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T20 World Cup | IND vs NAM: Jadeja, Ashwin threaten but Namibia put up decent total on board

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.

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Mithali Raj focused on World Cup; asks all to leave women's IPL issue to 'best judge' BCCI

Putting water on the controversies and contentious discussions around a women’s version of the Indian Premier League, the skipper of the India’s Women ODI and Test team, Mithali Raj has said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the “best judge” to decide the viability of such tournaments as there are various non-cricketing aspects are involved in it. “As a player, I have always believed that the BCCI is the best judge of when a tournament like women’s IPL can be held because it’s not just about conducting but a whole lot of logistics and commerce is involved in it. There are lot of other factors too. People do say that it’s time for women’s IPL, but I think the Board is the best judge to understand when they can come up with the Women’s IP,” Mithali said in an interview with Cricket.com. On the other hand, Mithali said that Indian players should be focusing on the upcoming ODI World Cup leaving the discussions of an IPL for the BCCI to do. She said that her sole focus is building and developing an all-round side to perform well at the world cup by making full use of the widening pool of players coming through the ranks of domestic cricket. “Right now, I feel instead of talking about the IPL, it’s important that we focus on the World Cup as that it’s a major event. At the moment it’s important for me to get the team prepared for the World Cup. If the team does well in the World Cup, then it will be a huge boost for the sport in the country and for the domestic players as well. This season there is a huge difference in the domestic standards. The pool of players has increased based on how the domestic season has been conducted. Having the India-A, Emerging teams, Under-19 teams, domestic structure is giving a platform for these players to perform,” she added. Mithali led India Women to the tour of Australia last month for an unsuccessful campaign across both the ODI and Test format. They were brilliant with the bat i the only Test match but could not quite enforce a result in their favor while their best in the 50 over format came only in the final game of the three-game series after losing the series.