India and Namibia are locking horns in the last match of the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai. This match is a dead-rubber as both teams are out from the race of the semi-final of this year’s tournament.
Virat Kohli won the toss in his final game as India’s T20I captain and opted to field first. India brought Rahul Chahar in place of Varun Chakaravarthy while Namibia brought back Jan Frylinck in the playing XI.
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Stephen Baard and Michael van Lingen walked out to open the innings for Namibia. The duo took their team off to a good start as they played with intent against Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. Michael van Lingen got bounced out by Bumrah before Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets in his two overs.
Ravichandran Ashwin further tighten the screw with two wickets to leave Namibia reeling at 72/5 in 13 overs. David Wiese held one end tight and scored some vital runs. Ruben Trumpelmann smashes Shami for a four and a six to take Namibia’s total to 132/8 in 20 overs.
Jadeja bowled a brilliant spell where he grabbed 3 wickets and gave only 16 runs in his four overs. Ashwin also took three wickets at the cost of 20 runs.
In response, Rohit Sharma walked out with all guns blazing. He started to hit Namibia bowlers for fun as soon as the chase began. KL Rahul, on the other end, was playing the second fiddle and hit occasional boundaries.
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Rohit Sharma scored a flamboyant fifty and got out. India had already scored 86 runs by then and Suryakumar Yadav walked out at number 3. KL Rahul took the charge from there on and scored another fifty – his third straight fifty in the tournament. Suryakumar Yadav scored unbeaten 25 runs while Rahul remained not out on 54 to guide India home with 9 wickets in hand and 28 balls to spare.
Here is how Twitter reacted to this game;
Group 2 Final Table.
Pakistan finish with the most points
India finish with the best NRRWe all know what really matters#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/LxmIOu7Wds
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) November 8, 2021
A big thank you to the coaching staff for their guidance and support over the last few years. Your contribution to Indian cricket has been immense! pic.twitter.com/J9wqniyd2q
— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) November 8, 2021
India finish with a flourish in Virat's final game as T20 skipper. Fitting farewell for outgoing coaching trio of Ravi Shastri, B Arun and R Sridhar. Their contribution in redefining the culture of Indian cricket is invaluable, congratulations on a job well done! #T20WorldCup
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 8, 2021
Our campaign may have ended here, but not the support of a billion fans. Life has its ups & downs and so do sports. Let's regroup and focus on the new season ahead.
My best wishes with the boys for many more sweet moments in the time ahead. #TeamIndia 💙#INDvsNAM #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/NyC04tQ00X
— DK (@DineshKarthik) November 8, 2021
Congratulations @ImRo45 for 3000 runs in T20. Only one from our batch 2007 T20 World Cup who is still not playing but playing so well! #RohitSharma #IndvsNam #INDvNAM
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) November 8, 2021
https://twitter.com/cricketwallah/status/1457745853209186308
Ashwin 4-0-20-3
Jadeja 4-0-16-3
India's famous spin twins turning back the clock#INDvNAM #T20WorldCup https://t.co/LVVckRejav— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) November 8, 2021
That 10th over from @ashwinravi99 was just so clever.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 8, 2021
Handsome win for India, third in succession, but all unfortunately coming after place in semi final had been more or less lost. All told, very disappointing performance – worst after first round dismissal from 2007 ODI World Cup. Loads of lessons to be learnt from this setback
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) November 8, 2021
KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma's opening stands:
140 (88 balls) v Afghanistan
70 (30 balls) v Scotland
86 (59 balls) v Namibia#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/74Olid1Bk7— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) November 8, 2021
#IndianCricketTeam under @RaviShastriOfc #BharatArun and @coach_rsridhar became a fearless bunch that showed the world how to win away from home!
Indian Cricket is richer now and the trio had a huge role to play #TeamIndia #Cricket #thankyou— Abhinav mukund (@mukundabhinav) November 8, 2021
India at the #T20WorldCup in a nutshell: put in strong performances against the weak teams but paid the price for a couple of weak performances against strong teams.#IndvsNam
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) November 8, 2021
By the next world cup I hope India's team combination before every match is not like a new thriller web series !
It's good to not be surprised sometimes ain't it ? #T20WorldCup #IndvsNam
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima) November 8, 2021
Congratulations to @imVkohli on leading #TeamIndia for 50th Time in T20Is today. Go well champ 👍 looking forward to a terrific end to your tenure as 🇮🇳 🧢 #T20WorldCup #INDvNAM
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) November 8, 2021
