Electrifying batting from Shivam Dubey lit up Narendra Modi Stadium as India amassed 193/6, posting 194 for Netherlands in their T20 World Cup 2026 Group A curtain-raiser. Dubey’s 66 off 31 – 6×6, 4×4 – proved the game-changer after a shaky start.
Toss win prompted batting, but Abhishek Sharma’s third straight duck on ball 3 rocked India. Ishan Kishan (18/7) fought back with Tilak Varma (31), their 39-run pact breathing life.
Suryakumar Yadav (34/28) and Varma added stability, but at 69/3, Dubey-Pandya duo stole the show. Surya’s exit led to 76-run fireworks with Hardik (30/21, 3×6), Dubey’s boundaries dismantling the Dutch attack.
Logan van Beek’s 3-for headlined Netherlands’ effort, Aryan Dutt grabbed 2, Klein 1. Full India XI: Kishan (wk), Sharma, Varma, SKY (capt), Pandya, Dubey, Rinku, Sundar, Chakaravarthy, Bumrah, Arshdeep.
Opposition: Levitt, O’Dowd, de Leede, Ackermann, Edwards (c/wk), Lyon-Cachet, van der Merwe, van Beek, Dutt, Klein, Croes. Netherlands face a herculean chase; India’s pace-spin combo awaits to strike.