India vs Namibia, 18th Match, Group A, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Gerhard Erasmus to Axar Patel, out Bowled!! Look at the figures Erasmus has finished with. Unreal. Goes round-arm with the final delivery, it drifts in from the wide angle from round the wicket, keeps low and slides under the bat as Axar slogs across the line. Erasmus has 4/20, incredible from the Namibia captain. Axar Patel b Gerhard Erasmus 0(1)

Gerhard Erasmus to Rinku Singh, 1 run, released from 25 yards, very full at the stumps, Rinku can't get under it as he drives to long-on

Gerhard Erasmus to Rinku Singh, no run, length ball on the wide line, Rinku leaves it alone expecting a wide but it's actually inside the marker

Gerhard Erasmus to Rinku Singh, out Shivam Dube Run Out!! Oh Dube is nowhere in the frame. Wanted the single to get on strike but Rinku turned it down. By then, Dube had committed and was more than halfway down. Pushed through flat, Rinku makes room and cuts straight to extra cover. There was a misfield so the single was definitely on. Not great from Rinku. Shivam Dube run out (Ben Shikongo/Gerhard Erasmus) 23(16) [4s-1 6s-1]

Gerhard Erasmus to Hardik Pandya, out Caught by (sub)Dylan Leicher!! Excellent catch from the sub fielder. A 25-yarder from Erasmus, offers a full toss on the pads but Hardik doesn't get hold of it. The slog goes flat to the right of deep backward square where Leicher runs across, grabs it with both hands and tosses it up as he treads over the boundary. Has no trouble holding onto the rebound. Umpire will check upstairs but that's absolutely fine. Hardik Pandya c (sub)Dylan Leicher b Gerhard Erasmus 52(28) [4s-4 6s-4]

Gerhard Erasmus to Hardik Pandya, SIX, in the slot, at the stumps, and Hardik says thank you very much as he smokes it over midwicket. Fifty for him! Just a raise of the bat in celebration and on we go

Gerhard Erasmus to Shivam Dube, no run, low full toss around off, Dube pushes it to the left of Erasmus and he almost pushes Hardik out of the way to make the stop. Bit of friendly collision between the duo which ends in a fist bump

Gerhard Erasmus to Tilak Varma, out Caught by Smit!! Second wicket for Erasmus. He's accounted for both the left-handers. Another smart piece of bowling. He's bowled this from just in front of the umpire - 24 or 25 yards. He gave it a bit of flight and Tilak raced down the pitch, didn't get close to the ball and hence no elevation behind the loft, Smit runs to his left at long-off and takes an excellent catch. He was on the move as he completed the catch. Tilak Varma c Smit b Gerhard Erasmus 25(21) [4s-3]

Gerhard Erasmus to Tilak Varma, no run, now darts it full and outside off, Tilak drives firmly and picks out cover-point

Gerhard Erasmus to Tilak Varma, no run, drifting in with the round-arm, Tilak makes room and ekes out an inside edge onto the pad, the ball rolls back

Gerhard Erasmus to Hardik Pandya, 1 run, 107.1ks fired full on off, Hardik squeezes the drive to long-off

Gerhard Erasmus to Tilak Varma, 1 run, round-arm and sliding in, Tilak works it to deep mid-wicket

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, another round-arm delivery sliding across, Suryakumar reaches and cuts, gets it off the toe-end and the ball deflects off Green's knee past short third, just a single

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, round-arm delivery and it does not bounce, fraction short and Suryakumar misses the cut, looks at umpire for a wide but gets nothing from umpire Tucker

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, SIX, shot! Classic Suryakumar. 108.1ks quicker and drifting across, Suryakumar kneels down and plays the lap sweep, uses the pace and places it behind square, just clears the rope

Gerhard Erasmus to Tilak Varma, 1 run, goes back to the round-arm stuff, Tilak hangs back and knocks it to long-off

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, 107.3ks fast and bit short, Suryakumar punches it to long-on

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, 87.5ks very full delivery on leg, Suryakumar squeezes an inside edge to short fine

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, wide, round-arm delivery but sprayed outside off, Suryakumar leaves and collects the wide

Gerhard Erasmus to Tilak Varma, no run, full pitcher around off, Tilak drives firmly and picks out cover-point. Excellent over - 1 run | 1 wicket

Gerhard Erasmus to Tilak Varma, no run, sliding in with the arm, Tilak stays back and knocks it to Erasmus

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, drifting across from round the wicket, Suryakumar knocks it to mid-wicket

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, 93ks fuller and outside off, Suryakumar drags the sweep to short fine and picks out the fielder

Gerhard Erasmus to Suryakumar Yadav, no run, 93.4ks quicker and bit of turn, Suryakumar ekes out an inside edge onto the pad and the ball rolls back

Gerhard Erasmus to Ishan Kishan, out Caught by Ben Shikongo!! Erasmus strikes first ball! Bit of respite for Namibia as Ishan's swashbuckling knock comes to an end. They needed that to just keep the spirits up. This was flatter and slidding in, not quite short but it does not matter for Ishan, he rocks back and still goes for the pull, mistimes to deep mid-wicket and Shikongo takes it low to the ground. Ishan Kishan c Ben Shikongo b Gerhard Erasmus 61(24) [4s-6 6s-5]