🏏ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026: Group A: Ind W vs NED W, M10🏏

India and Netherlands meet in Leeds at 2.30pm local time (1.30pm GMT). India beat Pakistan by 64 runs on Sunday to get their campaign off to a bright start, while Netherlands, first-timers at the T20 World Cup, lost to Bangladesh despite a spirited display. This will be their first-ever meeting in T20Is, and their first meeting in international cricket since 2000.

Team news and likely XIs

Will India stick with Bharti Fulmali?•ICC/Getty Images

India went with Bharti Fulmali instead of Yastika Bhatia against Pakistan and picked Arundhati Reddy and Kranti Gaud as the two seamers. It remains to be seen if they go in with the same combination.

India (probable): 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Bharti Fulmali, 6 Richa Ghosh (wk), 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Shreyanka Patil, 9 Arundhati Reddy, 10 Kranti Gaud, 11 Shree Charani

Netherlands (probable): 1 Heather Siegers, 2 Phebe Molkenboer, 3 Babette de Leede (capt, wk), 4 Sterre Kalis, 5 Robine Rijke, 6 Sanya Khurana, 7 Frederique Overdijk, 8 Iris Zwilling, 9 Caroline de Lange, 10 Silver Siegers, 11 Isabel van der Woning

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Players to watch

For India, Shafali Verma has not been her explosive self since the beginning of this year. In the WPL, she made just 259 runs in ten games at a strike rate of 125.12 and followed that with 266 runs in 12 T20Is, although at a strike rate of 143.01 but at an average of 22.16. She was out early in the opener against Pakistan, caught behind for 6 in the first over. There were positives, however, as she chipped in with the ball to dismiss Pakistan captain Fatima Sana. A fixture against Netherlands presents an opportunity for Shafali to return to her free-flowing best.

Captain Babette de Leede remains central to Netherlands' hopes. With her side in trouble at 76 for 5, a much lower total appeared likely before de Leede launched a measured counterattack to take them to 139. She combined crisp drives, assured footwork and effective sweeps against the spinners, while also taking on the seamers. Her eighth T20I half-century once again highlighted her importance to the side.

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May the best team win.

So many matches today. We will get confused and might end up posting comments in the wrong threads.

Cheers..

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Easy win for India

Originally posted by: SoniRita

India and Netherlands meet in Leeds at 2.30pm local time (1.30pm GMT). India beat Pakistan by 64 runs on Sunday to get their campaign off to a bright start, while Netherlands, first-timers at the T20 World Cup, lost to Bangladesh despite a spirited display. This will be their first-ever meeting in T20Is, and their first meeting in international cricket since 2000.

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All the best team India!!

India are heavy favourites against a Netherlands outfit that showed promise but fell short against Bangladesh. These two teams have never faced off before and it's going to be a massive challenge for the Dutch to stay in the contest against Harmanpreet Kaur's side.

Richa Ghosh

Right-Handed Batsman

One of the most explosive batters in the world, and is expected to dominate the Netherlands attack with a quickfire 30 or more.

Smriti Mandhana

Left-Handed Batsman

Scored a fluent half-century in the opening game and is one of the best in the business. Another 30-plus score on the cards for her.

Perhaps the best batter in the Netherlands setup with experience of playing in the big leagues. Mark her down for a 25-plus score.

Harmanpreet Kaur

Harmanpreet Kaur

Right-Handed Batsman • Right-Arm Off Spin

Wasn't at her fluent best in the opening game but should come to the party against Netherlands with a brisk 30-plus score.

Deepti Sharma

Left-Handed Batsman • Right-Arm Off Spin

Has turned into one of the most reliable bowlers for India and we're backing her to pick up two wickets at least