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India vs Namibia, Live Score, Match 18, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2026

India

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Ishan Kishan (W) c Ben Shikongo b Gerhard Erasmus 61 24 6 5 254.17

7.1

Gerhard Erasmus to Ishan Kishan, OUT! TAKEN! Finally, some respite for Namibia and it is the skipper who comes up trumps for them. Gerhard Erasmus starts with a shortish ball around off and it is there to be put away. Ishan Kishan goes deep in the crease and ends up shovelling the pull shot flat towards deep mid-wicket. Ben Shikongo dives forward and clings to the catch. A fiery knock from Kishan comes to an end and the 79-run stand off only 31 balls is broken.

Sanju Samson c Louren Steenkamp b Ben Shikongo 22 8 1 3 275

1.6

Ben Shikongo to Sanju Samson, OUT! CAUGHT! A real soft dismissal, and after being hit for a couple of sixes and a four, Ben Shikongo has the last laugh. Shikongo rolls the fingers down the side of the ball, full and at the sticks. Samson plays the flick half-heartedly and does not go through with the shot. Spoons it straight down the throat of the man at deep mid-wicket. Louren Steenkamp is a few yards in off the ropes, and he makes no mistake. Samson fails to make the opportunity count and he departs after a quickfire knock.

Tilak Varma c JJ Smit b Gerhard Erasmus 25 21 3 0 119.05

11.5

Gerhard Erasmus to Tilak Varma, OUT! CAUGHT! Tilak Varma falls now. Wicket number 2 for Gerhard Erasmus. Floated up, full and on off. This is bowled from behind the stumps, but whilst being in front of the umpire. Tilak shimmies down the pitch and looks to go down the ground with a straight bat. He gets it back over the bowler's head, but it is not wide enough of the man at long off. JJ Smit runs to his left in front of the ropes and stays side-on. Takes the catch around his chest and does well to stay away from the boundary cushions. This is turning out to be a good phase in the game for Namibia. From 104/1, India are now 124/4.

Suryakumar Yadav (C) st Zane Green b Bernard Scholtz 12 13 0 1 92.31

10.1

Bernard Scholtz to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! STUMPED! Bernard Scholtz gets the prized scalp of the Indian skipper. On a nagging length, on off and middle from around the wicket. Suryakumar Yadav premeditates as he dances down the track. Opens up the front hip to go inside out over covers. He is nowhere near the pitch of the ball but still goes through with the swing. The ball lands and rips past the outside edge. The keeper, Zane Green, collects and whips the bails off. SKY turned around and tried to get back in but Green was quick enough.

Hardik Pandya c sub Dylan Leicher b Gerhard Erasmus 52 28 4 4 185.71

18.2

Gerhard Erasmus to Hardik Pandya, OUT! TAKEN IN THE DEEP! That is a sensational effort from the substitute fielder and Gerhard Erasmus will feel he's got away with one here. Full and fired towards the stumps, Hardik Pandya slogs it flat and hard behind square leg. Dylan Leicher runs across the length of the fence to his right and pouches it brilliantly. He is able to keep his composure by tossing the ball back up as he runs over the ropes and runs back inside the ropes to pouch it again. The third umpire deems it fair and Hardik is already near the exit door. India are 205/5 as Pandya's fine knock comes to an end.

Shivam Dube run out (Ben Shikongo / Gerhard Erasmus) 23 16 1 1 143.75

18.3

Gerhard Erasmus to Rinku Singh, OUT! SHIVAM DUBE IS RUN OUT! They say never run on a misfield but Rinku Singh has sold Shivam Dube down the river here. Gerhard Erasmus brings out the round-armer and bowls it a tad short outside off. Rinku Singh reaches out to cut but smacks it down to cover. Ben Shikongo gets a bad bounce and parries it in front of himself. Dube sets off for the single and Rinku responds as well, but Shikongo is quick to scamper back to the ball and Rinku changes his mind. It is too late as Dube is almost at the striker's end. The throw is lobbed back to Erasmus, who knocks over the bails with a smile on his face.

Rinku Singh c Gerhard Erasmus b JJ Smit 1 6 0 0 16.67

19.3

JJ Smit to Rinku Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! Namibia are finishing strongly here and JJ Smit gets a well-deserved wicket here. The pacer sticks to the fuller delivery and bowls it at the stumps. Rinku Singh tries to charge forward and loft it away but gets too close to the pitch of the ball and is unable to generate much power. Rinku hits it straight down the throat of the long-on fielder, where Gerhard Erasmus takes a simple catch. You cannot keep him out of the game at the moment, and India have now lost 4 wickets for one run.

