🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: M21: NED vs USA at Chennai🏏 - Page 2

Form guide

Netherlands: WLLLW (last five completed matches, most recent first)

USA: LLWWL

Roelof van der Merwe has a big role to play, as always

In the spotlight: Roelof van der Merwe and Saurabh Netravalkar

Picked as the only frontline left-arm spinner in the Netherlands side, ahead of Daniel Doram and Tim Pringle, Roelof van der Merwe followed up his 1 for 13 in three overs against Pakistan with 0 for 22 in two overs against Namibia. The 41-year-old could play a big role against a right-hand-batter heavy USA line-up.

Saurabh Netravalkar's Mumbai homecoming was far from sweet: he ended up leaking 65 runs in his four overs for no wickets - the most by a bowler in an innings in the T20 World Cup. The left-arm seamer fared much better in USA's next game against Pakistan, and will look to return to his best against Netherlands.

Quotes

"It's a cool thing to be playing in four different cities, but it also is an extra challenge and I think we've got a really good S&C and physio that are helping us get back onto our feet after a flight and get us moving again."

Netherlands allrounder Bas de Leede on the travel and quick turnarounds

"Since the inception of Major League Cricket, cricket has blossomed in the country."

USA batter Shayan Jahangir on the impact of the MLC

Did you know:

USA have never beaten Netherlands so far with the Dutch winning all six figures (three ODIs and three T20Is).

Seven of the nine T20s at Chepauk since January 2025 have been won by the chasing side.

Thank you Raji for the thread and for tagging.

It’s an interesting match, let’s see who will win.

Netherlands win the toss and bowl

Netherlands win the toss and bowl

Monank Patel: We would have bowled first too. We don't mind batting first. It's important to we put a good score. It's very important to get in and then play fearless cricket. There were some soft dismissals in the first two games. It's important to be a good fielding side. We have three changes. Sai, Nosh and there's one more coming in.

Scott Edwards: We're going to bowl first. It's obviously quite a good wicket by the looks of it. We don't know about the dew factor later on tonight. (On the adjustments to be made) Obviously, it's a little bit different with maybe how the ball comes on a bit later. But, you know, we pride ourselves on being good at adjusting to those sort of things. We've got Kyle Klein coming in in for Tim. (Good record against USA) Yeah, obviously, you know, things change over the years. I think we played them a year or two ago. But, you know, for us, it's just playing that good template all the time. We feel like we've been playing some of it.

Netherlands chose to bowl

Teams:

United States of America (Playing XI): Monank Patel(w/c), Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan

Netherlands (Playing XI): Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards(w/c), Zach Lion-Cachet, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Kyle Klein, Fred Klaassen

Monank Patel: We would have bowled first too. We don't mind batting first. It's important to we put a good score. It's very important to get in and then play fearless cricket. There were some soft dismissals in the first two games. It's important to be a good fielding side. We have three changes. Sai, Nosh and there's one more coming in.

Scott Edwards: We're going to bowl first. It's obviously quite a good wicket by the looks of it. We don't know about the dew factor later on tonight. (On the adjustments to be made) Obviously, it's a little bit different with maybe how the ball comes on a bit later. But, you know, we pride ourselves on being good at adjusting to those sort of things. We've got Kyle Klein coming in in for Tim. (Good record against USA) Yeah, obviously, you know, things change over the years. I think we played them a year or two ago. But, you know, for us, it's just playing that good template all the time. We feel like we've been playing some of it.

Teams:

United States of America (Playing XI): Monank Patel(w/c), Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan

Netherlands (Playing XI): Michael Levitt, Max ODowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards(w/c), Zach Lion-Cachet, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Roelof van der Merwe, Kyle Klein, Fred Klaassen

Monank Patel: We would have bowled first too. The way the pitch looks, it's a good batting track. And it'll have a lot of bounce. But we don't mind batting first. It's important we put on a good score and give ourselves a good chance. It's very important to get in and take some time as a a top order batsman, at least first 5 to 10 balls, and then play some fearless cricket. I thought we were a bit unlucky. There was a bit of soft dismissals initially in the first two games. But it's all about getting in and playing fearless cricket. It's very important to have a good fielding side, be a fielding side. In the crucial moments, it all comes up to those catches and crucial runs.

Scott Edwards: We're going to bowl first. It's obviously quite a good wicket by the looks of it. We don't know about the dew factor later on tonight. (On the adjustments to be made) Obviously, it's a little bit different with maybe how the ball comes on a bit later. But, you know, we pride ourselves on being good at adjusting to those sort of things. We've got Kyle Klein coming in in for Tim. (Good record against USA) Yeah, obviously, you know, things change over the years. I think we played them a year or two ago. But, you know, for us, it's just playing that good template all the time. We feel like we've been playing some of it.

Netherlands have won the toss and have opted to field