Summary

  • India complete victory after Namibia collapse

  • Namibia collapse from 86-2 to 116 all out

  • Hosts waste rapid start - scoring 209-9 after being 104-1 after seven overs

  • Namibia captain Erasmus takes brilliant 4-20

  • Kishan smashes 61 off 24 after Namibia win toss

  • T20 World Cup, Group A

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by Millie Sian & Adwaidh Rajan

  1. Ind 174-4

    Back-to-back fours to end Ben Shikongo's over which brings 16 runs.

    After that slump during the middle overs, India are well and truly at the top of their game now.

  2. 6 runs

    Ind 174-4

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    India only manage two from the first three balls off Ben Shikongo, though it is not for the lack of intent.

    Hardik Pandya then hoicks one over long-off to undo Shikongo's early good work.

  3. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I wouldn't be surprised if this is another 20-run over.

    Ben Shikongo doesn't have a lot of pace so what he needs to do here is restrict India with his change of pace.

  4. Ind 168-4

    24 runs come off Bernard Scholtz's over with Hardik Pandya moving to 26 from 15 balls with another four.

    With five overs to go, India will be targeting a huge score with Pandya on song.

    Can Ben Shikongo hold the nerves as he comes in for the next over?

  5. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That is humongous! That is well over 90 metres.

    Look at that power, that is the reason he is here. Very few people in the world can hit spinners like that. This is the over where he will target three or four sixes, if he can.

  6. 6 runs

    Ind 163-4

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    This is turning into a very costly over from Bernard Scholtz.

    Shiva Dube hammers Scholtz for six before Hardik Pandya joins the party with with another over long-off - with the sixes coming either sides of a wide that runs away to the boundary.

  7. SKY weathered the storm for India in Mumbai last time around but his early departure means someone else will have to bring the thunder today for the defending champions in the final overs.

  8. Drinks break

    Ind 144-4

    Ruben Trumpelmann returns after proving too costly in his first two overs.

    He has a much better over this time around but Hardik Pandya produces a classic cover drive to close it out with a four.

    Players take drinks before we go into the final six overs.

  9. Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
    Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    India just need another momentum shift. In the last seven overs, they have scored just 48 runs and conceded three wickets.

    But Namibia's spinners have bowled really well. They are getting a bit of turn, but it is also about the line and length they are bowling.

    Length is crucial on this surface because anything full is easy to hit down the ground.

  10. Ind 134-4

    Namibia have manged to stifle India in the past few overs.

    But the defending champions can still aim for 200 here, largely thanks to some brutal hitting from Ishan Kishan earlier in this innings.

  11. 6 runs

    Ind 132-4

    Namibia exert more pressure on India as Bernard Scholtz's first three deliveries only go for two singles.

    But Hardik Pandya pounces on a slightly wayward fourth delivery and hammers the spinner over long-on for a welcome boundary for India.

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  13. Ind 124-4

    Two fresh batters in the middle for India now as Shivam Dube joins Hardik Pandya, who is on two.

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  14. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The skipper does it again!

    Gerhard Erasmus gets another big wicket by bringing another left-hander out of his pocket.

    He deserves that wicket because of the sheer skill that he is showing within his bowling. He bowls roundarm, he changes his pace, he almost changes his action between balls, and he is able to bowl it from way behind the crease line.

    What a brilliant over.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Varma c Smit b Erasmus 25 (Ind 124-4)

    And now, another Indian wicket falls!

    It is Gerhard Erasmus who strikes again for Namibia as Tilak Varma's attempt to clear the rope only gets as far as JJ Smit, who has make ground from long-off to catch.

  16. Ind 122-3

    Only 17 runs from the last three overs after the departure of Ishan Kishan.

    And India have also lost SKY during that period!

  17. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That's a beauty of a delivery from Bernard Scholtz!

    He angled the ball in, bowling it a little bit quicker, and then it really jagged off the wicket. It was the first bit of turn that we have seen so far in this game.

    India have just lost a cluster of wickets here after an unbelieveable start. Their run rate is so good that there isn't really any danger, but fair play to Namibia because they were really on the back foot.

    The last 20 balls have only gone for 17 runs.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Yadav st Green b Scholtz 12 (Ind 120-3)

    Suryakumar Yadav skips down the track to Bernard Scholtz but is undone by the turn.

    And Zane Green does the rest as he dislodges the bails before the India captain can turn back.

    Spin strikes again in Delhi and India look to be in a little spot of bother despite their explosive start.

  19. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Gerhard Erasmus is trying to not be so predictable.

    He has bowled one or two from way back behind the line and then bowled a couple roundarm as well. He is switching the pace up a bit too.

    I like the skipper's aura. He had a lot of confidence at the toss and got behind his team when they got the wicket of Ishan Kishan.

  20. Ind 120-2

    Suryakumar Yadav is bringing out his trademark sweeps and that's not good news for Namibia.

    The India captain gets on his knee and sends Gerhard Erasmus for a six as the hosts look to pick up the pace again.