In the morning match on Tuesday, Namibia’s team lost against Netherlands by 7 wickets. After this, coach Craig Williams had indicated that the team has planned an evening training session to prepare for the day-night match against defending champions India. However, Namibia were given an afternoon practice slot on Wednesday, while India trained in the evening on both days before the match. Canada will face UAE on Friday at 3 pm. This team also trained under lights with India.

What did Captain Erasmus say?

“We do not have any night matches or day-night matches in Namibia,” Erasmus said in the press conference before the match against India. In terms of infrastructure, perhaps this is the biggest challenge for us. Barring players who have played in the Nepal Premier League, ILT20 or the World Cup before, most players are not used to playing under lights. We have not been given night training before this match. India were given a chance to train twice, and on Wednesday Canada also got a chance. Make whatever you want out of it… we will just play the Namibian way, which means fighting.

He also told his young players to seize the opportunity and be in the moment when they face India in front of a crowd of 40,000. The captain said, ‘I think this is a big moment. We are not strangers to the players, we see them a lot on TV in IPL and international cricket. You know who you’re going to face, but I think in terms of exposure, and the size of the event, playing under the lights in front of 40,000 noisy fans is going to be a great experience for the young players.