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India take on Namibia in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup.
The game is scheduled for 6pm local time (2pm BST) on Monday, November 8, 2021.
The game will be held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium: Ground guide
India did their best to overturn their nightmare start to this competition but they will go into this fixture knowing they are already out of the competition.
New Zealand's victory over Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Sunday meant the 'host' nation will not reach the knockout rounds of a major men's ICC event for the first time since 2012.
They lost their first two matches of the Super 12 stage - against Pakistan and the Kiwis - and left themselves with too much to do.
Namibia, meanwhile, have provided plenty of punchy opposition for the sides they have met in the Super 12s and will be wanting to end their campaign well.
Dafabet are rating India as 1/50 favourites to claim victory in their final Super 12s match.
Namibia are available at 18/1.
This will be Virat Kohli's final match as India's T20 captain.
Kohli announced before the start of the tournament that he would be stepping down from the role in the short format.
David Wiese has been in excellent form for Namibia during this competition, and keep an eye on Ruben Trumpelmann, the left-arm seamer who might just be getting a few franchise coaches paying attention.
Coming soon.
The following umpires and match referees have been named by the ICC to officiate in the T20 World Cup 2021:
Referees: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Javagal Srinath
Umpires: Chris Brown, Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Rod Tucker, Joel Wilson, Paul Wilson
The following officials have been allocated to this fixture:
On-field umpires: Illingworth, Brown
TV umpire: Erasmus
Fourth umpire: Dar
Referee: Crowe
Full T20 World Cup officials appointments: Click here
Temperatures hover around 29 degrees Celsius during this game.
Follow the Met Office forecast here.
Yes, though Covid protocols including the wearing of face masks will be in place.
Click here to visit the ICC's ticketing site.
Namibia might have shown mighty pluck during this tournament, but defeat for India would be unconscionable.
T20 WORLD CUP TEAM GUIDES
Sky Sports Cricket (Sky 404, Talk Talk 404, BT TV 423, Virgin 504) will broadcast the series in the United Kingdom, with the content available online via its streaming platform Sky Go.
BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra will have live ball-by-ball radio commentary of all tournament matches, accessible through the BBC Sport website, BBC Sounds or DAB radio.
The Star Sports network is showing the tournament in India. Matches can be streamed via Disney+ Hotstar
Other broadcasters by territory:
Australia - Fox Sports, Channel 9, Kayo Sports
New Zealand – Sky Sport New Zealand
Pakistan - PTV Sports, Ten Sports
Bangladesh - Ghazi Tv (GTV)
Sri Lanka – SLRC (Channel Eye)
South Africa – SuperSport
Caribbean – ESPN
Middle East and North Africa – eLife TV, StarzPlay, Switch TV
USA – ESPN+
Singapore - Star Cricket, Star Hub and Singtel
Malaysia - Fox International Channels
Hong Kong - Star Cricket
India: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakar, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami
Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), Stephen Baard, Karl Birkenstock, Michau du Preez, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann, Michael van Lingen, David Wiese, Craig Williams, Picky Ya France
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami
Namibia: Stephen Baard, Michael van Lingen, Gerhard Erasmus, Zane Green, David Wiese, JJ Smit, Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Craig Williams, Ruben Trumpelmann, Karl Birkenstock, Bernard Scholtz
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