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Louren Steenkamp and Jan Frylinck came out with attacking intent, immediately putting the Indian bowlers under pressure with a scoring rate touching 10. Frylinck looked fluent during his 22 off 15 balls before Arshdeep Singh provided the much-needed breakthrough, dismissing him to halt Namibia’s early charge.
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton joined Steenkamp at the crease, and the pair ensured Namibia finished the Powerplay strongly at 57/1, their best Powerplay total in T20 World Cup history. Steenkamp continued to find the boundaries with confidence as Namibia maintained their aggressive approach.
However, the momentum shifted dramatically when the No.1 ICC Men’s T20I bowler, Varun Chakaravarthy, was introduced into the attack. He made an instant impact, striking on his very first ball to bowl Steenkamp. Captain Gerhard Erasmus walked in and counterattacked brilliantly, smashing two towering sixes in Axar Patel’s first over to keep Namibia’s hopes alive.
Chakaravarthy once again turned the tide in India’s favour, removing Loftie-Eaton (13 off 13) and JJ Smit (0) within the space of three deliveries to dent Namibia’s middle order. Axar Patel soon joined the party, bouncing back strongly after an expensive over to dismiss Erasmus and further tighten India’s grip on the game. He capped it up with a superb wicket-maiden over.
Axar struck again shortly after, thanks to a stunning diving catch by Jasprit Bumrah to remove Malan Kruger, who had just powered a boundary over mid-on. The collapse gathered pace as Bumrah unleashed one of his trademark toe-crushing yorkers to send Ruben Trumplemann back for 6.
Hardik Pandya then wrapped up the tail with consecutive wickets, dismissing Bernard Scholtz and Ben Shikongo to leave Namibia nine down. In the final act, Green attempted a reverse shot but failed to make contact, and in the process dislodged the bails for a hit wicket, bringing the innings, and the game, to a close.
With this win India extended their winning streak of 10 matches at T20 World Cup – the longest streak by any team.