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New Delhi: Yuvraj Singh picked up two wickets and hit an unbeaten 51, his third consecutive fifty, to help India recover from a stumble and chase down a target of 190 with 5 wickets to spare at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi on Wednesday.
After losing wickets at regular intervals, Yuvraj and skipper Dhoni resurrected Indian run-chase by adding an unbeaten 52-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 2,000 World Cup runs, reaching the mark by hitting three consecutive fours in front of legions of fans.
Yuvraj slammed seven fours in his patient 73-ball knock whereas Dhoni was more conservative as he took 40 balls to score 19 runs, which included two hits to the fence.
Chasing 190-run target, Mudassar Bukhari dismissed Gautam Gambhir (28) to make India's run-chase more tricky and difficult as India were reduced to 139/5 in 23.1 overs.
Skipper Peter Borren added more misery to India when he clean bowled Virat Kohli (12) in the fifteenth over after Pieter Seelaar took three quick wickets to halt India's rapid march at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium.
After dismissing Virender Sehwag (39) in the eighth over, Seelaar struck twice in the tenth to send Sachin Tendulkar (27) and Yusuf Pathan (11) back to the pavilion.
Sehwag slammed two huge sixes and five fours in his 26-ball blitzkrieg and added quick-fire 69-run opening stand with Tendulkar.
Tendulkar started confidently and smashed six boundaries in his 22-ball innings. Yusuf too smacked a six and a four in his 10-ball cameo.
Earlier, Zaheer Khan took three wickets for 20 runs to help India bowl out the Netherlands for 189 at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium.
Zaheer wrapped up the Netherlands innings by taking the wickets of skipper Peter Borren (38) and Mudassar Bukhari (21) in the 47th over, which also halted the late onslaught by the two batsmen.
Borren and Bukhari hit two huge sixes each down the order to take their total to 189 at the end after they were reduced to 151/8 in 42.2 overs.
Borren faced 36 balls and also hit three fours to go with two sixes whereas Bukhari slammed a four and two sixes in his 18-ball cameo.
Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla took his second wicket of the match when he dismissed Alexei Kervezee (11) in the 39th over.
Tom de Grooth (5) got run out soon after Zaheer Khan scalped Bas Zuiderent (0) as his first victim of the match.
Wesley Barresi became Yuvraj Singh's 100th ODI victim as the Netherlands lost wickets at regular intervals.
Pacer Ashish Nehra struck in the 30th over to dismiss Tom Cooper (29) and reduced Netherlands to 100/4. Cooper hit two fours in his 47-ball knock.
Yuvraj Singh continued his good form with the ball as he took his second wicket of the match by dismissing Ryan ten Doeschate (11) in the 29th over to go with Barresi's wicket.
Barresi contributed 26 runs off 58 balls, which included two fours.
Chawla dismissed Eric Szwarczynski (28) to give India their first breakthrough after the Netherlands started slowly but confidently.
Szwarczynski hit four boundaries in his patient 42 balls inning and put on 56-run opening stand with Wesley Barresi for the Netherlands. He was foxed by Chawla's wrong one and was clean bowled in the 16th over.
Even though the runs were hard to come by for the Dutch, both Szwarczynski and Barresi negotiated the hosts' bowlers well as the Indian captain MS Dhoni tried as many as four bowlers in the first ten overs without success.
Netherlands captain Peter Borren won the toss and chose to bat. India have rested Munaf Patel and brought in Ashish Nehra.
This match affords India just about the last chance to hammer out strategies and gameplans before big battles become the order of the day. After this tie, India play South Africa and West Indies, two formidable opponents, in their final group matches before the knock-outs begin.
Brief scores
Netherlands 189 (Borren 38, Zaheer 3-20)
India 191 for 5 (Yuvraj 51*, Seelaar 3-53)
Results India won by five wickets
MOM Yuvraj Singh (India)
Points India 2, Netherlands 0