Axar Patel b Gerhard Erasmus 0 1 0 0 0

18.6

Gerhard Erasmus to Axar Patel, OUT! CASTLED! Gerhard Erasmus, you beauty. Make that four wickets for the Namibian skipper. It is all going pear-shaped at the back end for India. Erasmus bowls it with a round-arm action and releases by getting low. On a length, angled in at the sticks. The ball does not rise at all and Axar has a swing across the line. It sneaks under the blade and crashes into the stumps. A golden duck for Axar. A sheepish smile on the face of Erasmus. Three wickets in the over and India are now 206/7 after being 199/4 at the start of the over.

Varun Chakaravarthy not out 1 1 0 0 100

Arshdeep Singh run out (Malan Kruger / Zane Green) 2 2 0 0 100

19.6

JJ Smit to Arshdeep Singh, OUT! ARSHDEEP SINGH IS RUN OUT! The batters simply had to go for the second run, as it was the last delivery of the innings but Namibia managed to get another wicket. JJ Smit bowls another yorker, angling it in at the toes. Singh gets the front pad out of the way and jams it down through square leg. Malan Kruger tidies up in the deep and fires in a perfect throw at the keeper's end. Zane Green dislodges the bails with Arshdeep Singh not even in the frame. India finish with 209/9 on the board!

TOTAL: 209 -9 in 20.0 overs (10.45 runs per over)

Extras (lb 1, w 9, nb 0, b 0) 10

Fall of wickets :1-25 (Sanju Samson , 1.6 overs), 2-104 (Ishan Kishan , 7.1 overs), 3-120 (Suryakumar Yadav , 10.1 overs), 4-124 (Tilak Varma , 11.5 overs), 5-205 (Hardik Pandya , 18.2 overs), 6-205 (Shivam Dube , 18.3 overs), 7-206 (Axar Patel , 18.6 overs), 8-206 (Rinku Singh , 19.3 overs), 9-209 (Arshdeep Singh , 19.6 overs)

Still to bat : Jasprit Bumrah

Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras

Ruben Trumpelmann 4 0 38 0 9.5 0nb, 2w

Ben Shikongo 3 0 41 1 13.67 0nb, 0w

JJ Smit 4 0 50 1 12.5 0nb, 0w

Max Heingo 1 0 18 0 18 0nb, 0w

Gerhard Erasmus 4 0 20 4 5 0nb, 1w

Bernard Scholtz 4 0 41 1 10.25 0nb, 2w

Namibia

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Louren Steenkamp b Varun Chakaravarthy 29 20 3 1 145

7.1

Varun Chakaravarthy to Louren Steenkamp, OUT! TIMBER! Louren Steenkamp does not pick the googly at all and sees his stumps shattered. Wrong 'un from Varun first up, on a length, on middle. Steenkamp does not move his feet at all and just pushes at the ball with his hands. The ball lands and spins back in to go past the inside edge. Louren leaves a yawning gap between the bat and the pad and the ball goes through the gate to crash into the sticks. The 34-run stand is broken.

Jan Frylinck c Shivam Dube b Arshdeep Singh 22 15 3 1 146.67

3.4

Arshdeep Singh to Jan Frylinck, OUT! CAUGHT! The sound off the bat is good again but unfortunately for Jan Frylinck, the connection isn't all that good as the ball goes off the toe-end of the bat. Arshdeep Singh bowls another one that is short of a length and over off and middle, but it is the knuckle-ball. Frylinck leans back to pull and does so early and aerially. There is an extra fielder out in the deep on the leg side and Frylinck finds Shivam Dube at deep mid-wicket. Just when Jan was starting to look good, he is sent packing. 250th T20 wicket for Arshdeep.

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton c Axar Patel b Varun Chakaravarthy 13 13 1 0 100

9.2

Varun Chakaravarthy to Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, OUT! TAKEN! Wickets off successive overs for Varun Chakaravarthy. Varun switches to around the wicket for the left-hander, outside off, flatter and shorter. Loftie-Eaton charges down the track but fails to get close to the ball. He still swings through and the ball is sliced off the outer half. It is skied towards wide long off, where Axar Patel runs across to his right and snaffles it. Namibia are now 86/3, needing 124 runs in 64 balls.

Gerhard Erasmus (C) c Tilak Varma b Axar Patel 18 11 0 2 163.64

10.1

Axar Patel to Gerhard Erasmus, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust and Namibia are self-imploding a bit here and 86/2 has turned into 88/5 in a flash. Axar Patel floats the ball up, on a length and outside off. Gerhard Erasmus stays leg side of the ball, reaches for it and lofts it back over the bowler's head. Tilak Varma at long off, moves to his right and takes a simple catch.

