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highlights of USA vs Namibia - The 26th match of the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup Twenty20 International cricket tournament between United States of America and Namibia, played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on February 15, 2026.
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| Sanjay Krishnamurthi and Milind Kumar added 87 for the fourth wicket © AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A. |
Sanjay Krishnamurthi and Monank Patel's blazing half-centuries before Bowlers helped to USA comfortable 31-run victory over Namibia and keep alive their hopes of qualifying Super 8 in the 26th match of a ICC T20 World Cup.
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- USA's 31-run win was their joint fifth largest victory by terms of runs in T20 international, It is their biggest win against Namibia in T20Is, previously they had win by 13-runs at Windhoek in 2024 and It is their second biggest win T20 World Cups after they had win by 93-runs against Netherlands at Chennai earlier in this tournament.
- USA's 65 for 0 was their second highest powerplay total in T20 international after their 81 for 1 against Canada at Prairie View in 2024 and It is their highest powerplay-total in T20 World Cups, previous highest powerplay-total was 53 for 1 against Netherlands at Chennai earlier in this tournament.
- 68 : Monank Patel and Shayan Jahangir set up the record first-wicket partnership for USA against Namibia in T20 international, previously held by the 61-run stand between Saiteja Mukkamalla and Andries Gous at Windhoek in the 2024 Namibia T20 Tri-Series and the USA's highest opening stand in T20 World Cups, previously held by the 42-run stand between Andries Gous and Shayan Jahangir against Pakistan at Colombo (SSC) earlier in this tournament.
- 87 : Monank Patel and Sanjay Krishnamurthi set up the second highest fourth-wicket partnership for USA in T20 international, The highest is 104-run stand between Nitish Kumar and Corey Anderson against Canada at Prairie View in 2024 and the USA's highest fourth-wicket stand in T20 World Cups, previously held by the 58-run stand between Milind Kumar and Sanjay Krishnamurthi against India at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai earlier in this tournament.
- USA's 199 was their fourth highest score in T20 international, It is their highest-score against Namibia in T20Is, previous highest was 181 at Windhoek in 2024 and It is their highest total in T20 World Cups, previous highest was 197 against Canada at Dallas in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
- Namibia's 57 for 1 was their fourth highest powerplay total in T20 international and It is their joint highest powerplay-total in T20 World Cups, jointly with their 57 for 1 against India at Delhi earlier in this tournament.
- 54 : Louren Steenkamp and Jan Frylinck set up the record first-wicket partnership for Namibia against USA in T20 international, previously held by the 34-run stand between JP Kotze and Jan Frylinck at Windhoek in 2024 and also It is their highest opening stand in T20 World Cups, previously held by the 47-run stand between Stephan Baard and Michael van Lingen against New Zealand at Sharjah in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
- Namibia's 168 was their joint highest score against USA in T20 international, jointly with their 168 at Windhoek in 2024 and It is their highest total in T20 World Cups, previous highest was 166 against Netherlands at Abu Dhabi in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
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USA scored massive total of 199-4 in 20 overs with top scorer by Sanjay Krishnamurthi hammered a 68 off 33-balls, Monank Patel blasted a 52 off 30-balls including 3-sixes & 3-fours with strike rate of 173.33.
Milind Kumar hit 28 off 20-balls included one-six & a four, Shayan Jahangir hit 22 off 18-balls including 2-fours & a six and Saiteja Mukkamalla scored 17 off 18-balls contained 2-fours.
Namibia best bowler by Willem Myburgh and Gerhard Erasmus both took 2-wickets.
Namibia scored 168-6 in the allotted 20 overs with top scorer by Louren Steenkamp blasted a 58 off 39-balls including 5-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 148.71.
JJ Smit hit 31 off 23-balls including one-six & a four, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton blasted a 28 off 17-balls included 4-fours with strike rate of 164.70.
Jan Frylinck scored 19 off 15-balls including one-six & a four and Zane Green retired hurt for 18 off 13-balls contained 2-fours.
USA best bowler by Shadley van Schalkwyk captured 2-wickets, Shubham Ranjane, Saurabh Netravalkar and Ali Khan each took one-wickets.
Sanjay Krishnamurthi named Player of the match for his blazing batting performance to smashed a unbeaten 68 off facing 33-balls including 6-sixes & 4-fours with strike rate of 206.06.
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