India Vs Netherlands Highlights, ICC T20 World Cup: Men In Blue Seal 17-Run Win In Last Group A Outing

Hello and welcome back to our live blog as India take on Netherlands in their last group stage match of ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Stay tuned for all the live updates from this clash.

The India vs Netherlands match will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network in India and streamed online on the Jio Hotstar app and website.

Today in Ahmedabad, expect clear and sunny skies with a high of 31–32°C and a low around 19–20°C. There’s virtually no chance of rain, humidity is low at 20%, and winds are light at 8 km/h, making for ideal conditions outdoors.

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India, West Indies, England, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, South Africa and New Zealand have already made their place in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eight. Only the Group A second spot remains undecided.

While India prepares to take on Netherlands, Australia might miss out on LA Olympics 2028 if New Zealand make it to the semifinal and beyond. Reports have suggested that six teams of LA Olympics will be decided based on ranking after the T20 World Cup and Australia's group stage elimination will not help them at all.

India and Netherlands' only official T20I encounter took place during the Super 12 stage of the 2022 T20 World Cup at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). India won by 56 runs.

The Group A qualification is now decided. Pakistan have defeated Namibia by a massive margin of 102 runs and with it they qualify for the Super 8 stage as the second team from Group A. Sahibzada Farhan scored a century and Usman Tariq scalped four wickets. Netherlands, USA and Namibia are now eliminated.

India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bat first.

Netherlands: Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards(w/c), Zach Lion-Cachet, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein, Noah Croes

India: Ishan Kishan(w), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

India have made two changes in their playing XI as announced in the toss. Kuldeep Yadav is replaced by Arshdeep Singh while Axar Patel is rested and Washington Sundar takes his place.

Arshdeep Singh departs without troubling the scorers yet again. Two dot balls, goes for a wild swing off the third and the stumps go for a toss. Aryan Dutt is elated as he got the big fish early in the game. This is the fifth duck for Abhishek Sharma in 2026 and three consecutive ducks in a row.

Similar to the Pakistan game, India have found a good start riding on the partnership of Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma. Kishan has been the aggressor while Tilak Varma keeping the scorecard ticking. Abhishek Sharma's dismissal has not hurt them so far.

Unfortunate end to Ishan Kishan's innings. Once again it is Aryan Dutt who rushes the left hander. Ishan goes to backfoot to work the ball on the onside, doesn't get enough and the ball trickles to his stumps knocking off the bails. Important breakthrough for Netherlands.

India's scoring rate has dipped after the dismissal of Ishan Kishan. Colin Ackermann and Bas de Leede have not bowled any looseners and Indian batters couldn't find any boundary. Some disciplined bowling from the Dutch.

A dramatic and eventful over. Levitt dropped an easy catch of Suryakumar Yadav early in the over and it seemed like it will cost Netherlands. But Tilak Varma had to go for it in the last ball off the over and as his tries to go over cover, long-off fielder Roelof Van Der Merwe covers a lot of ground and takes a brilliant catch in the end. Tilak departs after a steady knock.

Aryan Dutt completes hid spell with figures of 2/19. He nearly scalped the wicket of Shivam Dube as well. Twice Dube tried to work him on the backfoot and got hit on the pads. The second one was very close and he got saved by Umpires call. Another tight over from Dutt and he closes his spell out.

Suryakumar Yadav finally departs and it is while playing his favourite flick shot. Kyle Klein goes to the body and he falls in the trap as he flicks a flat shot straight to the hands of the deep fine leg fielder stationed a little square. Suryakumar plays that shot instinctively and Scott Edwards used that to his advantage. Big wicket for the Dutch.

Clinical ball striking from Shivam Dube. The left-handed power-hitter has pounced on any loosener from the Netherlands bowlers and punished them. Gets two back-to-back big overs from Roelof Van der Merwe and Logan van Beek and powers India over 150. Amid this, he also completes his half-century.

Massive recovery from India in the last ten overs and they have set up a challenging total of 193/6 in front of Netherlands. Things began to change after Aryan Dutt finished his spell. Shivam Dube, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandy specifically targeted Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek and Kyle Klein's cramp in the death overs didn't help as well. Despite Bas de Leede's inspired effort, India get the total they wanted. Timm van der Gugten took a very good catch in the end to dismiss Dube but India will be happy going back.

Arshdeep Singh, returning to the side in place of wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, takes the brand new ball for India in their defence of a 194-run target. He gets his trademark shape in to the right-hander to rap Michael Levitt on the pads first up, but the Dutch opener responds with a serene straight drive. India's bowling mainstay Jasprit Bumrah shares the new ball with Arshdeep.

NED: 11/0 (2)

India do not take an early wicket, but keep a tight leash on run-scoring in the first five overs. As scoreboard pressure mounts, Varun Chakravarthy comes in and bamboozles Max O'Dowd off his fourth ball. India use four bowlers in the powerplay and appear to be trying out different things before the Super Eights.

NED: 36/1 (6)

Hardik Pandya joins Varun Chakravarthy in the wickets column, with Washington Sundar taking a brilliant catch to dismiss Michael Levitt for 24. Though India are definite favourites at this stage, Netherlands are not too far from where India were at a similar juncture when batting, and even have an extra wicket intact. Hard to compare the two teams' bowling abilities and pedigrees, however.

NED: 82/2 (11)

Just when Colin Ackermann begins to get going, Varun Chakravarthy has him caught at deep midwicket by Rinku Singh. The mystery spinner then castles Aryan Dutt off the very next ball, and Shivam Dube returns to account for Bas de Leede. The match now is firmly in India's grasp.

NED: 118/5 (15)

Netherlands keep fighting till the last ball, but it's a pre-ordained losing battle as they finish with 176 for seven in 20 overs. India win their last Group A match by 17 runs to head to the Super Eights stage with a perfect group-stage record. What's more, this is the Men In Blue's 12th T20 World Cup victory on the bounce!

Shivam Dube is named the Player of the Match for his all-round show: a 31-ball 66 and bowling figures of 2/35. Here's what he had to say after the match:

"(On the pitch and conditions) It was a little tough, this is the situation I love to bat in. I was enjoying, although I was under pressure. It was skidding and keeping low. One of the balls spun as well. For me, I knew I could hit, but the situation demanded something different.

"I try to hit boundaries and enjoy hitting sixes. I know all the bowlers are going to bluff me, and are going to bowl slower balls, so I prepared myself. As the captain and coach have told me, I have to keep strike rate high. But it also depends on the situation. Today I could not keep the strike rate high (straight away)

"Working hard towards bowling. Results are coming. You are going to get hit sometimes, but you will also pick wickets."

After four consecutive Group A wins, defending champions India will now head into their opening Super Eight game against South Africa on Sunday (February 22) at the same venue as tonight. Check out the full list of fixtures of the next round in our detailed guide.