Ahmedabad, February 18 (). The Netherlands team concluded its T20 World Cup 2026 campaign with a 17-run defeat against India on Wednesday. Netherlands captain Scott Edwards praised the Indian batsmen and said that the host team has tremendous firepower till the lower order.
Team India won the match by restricting Netherlands to the score of 176/7 after scoring 193 runs losing 6 wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday.
Aryan Dutt took 2 wickets for just 19 runs in 4 overs against India. Praising Aryan, the captain said, “We started very well. Full credit to Aryan, he has been performing brilliantly for the last few years. He gave a tough challenge to the Indian batsmen. Throughout the match we felt that we are in the competition.”
The Indian team could score only 118 runs after losing 4 wickets in 15 overs of play. After this, Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya batted stormily and took India to the score of 193. The Netherlands captain has admitted that Indian batsmen have tremendous potential.
He said, “We know that they (India) have tremendous firepower till the lower order. So to keep them under control for 14-15 overs was really brilliant. Maybe some chances were missed, there was lack of execution at some places and such players make you pay for that. We knew that we had to keep taking wickets. They had four wickets falling in the 16th over, which meant they had wickets left, and in the end they scored runs quickly in a few overs.”
Netherlands played 4 matches in the T20 World Cup 2026, in which with 1 win the team stood fourth in the points table of Group A. The captain said, “Coming to India, you always learn a lot because the conditions are different, the grounds are smaller, the wickets are much flat, the crowd and the atmosphere are also different. As a team, we were good in many phases, but missed important moments. As a team, we pride ourselves on playing well in big moments. We played very good cricket, but there were some moments where we missed. When you play only four matches, it is very important to capitalize on those moments.”
—
rsg
