West Indies vs Netherlands ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2023: All about Andhra-born Teja Nidamanuru who brought West Indies on brink of WC elimination

Produced by: Shubham Singh
Designed by: Mohsin Shaikh

Teja Nidamanuru was born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, on August 22, 1994. He moved to New Zealand with his family when he was 10 years old. He played cricket for Auckland at the domestic level, but he was unable to break into the New Zealand team

Vijayawada-born
Teja Nidamanuru

Teja Nidamanuru moved to the Netherlands in 2017 after completing his education in New Zealand. He got a job in the Netherlands and joined the Kampong cricket club in Utrecht. Nidamanuru's love for cricket never wavered and he quickly rose through the ranks of Dutch cricket

Teja Nidamanuru's move
to Netherlands

Nidamanuru made his ODI debut for the Netherlands in May 2022 against the West Indies. He scored his maiden ODI century against West Indies in March 2023, scoring 111 runs off 96 balls

Teja Nidamanuru's ODI debut

Tim David, one of the most exciting and destructive batsmen in T20 cricket right now, has performed well in multiple T20 leagues across the world, including IPL, PSL, and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Tim David and Teja Nidamanuru played together for the Northern Universities Student Club Community Cricketers Elite in England. They were both members of the club's 2018 team, which won the Club Cricket Conference Premier League

Teja Nidamanuru rubs
shoulders with Tim David

Nidamanuru made his ODI debut cap against West India on May 31 last year at Amstelveen and he smacked 58 runs off 51 balls to help Netherlands score 240/7 in 45 overs. He scored three fours and two sixes

Teja Nidamanuru smashes
a 50 on ODI debut

Teja smashed an unbeaten 96-ball 110 while batting at number seven in a three-match CWC Super League series against Zimbabwe. In this way, Teja surpassed Glenn Maxwell and Abdul Razzaq on the list of players with the highest individual ODI score in successful run chases while batting at number seven or below

Teja Nidamanuru surpasses
Glenn Maxwell and Abdul
Razzaq’s record

The Netherlands beat West Indies in a thrilling Super Over to win their last Group A clash of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023 Qualifiers on Monday at the Takashinga Sports Club, Harare

Netherlands vs West Indies

West Indies chose to bat first and scored 374/6 in 50 overs with Nicholas Pooran scoring 104* and Brandon King scoring 76

West Indies score

In response, Netherlands scored 374/9 in 50 overs with Teja Nidamanuru hitting 111. The match was tied at the end of the 50 overs

Netherlands score

All-rounder Logan van Beek's super over heroics powered Netherlands to a famous win over the West Indies. He struck 30 with the bat before taking the ball and conceding just eight

Logan van Beek pulls
off surprise win

The defeat against Netherlands means the two-time former champions will now have to beat Sri Lanka, Oman and Scotland, then hope results go in their favour to stand a chance of qualifying for the prestigious tournament

What next for West Indies