Home / Latest Cricket News T20 World Cup: India v Namibia Preview, how to watch, team news and prediction India take on Namibia at the T20 World Cup tomorrow. Read our in-depth preview here... Written by Jon Fisher Last Update: February 11, 2026 01:39:11 pm GMT 4 min read Indias stodgy display against the United States on Saturday has retrained the focus and assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate says the players now realise were in a World Cup. Defending champions and tournament co-hosts, India were expected to breeze past the US in their opening game in Mumbai at the weekend. But, had it not been for a captains knock of 84 not out from Suryakumar Yadav, India would have been in real trouble.They ended up making 161 for nine from their 20 overs before restricting the US to 132 for eight, completing a 29-run win.India take on Namibia in their second Group A outing tomorrow and Ten Doeschate admits the USA game came as a wake-up call.He told cricinfo: We want to play a certain way of cricket, and now it does feel like a better World Cup. I think that first outing in Mumbai was a nice shake-up, a nice wake-up. When you find yourself 77 for six, you realise youre starting the World Cup defence. We certainly know were in a World Cup now.The failure of Indias batting line-up only four men reached double figures means the pressure is on against the African nation in Delhi.Modern-day batters instinct is to hit every ball and hit for a six, ten Doeschate said. There are times where you have to apply yourself. And I thought that wicket in Mumbai did call out for a bit more application and maybe a change in strategy. Particularly, the situations we found ourselves in, losing three wickets in the last over of the powerplay and then being six down at 70, did need an adaptation.And this format, if youre shooting for 250 all the time, youre going to make mistakes and we have to accept that. Its almost an admissible mistake, which we allow for. But judging how the wickets have played in these first five or six days of the tournament, there might be a slight revision in strategy and how we go about things.Namibia come into the contest having lost their opener against the Netherlands by seven wickets.Table of Contents1 Team News for India v Namibia2 Predicted line-ups for India v Namibia3 How to watch India v Namibia4 Prediction for India v NamibiaTeam News for India v NamibiaIndias Washington Sundar is fit after overcoming a side strain, as is Jasprit Bumrah following an illness. Opener Abhishek Sharma is unlikely to be risked having been discharged from hospital this morning following a stomach infection.Namibia are likely to make just one change with 17-year-old paceman Max Heingo dropping out in favour of the more experienced Ben Shikongo.Predicted line-ups for India v NamibiaIndia: Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun ChakravarthyNamibia: Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Dylan Leicher, Willem Myburgh, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Ben ShikongoHow to watch India v NamibiaIndia versus Namibia starts at 1.30pm UK time tomorrow afternoon. The T20 World Cup will be shown exclusively live in the UK on Sky Sports. You can stream it on the Sky Go app.For coverage elsewhere in the world, click HERE for details of your local rights holder.Prediction for India v NamibiaIndia were out of sorts against the United States but its unlikely to happen again. They have too much quality to produce another sub-standard display and it could turn into a very long evening for Namibia.Expect India to win and to win well. The only downside is that will increase expectation among their legion of fans, but that is a familiar feeling for Yadav and Co. Topics: India men's national cricket team Namibia national football team Follow us: Jon Fisher Jon has over 20 years' experience in sports journalism having worked at the Press Association, Goal and Stats Perform, covering three World Cups, an Olympics and numerous other major sporting events. Read more from Jon Fisher
