India vs Netherlands Highlights, Women’s T20 World Cup 2026: Mandhana, Sree Charani & Shafali shine in IND’s 95-run win

Shafali Verma to follow up. WICKET! What is going on at Headingley? Netherlands have lost their fourth wicket in the last seven deliveries. Full delivery on off, Siegers goes for a sweep and is beaten and quick glovework by Richa Ghosh results in another wicket. OUT! ALL-OUT! Done! Five wickets have fallen in the last eight deliveries. Netherlands succumbed to a big 95-run loss following an almighty collapse. Woning is the last one to fall as she holes out to Rodrigues.

Two games, two statement wins for India, who are gunning for their maiden T20 World Cup win!

Silver Siegers st Richa Ghosh b Shafali Verma 1(2); Isabel Woning c Jemimah Rodrigues b Shafali Verma 0(2)

NED-W: 114 all-out (17.3); Lost to IND-W by 95 runs

Deepti Sharma is back into the attack. The game is as good as done as far as the result is concerned. All Netherlands can look is to play for NRR here, close down the gap to induce less damage in the points table. Zwilling gets a BOUNDARY but still only eight from the over.

NED-W: 113/5 in 16 overs

WICKET! Kranti Gaud finishes her spell, giving just 26 from her four overs. Her last over cost India nine before Nandni Sharma provided India-W with another breakthrough. A preemptive shot from skipper Babette de Leede, Nandni pulled her length back to deceive her and got her stumped. Robine Rijke is joined by Frederique Overdijk in the middle.

Babette de Leede st Richa Ghosh b Nandni Sharma 28(27)

NED-W: 98/4 in 14 overs

Kranti Gaud returns to the attack. Kalis beings with a FOUR, and then Babette de Leede follows up with a boundary as well. The required rate is above 14, well beyond Netherlands' reach, as it looks like. Gaud finishes the over with three dots to give nine runs from this over.

NED-W: 77/2 in 11 overs

Shafali Verma continues. Shrenkya Patil seemed to have injured herself while picking the ball from the ground. Oh dear, this isn't looking good. The buggy is making its way inside the field of play, and she is being taken out with the help of a stretcher, which is then wheeled off on the buggy. A clumsy fall, which appears to have sprained her knees or feet, has resulted in Patil going off the field. Just three off the over.

NED-W: 39/1 in 6 overs

Shafali Verma comes in as the first change bowler. Siegers starts the over with a FOUR, punishing Verma for a slower delivery in the middle by shuffling across and pulling it behind square. A few singles are sandwiched in as Molkenboer ends the over with a FOUR as well. 11 runs from this over.

NED-W: 30/0 in 4 overs

Nandni Sharma joins Kranti Gaud in the attack from the other end. Siegers and Molkenboer both manage a boundary each in this over as Dutch are looking to put up a fight here.

NED-W: 17/0 in 2 overs

Welcome back to the chase. Netherlands have a stiff task at hand. India will look to close out the game quickly. Kranti Gaud to operate with the new ball. Phebe Molkenboer and Heather Siegers open for the Netherlands.

Iris Zwilling to bowl the final over. FOUR! Not the way Zwilling would have fancied to start the over. FOUR! A thick edge runs at short third to start the over with a boundary. FOUR MORE! Another boundary. Poor delivery, low full toss. Harman rubs salt to injury after a dropped catch in the previous delivery after she goes downtown for a boundary. WICKET! Finally, the Dutch complete a catch to remove Harman for 12. Deepti Sharma to face the fifth delivery. SIX! She is off the mark with a maximum and she brings up 200 for India! FOUR! Two boundaries for Deepti as she places her pulls over short fine leg to end the over with two back-to-back boundaries.

Harmanpreet Kaur c Robine Rijke b Iris Zwilling 12(9)

IND-W: 209/5 in 20 overs

Caroline de Lange with her last over. WICKET! Bhatia falls as she has been stumped! Three wickets in three overs and the Netherlands are continue to pull things back! Slow delivery from de Lange, wrong'un and Bhatia is drawn ahead but misses it and has been stumped by Babette de Leede. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur joins Richa and is off the mark with a single. SIX! Richa Ghosh slaps it down the ground for a maximum. Nine and a wicket from this over.

Yastika Bhatia st Babette de Leede b Caroline de Lange 3(4)

IND-W: 177/4 in 18 overs

Caroline de Lange returns. Mandhana is putting up a show at Headingley. She is displaying what good foot movements can do. Shimmies down once again and smokes it over mid-off for another boundary. A couple of singles to follow. OUT! And the commentator's curse is working like a charm! Jinxed wonderfully as Mandhana falls after playing a heck of a knock. She miscues it to Zwilling at mid-off. A much-needed breakthrough for the Dutch.

