By Admin 
Gerhard Erasmus And Umpire Rod Tucker Heated Argument: The 18th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 between India and Namibia was played on Thursday, 12 February at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Team India won this match by a huge margin of 93 runs. This was the second consecutive victory of the Indian team in this T20 World Cup. However, during the match, there was a lot of controversy between Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus and umpire Rod Tucker and there was a fierce debate between the two regarding the dead ball.
Why did Namibian captain clash with the umpire?
Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus bowled brilliantly against India. He took 4 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. In one over, Erasmus bowled the ball from far behind the crease, almost past the umpire. After this the umpire declared it a dead ball. Gerhard Erasmus seemed unhappy with this. After that there was a lot of talk between umpire Rod Tucker and Gerhard Erasmus. He called it part of his tactics. In this match, Gerhard Erasmus had dismissed Tilak Verma while bowling from far behind the crease. Apart from Tilak, Erasmus also dismissed Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel. Erasmus’ bowling is now being discussed a lot, because his bowling action put the Indian batsmen in trouble.
🚨 CONTROVERSY BETWEEN UMPIRE AND NAMIBIYA BOWLER GERHARD ERASMUS 🚨
The issue happened when Erasmus released the ball much earlier than his usual release point almost from halfway through his run-up.
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The condition of India vs Namibia match was like this
After losing the toss, the Indian team came to bat first and scored a huge score of 209 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Namibia’s team was reduced to 116 runs and India won the match by 93 runs. India is now going to face its arch rival Pakistan on 15th February in Colombo. Pakistan has also won both its matches played in the World Cup so far. Fans have full expectations of a high voltage match between India and Pakistan.