India's spinners keep Namibia to 132/8 in Shastri and Kohli's final game in charge

Dubai, Nov 8; India’s spinners tied Namibia in knots after Virat Kolhi won the toss and opted to bowl first in his final T20I as captain. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets apiece to prevent Namibia getting any momentum in an innings that reached 132/8 after 20 overs. Neither team is able to qualify for the semi-finals, with the tournament's final four already set as Pakistan, England, New Zealand and Australia. Openers Stephan Baard and Michael van Lingen got Namibia off and running with an opening stand of 33, before van Lingen fell in the fifth over to Jasprit Bumrah. The introduction of Jadeja helped India take back control as the spinner took a wicket in each of his first two overs to remove first Baard for a run-a-ball 21 and then Craig Williams for a duck. And Ashwin kept the momentum going when he lured Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton into a risky cut that he edged straight to slip, with Namibia restricted to 51/4 at the midway point of the innings. Captain Gerhard Erasmus and dangerman David Wiese looked to rebuild the innings through the middle overs, with Erasmus falling for a restrained 12 off 20 to Ashwin. And the Jadeja-Ashwin double act continued to tie Namibia down, with both picking up further wickets to keep the power-hitting middle order from doing any damage, Jadeja accounting for JJ Smit and Ashwin bowling Zane Green. The pair finished with combined figures of 6/36 off their eight overs. Bumrah returned at the death to account for Wiese just as he prepared to unleash, the allrounder falling for 26 off 25. But some big hits from Ruben Trumpelmann in the final over helped Namibia to a respectable 132/8 at the interval.