🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: M21: NED vs USA at Chennai🏏 - Page 7

A huge boost to the USA's Net Run Rate. Have a look at the updated Group A table here. If they beat Namibia in their last game, and Pakistan lose their last two, then they have every chance. Not hugely likely, but their hopes are still alive!

Scott Edwards, Netherlands captain: (On did USA score a few too many) It was probably a bit more than we were hoping for. The bowling group has been sensational in the first two games, but today we probably missed our lengths a few too many times. Credit to United States of America, they put us under pressure. I thought we pulled it back reasonably well at the end, but overall they got away slightly. It was obviously a pretty good surface. The ball came on nicely. From our point of view, we just never really got going with the bat - we kept losing wickets at regular intervals, which was disappointing.

Monank Patel, USA captain: Firstly, really happy with the way we played today. Losing the toss and being asked to bat first wasn’t easy, the wicket was holding a bit. But I thought the intent we showed was excellent. That was something we were missing in the first two games, and as a batting group we came back really strongly. The top four took responsibility, played with intent, and got us to a very good score. Initially, we wanted to assess the pitch, see how it was behaving. Once we got a feel for it and settled in, the plan was to make sure we punished the bad balls, show intent, and put the bowlers under pressure. That was very clear in our thinking. Absolutely. We prepared really well in the warm-up games. We scored 200 against India and New Zealand. It was never about ability, it was just about showing that intent consistently, especially in the first two World Cup games. Yeah, I thought the way he attacked the stumps, used his pace, and invited the batters to take risks was outstanding. He bowled brilliantly and gave us that early momentum.

USA with a big win and they keep themselves in the race even though it looks highly likely that India and Pakistan are the two who would go through from this group. Time to wrap up our coverage of this one. We will be there nice and fresh early for another triple-header tomorrow.

If India loses to Netherlands and Pakistan (highly unlikely), it'll be fight based on NRR between India and USA.

Why is Netherland loosing?? I grew a soft spot for this team during WC23, so sad to see it loosing🤧