Team India aim to finish the 2021 T20 World Cup campaign on a high

India's hope to reach the semi-finals of the ICC World T20 ended after New Zealand won a close, low-scoring encounter against Afghanistan. The redemption of India's all-around performance in their last two matches has not paved them enough to only settle at third position in Group 2.

On the last day of the group stage, Captain Kohli will lead his side for the last time in T20I matches. Thus, he would hope to conclude the T20 World Cup campaign on the winning side.
 
On the eve of the game, bowling coach Bharat Arun pointed out what exactly went wrong for India in the tournament.
 
"I'm not trying to give any excuses, but I think the toss plays a very vital role in a match like this, which I think shouldn't - the toss shouldn't be of any consequence. But here, the toss gives a very undue advantage. And that's the reason why - it's a huge change between batting in the first innings and batting in the second innings. That shouldn't be the case in a very short format like this", said the Indian bowling coach and former Indian Test Cricketer, Bharat Arun.

Match Details:

Super 12 Group 2, Match 42, India vs Namibia

Date: 8th November 2021

Time: 7:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Dubai International Stadium

Stat Attack:

India is all set to play their 150th T20 International match. 

India will be playing for the first time against Namibia in T20Is.

The only time India played against Namibia was in the 2003 ODI World Cup.

Namibia is the only team to have relied on their seam attack more than any other team. Seamers bowl 74% of the total overs.

Battles to watch:

Rohit Sharma vs. Jan Frylinck

Ravichandran Ashwin vs. David Wiese

Squads:

India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar

Namibia: Stephan Baard, Michael van Lingen, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Zane Green(w), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Craig Williams, Ruben Trumpelmann, Karl Birkenstock, Bernard Scholtz, Pikky Ya France, Jan Frylinck, Michau du Preez, Ben Shikongo