Kohli-led India and Namibia disappointed

India made one change to their playing eleven – Varun Chakravarthy made way for Rahul Chahar.

Namibia were playing India for the first time in a Twenty20 International.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of Namibia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 34, and lost a couple of wickets.

Michael van Lingen, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Twenty-eight balls into the match, he was caught by Mohammed Shami. Jasprit Bumrah broke the 33-run stand.

Craig Williams, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, he was stumped by Rishabh Pant. Ravindra Jadeja, the player of the match, broke the one-run stand.

Forty-six balls (7.4 overs) into the match, Namibia sought a batting review. Stephan Baard, the batsman, scored 21 off as many balls, which included a boundary and a six. It was struck down by New Zealand umpire Chris Brown. He was trapped leg before wicket by Jadeja, who broke the five-run stand.

Jan-Nicol Loftie-Eaton, who faced five balls, scored as many. Nine balls later, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the eight-run stand.

It was at that point that the drinks break was taken. Namibia had scored 47 for the loss of four wickets at that point. Gerhard Erasmus, their skipper, was batting on three.

Namibia scored 50 off 9.3 overs (57 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

Erasmus, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored a dozen. Twenty balls after Loftie-Eaton’s dismissal, he was caught by Pant. Ashwin broke the 25-run stand.

JJ Smit, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Sharma. Jadeja broke the 21-run stand.

Zane Green, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls later, Ashwin broke the one-run stand.

Namibia scored 100 off 16.4 overs (101 balls). India had conceded 16 extras at that point.

David Wiese, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. Nineteen balls after Green’s dismissal, he was caught by Sharma. Bumrah broke the 23-run stand.

Jan Frylinck, who faced 15 balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten, as was Ruben Trumpelmann, who scored 13 off half-a-dozen balls, which included a boundary and a six.

India eventually conceded 17 extras. Namibia scored 132 for the loss of eight wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Shami and Chahar were wicketless. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 30.

Bumrah, who conceded 19, picked up a couple of wickets.

Ashwin and Jadeja picked up three scalps apiece. While the former conceded 20, the latter conceded 16.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 54, without the loss of a wicket.

Twenty-five balls into the chase, Namibia sought a bowling review. Sharma was the batsman. It was struck down by Brown.

India scored 50 off 5.3 overs (33 balls). Namibia hadn’t conceded any extras at that point. While Lokesh Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was a dozen, Sharma’s contribution to it was 38.

Sharma’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 31 balls.

He eventually scored 56 off 37 balls, which included seven boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Fifty-nine balls into the chase, he was caught by Green. Frylinck broke the 86-run partnership.

It was at that point that the drinks break was taken. Rahul was batting on 30.

India scored 100 off 11.3 overs (69 balls). Namibia hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Rahul’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 35 balls.

He eventually scored 54 off 36 balls, which included four boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 33 balls. While Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was 24, the contribution of Suryakumar Yadav, whose 19-ball innings included four boundaries, to it was 25. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run. That was, incidentally, the number of extras Namibia eventually conceded.

India, who scored 136 for the loss of a wicket off 15.2 overs, won by nine wickets with 28 balls to spare.

Bernard Scholtz bowled a wicketless over, conceding 11.

Van Lingen bowled eight wicketless balls, conceding 13.

Wiese and Smit bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 17.

Trumpelmann bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 26.

Loftie-Eaton bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 31.

Frylinck bowled a couple of overs, conceding 19. He picked up the only wicket to fall.