Netherlands vs Canada Prediction: Netherlands come out on top in ODI tri-series

Netherlands and Canada Battle it Out in Match 1 of the T20 Series at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht, Netherlands, on 23 August 2024. Recently, Netherlands had come out on top in the tri-series that included Canada and USA. Who will this game of cricket?

In terms of batting, Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, captain Scott Edwards, the all-rounder Bas de Leede, and Logan van Beek have high expectations of posting respectable totals. Indeed, since January 2024, Michael Levitt has stood tall for the Netherlands, scoring 399 runs from 13 T20Is at an average of 33.25, which includes one century and two half-centuries.

Bowling comes courtesy of Aryan Dutt, Paul Van Meekeren, Bas De Leede, Tim Pringle, Vivian Kingma, and Logan van Beek. Kingma has been the top bowler for the Netherlands in T20Is since his debut back in January 2024, claiming 15 wickets in as many as 13 matches with an economy rate of 6.38.

Scott Edwards (captain) (wk), Michael Levitt, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Aryan Dutt, Paul Van Meekeren, Bas de Leede, Tim Pringle, Vivian Kingma and Logan van Beek

The team will be looking up to Aaron Johnson, Nicholas Kirton, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, and Saad Bin Zafar as the people to lead the batting department and score the runs. From these, Aaron Johnson took part in January 2024 with 213 runs in seven T20Is at 30.42, with two fifties.

The key bowlers and wicket-takers will be Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Saad Bin Zafar, Junaid Siddiqui, and Jeremy Gordon. Dilon Heyliger is the leading wicket-taker for Canada in T20s since his debut in January 2024 with figures of 9 wickets in 7 T20Is, striking at an economy rate of 7.01.

Saad Bin Zafar, Aaron Johnson, Nicholas Kirton, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Shreyas Moova, Ravinderpal Singh, Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui

If we go by the previous form, Netherlands are most likely to outshine Canada from all aspects of the game. With the presence of players like Michael Levitt, Vivian Kingma, Logan Van Beek, Bas de Leede, and Max O'Dowd, the team will look for sublime performances from the bat and the ball. Netherlands is most likely to outclass Canada convincingly in their home town of Utrecht.