Pakistan Vs Namibia In ICC T20 World Cup 2026: The match to be held on Wednesday i.e. 18th February at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo will decide the fate of Pakistan. In the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, it is necessary for Pakistan to win its last group stage match against Namibia, because in case of defeat, the Pakistani team will have to be eliminated from the group stage of the tournament itself. The team led by Salman Ali Aga is in a difficult situation after losing its third Group A match against India by 61 runs on Sunday, February 15. Due to this defeat, Pakistan’s Net Run Rate (NRR) also fell, due to which the Pakistan team has come below America in its group.

Colombo weather forecast

The weather is likely to be cloudy during the match between Pakistan and Namibia, but there is not much chance of rain. The match will start at 3 pm local time. The temperature will be around 24-28 degrees Celsius, humidity in the area can reach around 80 percent and the wind will blow at a speed of 10-15 km/hour.

What will happen if the match is canceled due to rain?

According to the status of the points table in Group A of T20 World Cup 2026, in case of cancellation of the match due to rain, Pakistan will have 5 points, while second-ranked America has four points. If the match against Namibia is not held then only Pakistan will benefit from it. Both teams will be given 1 point each. Just as Australia was eliminated after the match between Zimbabwe and Ireland was canceled due to rain, similarly the UAE team will also be eliminated.

Both the teams for T20 World Cup 2026 are as follows:

Pakistan : Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Aga (captain), Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Usman Tariq, Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah, Salman Mirza, Khawaja Nafay.

Namibia: Lauren Steenkamp, ​​Jan Frylink, Jan Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (captain), JJ Smit, Jan Green (wk), Malan Kruger, Ruben Trumpelman, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, Max Hingo, Dylan Leichter, Jack Brassell, Jan Balt, Willem Myburgh.

Indian cricket team defeated Pakistan badly in T20 World Cup 2026. There was not a single moment in the entire match when it seemed that Pakistan could win or was in a good position. Ishan Kishan thrashed the Pakistani bowlers, although Usman Tariq bowled well. Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Mohsin Naqvi also came to Colombo to watch the match. Before the match, he met the players of his team and encouraged them, but during the match, when he came to know that Pakistan was losing, he ran away from the stadium midway.

PTI quoted an unidentified source in its report as saying that Mohsin Naqvi expressed his displeasure over the team’s performance in the 61-run defeat against India to team manager Naved Akram Cheema. The source said, “Mohsin Naqvi left the R Premadasa Stadium even before the end of the India vs Pakistan match. He left when it was clear that Pakistan was going to lose.”

He also told that Mohsin Naqvi, through a senior official of Pakistan Cricket Board, also told the manager that such poor performance of the Pakistan team in important matches is neither understandable nor acceptable. The source said that Pakistan team head coach Mike Hesson also talked to the players in the dressing room about their poor performance and said that they did not play to their full potential.

VIDEO | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2026: PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi leaves R. Premadasa International Stadium. #INDvsPAK

(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvrpG7) pic.twitter.com/QXbYcjFUCN

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 15, 2026

Will Babar and Afridi be on leave?

He said, “The management think tank has decided that enough is enough. Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi should be dropped from the playing 11 and replaced with Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah or Fakhar Zaman.” Pakistan’s next match is with Namibia on Wednesday, in which if Namibia wins then Pakistan will be out of the group stage.