🏏Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #45: India vs Netherlands🏏 - Page 4

Paresh: "Hey Ashish, do you think the crowd turn up with Diwali today?" About 45 minutes to go for the match to start and the ground is already half full. So, yes, the crowd will turn up for sure.

Chandra: "How is the weather today? Big question: Will Kohli get his 50th hundred in his favourite ground " The answer to you first question: bright and clear. And if Kohli does, Bengaluru is going to go crazy.

1.20pm Will he, won't he? There is a chance for Virat Kohli to get to 50 centuries in ODI cricket today at a venue he's often called his second home. Bengaluru is ready. There have been 49 cut-outs of each of Kohli's 49 centuries placed outside the ground. The crowd is already buzzing in anticipation of that 50th century.

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Dayanand Saroj: "I don't expect any changes in Indian lineup as this game is after a week and don't players need such a long break before Semis against Black caps."

Thank you for the tag Raji and the information

Here's Kaushik Rangarajan, our correspondent, from the stadium - "In a quirky twist, India are in the orange training kits while the Dutch are in the blue. India have had their huddle, broken away for fielding drills while the Dutch huddle has now been going on for a good 7-8 minutes. Lots of clapping, lots of talking."

Happy Deepawali everyone

Hoping some fireworks today

Thankyou for the tag Raji

Pitch Report | Sanjay Manjrekar and Aaron Finch: "Side boundaries - 64 metres on both sides, straight boundary - 73 metres. Today's pitch looks an absolute beauty. It's absolutely rock hard. There's a little bit of surface cracking but there's that little sheen to the wicket. As a batter, you see that and you start licking your lips. We have seen some monster scores here. You can afford to take a little bit of time at the start of your innings."

India won the toss and decided to bat first 💙💙

Playing the same team as before