USA vs NED T20 World Cup 2026: USA's star batter Saiteja Mukkamalla had smashed a match-winning fifty, whereas Harmeet Singh bowled his heart out and helped the United States beat the Netherlands by 92 runs and won their first match of the ongoing mega event on Friday. Mukkamalla's brilliant knock of 79 runs off 51 balls, in which he had hit five fours and four sixes, and Shubham Ranjane's brilliant knock of 48 runs off 24 balls helped the team post a mammoth target of 196 runs.

USA's innings

Harmeet then registered match-winning figures of 4/21 and rattled the Netherlands' top order as they were skittled out for 103 runs after reeling at 66/5 in eight overs. Spinner Mohammad Mohsin also returned excellent figures of 2 for 19, while South African-born pacer Shadley van Schalkwyk (3/21) also took three wickets.

Brief scores: USA 196 for 6 in 20 overs (Monank Patel 36, Saiteja Mukkamalla 79, Shubham Ranjane 48 not out; Bas de Leede 3/37).

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Netherlands: 103 all out in 15.5 overs (Harmeet Singh 4/21, Mohammad Mohsin 2/19, Shadley van Schalkwyk 3/21).

What's next for the United States

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The USA will lock horns with Namibia during their next match of the ongoing mega event at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, on 15th Feb, Sunday. If they win this match, then they will jump to the second position in the points table.