The Hague [Netherlands], May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted the growing sporting ties between India and the Netherlands, noting the contribution of Indian-origin players to the Dutch cricket team and the role of Dutch coaches in shaping Indian hockey.<\/p>\n
Addressing a community programme in The Hague as part of his five-nation tour, PM Modi said Netherlands performed well in the T20 World Cup, which was co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka <\/p>\n
He recalled the Netherlands team giving a tough fight to the Indian team, who won the T20 WC winners, in their group-stage match.<\/p>\n
Netherlands secured one win in the 2026 T20 World Cup but the Scott Edwards-led side pushed both Pakistan and India in closely contested matches.<\/p>\n
‘Both countries are doing a lot in the field of sports together. India hosted the T20 World Cup, where the Netherlands delivered an impressive performance. India is the world champion, but the Netherlands gave India a tough fight in the match,’ PM Modi said.<\/p>\n
He praised the contributions of Indian-origin players including Vikramjit Singh, Teja Nidamanuru and Aryan Dutt to Dutch cricket.<\/p>\n
He said coach Sjoerd Marijne has played a significant role in Indian women’s hockey.<\/p>\n
‘Netherlands performed well in the T20 Cricket World Cup in India… Just like Indians have a contribution in Netherlands cricket, the Netherlands contribute to Indian hockey. Coach Sjoerd Marijne has played a significant role in Indian women’s hockey,’ he said. (ANI) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hague [Netherlands], May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday highlighted the growing sporting ties between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1512,10471,6749,6,10468,10472,10474,10470,10469,10473],"class_list":{"0":"post-12395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-netherlands","8":"tag-coach","9":"tag-contribution","10":"tag-dutch-cricket","11":"tag-netherlands","12":"tag-origin","13":"tag-performed-well","14":"tag-players","15":"tag-t20-world","16":"tag-tough","17":"tag-tough-fight"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}