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India will face Namibia in their last match of the Super twelve-stage at the ongoing T20 world cup tournament 2021 in Dubai on Mon, November 8.
India, who had hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals in Afghanistan, was knocked out of the multi-team tournament after New Zealand defeated Afghanistan on Sunday. Namibia, on the other hand, was the second team from group two to be eliminated from the competition.
The Virat Kohli-led aspect would be wanting to finish their campaign on a high note with a win over Namibia. Similarly, Gerhard Erasmus & Company would be focusing on registering a triumph in their last game of this competition.
India’s hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals of the 2021 T20 tournament flickered in brief following 2 large wins, however, New Zealand destroyed the flame with clinical exactitude. Beating a dispirited Afghanistan by eight wickets, the Kiwis joined Pakistan as semi-finalists from group two.
India hasn’t got a lot to play for once they combat Namibia in Match forty-two of the T20 tournament at the Dubai International Stadium. However, the men in blue will need Virat Kohli’s T20I captaincy tenure to finish on a good note, particularly with Ravi Shastri also on his final assignment as India coach.
Things may appear easy against Namibia, who’ve lost 3 of their four games in the T20 tournament this far. However, Gerhard’s men have shown nice character even when taking part in the simplest sides within the competition and might offer India a good run for their money. The ultimate Super twelve game of the tournament guarantees to be amusing, although it does not affect consecutive stages.
The T20 World Cup’s Super twelve-stage has been a good platform for Namibia to indicate simply how good they’re as a world side, however, matches against India supply them reach like no alternative contest. The Eagles’ final Super twelve encounter can without doubt be their biggest platform up to now, and although India is knocked out of the competition, lots of eyes are going to be trained on the match.
Namibia’s top-order batting hasn’t lived up to expectations within the T20 tournament thus far, and they’ve typically had to have faith in contributions from the center to urge them to even moderately respectable totals. David Wiese has expectedly been the standout, whereas Erasmus’ place and accountable batting have served the team well.
Namibia’s left-arm-rich pace attack is going to be good to counter the weaknesses of India, WHO have typically been picked apart by bowlers of that selection. Though spinners are not specifically plentiful within the Namibia aspect, Bernard Scholtz can have support from many part-timers.
For India, rest and rotation are also the themes of the ultimate T20 tournament game. Most of their all-format players have shuttled from one bio-bubble to a different one and can urgently like a rest earlier than a packed calendar. Players WHO have warmed the bench theIs far like Rahul Chahar may be in line to enter the taking part in XI, which might conjointly feature returns for the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishan Kishan.
India will, of course, still play the aggressive whole of cricket they’ve placed entering their last 2 T20 tournament matches. whereas Namibia is one of the higher associate sides within the competition, they’re expected to be out of their depth. Kohli should be ready to log out on a high, though it would not be the high he visualized at the beginning of the tournament.
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS
Namibia and India have not moon-faced one another during a T20 international. However, in the 2003 ODI tournament, each nation had a face-off where India won by 181 runs.
MATCH DETAILS
Match – India vs Namibia – Match forty-two
Venue – Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Time – 07:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM UT1
PITCH REPORT:
Dew can have some impact since it’s a night fixture. Batting initially has been a challenge in Dubai; thus, chasing is a perfect selection for the team winning the toss.
PROBABLE XIS:
PROBABLE TAKING PART IN XIS
INDIA
- KL Rahul
- Rohit Sharma
- Virat Kohli (c)
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Rishabh Pant (wk.)
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Muhammad Shami
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Ishan Kishan
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Rahul Chahar
- Shardul Thakur
- Stephan Baard
- Craig Williams
- Gerhard Erasmus (c)
- David Wiese
- JJ Smit
- Zane Green(wk.)
- Michael van Lingen
- Karl Birkenstock
- Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
- Ruben Trumpelmann
- Benard Scholtz
- Jan Frylinck
- Ben Shikongo
- Pikky Ya France
- Michau du Preez
