India Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Netherlands Captain Scott Edwards during the toss of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Cricket match between India and Netherland at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on February 18, 2026.

India Captain Suryakumar Yadav and Netherlands Captain Scott Edwards during the toss of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Cricket match between India and Netherland at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on February 18, 2026.
| Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji

India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bat against the Netherlands in their T20 World Cup Group A clash, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday (February 18, 2026).

India is coming off a massive 61-run win over Pakistan, which also cemented their place in the Super Eights. The Netherlands had lost to the USA by a huge 93-run margin in their last outing.

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

The Netherlands made one change to their side, bringing in 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.


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