7:52 PM IST, Local Time: India-A were too strong for the Namibian side. They register a victory by a massive margin of 130 runs. Namibia are all out for 67 in 12.1 overs.
Batting first, the Indian innings was built around a fluent 69 by Riyan Parag, supported by Naman Dhir’s 39 and useful late contributions from the lower order, enabling the hosts to set Namibia a daunting target of 198 runs.
In reply, Namibia endured a disastrous start as they lost two wickets in the first over itself. They then collapsed to 29/6 inside the powerplay. The Namibian specialist batters were unable to handle the India-A pacers. The trio of Gurjapneet Singh (2/6), Mayank Yadav (2/17) and Ashok Sharma (2/8) were very quick and too hot to handle for the inexperienced Namibian players.
In the end, Namibia further collapsed to 40/8 and then were all out for 67 in 12.1 overs. Dylan Leicher was the highest scorer with 22 off 20 balls. Seven of the Namibian batters were dismissed for a single-digit score. Out of seven, three of them were dismissed for a duck.
Apart from the India-A pace trio, leggie Vipraj Nigam also picked up two scalps. Ravi Bishnoi picked up a wicket on the first ball of his spell to close out the final warm-up fixture before the T20 World Cup 2026.
Namibia won their first warm-up match against Scotland by six runs. However, this heavy loss will definitely affect their morale before the start of the T20 World Cup.