ICC T20 World Cup Live 2026
Group : A
Match 18 : India vs Namibia live
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Time : 7:00 PM | 1:30 pm GMT | 7:00 pm Local
Hardik Pandya

Match 18 : Hardik's 28 balls 52 runs & 2 wickets, Ishan's 24 balls 61 runs and Varun's 3 for 7 powered India to crushed Namibia by 93 runs

18th match of ICC t20 Worldcup 2026 played between India vs Namibia at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on Thursday, February 12, 2026.

Putting into bat first by Namibia, India with Ishan Kishan's firing 24 balls 61, Sanju Samson's 8 balls 22, Tilak Varma's 25, Shivam Dube's 23 and Hardik Pandya's quick 28 balls 52 runs set huge target of 210 runs for Namibia to get. Gerhard Erasmus bowled well and took 4 wickets of just 20 runs in high scoring match.

Following huge target of 210 runs, Namibia team all out scoring just 116 runs in 18.2 overs and lost the match by huge margins of 93 runs. Louren Steenkamp with 29 runs was top scorer for Namibia. Varun Chakravarthy bowled well and took 3 wickets of just 7 runs. Hardik and Axar share shared 2 wickets as well. Hardik Pandya declared man of the match for his quick fifty and 2 wickets.

Man of the match :- Hardik Pandya (Ind)
Match 18 : Ind vs Namibia Live Scorecard
Toss : Namibia won and field first
Result : India won by 93 runs
Man of The Match : Hardik Pandya (Ind)
Points - India 2, Namibia 0
  India
1st Inning
 
  Batting  
R
B
4s
6s
SR
  Ishan Kishan (w) c Shikongo b Erasmus 61 24 6 5 254.16
  Sanju Samson c Steenkamp b Shikongo 22 8 1 3 275.00
  Tilak Varma c Smit b Erasmus 25 21 3 0 119.04
  Suryakumar Yadav (c) st Green b Scholtz 12 13 0 1 92.30
  Hardik Pandya c sub (DO Leicher) b Erasmus 52 28 4 4 185.71
  Shivam Dube run out (Shikongo/Erasmus) 23 16 1 1 143.75
  Rinku Singh c Erasmus b Smit 1 6 0 0 16.66
  Axar Patel b Erasmus 0 1 0 0 0.00
  Varun Chakravarthy not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
  Arshdeep Singh run out (Kruger/Green) 2 2 0 0 100.00
  Jasprit Bumrah            
             
  Extras (lb 1, w 9) 10        
  Total (20.0 overs) 209/9 RR: 10.45
  Namibia    
  Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WB
Eco
  Ruben Trumpelmann 4 0 38 0 0 2 9.50
  Ben Shikongo 3 0 41 1 0 0 13.66
  JJ Smit 4 0 50 1 0 0 12.50
  Max Heingo 1 0 18 0 0 0 18.00
  Gerhard Erasmus 4 0 20 4 0 1 5.00
  Bernard Scholtz 4 0 41 1 0 2 10.25
  Namibia
2nd Inning
 
  Batting  
R
B
4s
6s
SR
  Louren Steenkamp b Varun 29 20 3 1 145.00
  Jan Frylinck c Dube b Arshdeep Singh 22 15 3 1 146.66
  Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton c Patel b Varun 13 13 1 0 100.00
  Gerhard Erasmus (c) c Tilak Varma b Patel 18 11 0 2 163.63
  JJ Smit b Varun 0 2 0 0 0.00
  Zane Green (w) hit wicket b Dube 11 19 0 0 57.89
  Malan Kruger c Bumrah b Patel 5 10 1 0 50.00
  Ruben Trumpelmann b Bumrah 6 16 0 0 37.50
  Bernard Scholtz c Patel b Pandya 4 4 1 0 100.00
  Ben Shikongo lbw b Pandya 0 1 0 0 0.00
  Max Heingo not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
             
  Extras (b 1, nb 3, w 4) 8        
  Total (18.2 overs) 116/10 RR: 6.32
  India    
  Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WB
Eco
  Hardik Pandya 4 0 21 2 0 0 5.25
  Arshdeep Singh 3 0 36 1 0 2 12.00
  Shivam Dube 2.2 0 11 1 2 1 4.71
  Jasprit Bumrah 4 0 20 1 1 1 5.00
  Varun Chakravarthy 2 0 7 3 0 0 3.50
  Axar Patel 3 1 20 2 0 0 6.66
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