T20 World Cup 2026, PAK vs NED Match Prediction - Who will win today's match?

Pakistan will be up against Netherlands in the opening match of the ICC 2026 WT20. This match will be played at Colombo and this is a Group A Fixture. Salman Ali Agha will captain the Pakistan side and they have a very good side. They recently won 3-0 against Australia and will be high on confidence hoping to do well. They will be playing all their matches in Sri Lanka so they will be having familiarity. They also have plenty of spin bowling all-rounders which is their strength in this upcoming WT20 if the pitches are spin friendly.

On the other hand, Netherlands have always done well in the ICC events and one of their biggest strengths in this event will be the presence of plenty of experienced players. They have retained most of their squad from the last WT20. Scott Edwards will lead the side for this Pakistan vs Netherlands match prediction. In this article we look at the playing XIs, top picks, pitch reports for this match.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Match Details

Pakistan vs Netherlands Stats

Pakistan vs Netherlands Pitch Report

The surface at Colombo will be good for batting and there will be help for spinners in the middle overs. Since this is a day game it might be very high scoring. The average score at this venue will be around 160.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Probable Playing XI

Netherlands: Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Bas de Leede, Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Fred Klaassen, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Aryan Dutt.

Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Salman Agha(c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed

Pakistan vs Netherlands Dream11 Captaincy Picks

Shadab Khan – He is a quality all-rounder and has scored 891 runs and also picked up 118 wickets in 117 T20I matches. He will be key in the middle overs with his leg-spin and also contribute with his batting. He will be a PAK vs NED Dream11 top pick.

Sahibzada Farhan – Farhan is the highest ranked Pakistan batter in the ICC T20I rankings. He has scored 922 runs in 39 matches at a strike rate of 128. He will be a PAK vs NED Dream11 captaincy pick.

Pakistan vs Netherlands Match winner

Pakistan have a good record against Netherlands and looking at both these teams, Pakistan look stronger in both departments and Pakistan are expected to win this match.