New Delhi: India created history on Thursday by superincumbent Namibia by 93 runs in the T20 World Cup 2026. Setting a target of 210 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, India bowled Namibia out for 116 in 18.2 overs. This is India's biggest win in terms of runs in the T20 World Cup. India tapped a 14-year-old record. India had defeated England by 90 runs in the 2012 T20 World Cup.
How did Namibia perform?
Lauren Steenkamp scored the most runs for Namibia versus India. He scored 29 runs in 20 balls, including three fours and a six. Frylinck unsalaried 22, and tutorage Gerhard Erasmus unsalaried 18. Jan Nicole Lofty-Eaton scored 13 runs. Five Namibian players, including Malan Kruger, failed to reach double figures. Spinner Varun Chakravarthy bowled brilliantly for India. He took three wickets for seven runs in four overs. Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel took two wickets each, while Arshdeep Singh, Shivam Dube, and Jasprit Bumrah each took one wicket. Hardik delivered an all-round performance and was named Player of the Match.
How did Ishan and Hardik perform?
Earlier, India scored 210 for 9, thanks to explosive half-centuries from openers Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya. Ishan smashed 61 runs off 24 balls, including five sixes and six fours, while Hardik scored 52 runs off 28 balls, including four sixes and as many fours. Ishan gave India a quick start by subtracting 79 runs for the second wicket with Tilak Verma (25 off 21 balls). Hardik, withal with Shivam Dube (23), widow 81 runs for the fifth wicket, helping slide the run rate in the final overs. The spin duo of tutorage Gerhard Erasmus (four wickets for 20 runs in four overs) and Bernard Scholtz (one wicket for 41 runs in four overs) bowled well in the middle overs to prorogue the run rate. India had scored 104 for one in seven overs but could only add 105 runs in the final 13 overs.
How was Sanju Samson's form?
Erasmus won the toss and invited India to bat first. Sanju Samson (22 off 8 balls) opened his worth with a six off Ruben Trumpelmann and then hit two sixes and a four off subsequent balls from Ben Shikongo (one wicket for 41 runs). However, he played Shikongo's next wittiness straight to Lauren Steenkamp at deep midwicket. Ishan completed his half-century in 20 balls with four sixes and a four off subsequent balls of Smit in the sixth over. India scored 86 runs for one wicket in the powerplay. Ishan completed India's century in 6.5 overs with a six and a four off subsequent balls of Heingo, the fastest century by any team in the Men's T20 World Cup. Off-spinner Erasmus gave Namibia a major transilience by having Ishan unprotected by Shikongo at deep midwicket on the first wittiness of the eighth over.
Did Suryakumar perform well?
Team India tutorage Suryakumar Yadav was moreover stumped by wicketkeeper Jan Green off left-arm spinner Bernard Scholtz without scoring 12 runs off 13 balls. Tilak then went for a big shot off Erasmus surpassing stuff unprotected by Smit at long off, leaving India at 124 for four in the 12th over. Dubey and Hardik each smashed a six off Scholtz in the 15th over to take the team past 150. Hardik hit a six and two fours off subsequent balls off Shikongo. He reached his half-century and the team's 200-run mark in 27 balls with a six off Erasmus in the 19th over. However, he was unprotected at deep wrong-side-up square leg off the next wittiness and returned to the pavilion. Dubey was run out off the next ball, while Erasmus moreover bowled Axar Patel (0) in the same over. Rinku Singh moreover fell to Smit for a single, while Arshdeep Singh (2) was run out off the last ball.
