India defeated Namibia by 93 runs at Arun Jaitley Stadium to maintain momentum toward the Super Eight stage. India posted 209-9 after being put into bat, with Ishan Kishan scoring 61 and Hardik Pandya 52 in rapid half-centuries. Sanju Samson made 22 while Tilak Varma contributed 25 and Shivam Dube 23. Kishan reached a 20-ball fifty highlighted by four consecutive sixes after a successful review overturned an LBW. Namibia were bowled out for 116 in 18.2 overs, with Gerhard Erasmus taking 4-20. India top Group A on superior net run-rate and will meet Pakistan next in Colombo.
"Defending champions India continued their march towards the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup with a 93-run plastering of Namibia in a group A contest at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Put into bat on Thursday, India racked up 209-9 after opener Ishan Kishan (61) and middle-order batter Hardik Pandya (52) struck rapid half-centuries. They returned to bundle out Namibia for 116 in 18.2 overs"
"I think it was a pretty good game for everyone, India captain Suryakumar Yadav said. It was not an easy wicket to bat on. The way Ishan and Sanju [Samson] started, it didn't really look like it, but it was a difficult wicket. With Abhishek Sharma, currently the top-ranked T20 batsman, still recovering from a stomach infection, an out-of-form Samson had another opportunity to impress after India were put into bat."
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