India vs Namibia, 18th Match, Group A, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Varun Chakaravarthy to Gerhard Erasmus, 1 run, tossed up full and the googly again, Gerhard Erasmus gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive to long-off

Varun Chakaravarthy to Zane Green, 1 run, good length and skids on to off-stump, Zane Green goes on the back foot and tucks it to deep backward square-leg

Varun Chakaravarthy to Smit, out Bowled!! Another googly and Smit goes. This is bad batting. On a length and the googly outside off, turns in, beats the swipe to leg as Smit targets the leg-side, the top of off-stump is found. Can't be playing Varun like this when you haven't faced him before. Three for Varun and he is on a roll. Smit b Varun Chakaravarthy 0(2)

Varun Chakaravarthy to Smit, no run, flat back of a length outside off, Smit goes on the back foot and punches straight to the fielder at extra-cover

Varun Chakaravarthy to Loftie-Eaton, out Caught by Axar Patel!! Loftie-Eaton holes out to long-off. He comes down the track and is not to the pitch of the ball of this tossed up delivery, yet goes through with the loft, the bat turns on impact and it's a simple catch to long-off. Axar comes in and takes it. Loftie-Eaton c Axar Patel b Varun Chakaravarthy 13(13) [4s-1]

Varun Chakaravarthy to Gerhard Erasmus, 1 run, tossed up full on middle and leg, Gerhard Erasmus backs away and swats it down to long-on

Varun Chakaravarthy to Loftie-Eaton, 1 run, tossed up full around off, Loftie-Eaton gets low and reverse-sweeps to the right of backward point and Bumrah misfields to give away one

Varun Chakaravarthy to Loftie-Eaton, no run, tossed up full outside off, Loftie-Eaton gets forward to drive and misses, good take as it kept low

Varun Chakaravarthy to Gerhard Erasmus, 1 run, tossed up full outside off, Gerhard Erasmus gets forward to drive to the right of extra-cover for one

Varun Chakaravarthy to Gerhard Erasmus, 2 runs, the googly again, short of length and spins back in, Gerhard Erasmus goes on the back foot to cut and the inside-edge just misses leg-stump and runs away fine

Varun Chakaravarthy to Gerhard Erasmus, no run, tossed up full and the googly again, Gerhard Erasmus gets forward to defend it solidly back to Varun Chakaravarthy

Varun Chakaravarthy to Louren Steenkamp, out Bowled!! Varun Chakaravarthy strikes first ball. It's the tossed up googly on middle-stump, turns in, Louren Steenkamp gets forward and makes room slightly to drive, yawning gap between bad and pad, the middle and leg stumps are found. Generally Varun starts with a googly and Steenkamp had no clue there. Louren Steenkamp b Varun Chakaravarthy 29(20) [4s-3 6s-1]