USA vs NAM: America wants to maintain Super Eight hopes by defeating Namibia, tough competition for T20 World Cup 2026

Chennai: Confident after the win over Netherlands, America would like to keep their hopes of entering the Super Eight alive by defeating Namibia in the important match of T20 World Cup Group A. India and Pakistan are at the top two positions in the group after winning both the matches so far.

If America wins this match, it may have a chance if one of the top two teams loses. After losing the first two matches, America defeated Netherlands by 93 runs, which is the biggest win by runs by an associate team in the history of T20 World Cup. This was America’s first win after losing to the Netherlands in the last six matches across formats, the foundation of which was laid by excellent batting and disciplined spin bowling.

Siteja Mukkamalla, who was included in the final eleven, took full advantage of the opportunity and played an excellent innings. Shubham Ranjane later played an aggressive innings to take the team beyond 200 runs while captain Monank Patel also scored 36 runs. After getting a strong score, America’s bowlers also performed well. Harmeet Singh led the spin attack, who was well supported by Mohammad Mohsin and Nostush Kenjige. Together, all three took seven wickets for 60 runs in ten overs.

This spin trio will be important against Namibia as the Namibian batsmen could not face Varun Chakraborty’s balls against India. The Namibian team, which is on the verge of elimination after consecutive defeats, will have to improve its batting while disciplined bowling in the death overs is also necessary. Captains Gerhard Erasmus and Jan Frylink will be the architects of the innings while JJ Smit and Jan Nicol Lofty Eaton will lead the bowling.

Teams :

America: Monank Patel (captain), Jesse Singh, Andrews Goss, Shehan Jayasuriya, Milind Kumar, Shayan Jahangir, Saiteja Mukkamala, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Harmeet Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Saurabh Netrawalkar, Ali Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Shubham Ranjane.

Namibia: Malan Kruger, Gerhard Erasmus (captain), Jan Frylink, Lauren Steenkamp, ​​Jan Balt, Dylan Leisher, JJ Smit, Zane Green, Jan Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Bernard Scholtz, Ruben Trumpelman, Jack Brassell, Ben Shikongo, Willem Myburgh, Max Heingo.

Match time: From three o’clock in the afternoon.