T20 World Cup: India opt to bat against Netherlands; Washington, Arshdeep included

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India Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Netherlands Captain Scott Edwards during the flip of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Cricket lucifer betwixt India and Netherland astatine Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad, Gujarat connected February 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji

India skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the flip and opted to bat against the Netherlands successful their T20 World Cup Group A clash, successful Ahmedabad connected Wednesday (February 18, 2026).

India is coming disconnected a monolithic 61-run triumph implicit Pakistan, which besides cemented their spot successful the Super Eights. The Netherlands had mislaid to the USA by a immense 93-run borderline successful their past outing.

India made 2 changes, resting vice-captain Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav and bringing successful Washington Sundar and Arshdeep Singh.

The Netherlands made 1 alteration to their side, bringing successful Noah Croes for Fred Klaassen.

Teams:

India: Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy.

Netherlands: Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (c&wk), Zach Lion-Cachet, Roelof van der Merwe, Logan van Beek, Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein, Noah Croes.

Published - February 18, 2026 06:58 p.m. IST

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