The 18th match of T20 World Cup 2026 was played between India and Namibia. This match was played on 12 February at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The Indian team won very comfortably by defeating Namibia by 93 runs. The thing to note is that the Indian batsmen and bowlers performed brilliantly in this match.

While Ishan Kishan made headlines with his batting in the 18th match of the T20 World Cup 2026, Namibia’s Gerhard Erasmus also broke the back of the Indian team’s lower order.

India’s innings

Namibia won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, India got off to a good start but soon lost their first wicket in the form of Sanju Samson. The Indian team scored 124 runs after losing four wickets in the first 12 overs. After this, the team scored 85 runs by losing five wickets in the remaining eight overs, due to which India’s score in 20 overs was 209 runs for nine wickets.

For India, Ishan Kishan scored the highest score of 61 runs, while Hardik Pandya scored 52 runs. Gerhard Erasmus took the maximum of four wickets for Namibia. Bernard Scholtz, JJ Smit and Ben Shikongo took one wicket each, while Arshdeep Singh was run out.

Namibia’s innings

While chasing the target, Namibia team could not stop the falling wickets. In the first 12 overs they scored 90 runs losing 5 wickets. After this, they were able to score only 26 runs losing 5 wickets in 7 overs, due to which the team was all out for 116 runs in 18.2 overs. India won this match by 93 runs.

For Namibia, Lauren Steenkamp scored the highest score of 29 runs, while Jane Frylink scored 22 runs. On the other hand, Varun Chakraborty took three wickets for India. Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel took two wickets each, while Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dubey took one wicket each.

IND vs NAM Playing-XI

• India: Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty.


• Namibia: Lauren Steenkamp, ​​Jan Frylink, Jane Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (captain), JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelman, Malan Kruger, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, Max Hengo.