The opening duo dominated the Dutch bowling attack from the start and went on to put together 115 runs until Varma was sent back by Heather Siegers in the 12th over. The right-handed opener scored 55 runs off 38 balls with the help of 10 fours.
He top-scored for India with 74 runs off 47 balls with 11 fours and a six and was named man of the match.
Following his dismissal, wicketkeeper-batsman Richa Ghosh smashed 20 off 8 balls. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma supported him with 12 and 10 not out respectively.
Among the Netherlands’ bowlers, Caroline de Lange took 2 for 32 from her four overs, while Maireth van den Raad, Iris Zwilling and Seegers took one each.
Chasing a tough target of 210 runs, the Netherlands’ batting unit piled up 114 runs before folding in 17.3 overs.