Stephan Baard

Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat against Namibia in their T20 World Cup Group 2 Super 12 clash on Tuesday.

Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and elected to field first in their Super 12 game against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup on Friday.

Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bowl first against debutants Namibia in their first-round match at the Twenty20 World Cup on Monday.

India captain Virat Kohli opted to bowl in their final Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup against Namibia on Monday. Both teams made one change from their previous match playing XI.

Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus expressed his disappointment as his side got defeated by India in their final Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Senior spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin were just too good for the unheralded Namibia batters as India restricted the minnows to a modest 132 for 8 in their inconsequential final T20 World Cup match on Monday.

Pakistan became the first team to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals after beating Namibia by 45 runs, with brilliant half centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Babar Azam in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Their future in the tournament at stake, Namibia and Ireland will look to put their best foot forward when they clash in a battle of survival in a Group A game of the T20 World Cup here on Friday.

The United Arab Emirates won their first-ever game at a Twenty20 World Cup on Thursday to upset Namibia by seven runs and send the Netherlands into the Super 12 stage of the tournament. The Africans would have joined Sri Lanka in the next round rather than the Dutch had they won, but against the odds, the UAE restricted them to 141-8 as they chased 149 for victory.

Jan Frylinck smashed 44 runs and took two wickets as Namibia hammered Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka by 55 runs to cause a major upset in the Twenty20 World Cup opener on Sunday.

Pakistan will aim to maintain their remarkable consistency against a spirited Namibia and seal a semifinal spot in the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday.

Netherlands made heavy weather of a small target before eking out a five-wicket win over Namibia to register their second consecutive victory in the T20 World Cup on Tuesday.

Firm favourites New Zealand will look to inch closer to the semifinals when they take on a struggling Namibia in Group 2 of their 'Super 12' game of the ICC T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Friday.

Captain-in-waiting Rohit Sharma made short work of a modest target with an elegant half-century after spinners reigned supreme as India on Virat Kohli's last day as shortest format captain ended their T20 World Cup campaign with an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Namibia on Monday. Rohit, who is set to take over as India's white-ball captain, smashed 56 off 37 balls with seven fours and two sixes.