🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: M21: NED vs USA at Chennai🏏 - Page 6

AB: "How open is the table still for this group? What are the odds of US making it through if they win today and also against Namibia ?" Well, it will require a lot of favours, probably from India and Namibia, as NRR will be the deciding factor if Pakistan lose their last two (and India look out of reach on that front already)

Originally posted by: PunnyPotato

There are chances of rain in Ind v Pak

Aree yaar

I hope they don't say India produced rain to win the match

USA

196/6

NED

(13.4/20 ov, T:197) 96/9

Netherlands need 101 runs in 38 balls.

U.S.A. won by 93 runs

Congrats USA

Congratulations to the USA for their easy win against the Netherlands.

Congrats USA 🇺🇸

Get the Springsteen blaring. That is a thrashing. A third win at a T20 World Cup for the USA after they saw off Canada and Pakistan two years ago on home soil, and they've absolutely steamrolled the Dutch in Chennai. Set up by Saiteja Mukkamalla, sealed by Harmeet Singh.

The joint second-biggest win (by runs) of the tournament. Here's the list in full. Who saw that coming? The Dutch came into this game after a near-miss against Pakistan and a comfortable win over Namibia, but have been crushed by the USA in front of a good crowd in Chennai.

USA who pushed India with the ball have handed Netherlands a thrashing here. And to know that this is their first-ever win against Netherlands in a T20I. After a big total on the board, USA came out with the ball and took wickets at regular intervals to claim the 2 points. Harmeet the star with a four-fer and he had the ball on a string. The others supported him nicely. A highest score of 23 in a chase of 197 is never going to win you games. Shadley van Schalkwyk continued his good form with the ball with a three-fer. A comprehensive performance by USA and they do their NRR a big boost with this big win.

Harmeet Singh’s average speed dropped by 8kmph tonight compared to his first two outings combined, and he got considerably more turn and drift while doing so.

Harmeet Singh | Player of the Match:

(On producing the best bowling figures for USA in the World Cup) When I first saw the wicket in the first innings, the ball was holding a bit — even when I went in to bat. So the plan was to really spin the ball. During the powerplay, when I bowled, it gripped a couple of times straight away, so I decided to trust that and not change too much. It was almost like a one-day plan — staying patient and backing my strengths.

(On being in sync with your captain) Yes, absolutely. That was the conversation we had during the innings — that there was assistance if we were willing to give the ball some spin. So whenever we were under pressure, the idea was to go back to spinning the ball rather than forcing anything.

(On their batters setting it up nicely for their bowlers) Definitely. Full credit to the batters. Saiteja gave us a fantastic start, and Shubham finished it off beautifully. They gave us a great total to work with, which allowed me to go out there, bowl with freedom, and really spin the ball. There’s been a lot of talk about us, but I think we’ve shown that we belong here. We’ve already shown what we can do, and today I think we proved that we can do it with the ball as well.

USA create history with this win. First time they have beaten the Netherlands in a T20I.

Biggest victory margins for Associate teams at T20 WC (by runs)

93 runs - USA vs Netherlands, Chennai, 2026

80 runs - Nepal vs Hong Kong, Chattogram, 2014

73 runs - Scotland vs Italy, Kolkata, 2026

59 runs - Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe, Nagpur, 2016

55 runs - Namibia vs Sri Lanka, Geelong, 2022

This is USA’s first win over Netherlands in international cricket; they’d lost all six head-to-head encounters previously (three ODIs and as many T20Is).

Spinners in this game

Netherlands: 0/60 in 5 overs, ER: 12

USA: 7/60 in 10 overs, ER: 6

Netherlands had got more turn (1.2x) and drift (2x) on average compared to USA spinners.

7-plus wickets for spinners in a team innings at Chepauk (all T20s)

8/50 (13 overs) - CSK vs RCB, IPL 2019

8/49 (10.2 overs) - CSK vs DC, IPL 2019

7/60 (10 overs) - USA vs Netherlands, T20 WC 2026