Tom de Grooth

It's -3 degree Celsius in most parts of The Netherlands these days — certainly not the ideal conditions for their colts to prepare for the U-19 cricket World Cup qualifiers to be held later this year. So the Dutch boys, under the guidance of their former international cricketer Tom de Grooth, are in the city as part of a 10-day training camp at the CSS-Whatmore Centre for Cricket, SRMC.

The Netherlands joined Ireland as the second team to qualify for next year's ICC World Twenty20 Championships after beating Scotland in the semi-finals.

The Netherlands open their assault on the T20 World Cup next Monday against Ireland. Both team coach Ryan Campbell and captain Pieter Seelaar have high hopes for the little associate country, known for punching above their own weight and upsetting some big name teams -- just as they did in 2009 when they stunned England at Lord's.

Diinesh Karthik’s last-ball six off Soumya Sarkar on Sunday night has found pride of place at the top of the list of best finishes in Twenty20 internationals, because it was delivered against the odds in the final of a T20I tri-series.

TOI Sports takes a look at what transpired in the previous editions of the tournament.