The Netherlands came into their second encounter of the T20 World Cup 2026 with lots of promise as they faced a nervy defeat in their first game against Pakistan. They were locked horns with Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi and decided to bowl first on a surface which they reckoned would be easy to chase in the afternoon under the full effect of the sun.

Namibia didn’t get a great performance from their batting unit before Ruben Trumpelmann lifted their spirit and energy with a fine shot in the penultimate over of the innings. On the first ball of the 19th over, the right-handed batter gave his entire power and connected the full-length delivery against Bas de Leede, and connected it off the meat of the bat.

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The ball sailed over the cow corner region and traveled for a massive distance of 92 meters as Namibia got some lift towards the end of their innings. However, they would not be happy with their score of 156/8 in their allotted 20 overs of the innings.

Ruben Trumpelmann nails 92-meter six in NAM vs NED T20 WC 2026

Namibia didn’t get a great start in the game as they lost their opener, Louren Steenkamp, in the third over of the first innings before a 50-run partnership gave them some momentum in the batting. Their captain, Gerhard Erasmus, smashed a nine-ball 18-run knock at number four before JJ Smit dashed 22 runs in 15 balls.

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But that wasn’t enough at all for the side as they kept losing wickets regularly in the innings. Bas de Leede and Logan van Beek ended up with a combined bowling figure of 4/33 in six overs of the innings while Aryan Dutt, opening the bowling, collected 1/13 in three overs.

The Netherlands lost their opener, Max Odowd, early in the chase for seven runs in eight balls, while Michael Levitt smashed a fine six to get his innings underway. He looked in good touch in their previous clash against Pakistan in Colombo (SSC).

Brief Score: Namibia 156/8 (Jan Nicol 42, Jan Frylinck 30, Logan van Beek 2/13) vs Netherlands 32/1 (Michael Levitt 22*, Benard Scholtz 1/15)