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India vs Namibia T20 World Cup Match Results: The 18th match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 was played between India and Namibia on Thursday, 12 February. In this Group-A match held at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Team India registered a spectacular victory by 93 runs. Hardik Pandya was adjudged player of the match. This is India's biggest win so far in the T20 World Cup by margin of runs. Earlier, India had defeated England by 90 runs in the 2012 T20 World Cup.

Target 210: Namibia all out for 116 runs

Batting first, India set a target of 210 runs. In reply, Namibia's entire team was reduced to 116 runs in 16.2 overs. Varun Chakraborty took 3 wickets for 7 runs in just 2 overs. 'Player of the match' Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel took 2-2 wickets. Ishan Kishan's aggressive batting was also a major reason for the victory.

Team India Winning Streak: Second consecutive win

This is India's second consecutive win in the T20 World Cup 2026. Earlier, Team India had defeated USA by 29 runs in the first match. However, this is Namibia's second consecutive defeat. It lost to Netherlands by 7 wickets in its first match.

Namibia Batting Collapse: Batsman helpless in front of spin

Namibia, who set out to chase the runs, did not have a good start. In the fourth over, John Frylink (22 runs) became the victim of Arshdeep Singh. After this, Lauren Steenkamp and John Nicole Lofty-Eaton added 34 runs. Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty broke the partnership by dismissing Steenkamp (29 runs). In the same over, he also sent Lofty-Eaton (13 runs) and JJ Smit (0 runs) to the pavilion. Captain Gerhard Erasmus (18 runs) became the victim of Axar Patel. Akshar also dismissed Malan Kruger (5 runs). Jasprit Bumrah bowled Ruben Trumpelman (6 runs). Hardik Pandya dismissed Bernard Scholtz (4 runs) and Ben Shikongo (0 runs). After scoring 11 runs, Zane Green was hit wicket by Shivam Dubey.

India Batting Highlights: Ishan Kishan's storm

After losing the toss and batting first, India scored 209 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Initially Sanju Samson was out after scoring 22 runs in 8 balls. He hit 3 sixes and 1 four. After this Ishan Kishan and Tilak Verma added 79 runs for the second wicket. Ishaan completed his fifty in just 20 balls. In the sixth over, he scored 28 runs by hitting 4 consecutive sixes against JJ Smit. Ishaan scored 61 runs on 24 balls, which included 6 fours and 5 sixes. Captain Suryakumar Yadav (12 runs) and Tilak Verma (25 runs) could not play big innings.

Hardik Pandya Fifty: Pandya-Dubey partnership

After this, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey made an important partnership of 81 runs for the fifth wicket. Hardik scored 52 runs in 28 balls, which included 4 fours and 4 sixes. He completed his fifty in 27 balls. Shivam Dubey scored 23 runs. Both the batsmen were out in the 19th over. In the same over, Gerhard Erasmus also dismissed Akshar Patel (0). Rinku Singh (1 run) and Arshdeep Singh (2 runs) were also out in the last over. India scored only 10 runs and lost 5 wickets in the last two overs. Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets. Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo and JJ Smit got one success each.

Nepal vs Italy Match Result: Italy defeated Nepal by 10 wickets

Italy registered its first win in the T20 World Cup. In the Group C match, Italy defeated Nepal by 10 wickets. Italy achieved the target of 124 runs in just 12.4 overs without losing any wicket.

Mosca Brothers Century Partnership: Miracle of Mosca Brothers

The brilliant partnership of Mosca Brothers was the biggest reason for Italy's victory. Both the openers made a century partnership. Justin Mosca scored an unbeaten 60, while Anthony Mosca scored an unbeaten 62. Both the batsmen lasted till the end and led the team to a comfortable victory.

Nepal Batting Performance: All out for 123 runs

In this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Italy won the toss and chose to bowl first. Nepal team was all out after scoring 123 runs in 19.3 overs. Arif Sheikh scored the highest score of 27 runs for Nepal. Deependra Singh Airi contributed 17 runs, Rohit Paudel contributed 23 runs and Asif Shaikh contributed 20 runs. However, no batsman could play a big innings.

Italy Bowling Attack: Deadly bowling by Kalugamage

Italy's bowlers performed disciplined. Krishan Kalugamage took maximum 3 wickets. Ben Menenti got 2 wickets. Ali Hasan, JJ Smuts and Jaspreet Singh took one wicket each. Due to tight bowling by Italy, Nepal could not score a big score.

Sri Lanka vs Oman Match Result: Sri Lanka beat Oman by 105 runs

Sri Lanka has won the second consecutive match in the T-20 World Cup. In the first match played on Thursday, the team defeated Oman by 105 runs. This is Sri Lanka's second biggest win by margin of runs in T-20 International. This Group-B match was played at Pallekele International Stadium, Kandy. Oman won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Sri Lanka Batting Highlights: Huge score of 225 runs

Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 225 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, Kusal Mendis scored 61 runs, Pawan Ratnayake scored 60 runs and captain Dasun Shanaka scored 50 runs. Shanaka completed his fifty in just 19 balls. This is the fastest half-century for Sri Lanka in T20 International. For Oman, Jiten Ramanandi took 2 wickets, while Jai Odedra and Sufiyan Mahmood got 1 wicket each.

Oman Batting Performance: Oman's innings ended at 120 runs

Chasing the target of 225 runs, Oman team could score only 120 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Mohammad Nadeem scored the highest 53 runs for Oman. Wasim Ali contributed 27 runs. But the rest of the batsmen could not make a big partnership. Vinayak Shukla and Sufiyan Mahmood were run out, which increased the pressure on the team.

Sri Lanka Bowling Attack: Effect of Chameera-Teekshana

Sri Lankan bowlers also performed well. Dushmantha Chameera and Mahish Teekshana took 2-2 wickets. Dunith Vellalaghe, Dushan Hemantha and Kamindu Mendis got 1 wicket each. Due to the combined efforts of the bowlers, Oman could not score big and Sri Lanka won the match easily.