Ishan Kishan’s explosive fifty
sanju samson Gave India a fast start. He hit three sixes and a four but was out on the last ball of the second over. After this, Ishaan along with Tilak Verma scored 79 runs in 31 balls for the second wicket and took the team beyond 100. Ishaan hit 4 consecutive sixes in the sixth over and completed his fifty in 20 balls. The Indian team crossed 100 in the 7th over. Was out on the first ball of the 8th over. He played an inning of 61 runs in 24 balls with 5 sixes and 6 fours. After this, Namibia’s spin bowlers put India under pressure. Captain Suryakumar Yadav was out after scoring 12 runs in 13 balls, while Tilak scored 25 runs in 21 balls with 3 fours. After 12 overs, India’s score was 124 runs for 4 wickets. From here, Hardik Pandya along with Shivam Dubey (23) added 81 runs in 39 balls to take India beyond 200. Team India got the fifth blow in the form of Hardik Pandya on the score of 205. Pandya was out after scoring 52 runs in 28 balls with 4 sixes and as many fours, after which there was a fall of wickets. captain for namibia gerhard erasmus He took 4 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs.
Varun Chakraborty’s spell changed the story
The opening pair of Lauren Steenkamp and Jan Frylinck gave an excellent start to Namibia. India started the bowling with Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh. Frylink was scoring runs at a fast pace but became the victim of Arshdeep Singh in the fourth over. He scored 22 runs on 15 balls. By the end of the powerplay, Namibia’s score was 57 runs for one wicket. After 7 overs the team had reached 67 runs but the story changed with the arrival of Varun Chakraborty. He bowled Lauren on his very first ball. He scored 29 runs on 20 balls. Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus hit two sixes against Axar Patel.
Varun Chakraborty took two wickets in his second over. He dismissed JJ Smit as well as John Nicol Lofty Eaton. In the next over, Erasmus became the victim of Akshar Patel. With 2 wickets for 86 runs, Namibia’s score became 88/5. After this, Namibia’s wickets started falling and the team was reduced to 116 runs in the 19th over. Varun Chakraborty took three wickets while Akshar Patel and Hardik Pandya took 2-2 wickets.





