India will face Netherlands in the final match of Group A at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The match is scheduled to start at 7:00 PM local time. It will be a meaningless rubber match as India have already qualified for the Super 8s after an impressive 61-run win against Pakistan on Sunday.
Netherlands is out of T20 World Cup. The Men in Blue can make some changes and rest some players, and make it four wins out of four. The Dutch will be looking to pull off an upset and finish the competition on a high.
India Playing XI vs Netherlands-T20 World Cup 2026:
India has great batting power, which was demonstrated last night against Pakistan. Their bench is as strong as their playing eleven. There may be three changes in the team with the arrival of Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh while Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah will be rested.
Openers: Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper)
Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson will open for India. He can be brought in place of Ishan Kishan, who is in excellent form. The Men in Blue management would like Kishan to be rested before the Super 8. Samson looked in good form after scoring 22 runs in 8 balls in the match against Namibia and will be expected to be aggressive.
Abhishek will be important as he will have to find runs after being out for a duck twice in a row. This could be their match against the Dutch on Wednesday as they are short of runs and will look to find their rhythm once again after getting some runs on the score sheet.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar.
There is a middle-order starcast in India’s eleven. Tilak will bat at number three, along with Suryakumar Yadav, who will be placed next as both the batsmen made important contributions in the last game against Pakistan.
Hardik, who has been in and out of form, will once again look to score runs and take wickets. The performance of Pandya, Shivam Dubey and Rinku Singh will be crucial for the team to finish strongly with the bat. Washington Sundar may get a chance to overtake Akshar in this game.
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakraborty
India will rest Jasprit Bumrah in the game, and Mohammed Siraj, who came in as a replacement for Harshit Rana, did well in the first game, taking three wickets; He can come back to the team.
Arshdeep Singh, who missed the last game against Pakistan, will also be recalled due to the seaming conditions in Ahmedabad. No. 1 T20I bowler Varun Chakravarthy, who has the most wickets since the start of the 2024 T20 World Cup, 61 wickets in the middle of the week will once again be important.
India’s probable XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
Netherlands Playing XI vs India-T20 World Cup 2026:
Netherlands will try to score some runs on a wicket which favors the batsmen. However, against a quality bowling attack, they will want to be cautious. They can go with the same playing eleven.
Openers: Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt
Max O’Dowd is not in good form in the ongoing 2026 T20 World Cup. Scored only 25 runs in three matches. He failed to give the Netherlands the start they needed. Michael Levitt, on the other hand, is in good touch. Both the openers will have a key role to play against a quality Indian bowling attack.
Middle order: Bas de Leede, Colin Ackerman, Scott Edwards (c/wk), Zach Lyon-Cashette, Logan van Beek.
Bas De Leede has been the best man for the Dutch in the competition, scoring 125 runs and being their leading run-scorer in the competition. He has also been their highest wicket taker with 5 wickets.
Colin Ackerman and Scott Edwards will have to play important roles in the middle, as the latter has scored the second most runs for the team. Zach Lyon-Cashette and Logan Van Beek will have to take on the responsibility of finishing strong in the latter stages of the game.
Bowlers: Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Tim van der Gugten and Fred Klaasen.
Aryan Dutt will handle the new ball; He will lead the attack and will have to take wickets early in the innings. It will be interesting to see how Scott Edwards uses his bowlers with Paul van Meekeren out due to an undisclosed injury.
Netherlands probable XI: Max O’Dowd, Michael Levitt, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackerman, Scott Edwards (c/wk), Zach Lyon-Cashette, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Tim van der Gugten, Fred Klaasen.
Also Read: Irfan Pathan ends Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli debate forever with brutal decision