T20 World Cup 2026: Namibia all out for 67 runs, India A won by 130 runs in the practice match

Summary

India A beats Namibia India-A won against Namibia by 130 runs in the 16th warm-up match of the World Cup 2026 played at the BCCI Center of Excellence Ground 1 on Friday. After winning the toss, the Indian team came out to bat and scored 197 runs losing 8 wickets. The host team had lost…

T20 World Cup 2026: Namibia all out for 67 runs, India A won by 130 runs in the practice match

India A beats Namibia
India-A won against Namibia by 130 runs in the 16th warm-up match of the World Cup 2026 played at the BCCI Center of Excellence Ground 1 on Friday. After winning the toss, the Indian team came out to bat and scored 197 runs losing 8 wickets. The host team had lost the wickets of both the openers till the score of 25, after which Riyan Parag made a partnership of 111 runs in 65 balls for the third wicket with Naman Dheer, taking the team to the score of 136.

Naman Dheer also played an inning of 39 runs.

Naman Dhir was out after scoring 39 runs in 29 balls with 3 sixes and 1 four, while Riyan Parag scored 69 runs in 39 balls with 6 sixes and 5 fours. Apart from these, Ashutosh Sharma contributed 35 runs to the team’s account. From the opposition camp, Ruben Trumpelmann, Max Hingo and Gerhard Erasmus took 2 wickets each. Bernard Scholtz and Willem Myburg took 1 wicket each.

Namibia all out for 67 runs

In response, Namibia was reduced to just 67 runs in 12.1 overs. This team had lost 2 wickets even before the account was opened. The third wicket also fell till the score was 2. From here Lofty-Eaton added 23 runs for the fourth wicket with Jan Frylink, but as soon as this partnership broke, the fall of wickets started again. Frylink returned to the pavilion after scoring 12 runs in 13 balls with 1 four, while Eaton contributed 9 runs.

Amazing work of Team India’s bowler

By the score of 40, the team had lost the eighth wicket. From here, Dylan Leichter made a 20-run partnership with Willem Myburgh for the ninth wicket, but could not save the team from a shameful defeat. For India, Gurjapaneet Singh, Mayank Yadav, Ashok Sharma and Vipraj Nigam took 2 wickets each. One wicket each went to Ayush Badoni and Ravi Bishnoi. The T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, will start from February 7. Team India will start its campaign with a match against USA on the very first day.