Captain Peter Borren provided the late sparks with some lusty hitting as The Netherlands lost their way after a steady start to be skittled out for 189 in 46.4 overs in their cricket World Cup Group-B league match against India, here today.

Three Dutch batsmen -- Eric Szwarczynski (28), Wesley Barresi (26) and Tom Cooper (29) got the starts but could not translate it into big knocks as the minnows lost wickets at regular intervals on a placid Ferozeshah Kotla track.

The opening pair put on 56 runs but the other batsmen succumbed rather tamely against a disciplined Indian bowling attack which exploited the conditions well.

The visitors could have been in bigger trouble had it not been for Borren's 36-ball 38 and Muddasar Bukhari's (21) late onslaught.

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