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ICC T20 World Cup: After the stormy fifties of Ishan and Pandya, spinners shined, Team India defeated Namibia by 93 runs.

By Samira Vishwas

New Delhi, 12 February. After the stormy half-centuries of opener Ishan Kishan (61 runs, 24 balls, five sixes, six fours) and all-rounder Hardik Pandya (52 runs, 28 balls, four sixes, four fours), spinner duo Varun Chakraborty (3-7) and Axar Patel (2-20) shone. The result was that host team India defeated weak Namibia by 93 runs here on Thursday night and registered its second consecutive win in Group A of the ICC T20 World Cup cricket tournament.

After losing the coin toss, India scored a strong score of 209 runs for nine wickets with the help of Ishan and Pandya’s strikes and their useful partnerships. In reply, the African team was reduced to 116 runs in 18.2 overs in front of Varun Chakraborty, Akshar Patel and ‘Player of the Match’ Pandya (2-21).

Namibia’s last 8 batsmen could add only 30 runs

From Namibia, apart from opener Lauren Steenkamp (29 runs, 20 balls, one six, three fours) and Jan Frylink (22 runs, 15 balls, one six, three fours), no other batsman could touch the 20-run mark. The team lost its last eight wickets for a gain of just 30 runs.

Fast half-century partnerships between Kishan-Tilak and Pandya-Sivam

Before this, Sanju Samson (22 runs, eight balls, three sixes, one four) along with Ishaan made a fast start in the Indian innings. However, Sanju returned to the total of 25 in the second over itself. After this, Kishan along with Tilak Verma (25 runs, 21 balls, three fours) strengthened the team by adding 79 runs on 31 balls for the second wicket. Later, Pandya along with Shivam Dubey (23 runs, 16 balls, one six, one four) made a partnership of 81 runs on 39 balls for the fifth wicket, taking the team beyond 200.

score card

If seen, the Indian batsmen, who scored 104 runs for one wicket in the first seven overs, could not hit the Namibian bowlers as expected later on. It can be easily guessed that the team could only add 105 runs in the last 13 overs.

5 Indian batsmen returned with a lead of just 4 runs in the last 11 balls.

Interestingly, in the pursuit of scoring fast runs in the slog overs, five batsmen returned within four runs in the last 11 balls. Opposition captain Gerard Erasmus took four wickets for 20 runs with his off-break balls.

India and Pakistan have equal 4-4 points in Group 1

If we look at Group A, India is on top with four points. In the first match, it defeated America by 29 runs. Pakistan, which has defeated Netherlands and America, also has four points from two matches, but is behind India on the basis of run average.

Indian team will now play Pakistan in Colombo on 15th February.

The Indian team will now play its next match against arch-rival Pakistan in Colombo on 15th February, on which all eyes will be fixed. The government of Pakistan had initially decided to boycott this match against India but later allowed its team to play in this match.

Sri Lanka’s second victory, Italy opened account

In the two other matches of the day, Sri Lanka registered its second consecutive win by defeating Oman by 105 runs in Group B, while in Group C, Italy opened its account with a resounding 10-wicket win over Nepal. In the first match, Italy had to lose to Scotland by 79 runs.

friday matches : : Australia vs Zimbabwe (Group B, Colombo, 11 am), Canada vs UAE (Group D, Delhi, 3 pm), Netherlands vs USA (Group A, Chennai, 7 pm).

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