Wednesday , December 25 2024

For the first time in T20I history, Namibian captain made a shameful record, there was a lot of applause

T20 World Cup, Australia vs Namibia Match: There have been many upsets in the T20 World Cup being held in America and West Indies. With the defeat in the match against Australia, the Namibian team has been eliminated from the World Cup. In the match, Namibia gave Australia a target of 73 runs. Which the Australian team achieved in just 34 balls. In this match, the Namibian captain also made an embarrassing record in the history of T20I.

Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first

In the match played in Antigua, Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, the Namibian team could score only 72 runs. In reply, Australia achieved the target 34 balls earlier by losing one wicket. In this match, Namibia's captain Gerhard Erasmus made a shameful record in T20 history. During Namibia's innings, Erasmus opened his account by playing 17 balls. With this, he also became the first batsman to score runs in the history of T20I matches.

Audience applauds Erasmus' record

Namibia batted first and lost three wickets in the powerplay itself. Then captain Gerhard Erasmus came to bat. The captain started playing cautiously to get the team out of trouble. But the captain scored one run after playing 17 balls, as if he was playing Test cricket. As soon as he scored his first run on the third ball of the 9th over, the crowd present at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium started clapping. Seeing this, Erasmus also started laughing.

The captain scored half of the team's runs

In this match, not a single Namibian player could stand against Australia's bowling. 9 out of 11 players of the team could not even reach the score of 10. Captain Erasmus scored 35 runs in 26 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. The whole team was out after scoring 72 runs. The Namibian team is in Group B. And after two consecutive defeats, they are out of the World Cup.