Two big shots in the last over of the innings off Mohammed Shami and 37 runs from the last four overs, propelled Namibia to 132 runs from their share of 20 overs.
They were off to a steady start as the openers Stephan Baard and Michael van Lingen played some crisp shots over the top of the thirty-yard circle, but quickly lost their way as Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja brought India firmly in control of the game.
Wickets kept on falling in the middle phase of the game as Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin combined to take six Namibian wickets in the phase. Ashwin picked three wickets for 20 runs in his four over quota while Jadeja got as many wickets while giving four less than his off-spinning partner.
Namibians were once looking at scores around 100 runs by David Wiese played a solid innings of 26 runs and stitched valuable innings with Jan Frylinck and in the end a six and four by Ruben Trumpelmann off Shami took them beyond the 130-run mark.
Both India and Namibia have been knocked out of the race to the semi-finals.
It’s Virat Kohli’s last game as the skipper of India’s T20 side and hence the Men in Blue would be desperate to give them a winning farewell albeit they lost the opportunity to go the distance in the tournament.