IND vs NED Match 36 Live Commentary - Ahmedabad (18 February 2026)

Flighted, full and around off, Max O'Dowd looks to drive it away but gets an inside edge through square leg for a single.

Flatter, shortish and on middle, Michael Levitt backs away to cut but gets a bottom edge towards short third for a run.

Pushed through quicker, short and on middle and leg, angling in. Max O'Dowd misses his flick and gets hit on the pads.

OUT! CASTLED! Varun Chakaravarthy keeps picking up wickets in this World Cup.

Pushes it through first up, short and on off, Max punches it to long on for a single.

Flat and short, around middle and leg. Levitt steps out early and then adjusts by tapping it to mid-wicket.

Fractionally short, on middle, Levitt pulls it in front of square leg for a single.

SIX! First biggie of the chase. This will give Max O'Dowd some confidence. Sundar spots Max backing away and he follows him with a ball bowled into the surface. O'Dowd manages to get inside the line and pulls it over backward square leg for a six.

Sundar keeps it on the shorter side, following the batter, Max manages to get it away as he pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Slower but the length stays short, on middle. Max checks his shot and punches it a bit uppishly to long on for a run. 11 runs off Sundar's first over on his return to the side.

DROPPED, FOUR! Abhishek Sharma is back on the field and straight away in the action. Angled in, on a good length, on off. Max pushes out in front of his body with hard hands and gets an outside edge. Sharma is standing at a wide slip and he dives across to his left. He goes for the catch with his left hand, but the ball does not stick. It hits his palm before going behind to the fence.

The interrogation continues for Max O'Dowd! Angled in and then moving away off the deck, around the off stump. Max goes searching for the ball and just hangs his bat out. Gets beaten all ends up on the outside edge.

Hits the top of off, does Bumrah, Max hops and dabs it to backward point.

Fuller and curving away slightly, Max stays rooted to the crease and goes hard on the drive as he looks to force it down the ground. Gets a thickish outside edge which goes down to deep third. They cross.

Bumrah tries to bring the ball back in but sprays it on the pads. Levitt misses out on the half-volley and gets rapped on the front pad.

Bumrah probably spotted Levitt taking a couple of steps down the track. He responds by taking the pace off, on a length, on off. Michael can only pat it down on the strip.

Across off, on a short of a length. Levitt stands tall on his toes to punch it away, but the ball comes on slower than he anticipated. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads.

Nearly went to hand! On a nagging length, on middle, Levitt makes room to go through the off side. He opens the bat face to use the pace of the ball. It almost carries to the sub fielder, Axar Patel, who is standing at a wide slip. Axar dives to his left and manages to make the stop.

Dug in short, on off, Michael ducks under it.

Mishit but safe! On a short of a length, on middle. Levitt has a swipe across the line and the bat turns in his hands. He mistimes it uppishly towards mid on, where Washington Sundar runs around the ball rather than running at the ball. He moves to his right and collects it on the bounce. They cross.

Leg bye! Around the hips, on a short of a length, O'Dowd fails to get it away. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes off the pads to short fine leg.

FOUR! Flayed away! A bit too wide, on a back of a length. Levitt cashes in on the width as he slaps it over the leaping backward point fielder for a four.

Wide! A wayward start from Bumrah. Slips it down leg, on a length, Max misses out on the tickle.

An absolute ripper! Angled into the right-hander, on a good length, Max looks to defend it right under his eyes and brings his bat out in front. The ball threatens to angle in but then holds its line to zip past the outside edge and the bounce takes it over the stumps.

FOUR! Max O'Dowd is off the mark with an edgy boundary. In the corridor, on a good length. O'Dowd fiddles at the delivery well away from his body. Gets an outside edge that goes well wide of the man at first slip and fine of the deep third fielder.

Coming back into the right-hander, on a length, Max does not move his feet at all and swishes at it. He is beaten on the inside edge.

Well dug out! Tailing back in, right in the blockhole, on off and middle. O'Dowd keeps his front pad out of the firing line and drops his bat down on the ball.

This goes away from the right-hander after pitching, on a good length, around the off stump. Max looks to cover the line with a straight bat but misses.

On top of off, on a back of a length, Max watchfully stabs it down on the off side. End of a probing first over from Bumrah.

Rapped on the pads! A prolonged appeal from Arshdeep Singh but it seems to be doing too much. Suryakumar Yadav has a word with Ishan Kishan and eventually decides against the review. That may have even pitched outside the line. Hooping back in, full and on leg. Levitt steps out to counter the swing and attempts the flick but is beaten on the inside edge and gets hit on the front pad. Well, the Ball Tracking later shows it was pitching down the leg side. Good thing India did not review it.

FOUR! Lovely shot and Michael Levitt is underway, so are Netherlands! A better line, on middle but the length is a bit too full. Levitt shows the full face of the blade and knocks it all along the ground to the right of mid off for the first boundary.

Looked like the attempted outswinger from Arshdeep but the line is too straight. Full and on the pads. Michael clips it between mid-wicket an d mid on for a couple of runs. Washington Sundar gives chase and hauls it in.

Decking away on a hard length, around off, Levitt has a big swing across the line but the ball keeps rising and goes over his blade.

Another short ball, around the right shoulder. Levitt drops his wrists and sways away from the line of the ball.

Arshdeep sticks to the short ball, around off, Levitt takes a couple of steps down the track and glides it with an open bat face. He picks out the man at short third. A couple of yards to the left or right and it would have been a boundary.