Team India outclasses Namibia in 2026 T20 World Cup: Stats
What's the story
The Indian cricket team hammered minnows Namibia in Match 18 of the ICC T20 World Cup on Thursday. The Group A contest at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium saw India score 209/9 in 20 overs. Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya hammered fifties. Gerhard Erasmus picked up a four-fer. In response, India bowled well to hurt Namibia in a 210-run chase. Namibia perished for 116 runs.
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2nd successive win for India
India have registered two wins from two matches in Group A. They overcame USA in the opener. India claimed a 29-run win against USA in Mumbai and have now tamed Namibia in Delhi. India take on Pakistan next on Sunday.
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What happened in the contest?
India rode on fine knocks from Kishan and Pandya to get to 209/9. Kishan shone with a breezy 24-ball 61 and was involved in a fifty-plus stand alongside Tilak Varma. Pandya then took over and added 81 runs with Shivam Dube. In response, Namibia were off to a good start before India hit back with wickets. From 84/2, they collapsed to 94/6.
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A fast start from Sanju Samson
Sanju Samson, who replaced Abhishek Sharma in India's side against Namibia, scored a fiery 8-ball 22 upfront. He smashed three sixes and a four. He struck at 275.
Kishan
Kishan slams his maiden T20 World Cup fifty
Kishan smashed a 24-ball 61. He owned a strike rate of 254.17 and hit five sixes and six fours. He raced to 1,092 runs from 38 T20Is at 29.51. This was his 8th half-century (100s: 1). His strike rate is 141.26, as per ESPNcricinfo. In T20 World Cups. Kishan has amassed 85 runs from three matches at 28.33 (SR: 177.08).
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33rd T20 fifty from Kishan's blade
Overall in T20s, Kishan has bagged 6,083 runs from 222 matches (213 innings) at 30.72. He owns a strike rate of 140.81. This was his 33rd T20 fifty (100s: 7). Kishan is one shy of 600 fours (599) and is nearing 300 sixes (295).
Pandya
Pandya punctures Namibia with 28-ball 52
Pandya's knock had four fours and four sixes (SR: 185.71). In 321 T20s (278 innings), Pandya has closed in on 6,000 runs (5,978). He averages 30.04 (SR: 144-plus). He registered his 25th T20 fifty and has smoked 322 sixes. 2,128 of Pandya's T20 runs have come for India (T20Is) at 28.37 from 131 matches (102 innings). He smashed his 8th T20I fifty.
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A 3rd T20 World Cup fifty for Pandya
In ICC T20 World Cup history, Pandya has amassed 414 runs from 26 matches (18 innings) at 29.57, as per ESPNcricinfo. This was his 3rd fifty in T20 World Cup.
Erasmus
Gerhard Erasmus enters T20 World Cup record books with four-fer
As per Cricbuzz, Erasmus (4/20) became the 4th skipper in T20 World Cup with a four-wicket haul. Erasmus is the 2nd skipper to take a T20 World Cup four-fer against Team India after New Zealand's Daniel Vettori in 2007. Vettori managed 4/20 in that contest. Erasmus owns 68 T20 wickets from 152 matches (75 innings) at 18.72. He has 62 scalps for Namibia (T20Is).
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2nd Namibia bowler with a T20 WC four-fer
Erasmus is now just the 2nd Namibia player with a four-fer in T20 World Cup. He joined Ruben Trumpelmann, who took 4/21 versus Oman in the 2024 edition.
Chase
Namibia's story and Indian bowlers
Namibia openers Louren Steenkamp (29) and Jan Frylinck (22) were the top scorers for the side. Erasmus scored an 11-ball 18. For India, spinner Varun Chakravarthy claimed a three-fer. He bowled 2 overs and conceded 7 runs. Fellow spinner Axar Patel claimed 2 wickets. He bowled three overs (1/20). Arshdeep Singh proved to be costly (1/36). Pandya managed 2/21 whereas Jasprit Bumrah claimed 1/20.
Arshdeep
Indian seamer Arshdeep Singh completes 250 T20 wickets
Star Indian pacer Arshdeep completed 250 wickets in T20 cricket. The left-arm seamer dismissed Namibia opener Frylinck to touch the mark. Arshdeep got to 250 T20 wickets in his 188th appearance. He averages under 22 and has an economy rate of 8-plus. His tally includes 5 four-wicket hauls and 2 fifers. For India, he has claimed 121 scalps in T20Is from 78 matches.
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2nd Indian bowler with this record
Arshdeep is now the 2nd Indian bowler after R Ashwin (32) to claim 30-plus T20 World Cup wickets. From 16 T20 World Cup games, he has 30 scalps at 14.16.
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Key numbers for the Indian bowlers
Varun's 3/7 saw him get to a tally of 63 scalps from 38 T20Is at 15.19. In all T20s, he owns 187 scalps at 21.03. Axar now owns 263 T20 scalps from 304 matches at 27.08. 90 of his T20 scalps have come for India from 89 matches. Pandya has claimed 107 T20I wickets at 26.7. Overall in T20s, he has 219 scalps.
Records
Records made by Team India
India claimed their 10th successive T20 World Cup match win, becoming the 1st side to do so. India claimed their biggest victory (by runs) in T20 World Cup. This 93-run win bettered the 90 runs margin against England in Colombo RPS, 2012. India recorded their 47th 200-plus team total in T20Is, as per Cricbuzz. They also posted their 4th 200-plus T20 WC score.
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More notable records for India
Kishan recorded the joint fourth-fastest T20 World Cup fifty for India (20 balls). India recorded their highest score in powerplay overs (1-6). They managed 86/1.