India beat Namibia by nine wickets in the final game for the captain and coach to end things at a higher level in the ICC t20 world cup Group 2 match in Dubai. India never missed the chase where they needed 133 runs. Though it looked like Namibia would give some competition to India, the foot bowling was not good enough for the Men in Blue to break a sweat. Add fifties from Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul, and the scorecard justifies itself. All credit goes to Rohit, who took the attack to the opposition and played his shots despite not giving time to the ball on most of the occasions.
He completed his half-century with a superb strike rate of 156! Even when he played the role of the attacker, KL Rahul didn’t mind being the second fiddle. He later completed his half-century – in the final over – and saw Suryakumar Yadav experimenting with reverse scoops and inside outs. The only disappointment was Kohli holding himself back once again in the tournament.
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Fans thought that they would see captain Kohli for the last time when Rohit left, but it did not happen. Meanwhile KL Rahul took note of the song, scoring his third half-century of the tournament and reaching his fifty in the final over of the match, looking better than top scorer and fellow opener Rohit Sharma.
Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin (3/20) and Ravindra Jadeja (3/16) restricted Namibia to 132/8 in their 20 overs of the final Super 12 of the ICC Men’s match. t20 world cup at the Dubai International Stadium here on Monday.
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At one point, Namibia were in danger of being bowled out for a low score as Ashwin and Jadeja shared six wickets. But David Wiese, along with the lower order, helped Namibia bat in their full overs.
Opting to bat first, Namibia made a quick start by scoring 31 runs in four overs. Jasprit Bumrah scored the first breakthrough for India as Michael van Lingen slammed a bouncer wrongly over mid-off. In the next over, Jadeja dismissed Craig Williams for a four-ball duck. Jadeja got out lbw to sweep Stephen Byrd in the eighth over. Bard goes for the DRS but it shows the ball hitting the middle and over the leg stump.
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