JJ Smit b Varun Chakaravarthy 0 2 0 0 0

9.4

Varun Chakaravarthy to JJ Smit, OUT! CLEANED HIM UP! An ungainly swipe across the line and JJ Smit pays the price. A two-ball duck for Smit. 3 wickets in 10 legal balls for Chakaravarthy. Googly from Varun, and he tosses this one up, but the length stays more on the shorter side, on off. Smit hangs deep in the crease before taking a step across the stumps. He has a big heave across the line, and the ball skids through to go under the blade and hit the stumps.

Zane Green (W) hit wicket b Shivam Dube 11 19 0 0 57.89

18.2

Shivam Dube to Zane Green, OUT! HIT WICKET! A tame end to the Namibian innings. Full and pushed across off, Zane Green goes deep in the crease and goes for the reverse-batted shot. He swings at it and fails to connect. On the follow-through of the swing, the bat clips the off stump and the stumps light up. Green cannot quite believe it. He stands there for a moment before dropping his head in disappointment. India win by 93 runs and make it two in two.

Malan Kruger c Jasprit Bumrah b Axar Patel 5 10 1 0 50

12.3

Axar Patel to Malan Kruger, OUT! TAKEN! Jasprit Bumrah nearly messes up badly but a last-ditch effort turns it into a spectacular catch. Flighted ball from Axar Patel, slightly full and on off. Malan Kruger sits down to sweep but gets a top edge that goes high in the air. Bumrah at short fine leg runs to his left but stops a bit before realising the ball is swerving away from him. He lunges across with both hands and snaffles it at the last moment. Namibia slip further.

Ruben Trumpelmann b Jasprit Bumrah 6 16 0 0 37.5

16.4

Jasprit Bumrah to Ruben Trumpelmann, OUT! BOWLED! Yorker nailed to absolute perfection by Jasprit Bumrah. Seam-up delivery at 89 mph, it lands in the region between the popping crease and the stumps. Ruben Trumpelmann backs away early. He fails to get his bat down in time and the ball scoots under his blade before crashing into the sticks.

Bernard Scholtz c Axar Patel b Hardik Pandya 4 4 1 0 100

17.3

Hardik Pandya to Bernard Scholtz, OUT! CAUGHT! Hardik Pandya gets himself on the board. Pandya sticks to the pace-off option but this is fuller, on off and middle at 68 mph. Bernard stays leg side and once again, he fails to read the slower ball. He swings early and gets it right off the toe end of the blade. It goes only as far as long on, where Axar Patel takes an easy catch without moving an inch. Hardik gestures a thumbs-up to Axar, and the two exchange smiles.

Ben Shikongo lbw b Hardik Pandya 0 1 0 0 0

17.4

Hardik Pandya to Ben Shikongo, OUT! PLUMB IN FRONT! Ben Shikongo takes the review more in hope than anything else. Hardik keeps the stumps in play with a length delivery. It's a slower off-cutter. Shikongo is caught on the crease and looks to whip it away. The ball stays low and Ben is beaten on the inside edge before being rapped low on the front pad. UltraEdge shows no bat and the Ball Tracking has the ball crashing into the middle stump. Two in two for Pandya and he is on a hat-trick.

Max Heingo not out 0 2 0 0 0

TOTAL: 116 in 18.2 overs (6.33 runs per over)

Extras (lb 0, w 4, nb 3, b 1) 8

Fall of wickets :1-33 (Jan Frylinck , 3.4 overs), 2-67 (Louren Steenkamp , 7.1 overs), 3-86 (Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton , 9.2 overs), 4-86 (JJ Smit , 9.4 overs), 5-88 (Gerhard Erasmus , 10.1 overs), 6-94 (Malan Kruger , 12.3 overs), 7-111 (Ruben Trumpelmann , 16.4 overs), 8-116 (Bernard Scholtz , 17.3 overs), 9-116 (Ben Shikongo , 17.4 overs), 10-116 (Zane Green , 18.2 overs)

Bowling overs M R W Econ Extras

Hardik Pandya 4 0 21 2 5.25 0nb, 0w

Arshdeep Singh 3 0 36 1 12 0nb, 2w

Shivam Dube 2.2 0 11 1 4.71 2nb, 1w

Jasprit Bumrah 4 0 20 1 5 1nb, 1w

Varun Chakaravarthy 2 0 7 3 3.5 0nb, 0w

Axar Patel 3 1 20 2 6.67 0nb, 0w

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