India vs Namibia: Rohit & Rahul Fifties Give India 9-Wicket Win
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India Win by 9 Wickets
Rahul finishes things off with one solid hit past mid off of van Lingen for a boundary. India win handsomely as they bid farewell for Ravi Shastri and co.
INdia: 131/1 After 15 Overs
Loftie-Eaton bowls out here with Rahul completing his half century as well. India are just 2 runs away from the win.
India: 122/1 After 14 Overs
11 more added to the cause with KL Rahul and SKY both taking on Trumpelmann. Rahul went over the bowler’s head while SKY pulled him away.
India: 111/1 After 13 Overs
SKY picks Loftie-Eaton from outside and scoops him over to fine leg for a boundary as India continue to entertain in the home stretch. 6 more to the cause for India.
India: 105/1 After 12 Overs
Rahul picks of another boundary as he inches closer to a half century, plays van Lingen away elegantly through the legside. 9 runs from the over for India, who have crossed the 100-run mark.
India: 96/1 After 11 Overs
Suryakumar Yadav has joined KL Rahul in the middle and not Kohli. Sky smacks Loftie-Eaton over the top of extra cover for 4 in a 9-run over.
Rohit Sharma Gone
After getting India off to a great start, Rohit tried to clear long on against Frylinck and is caught by Green for 56. He would have loved to finish it off.
Frylinck concedes 10 in the over as India move on to 87/1a after 10 overs
India: 77/0 After 9 Overs
Seven more for India in the next over of leg spinner Loftie-Eaton with Rohit hammering one over the bowler’s head for four more.
India: 70/0 After 8 Overs
Rohit gets his fifty as India are hurtling along towards the finish line. 7 runs of Smit’s second over takes India to 70.
India: 63/0 After 7 overs
Frylink takes the next over after the powerplay and concedes 9 more to India with Rohit picking him off for a boundary of the final delivery.
India: 54/0 After 6 Overs
Smit finishes the powerplay for Namibia as India’s openers bring up the half century stand. The openers take 10 runs from the over with Rahul finding the boundary on the offside with a crisp shot to the cover fence.
India: 44/0 After 5 Overs
Spin for the first time in the innings and Scholtz has been taken to the cleaners by Rohit. Flays him through point and then lofts him into the stands for a boundary and six in an 11 run over. India in command.
India: 33/0 After 4 Overs
Rohit gets a single to begin the Wiese over after that and Rahul hammers him over cow corner for a maximum. Wiese though responds well with dots for the final four deliveries.
India: 26/0 After 3 Overs
Rohit has decided to take the major chunk of the strike so far and attacks Trumpelmann with a cracking shot for four straight back past the bowler. India pick 5 more in the over.
India: 17/0 After 2 Overs
Rohit then takes the attack to Wiese, hammering him for a boundary through mid on and then for a six into the stands over long leg. Ends the over with a single as India pick up pace.
India: 6/0 After 1 Over
Rohit almost dismissed early in the first over but the dropped catch gives him four and Trumpelmann a frown. India start off with 6 in the first over.
Namibia: 132/8 After 20 Overs
Trumpelmann takes the attack to Shami in the final over, clobbering him for a six and four and ending the over with three more. Namibia finish well and post 132/8.
Namibia: 119/8 After 19 Overs
Bumrah finishes off his spell with a second wicket as Wiese walks back for 26 caught at cover, trying to force the pace. 5 runs for the cause for Namibia with 1 more over to go.
Namibia: 114/7 After 18 Overs
Expensive over from Shami as Wiese and Frylink benefit from a boundary of the overthrows in a 12-run over. Both batters make the over count by running hard between the wickets.
Namibia: 102/7 After 17 Overs
Bumrah comes back into the attack and concedes 7 runs with a four leg byes which pushes Namibia over the 100-run mark. Wiese and Frylink looking to finish well.
Namibia: 95/7 After 16 Overs
Ashwin then finishes his spell after that with a brilliant over. Bamboozles Zane Green first ball and knocks over the stumps. Wiese and Frylink hold out for the rest of the over.
Ashwin finishes with figures of 3/20.
Namibia: 93/6 After 15 Overs
Jadeja finishes with 3 wickets again and finishes his final over with the wicket of Smit, who looks to drive uppishly and is sharply caught by a diving Rohit Sharma. Jadeja finishes with figures of 3/16.
Namibia: 90/5 After 14 overs
Chahar bowls out with another expensive over of 13 runs as Wiese and Smit pick boundaries off him. Chahar who played his first game today in the tournament finishes with 0/30.
Ashwin Strikes Again! Namibia: 77/5 After 13 Overs
Ashwin in for his third over too and strikes, getting the wicket of Erasmus on the 3rd delivery. Erasmus looked to cut but edged it to Pant, who took it comfortably.
