IND vs NAM, T20 World Cup Live: Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya’s explosive innings in Delhi set a target of 210 runs against Namibia

By Samira Vishwas On Feb 12, 2026

Explosive innings of Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya in Delhi
Namibia set a target of 210 runs

India National Cricket Team vs Namibia National Cricket Team Scorecard: In the 2026 T20 World Cupthe Indian team is playing its second Group A match against Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After losing the toss, Team India bats first. The Indian team has made two major changes for this match. In this match, the Indian team batting first has set a target of 210 runs against Namibia. By Ishan Kishan He wreaked havoc with his bat and bowled the opposition bowlers hard. Ishan Kishan scored 61 runs in 24 balls. Hardik Pandya scored 42 runs off 21 balls.

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A strong start for India

Meanwhile, Namibia won the toss and elected to bowl first, but their decision was wrong. Batting first, India got off to a good start. Sanju Samson hit three towering sixes while batting. He was dismissed for 22 runs off 8 balls. Ishan Kishan then scored the fastest fifty in 20 balls. He was dismissed for 61 runs. Hardik Pandya led India with 52 off 28 balls. Tilak Verma was dismissed for 25, while Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed for 12 runs. India scored 209 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Captain Gerhard Erasmus took the most wickets for Namibia with four wickets. Namibia need to score 210 runs in 20 overs to win this match.

Both possible teams are as follows

India Playing XI: Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah

Namibia Playing XI: Lauren Steenkamp, Jan Frylink, Jan Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (capt), JJ Smit, Zane Green (w), Ruben Trumpelmann, Malan Kruger, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, Max Hengo