South Africa bleed orange as Netherlands stun the Proteas
Scott EdwardsRoelof van der Merwe is pumped after castling Rassie van der Dussen
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Netherlands stunned inform South Africa to make an upset in the ongoing World Cup as the Dutch beat the Proteas by 38 runs in Dharamsala.
Chasing 246 to win, South Africa, one of the tournament favourites, were bowled out for 207 in the shadow of the Himalayas.
In November last year, the Dutch sent South Africa crashing out of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.
The victory was the World Cup's second major shock in three days after Afghanistan defeated defending champions England on Sunday.
There was no hint of the drama to come as South Africa eased comfortably to 36-0 in their pursuit. However, four wickets then fell for the addition of just eight runs.
Quinton de Kock had cracked back-to-back centuries in South Africa's impressive opening wins over Sri Lanka and Australia.
But on 20 he was caught behind off Colin Ackermann, one of three South African-born players in the Dutch starting line-up.
Skipper Temba Bavuma (16) fell three runs later, clean bowled by Roelof van der Merwe who played 13 ODIs for South Africa before moving to the Netherlands.
Seamer Paul van Meekeren beat the defences of Aiden Markram for one before Van der Merwe's wily left-arm spin tempted Rassie van der Dussen into a rash reverse sweep with the catch taken by Aryan Dutt at backward point.
Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller steadily rebuilt the innings in a 45-run partnership for the fifth wicket before Logan van Beek broke through.
Klaasen on 28 took on a long-hop and managed only to find Vikramjit Singh at fine leg, leaving South Africa teetering on 89-5.
Marco Jansen (9) saw his stumps scattered by Van Meekeren as South Africa slumped to 109-6 and it was virtually game over when David Miller swung and missed at Van Beek after making 43.
Bas de Leede mopped up Gerald Coetzee and Kagiso Rabada before Keshav Maharaj's late, defiant 40 was ended by Van Beek.
It was the Netherlands' first win at this World Cup after losses to Pakistan and New Zealand.
Earlier, Captain Scott Edwards smashed an undefeated 78 while Roelof van der Merwe returned to stun his homeland with a late cameo to made a fighting 245-8 on Tuesday.
Edwards's runs came off 69 balls and featured 10 fours and a six.
Meanwhile, 38-year-old Van der Merwe, who played 13 ODIs for the Proteas before switching allegiance, hit a quickfire 29 off 19 balls with three fours and a six before he was caught behind off Lungi Ngidi.
Together, Edwards and Van der Merwe put on a crucial 64 for the eighth wicket after the Dutch were struggling at 112-6 at one stage in a game reduced to 43 overs a side following a delayed start due to rain.
"We would've liked a better start but we had to work with what we had and got a few at the end," said Van der Merwe.
"It's is a good wicket but it is a bit two paced, there is a bit of up and down. We've got something on the board so you never know."
Kagiso Rabada claimed his 150th ODI wicket as South Africa's feared pace attack ripped through the Netherlands top order in chilly, damp conditions in the shadows of the Himalayas.
Rabada reached his personal landmark when he struck with the first ball of his spell, cramping up opener Vikramjit Singh and forcing a top edge to Henrich Klaasen.
Singh had laboured to just two runs from 16 balls after the Dutch were put into bat.
Rabada, playing in his 95th ODI, also acocunted for the dangerous Bas de Leede, lbw for two.
Max O'Dowd, South African-born Colin Ackermann, who was man of the match when the Dutch shocked the Proteas at the T20 World Cup last year, Sybrand Engelbrecht and Teja Nidamanuru all reached double figures.
Equally all struggled to get on top of Rabada and fellow fast bowlers Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee and Ngidi.
Off-spinner Keshav Maharaj then got in on the act, tempting Logan van Beek to stretch and over-balance, allowing Quinton de Kock to effect the stumping.
However, that paved the way for Edwards and van der Merwe to launch a rescue bid, ably assisted by Aryan Dutt who hit an undefeated 23 from nine balls with three sixes.
South Africa, who came into the game with two wins from two games, conceded 32 extras.
The Dutch lost both their opening games in the tournament.