Ashwin completes an expensive and erratic over having conceded 10 runs, twice straying down leg. JJ Smith and Wiese in the middle for Namibia now.
Namibia: 67/4 After 12 Overs
Jadeja comes into the attack for his 3rd after that and he as expected bowls an economical one and a quick one too. 5 runs only for Namibia, who are finding it tough here.
Namibia: 62/4 After 11 Overs
Chahar’s third over is expensive as both Erasmus and Wiese dispatch him to the fence a couple of times in latter half of the over. The duo also picking the singles well and make it an 11-run over.
Ashwin Strikes! Namibia: 51/4 After 10 Overs
Ashwin gets into the act as well with Lofitie-Eaton's wicket. It is a Test match wicket! He's gotten him to get his forward with the flight, but the dip forces Loftie-Eaton into a late-cut, edging it straight to Rohit at slip. He's gone for 5.
Ashwin completes the over conceding just 4 runs as David Wiese joins Erasmus in the middle.
Ashwin celebrates a wicket
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Namibia: 47/3 After 9 Overs
Chahar rolls in another fine over for the cause. Just 5 runs and a couple of small scares as Loftie-Eaton and Erasmus steal a few quick ones.
Jadeja Strikes Again; Namibia: 42/3 After 8 Overs
And this time Jadeja has the number of Stephan Baard, who tried to sweep and missed with Jadeja crashing into the pads and getting the LBW decision. Just before Baard had put Jadeja away for a four and the over ended with a two for Erasmus off the top edge.
Namibia: 35/2 After 7 Overs
Rahul Chahar comes into the attack and rattles off a beautiful over. Probing and asking plenty of questions of the batters. Just a single from that.
Jadeja Strikes! Namibia: 34/2 After 6 Overs
Ravindra Jadeja introduced into the attack in the 5th over and he strikes of the third delivery, has Craig Williams stumped by Rishabh Pant on 0.
Jadeja completes the over with a few dots. India pulling things back.
Bumrah Strikes! Namibia: 33/1 After 5 Overs
Michael van Lingen looks to power away a short one outside the off stump and ends up giving Shami an easy catch at mid off of Bumrah. He's walking back for 14. Bumrah finishes the over with a couple of dots.
Namibia: 31/0 After 4 Overs
Baard and van Lingen are watchful against the guile of R Ashwin, who comes in for the next over. The openers run well between the wickets, finding the gaps and adding 6 to the cause.
Namibia: 25/0 After 3 Overs
Baard at the other decides to join in to the party as well and has stepped out and carted Shami over wide mid-on for a six. The first of the game, early in the third over. Follows it up with a quick two to midwicket before Shami completes the over with a couple of dots. 10 from it means Namibia are going along at a good rate.
Namibia: 15/0 After 2 Overs
A good over for Namibia as Jasprit Bumrah has a bad start. Van Lingen pounces on a full toss and drives it through mid off of four before a short one gets pulled away. Namibia pick up 10 from that over.
Namibia: 5/0 After 1 Over
Good start for India and Mohammed Shami, who was a little erratic early on in the over with his line. Namibia add 5 to the cause.
Here We Go!
Stephan Baard and Michael van Lingen open the innings for Namibia with Mohammed Shami takes the first over for India.
India are wearing black arm bands to mourn the passing of celebrated coach Taarak Sinha in Delhi.
Anthem Time!
Here's what Virat Kohli said at the toss.
“We'll bowl first. The tosses have been a big factor, and when I've won a couple we'll do what we wanted to do from Day 1. It's been an honour to captain India and I've done my best. The shortest format has to give way for the longer formats. I've been grateful for the opportunity. It's time for the next lot to take the team forward. Rohit has been looking on anyway, and Indian cricket is in good hands. Rahul Chahar comes in for Varun Chakravarthy for today's game,” Kohli said.
Teams:
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Chahar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Namibia (Playing XI): Stephan Baard, Michael van Lingen, Craig Williams, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Zane Green(w), David Wiese, Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz
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India Bowl First
Virat Kohli has won the toss against Namibia and opted to field first. This is Kohli's last game as T20 captain for India.
Rahul Chahar replaces Varun Chakravarthy in India's playing XI.
The Last Dance
This is the end of the road as the T20 captain of India for Virat Kohli and it is also the end of Ravi Shastri’s tenure as India head coach. India take on Namibia in what is a dead rubber in terms of semi-final qualification.
This is the first time since the T20 World Cup of 2012 that India have exited an ICC tournament before the knockouts. This will be India's first T20I encounter against Namibia. The only other time they faced each other was in the 50-over World Cup of 2003.
Squads:
India Squad: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar
Namibia Squad: Stephan Baard, Michael van Lingen, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Zane Green(w), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Craig Williams, Ruben Trumpelmann, Karl Birkenstock, Bernard Scholtz, Pikky Ya France, Jan Frylinck, Michau du Preez, Ben Shikongo
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