Delhi: In the important match played in Group A of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Team India performed brilliantly and defeated Namibia by 93 runs. With this victory, India achieved its second consecutive success in the tournament and strengthened its position in the points table. In this match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, India showed complete dominance with both bat and ball.

Batting first after the toss, the Indian team got a fast and aggressive start. Ishan Kishan batted in a stormy style and scored 61 runs in just 24 balls. His innings included 6 fours and 5 sixes. He turned the match towards India in the power play itself.

Hardik Pandya supported him very well. Hardik played an explosive inning of 52 runs in 28 balls and kept the run rate consistently high. Thanks to the innings of these two, India scored a strong score of 209 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Tilak Verma (25), Shivam Dubey (23) and Sanju Samson (22) made useful contributions in the middle order. However, while trying to score runs quickly in the last two overs, the team lost wickets continuously. The score till 18 overs was 199 runs for 4 wickets, but in the last 12 balls, 5 wickets fell and only 10 runs were added. In the last over, India lost two wickets and scored only 3 runs.

The Namibian team, which came to chase the target of 210 runs, looked under pressure from the very beginning. Indian bowlers bowled tightly with precise line and length. Spinner Varun Chakraborty gave a lethal performance, taking 3 wickets for just 7 runs in 4 overs and broke the back of the opposition batting.

The rest of the bowlers also provided excellent support, due to which the entire Namibian team was reduced to 116 runs in 18.2 overs. For Namibia, Lauren Steenkamp scored 29 runs and John Frylink scored 22 runs, but apart from these, no other batsman could hold on. The team lost its last eight wickets in just 30 runs.

Brief Scorecard – India vs Namibia, Group A

India: 209/9 (20 overs)

Ishan Kishan – 61 runs (24 balls)
Hardik Pandya – 52 runs (28 balls)
Varun Chakraborty – 3 wickets (7 runs)

Namibia: 116 all out (18.2 overs)

Lauren Steenkamp – 29 runs
John Frylink – 22 runs

Result

India defeated Namibia by 93 runs.

player of the match

Hardik Pandya: Honored for his aggressive innings of 52 runs on 28 balls and impressive all-round performance.

turning point of the match

The first turning point of the match was the power play, when Ishan Kishan batted aggressively and put pressure on the Namibian bowlers.

The second major turning point came in the middle overs of Namibia’s innings, when Varun Chakraborty turned the match completely in India’s favor by taking consecutive wickets.

FAQs – Who won the match yesterday? IND vs NAM, T20 World Cup 2026

Question 1: Who won the India vs Namibia match?

Answer: India won by 93 runs.

Question 2: Who scored the most runs in the match?

Answer: Ishan Kishan played a stormy inning of 61 runs.

Question 3: Who was the most successful bowler from India?

Answer: Varun Chakraborty performed brilliantly by taking 3 wickets.

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