T-20 World Cup 2026: Hardik Pandya scored a half-century, Namibia achieved the target of 210

Updated: 12-02-2026, 03.51 PM

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Indian cricket team all-rounder Hardik Pandya played an innings of 52 runs against Namibia cricket team in the 18th match of T-20 World Cup 2026. Thanks to the innings of him and Ishan Kishan (61), India, batting first, scored 209/9 after the stipulated 20 overs. This became the third highest score made by the Indian team in the history of this tournament. Let’s take a look at Hardik’s innings.

Hardik Pandya’s innings was strong

When India lost its third wicket at the score of 120 runs, Pandya came to the crease. He played attractive shots against Namibia’s less experienced bowling. The Indian all-rounder completed his half-century in just 27 balls at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. He was out after scoring 52 runs in 28 balls. In his half-century innings, he hit 4 fours and as many sixes.

India made its third highest score in T20 World Cup

The highest score of the Indian team came against the England cricket team in 2007 (218/4). In that match, former Indian legend Yuvraj Singh had hit 6 sixes in an over. After this, the second highest score of the Indian team came against Afghanistan (210/2) in the 2021 edition. India’s only other score of 200+ runs in the T20 World Cup is (205/5 vs Australia, 2024).