Batting first, the Indian team scored 209 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. When the Namibian team came to chase the target, Jasprit Bumrah had clean bowled the batsman on one occasion, yet the batsman did not signal out. After all, due to which ICC rule the batsman was not given out even after being clean bowled. Here you will get the answer to this question.

Why didn’t the umpire give OUT?

Namibia team was chasing the target of 210 runs. This incident pertains to the third ball of the seventh over of Namibia’s innings. Lauren Steenkamp was batting in front, Bumrah bowled an accurate yorker and Steenkamp was clean bowled. Still the batsmen ran for one run. Was injustice done to Bumrah in the middle of the field?

Actually, Bumrah had bowled a no-ball earlier, due to which the batsman got a free-hit. Bumrah had clean bowled Steenkamp on the free-hit, so the umpire did not give him out. The batsman can only be run out on a free-hit.

Indian batting came out strong

In this match, India may have scored a huge score of 209 runs, but the Indian batting lost its strength in the last 2 overs. Till 18.1 overs, India had scored 205 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Hardik Pandya was out on the next ball. After this, the Indian team could add only 4 runs in the next 11 balls and lost 5 wickets during this period.

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Namibia vs India Score: India has scored 209 runs against Namibia. This is Team India’s biggest score so far in the 2026 T20 World Cup. But in the death overs, the Namibian bowlers completely dominated the Indian batsmen. Team India could add only 25 runs in the last 4 overs. Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya played strong half-centuries in the Indian innings.

After half-centuries by Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya, Namibia made a tremendous comeback in bowling and took 5 wickets of India in the last 11 balls. In particular, Namibian captain Gerhard Erasmus destroyed the Indian batting line-up by taking 4 wickets.

Ishan-Hardik’s storm

Sanju Samson was out after scoring 22 runs in 8 balls, but Ishan Kishan created havoc and completed half-century in 20 balls and in this match he played an inning of 61 runs. Team India had scored 86 runs in the powerplay itself and had crossed the 100-run mark even before the end of 7 overs.

Apart from him, Hardik Pandya handled the Indian innings and played a fast and composed inning of 52 runs in 28 balls. Captain Suryakumar Yadav could score only 12 runs and Tilak Verma could score only 25 runs.

5 wickets in 11 balls

As long as Hardik Pandya remained at the crease, it seemed that Team India could easily score 235-240 runs. But India lost 5 wickets in the last 11 balls. However, this is the first time that Team India has scored more than 200 runs in this World Cup. This is the fourth time in the history of T20 World Cup that Team India has scored 200 or more. Before this she had done this against England, Australia and Afghanistan.

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