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Dube’s 66, Chakravarthy’s 3/14 headline India’s win over Netherlands

Shivam Dube smashed a career-best 66, while Varun Chakravarthy took three wickets, as India defeated the Netherlands by 17 runs to top Group A in the T20 World Cup.

India posted 193-6 against the Netherlands at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Despite Abhishek Sharma’s third consecutive duck, Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya forged a crucial 76-run partnership for the fifth wicket, helping India finish strongly with 13 sixes.

In the chase, Varun Chakravarthy’s 3/14 spell was instrumental, though the Dutch side fought back to 176/7. India now heads into the Super 8s with a perfect league record and awaits South Africa.