Live Cricket Scorecard - IND vs NAM Match 18, India tour of ICC MT20 WC, 2026

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India vs Namibia MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

CRICKET MATCH TEAMS

India
Sanju Samson
Ishan Kishan (W)
Tilak Varma
Suryakumar Yadav (C)
Hardik Pandya
Shivam Dube
Rinku Singh
Axar Patel
Arshdeep Singh
Jasprit Bumrah
Varun Chakaravarthy

Namibia
Louren Steenkamp
Jan Frylinck
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
Gerhard Erasmus (C)
JJ Smit
Zane Green (W)
Malan Kruger
Ruben Trumpelmann
Bernard Scholtz
Ben Shikongo
Max Heingo

India vs Namibia MATCH INFO

Toss:Namibia, who chose to field
Umpires:Paul Reiffel (AUS), Rod Tucker (AUS) and Leslie Reifer (WI)
Match Referee:Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Match Date:Thu, 12th Feb 2026

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IND - INN NAM - INN

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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.

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18.1: Shivam Dube to Zane Green, Dug in short, on middle. Zane pivots on the back foot for the pull but mistimes it to mid-wicket.

End of over 18
NAM116/9
NAM Batting M Heingo 0(2) Z Green 11(17)

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17.6: Hardik Pandya to Max Heingo, Out comes the slower ball, fuller and on off, Max stabs it down on the off side. Hardik ends with figures of 4-0-21-2.

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17.5: Hardik Pandya to Max Heingo, No hat-trick! After picking the last two wickets with full balls, Pandya tries to change it up and he bangs it in short, over middle. Max Heingo hangs on the back foot and defends it watchfully. A wry smile from Hardik as he realises that he should have stuck to the full ball.

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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.

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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.

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17.2: Hardik Pandya to Bernard Scholtz, Not far away from clipping the top of the stumps! Off-cutter, on a good length, on middle. Scholtz exposes all three stumps and looks to work it away on the leg side, but swings early. Luckily for him, the ball balloons over the sticks.

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17.1: Hardik Pandya to Zane Green, Going across off, on a good length. Zane smears this slower one through mid-wicket for a single.

End of over 17
NAM115/7
NAM Batting B Scholtz 4(2) Z Green 10(16)

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16.6: Jasprit Bumrah to Bernard Scholtz, Bumrah responds with a short ball, following the batter. Bernard gives himself room and mistimes the flat-batted shot to cover.

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16.5: Jasprit Bumrah to Bernard Scholtz, FOUR! Gets it away! Bumrah goes searching for another yorker, but it comes out as a low full toss, just outside the off pole. Fast hands from Bernard Scholtz as he slices it to the left of the man at backward point for a boundary.

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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.

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16.3: Jasprit Bumrah to Zane Green, Very full, in the blockhole, on middle. Zane jams it out in front of mid off and scampers through for a quick single. Jasprit Bumrah wants Rinku Singh to have a shy but he opts against it.

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16.2: Jasprit Bumrah to Zane Green, Hits the hard length, does Bumrah, on middle. Zane is hurried on the pull and he mistimes it to mid-wicket.

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16.1: Jasprit Bumrah to Zane Green, Skidding through, on a good length, Green backs away, stands tall on his toes and punches it on the up to cover.

End of over 20
IND209/9
IND Batting A Singh 2(2) V Chakaravarthy 1(1)

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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!

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19.5: JJ Smit to Varun Chakaravarthy, A low full toss, wide outside off, Varun Chakaravarthy gets across and powers it to the right of long off. Gerhard Erasmus is quick to cut it off and keeps it down to a single.

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19.4: JJ Smit to Arshdeep Singh, Another yorker at the toes, Arshdeep Singh looks to swing it away but gets an inside-edge onto the pads. The batters scamper through for a single.

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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.

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19.2: JJ Smit to Rinku Singh, No run taken and that is expected at this stage. A low full toss on middle and leg, Rinku Singh sweeps it towards deep square leg and keeps strike.

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19.1: JJ Smit to Rinku Singh, Immaculate length again from JJ Smit. Full and in the blockhole, angled into the batter. Rinku Singh makes room and jams it to cover.

End of over 19
IND206/7
IND Batting A Patel 0(1) R Singh 1(3)

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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.

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18.5: Gerhard Erasmus to Rinku Singh, Full and on off, Rinku thumps it down to long on and crosses over.

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18.4: Gerhard Erasmus to Rinku Singh, Just in! Bowled by going wide of the crease and by getting low. Full and flirting with the tramline. Rinku lets it be, thinking it will be called wide but the umpire is happy with it.

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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.

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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.

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18.1: Gerhard Erasmus to Hardik Pandya, SIX! That's gone deep into the stands and Hardik Pandya brings up his third T20 World Cup FIFTY. Flatter one, angled across the middle and leg. Hardik Pandya goes deep in the crease and swings it handsomely over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. The 200 is also up for India with that sizzling shot.

End of over 18
IND199/4
IND Batting H Pandya 46(26) S Dube 23(16)

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17.6: JJ Smit to Hardik Pandya, Smit errs on the fuller side and serves a low full toss outside off. Pandya hangs back and laces it flat but straight to long off for a single. 9 runs off the over.

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17.5: JJ Smit to Shivam Dube, Full and straight, angled into the toes, heaved down to long on for a single.

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17.4: JJ Smit to Shivam Dube, FOUR! Oh, it deserved a better fielding effort, perhaps. Wide yorker now, in the blockhole as well but Shivam Dube shows he's not all about power. He waits back and angles it through the gap between backward point and short third for a boundary.

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17.3: JJ Smit to Hardik Pandya, Doesn't carry! Another full delivery, bowled well wide of the off stump line. Hardik Pandya nearly falls over as he reaches for it and powers it on the bounce to deep cover for a single.

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17.2: JJ Smit to Shivam Dube, Another yorker from Smit, and right on the money as well. Bowled at just 121.7 kph, but right at the toes. Dube gets the front leg out of the way and jams it to mid on for one more.

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17.1: JJ Smit to Hardik Pandya, A wide yorker, nailed to perfection. Pandya squeezes it to deep point and picks up a single.

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