After the brilliant batting of Shivam Dubey, India defeated Netherlands by 17 runs on the strength of Varun Chakraborty’s bowling. The defending champion Indian team thus ended the group stage unbeaten. Batting first, India scored 193 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Netherlands team could score only 176 runs for seven wickets in the stipulated overs. India registered its 12th consecutive win in the T20 World Cup. India has remained invincible in the tournament since 2024.
India topped Group A
India and Pakistan have qualified for the next round from Group A. India won all four of its matches, while Pakistan managed to take six points with three wins and one loss from four. At the same time, the journey of America, Netherlands and Namibia stopped in the initial phase itself. Namibia lost all four of its matches. The Indian team topped the group.
India dropped many catches
Even though the Indian team was successful in winning the match, its fielding was once again poor. Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma dropped catches for India in the match against Netherlands. Not only this, the team’s performance in batting was also not special and once again the batsmen were seen struggling. Shivam Dubey, however, batted brilliantly due to which the team could set a challenging target.