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USA cricket team created history in the 21st match of T-20 World Cup 2026. They defeated Netherlands by 93 runs. This is the first time in the history of T20 cricket that Netherlands has lost against USA. Before this there were 3 matches between the two teams. Netherlands had won all those matches. This is also USA’s first victory in this World Cup. Let’s look at the records made in the match.
Statement of account
match account
Netherlands won the toss in the match and decided to bowl first. His decision proved wrong. USA scored 196/6 on the basis of innings of Saiteja Mukkamalla (79) and Shubham Ranjane (48). Bas De Leede took maximum 3 wickets for Netherlands. In reply, no batsman could play a match-winning innings for Netherlands. The team could only score 103 and lost the match. Harmeet Singh took 4 wickets.
Such was Mukkamalla’s innings and partnership.
Mukkamalla faced 51 balls and scored 79 runs. 5 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 154.90. He made a partnership of 55 runs in 37 balls with captain Monank Patel. Apart from this, he added 54 runs in just 35 balls with Shubham. Shubman scored 48 runs facing just 24 balls. 3 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 200.
Mukkamalla achieved this feat
Mukkamalla made the third best score for the USA cricket team in the T20 World Cup. Now only Andreas Gaus and Aaron Jones are ahead of him. Gaus played an unbeaten inning of 80 runs against the South African cricket team in the 2024 World Cup. Jones scored an unbeaten 94 runs against the Canadian cricket team in the 2024 World Cup. Jones ranks first on the list.
Bas de Leede took 3 wickets
Bas de Leede took 3 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs. His economy was 9.20. He has played 48 matches so far and has taken 44 wickets in 37 innings at an average of 18.79. His best performance has been 3/17.
Harmeet bowled lethally
Harmeet bowled 4 overs in the match and took 4 wickets giving only 21 runs. His economy rate was only 5.20. Max O’Dowd (13), Bas De Leede (23), Scott Edwards (20) and Roelof van der Merwe (10) were made his victims by this player. In the last match against Pakistan, Harmeet had recorded figures of 1/41. At the same time, in the first match against India, he took 2 wickets for 26 runs.
Harmeet recorded this in his name
Harmeet also produced the best bowling performance for USA in the history of T20 World Cup. He broke the record of Shadley Van Schalkwyk, who had taken 4 wickets for only 25 runs against the Indian cricket team in the same World Cup. Schalkvik is also in third place. In the last match against Pakistan also, he had taken 4 wickets for just 24 runs. This was the second 4 wicket haul of Harmeet’s T20 International career.
Mark sheet
USA reached third place in the points table
This is the first victory of the USA team present in Group-A. The team led by Monank Patel has reached the third position in this group. On the other hand, this is the second defeat for Netherlands. With this defeat, the Netherlands team has reached the fourth position in the table. The Indian team has won its first 2 matches. The team captained by Suryakumar Yadav is at the first position in the table.
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