The first match of the tri-national series between Namibia, Nepal and Netherlands is taking place now. A few days ago we saw the ODI match of these three teams. Namibia team managed to perform well in the ODI match against Nepal. Namibia won both the ODI matches against Nepal. But it cannot be said for sure whether the team will be able to win the T20 match. It cannot be said that Nepal team is weaker than Namibia.
Namibia's captain won the toss and decided to bat. At the end of 6 overs, Namibia collected 36 runs, the team lost one wicket. If Namibia can deliver a target of around 140 today, Namibia will have a high chance of winning. But if Namibia set a target like 120 then Nepal will have more chances to win. But this match will be competitive.
What a match!!! It was beyond my imagination that Namibia would provide such a big target. The collection of this team was only 66 runs in 11 overs. I thought the maximum Namibia team could muster was 140. But Namibia set a huge target of 207 runs. And after giving such a big target, there is no chance of defeat for Namibia today. Nepal will not be able to win by batting at such a big target.
Pic: Runs per over chart by Namibian players
Source: espncricinfo
Namibia collected 66 runs in the first 11 overs and the team collected 140 runs in the last 9 overs. And this was made possible by the brilliant batting of Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton. He got out after collecting 101 runs off just 36 balls. Also opener Malan Kruger batted very responsibly. Malan Kruger was unbeaten with 59 runs from 48 balls.