Colombo: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against Namibia in the final group match of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Sinhala Sports Club on Wednesday.
Playing XIs
The Green Shirts made two changes to the squad, replacing Shaheen Afridi and Abrar Ahmed with Khawaja Nafe and Salman Mirza.
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (catch), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (VK), Khawaja Nafe, Shatab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza and Usman Tariq.
Namibia: Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Alexander Volschenk, JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, Willem Myburgh, Bernard Scholtz and Jack Brassell.
head-to-head
Pakistan and Namibia have met once in T20I cricket and Pakistan won the only match.
- Matches played: 1
- Pakistan won: 1
- Namibia won: 0
Form Guide
After a series-breaking loss against India, Pakistan will bounce back to secure a win and qualify for the Super 8 round.
They started their T20 World Cup campaign strongly, defeating the Netherlands and USA, but suffered a setback against India.
Meanwhile, Namibia will aim to end their T20 World Cup campaign on a high note after back-to-back defeats against the Netherlands, USA and India.
Pakistan: L, W, W, W, W (Most recent first)
Namibia: L, L, L, W, L