T20 World Cup 2021: Match 42 – India vs Namibia Match Preview, Playing XI and broadcast details

With New Zealand’s victory over Afghanistan, the final match of the Super 12 stages of the 2021 edition of the T20 World Cup between India and Namibia has turned out to be a dead rubber, and the hopes of millions of fans who swear by the phrase ‘Bleed Blue’ has gone up in smoke.

India are out of the tournament, as the Kiwis have booked their place in the semifinal stages of the T20 World Cup, with Pakistan being the other side to qualify from Group 2. India also called off their optional practice session ahead of the Namibia clash as well. In their previous match against Scotland, Virat Kohli and his men absolutely decimated their opposition with 8 wickets and 81 balls to spare.

Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja scalped 6 wickets between them against Scotland, and the Kyle Coetzer-led side was bowled out for just 85. India came out all guns blazing and chased down the target with aplomb. KL Rahul was the wrecker-in-chief with the bat and scored a 19-ball 50.

Namibia were pummeled by the New Zealand side by 52 runs in their previous clash. New Zealand posted a challenging total of 163/4, and the Namibia willow wielders were not up to the task. In their allotted 20 overs, the Namibia side could only manage to muster a total of 111/7.

India will look to end their campaign with a win, while the Namibia side will be hoping (against hope), that they can upset Virat Kohli’s boys.

Pitch and Conditions

Win the toss and bowl. Well that should be the thought going on in the minds of both captains as the side chasing has won a whopping 9 out of the 10 matches played at this venue in this tournament. Spinners can cause some trouble to the batsmen if they can hit the right areas, while the batters will have to apply themselves on this surface to score runs.

Playing Combinations for India vs Namibia

India

India are likely to go in with the same playing XI for their final match of the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Predicted XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami

Namibia

If Jan Frylinck is fit, he will come into the side in place of Karl Birkenstock. The rest of the line up will remain the same.

Predicted XI: Stephen Baard, Michael van Lingen, Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus (c), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green (wk), Jan Frylinck/Karl Birkenstock, Bernard Scholtz

India vs Namibia Head-to-Head

This will be the first meeting between these two teams in T20I cricket.

India vs Namibia Broadcast Details

Match Timings – 07:30 PM IST

TV – Star Sports Network

Live Streaming – Disney+Hotstar