United States National Cricket Team vs Netherlands National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: USA Win by 93 Runs in Chennai

United States beat Netherlands by 93 runs in Match 21 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, after Saiteja Mukkamalla’s 79 and Shubham Ranjane’s unbeaten 48 propelled USA to 196/6, before Harmeet Singh’s career-best 4/21 dismantled the Dutch batting line-up for just 103. The result marked USA’s first-ever T20I win over the Netherlands after three previous defeats, and it kept their fading Super Eights hopes flickering in a group dominated by India and Pakistan.

United States National Cricket Team vs Netherlands National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Result Summary

United States of America defeated Netherlands by 93 runs on February 13, 2026, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, in Group A of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. USA posted 196/6 in 20 overs, and the Netherlands were bowled out for 103 in 15.5 overs. Harmeet Singh was named Player of the Match for his 4/21.

Team	Score	Overs	Result
United States of America	196/6	20.0	Won by 93 runs
Netherlands	103 all out	15.5	Lost

Netherlands won the toss and chose to field first, a decision that backfired badly once USA’s top and middle order built partnerships through the innings.

How USA Built Their Total of 196/6

USA’s innings hinged on a commanding knock from number three batter Saiteja Mukkamalla, who anchored the innings with 79 runs off 51 balls, striking five fours and four sixes before he was caught off Bas de Leede in the 17th over. His departure could have slowed momentum, but Shubham Ranjane provided the late explosion the innings needed, remaining unbeaten on 48 off just 24 balls with three fours and two sixes at a strike rate of 200.

Key Batting Contributions

• Monank Patel – 36 off 22 balls at a strike rate of 163.64, giving USA a brisk start before falling to de Leede
• Saiteja Mukkamalla – 79 off 51 balls, the innings’ foundation
• Shubham Ranjane – 48* off 24 balls, the death-overs accelerator
• Bas de Leede was the pick of the Dutch bowlers with 3/37 in his four overs, dismissing Patel, Mukkamalla, and Milind Kumar

Fall of Wickets – USA Innings

USA lost their first wicket at 27/1 (Shayan Jahangir, 2.5 overs), followed by 82/2 (Monank Patel, 8.6 overs), 105/3 (Sanjay Krishnamurthi, 10.6 overs), 159/4 (Saiteja Mukkamalla, 16.5 overs), 185/5 (Milind Kumar, 18.4 overs), and 188/6 (Harmeet Singh, 19.2 overs). That sequence shows the innings was built on partnerships rather than a single explosive stand, with the total climbing steadily through the middle overs before Ranjane’s finish added the crucial late runs.

Netherlands’ bowling attack held USA in check through the middle overs, conceding under a run a ball in patches, but the final five overs proved costly as USA capitalized on width and full deliveries to add crucial boundaries. That gap between a defendable total and a match-winning one was built almost entirely in the closing stages of the innings.

Netherlands’ Batting Collapse Explained

Why did Netherlands collapse to 103? Netherlands lost wickets in clusters throughout their chase, slipping to 41/2 inside five overs and never recovering, as USA’s spin-heavy attack exploited a surface that gripped from the first over. Left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh was the standout performer, returning figures of 4/21 in his four overs to finish as Player of the Match.

Fall of Wickets – Netherlands Innings

Netherlands lost their first wicket at just 9/1 (Michael Levitt, 1.1 overs), before a 32-run partnership between Max O’Dowd and Bas de Leede briefly steadied the innings. That stand ended at 41/2, and the innings then unravelled quickly through 45/3 (Colin Ackermann), 53/4 (de Leede), 66/5 (Zach Lion-Cachet), 75/6 (captain Scott Edwards), 84/7 (Roelof van der Merwe), 86/8 (Logan van Beek), and 96/9 (Aryan Dutt), before Netherlands were finally bowled out for 103 in the final over of the innings.

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Netherlands Batting Card Highlights

• Bas de Leede: 23 off 17 balls, the top scorer for Netherlands before falling to Harmeet Singh
• Scott Edwards: 20 off 14 balls, bowled by Harmeet Singh in the middle overs
• Max O’Dowd: 13 off 11 balls, part of the innings’ only meaningful partnership
• Kyle Klein: unbeaten 6 off 11 balls, the only Dutch batter to carry his bat through to the end

Netherlands Bowling Card in USA Innings

• Bas de Leede: 3/37 in 4 overs, the most successful Dutch bowler
• Kyle Klein: 1/35 in 4 overs
• Fred Klaassen: 1/32 in 3 overs
• Logan van Beek: 1/28 in 4 overs
• Aryan Dutt and Roelof van der Merwe went wicketless, conceding 24 and 36 runs respectively across their combined seven overs.

USA Bowling Card in Netherlands Innings

• Harmeet Singh: 4/21 in 4 overs – Player of the Match, dismissing O’Dowd, de Leede, Edwards, and van der Merwe
• Shadley van Schalkwyk: 3/21 in 2.5 overs, wrapping up the innings with the final wicket
• Mohammad Mohsin: 2/19 in 3 overs, removing Lion-Cachet and van Beek
• Nosthush Kenjige: 1/20 in 3 overs, striking with the first wicket of the innings
• Ali Khan: 0/18 in 2 overs

Why This Result Mattered for the Group A Table

The 93-run margin gave USA a significant Net Run Rate boost in a tightly contested Group A that included India and Pakistan, though the Americans’ T20 World Cup 2026 campaign remained mathematically alive rather than fully secured.

Following the match, the Group A standings read India on 8 points from four matches with a strong NRR of 2.5, Pakistan on 6 points with an NRR of 0.976, USA on 4 points with an NRR of 0.788, Netherlands on 2 points with an NRR of -1.217, and Namibia winless with 0 points. The win also lifted USA above Netherlands into third place in Group A purely on net run rate, though the Americans still needed favorable results elsewhere, including a win over Namibia and a Pakistan slip-up, to have any realistic shot at repeating their surprise run to the Super Eights two years earlier.

Toss and Conditions Impact

Netherlands’ decision to bowl first at a venue where spin gripped from the opening over proved to be a costly tactical call once USA’s batters settled and built partnerships through the middle overs. Harmeet Singh later explained that the pitch offered turn “from ball one” in the Powerplay, prompting the USA spin trio to treat the middle overs like a one-day bowling plan rather than a conventional T20 spell. That reading of conditions became the difference between a competitive chase and a 93-run demolition, with the combined figures of USA’s spinners reading 10-0-60-7 compared with Netherlands’ spinners managing just 5-0-60-0 in the first innings.

A Historic First Win for USA Over Netherlands

This victory carried extra significance beyond the scoreline, because it was USA’s first-ever win over Netherlands in T20 International cricket, following three previous defeats in the fixture: a seven-wicket loss in Bulawayo in 2022, a 102-run defeat in Utrecht in August 2024, and a narrow four-run loss in The Hague later that same month. Breaking that head-to-head drought on the biggest stage of a T20 World Cup added weight to USA captain Monank Patel’s post-match comments about learning from the team’s opening two losses in the tournament before finally executing their plan under pressure.

Player of the Match and Standout Performers

Harmeet Singh’s 4/21 earned him the Player of the Match award, a spell built on early wickets and disciplined execution once he identified the pitch’s assistance for spin from the very first over. On the batting side, Saiteja Mukkamalla’s composed 79 and Shubham Ranjane’s late-innings hitting were singled out by USA captain Monank Patel as the performances that separated the two sides, with Patel specifically praising Mukkamalla’s maturity in anchoring the innings after the top order fell early.

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