India will be facing the Netherlands in the final Group A fixture on Wednesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The match is scheduled to start at 7:00 PM local time. This will be a dead rubber match as India has already qualified for the Super 8s, after their thumping win by 61 runs against Pakistan on Sunday.
The Netherlands is out of the T20 World Cup. The Men in Blue might bring in some changes and provide rest to some players, and make it four out of four wins. The Dutch will look to make an upset and finish the competition on high.
India Playing XI vs Netherlands—T20 World Cup 2026:
India has firepower in their batting, which was displayed last night against Pakistan. Their bench is as strong as their playing XI. There might be three changes on the side with Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj, and Arshdeep Singh coming in with Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, and Jasprit Bumrah resting out.
Openers: Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson (wk)
India will be opening with Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. As the latter might be brought in place of Ishan Kishan, who has been in excellent form. The Men in Blue management would want Kishan to have a rest ahead of the Super 8s. Samson looked in good touch, scoring 22 off 8 balls in the game against Namibia, and will look to the firepower.
Abhishek will be crucial as he needs to find runs after scoring two back-to-back ducks. This can be his match against the Dutch on Wednesday, as he is just short of runs and will once again find his rhythm once he gets some runs on the score sheet.
Middle-Order Batters and All-Rounders: Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar
India has a starcast of middle order in their XI. Tilak will be batting at three, with Suryakumar Yadav, who will be back next, as both batters contributed crucially in the last game against Pakistan.
Hardik, who has been in and out of form, will once again look to score runs and pick wickets. Performances from Pandya, Shivam Dube, and Rinku Singh will be crucial for the team to finish strongly with the bat. Washington Sundar might get a knock ahead of Axar in this game.
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakravarthy
India will be resting Jasprit Bumrah in the game, and Mohammed Siraj, who came in as a replacement for Harshit Rana, did well in the first game, picking three wickets; he might be back in the side.
Arshdeep Singh, who missed out on the last game against Pakistan, will also be called back with seaming conditions in Ahmedabad. Varun Chakravarthy, the No.1 T20I bowler, has the most wickets since the start of the 2024 T20 World Cup, with 61 wickets will once again be crucial on mid-week.
India Predicted XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
Netherlands Playing XI vs India—T20 World Cup 2026:
The Netherlands will look to get some runs on a wicket that has been in favour of the batters. However, against a quality bowling attack, they would look to be watchful. They might go in with the same playing XI.
Openers: Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt
Max O’Dowd has not been in good form in the ongoing 2026 T20 World Cup. scoring just 25 runs in three games. He has failed to give the Netherlands the start it needed. On the other hand, Michael Levitt has been in good touch. The two openers need to play a crucial role against a quality Indian bowling attack.
Middle-Order: Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (C/wk), Zach Lion-Cachet, Logan van Beek.
Bas de Leede has been the best man for the Dutch in the competition, scoring 125 runs and has been their highest run getter in the competition. He has also been their highest wicket-taker with 5 wickets.
Colin Ackermann and Scott Edwards will have to play crucial roles in the middle, as the latter has scored the second-most runs for the side. Zach Lion-Cachet and Logan van Beek will have to take the responsibility to finish strong in the later stages of the game.
Bowlers: Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, and Fred Klaassen.
Aryan Dutt will be taking the new ball; he will be leading the attack and needs to pick wickets early on in the innings. It will be interesting to see how Scott Edwards uses his bowlers with Paul van Meekren out due to an unknown injury.
Netherlands Predicted XI: Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (C/wk), Zach Lion-Cachet, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen.
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