head to head in St Lucia in the ICC T20 World Cup 2034 match on Monday, June 17. This is the last group game for both teams. Sri Lanka are already out of the tournament.

The Netherlands won their first game against Nepal. They then lost to South Africa and Bangladesh. They have a negative NRR and are less on points than Bangladesh as well. They will need to beat Sri Lanka by a big margin to better their NRR and equal the Tigers on 4 points. A win for Bangladesh against Nepal will eliminate the Dutch from the tournament.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, are yet to win a game so far. The team led by Wanindu Hasaranga had a hard time in this tournament. They lost to South Africa and Bangladesh back to back and had their match against Nepal washed out. A win against The Dutch will not be enough to see them through.

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So far two teams from two groups have made it to the Super 8s. India and USA from Group A and Afghanistan and West Indies from Group C. Group D's results will depend on the match between Sri Lanka and Netherlands and Bangladesh and Nepal.

Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Head To Head In T20Is

Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Head-to-Head Records: Key Statistics

Sri Lanka and Netherlands have played three T20Is against each other with the Lankans winning all three games. The Lankans met the Netherlands thrice in the T20 World Cup and won all three games. Sri Lanka beat the Dutch by 16 runs in Geelong in the T20 World Cup 2022.

Sri Lanka vs Netherlands: Last 5 Encounters

The two teams have played three T20I matches so far with Sri Lanka winning on all three occasions. The two teams have played each other only in T20 World Cups. In 2014, Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets, 8 wickets in 2021, and by 16 runs in 2022.

Sri Lanka vs Netherlands: Trends and Patterns

The two teams have met only in ICC T20 World Cups and have not played a bilateral T20I series yet. The two teams have met very less to play in a particular pattern or develop a trend.

Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Head To Head Records: ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 38

Matches Played- 3

SL Won - 3

NED Won - 0

Most Runs For Sri Lanka: Kusal Mendis-79

Most Wickets For Sri Lanka: Wanindu Hasaranga-6

Most Runs For Netherlands: Tom Cooper- 32

Most Wickets For Netherlands: Paul van Meekeren 3

Conclusion

South Africa has already qualified unbeaten from Group D. One among the Netherlands or Bangladesh will qualify from this group. It will come down to the results in the respective games. If the Netherlands loses their match against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh beats Nepal,

The Tigers will make it though. The Dutch not only need a win, but they need a big win to better Bangladesh's NRR. A win will take them to four points and Bangladesh with their win will get to six points, Thus The Dutch will hope Nepal beat Bangladesh in their last Group game.

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