I don’t see India taking the foot off the pedal: Cook
The HinduNetherlands head coach Ryan Cook wants his team to be consistent for “longer periods” after an impressive ODI World Cup 2023 campaign here. “I think the main lesson that we’ve learned is that our team needs to be better for longer, whether that’s with the bat or with the ball,” Cook said on the eve of his team’s last league game against India. Some of those periods have been 20, 30, 40 overs long, but an ODI is 100 overs long, and you have to play cricket for a long period of time, and you have to play it really well.” The Netherlands’ ambitions of qualifying for the 2025 Champions Trophy with a top-eight finish will likely rest on beating India on Sunday. “It’s reaching a greater audience now, and a lot more people are talking about it within the Netherlands,” Cook said.