Smriti Mandhana c Iris Zwilling b Caroline de Lange 74(47)

IND-W: 162/2 in 16 overs

Frederique Overdijk is in the attack now. A two to start the over, followed by four singles. What appeared to be a decent over turned well in the favour of Indians after Jemi Rodrigues found the gap at leg side with her pull through mid-wicket.

IND-W: 137/1 in 14 overs

Heather Siegers comes back to the attack. FOUR! What a good-looking shot by Mandhana to start the over. Length delivery on off, Mandhana shimmies down the track and goes aerial over mid-on for a one-bounce boundary. SIX! Even better this time. Inside out from the elegant left-hander, and she clears the ropes on this occasion. OUT! A wicket against the run of play as Shafali Verma falls quickly after scoring a fifty. Verma goes for another big shot but fails to clear the fence this time, finding Iris Zwilling at long-on. Jemimah Rodrigues is the new batter, joining Mandhana at No. 3. FOUR! A cracker of a shot to get off the mark. Full delivery outside off, Rodrigues plans her foot forward and creams the drive through extra cover. 17 runs but a wicket from this over.

Shafali Verma c Iris Zwilling b Heather Siegers 55(38)

IND-W: 121/1 in 12 overs

Caroline de Lange continues. FOUR! Verma continues to attack and reaps the reward. Full on middle, Verma swats this over mid-wicket. FOUR AGAIN! Tough to stop an on-song Verma. Full toss from de Lange, Verma punishes it by sweeping it to backward square leg. Three singles off the last three deliveries as 11 comes from this over.

IND-W: 96/0 in 10 overs

Another spinner into the attack, Caroline de Lange, the right-arm leg-spinner, replaces Myrthe van den Raad. de Lange will remind you of Paul Adams or Shivil Kaushik from IPL with her action. Four singles and a wide fetch India W five from this over.

IND-W: 72/0 in 8 overs

Only a single over for Isabel van der Woning as Myrthe van den Raad replaces her in the attack. Shafali brings up 50 for India in 5.1 overs with a two off the opening delivery. Verma gets a single off the pads before Raad bowls three back-to-back WIDES, all down the leg. She bowls one more, this time outside the off, while looking to follow Mandhana, who shimmies down the track on this occasion. Oh my goodness, another wide. Would you believe this? Another wide! SIX WIDES In this over! A couple of singles finally ended this over that saw Raad bowl 12 deliveries.

IND-W: 59/0 in 6 overs

Isabel van der Woning replaces Heather Siegers after the latter's expensive start. What Woning lacks is pace and Shafali Verma makes the most of it in this over. She starts the over with a FOUR!, a top edge induced off a pull against a short delivery. FOUR! She then uses the width on offer to slam it over square leg. Under-pressure FOUR! Woning bowls too full and Shafali goes downtown, hitting over mid-off this time for her third boundary. 12 from the over.

IND-W: 38/0 in 4 overs

Heather Siegers into the attack. Manadhana puts Shafali on strike after playing a dot. FOUR! Too slow, way too short from Siegers and Shafali pounces on it, slapping the cut through extra cover on the back foot. FOUR! Mandhana gets in the act now. Slower delivery, full and in the middle, Mandhana just gently nudges for a drive through mid-off. The ball races to long-off for a second boundary. FOUR AGAIN! Third boundary of the over as Mandhana places her drives to perfection at extra cover. Expensive over as 14 comes from this one.

IND-W: 23/0 in 2 overs

Iris Zwilling has the new ball. Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma open for India. And we are underway in Leeds.

Harmanpreet Kaur: "Great opportunity to bat first and we want to challenge ourselves. The powerplay with bat and ball is something we are looking forward to. Sticking to your own plans and batting as deep as possible is the key on this wicket. We have one change. Arundhati is resting today and Nandni Sharma is back."

Babette de Leede: "We will bowl first. I think we will get something out of the wicket and hopefully chase the target later on. Super excited for this opportunity. Playing against India is dream coming true, a little bit nervous as well. We made one change. We are playing an extra pacer and dropped a batter."

Nandini Sharma comes into the playing XI in place of Arundhati Reddy.

India Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, Arundhati Reddy, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma, Yastika Bhatia, Renuka Singh Thakur, Radha Yadav.

Netherlands Women Squad: Heather Siegers, Phebe Molkenboer, Babette de Leede(w/c), Sterre Kalis, Robine Rijke, Sanya Khurana, Frederique Overdijk, Iris Zwilling, Caroline de Lange, Silver Siegers, Isabel Woning, Myrthe van den Raad, Lara Leemhuis, Rosalie Lawrence, Hannah Landheer.