In Wednesday's 2026 T20 World Cup Group A encounter against the Netherlands in Ahmedabad, Indian all-rounders Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya achieved new T20I cricket milestones. Dube outscored his previous two best scores with a career-high T20I score of 66 against the Netherlands.
When the Black Caps toured India earlier this year, he crushed New Zealand with a knock of 65, surpassing his unbeaten 63 against Afghanistan in 2024.
Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube achieved important records.
His 66 against the Dutch on Wednesday is also the best score by an Indian batsman batting at No. 5 or lower in T20 World Cups.Yuvraj Singh had scored 58 runs off 16 balls against the same opposition in 2007, while Hardik Pandya had scored 63 runs off 33 balls against England in the 2022 T20 World Cup. In contrast, Hardik Pandya accomplished a significant milestone during the match against the Netherlands. This is also Shivam Dube's first half-century in a T20 World Cup tournament. In addition to becoming the first Indian player to accomplish the dual achievement of reaching 6000 runs and collecting 200 wickets in the shortest format, the Baroda all-rounder also hit the 6000-run milestone in T20 cricket.
The 32-year-old hit three sixes and scored 30 runs off 21 balls against the Dutch on Wednesday.A few games ago, he scored 52 runs from 28 balls to reach a half-century against Namibia. There were four fours and as many sixes in that knock.
Hardik Pandya has participated in 322 Twenty20 matches and amassed 5978 runs overall. In terms of bowling, he has claimed 221 wickets, with his best statistics being 5/36.
Returning to this encounter, India scored 193/6 from 20 overs thanks to a potent middle-order performance. In addition to Dube and Hardik, Suryakumar Yadav (34) and Tilak Varma (31) made significant runs. The Netherlands were 85/2 in the 12th over when this report was written.

The Men in Blue, who are in Group 1 with the West Indies, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, have guaranteed their place in the T20 World Cup Super Eight stage. On February 22, India will play their first Super Eight match against South Africa in Ahmedabad.