- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.6 That's just what the doctor ordered for Netherlands! Caroline de Lange finally sees the back of Smriti Mandhana. This is floated across her, and Mandhana ends up having to reach out for this as she dances down the ground. The ball goes up in the air off the toe end and the catch is taken at mid-off. Very good knock comes to an end 162/211.4 And there's the first wicket! The Dutch are ecstatic. This is a bit of a drag down outside off and Shafali hangs back to pull it down the ground, but hits it straight down long-on's throat. Zwilling settles under it and grabs it with no fuss 115/116.1 Two in two for Netherlands! Scoop goes wrong for Rodrigues. Full around leg and Rodrigues shuffles for the scoop. Ends up just scuffing it to the keeper down the leg side and Babette de Leede takes a good catch. The Netherlands players are all up in cheer with this sudden shift in momentum 162/317.1 Oh, beautiful bowling and de Lange is on a hat-trick! Bhatia completely misses the ball as she skips out and has a swing and it's a simple stumping by the Dutch skipper. Nicely flighted, and the length dropped short when she saw Yastika coming out 168/419.4 Oh, this time Rijke does hold on at mid-off! Zwilling again goes pace-off and Kaur ends up slicing it as she looks to go downtown. Hits it off the toe end and Rijke comes in to settle under it and hold on 199/5Extras16 (lb 1, nb 1, w 14)TOTAL209/5 (20 Overs, RR: 10.45)Fall of wickets: 1-115 (Shafali Verma, 11.4 ov), 2-162 (Smriti Mandhana, 15.6 ov), 3-162 (Jemimah Rodrigues, 16.1 ov), 4-168 (Yastika Bhatia, 17.1 ov), 5-199 (Harmanpreet Kaur, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB IJR Zwilling 4 0 41 1 10.25 11 6 1 3 0 HDJ Siegers 2 0 31 1 15.5 2 5 1 0 0 I van der Woning 2 0 25 0 12.5 7 5 0 3 1 MIW van den Raad 4 0 37 1 9.25 6 2 1 7 0 SNL Siegers 3 0 32 0 10.66 2 5 0 0 0 C de Lange 4 0 32 2 8 7 3 1 1 0 F Overdijk 1 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 A wicket, almost against the run of play! Nandni Sharma, changing ends, lobs up a length delivery outside off. Siegers boshes a drive perfectly off the middle off her bat, except Mandhana is standing right at covers and gobbles this catch up 34/17.3 Huge jump down the ground, but Molkenboer finally perishes! She had been struggling, especially against spin. This time she goes for the lofted drive but can only power it straight to Rodrigues, standing inside the circle at mid-off 50/213.5 Excellent glovework! Nandani saw Babette de Leede advancing and bowled it short and going away from the batter, who tried to cut it away but was beaten. Ghosh does really well to collect high and take the bails off 96/411.2 Timber! Shafali breaks this partnership as Sterre Kalis misses the line! Floated full around off and it goes on with the angle. She brings her bat down anticipating the ball to spin in and is beaten on the outside edge before hearing the death rattle 77/314.1 That looks plumb and it's given! This full ball sneaks under the attempted sweep and hits her back pad bang in front of the stumps. Netherlands have reviewed it. Could it have been going down leg? No, that's spinning back away to hit the off stump! Netherlands now starting to lose their way 98/516.1 Holes out at long-on and Shree Charani has two wickets in back-to-back overs! Overdijk looks to clear her front leg and slog it down the ground but hits it off the toe end. Mandhana at long-on settles under it as the ball goes high and takes a simple catch 113/616.6 Shree Charani does get her fourth! Zwilling looks to take on a full ball with a slog sweep but miscues it. Goes high in the air and straight to deep midwicket 114/816.2 And now two wickets in two balls for Charani! Netherlands have reviewed it though. This one spun away after pitching on a length outside off, with van den Raad pushing forward. Ghosh goes up in appeal immediately for caught behind, and the umpire raises the finger. That's a difficult ball to get first up. UltraEdge confirms that there was a thin edge. Great bowling, and great wicketkeeping as well (and umpiring too, while we're at it). Netherlands lose seven 113/717.1 Netherlands in a hurry to get out here! Silver Siegers looks for a sweep but her back foot drags out of her crease. By the time she realises and tries to get back in, Richa Ghosh has already taken the bails off. Umpire takes a while before raising the finger 114/917.3 Rodrigues takes a great catch running in from long-on and India wrap up a clinical win! Van der Woning tries to take on this full ball and doesn't get much distance on it. Rodrigues runs in and takes a good catch in front, keeping her balance. India begin their World Cup campaign with two wins in two, after a very professional display to brush Netherlands aside by 95 runs 114/10Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL114 all out (17.3 Overs, RR: 6.51)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Heather Siegers, 4.2 ov), 2-50 (Phebe Molkenboer, 7.3 ov), 3-77 (Sterre Kalis, 11.2 ov), 4-96 (Babette de Leede, 13.5 ov), 5-98 (Robine Rijke, 14.1 ov), 6-113 (Frederique Overdijk, 16.1 ov), 7-113 (Myrthe van den Raad, 16.2 ov), 8-114 (Iris Zwilling, 16.6 ov), 9-114 (Silver Siegers, 17.1 ov), 10-114 (Isabel van der Woning, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB K Gaud 4 0 26 0 6.5 12 3 0 4 0 NSS Sharma 3 0 22 2 7.33 7 3 0 0 0 Shafali Verma 3.2 0 20 3 6 9 3 0 0 0 SR Patil 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 N Shree Charani 4 0 19 4 4.75 13 2 0 1 0 DB Sharma 3 0 26 1 8.66 5 4 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Netherlands Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-16.00, Interval 16.00-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.50
Match days
17 June 2026 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
India Women 2, Netherlands Women 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 0 wicket)
- India Women: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (S Mandhana 23, Shafali Verma 25, Ex 2)
- Drinks: India Women - 59/0 in 6.0 overs (S Mandhana 24, Shafali Verma 26)
- Shafali Verma: 50 off 34 balls (9 x 4)
- India Women: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (66 balls), Extras 14
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 66 balls (S Mandhana 35, Shafali Verma 51, Ex 14)
- S Mandhana: 50 off 36 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: India Women - 137/1 in 14.0 overs (S Mandhana 52, JI Rodrigues 16)
- India Women: 150 runs in 14.5 overs (90 balls), Extras 14
- India Women: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (120 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: India Women - 209/5 in 20.0 overs (RM Ghosh 20, DB Sharma 10)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 1 wicket)
- Drinks: Netherlands Women - 36/1 in 5.1 overs (P Molkenboer 12, B de Leede 1)
- Netherlands Women: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Netherlands Women - 96/4 in 13.5 overs (R Rijke 8)
- Over 14.1: Review by Netherlands Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - S Redfern, Batter - IJR Zwilling (Struck down)
- Netherlands Women: 100 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls), Extras 6
- Over 16.2: Review by Netherlands Women (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - S Redfern, Batter - MIW van den Raad (Struck down)
- Attendance: 9,155
Match Coverage
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Shafali credits Mandhana as India's openers find their form
Opener finds another gear to put Netherlands under the cosh in comfortable victory
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India batter hits her first T20 World Cup fifty and backs it up with a three-for in Headingley
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The offspin allrounder suffered the injury after bowling her first ball in the game while attempting to run and stop a single





