Shivam Dubey played a stormy innings, Hardik also supported, India gave the target of 194 runs to Netherlands.

IND vs NED: The 36th match of the T20 World Cup 2026 between India and Netherlands is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. After winning the toss and batting first, Team India scored 193 runs for 6 wickets. Shivam Dubey played the highest innings of 66 runs for Team India.

Abhishek Sharma out on zero

Team India, who came to bat first after winning the toss, had a bad start. In the very first over, opener Abhishek Sharma was out without opening the account on 3 balls. Aryan Dutt sent him to the pavilion. After this, Ishan Kishan was out after playing an innings of 18 runs in 7 balls. Aryan Dutt also introduced him.

Surya scored 34 runs

After this, the third blow was given to India in the form of Tilak Verma. Tilak Verma was out after scoring 31 runs on 27 balls. During this, 3 fours and one six came from his bat. Tilak was sent to the pavilion by Logan Van Beek. Then captain Suryakumar Yadav returned to the pavilion after scoring 34 runs on 28 balls. Kyle Klein made him his victim.

Shivam Dubey scored a half century, Hardik also created a stir

After this, Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya played brilliant innings and took Team India’s score to runs. Shivam Dubey played an amazing inning. Dubey played an explosive inning of 66 runs in 31 balls. During this, he hit 4 fours and 6 sixes. Whereas Hardik Pandya scored 30 runs on 21 balls. Which included 3 sixes. Whereas Rinku Singh scored 6 unbeaten runs. Logan van Beek took 3 wickets for Netherlands. Whereas Aryan Dutt got 2 successes.

A power-packed partnership of 7⃣6⃣(35) 🔥

Shivam Dube 🤝 Hardik Pandya guide #TeamIndia to a strong finish 👏👏

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This is the playing 11 of both the teams:

India’s playing 11: Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.

Netherlands playing 11: Michael Levitt, Max O’Dowd, Bas de Lied, Colin Ackerman, Scott Edwards (wk, captain), Zach Lyon-Cashette, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Kyle Clyne, Noah Croes.

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