India vs Namibia Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: India thrash Namibia in Kohli's last game as T20 skipper

It's not the first time that India are out of a global tournament before the last four stages but never has it been so frustrating where one could clearly read the writing on the wall. India lost two crucial tosses, batted awfully in slightly, if not very, testing conditions and then on a dew-laden surface bowled atrociously. It was as if the heavens had conspired that nothing should go well for the team after it had a great run in England. And that is something that will hurt Shastri, a proud man, who has done his bit to make this a formidable all-condition Test team with a lethal fast bowling attack.

Against Namibia, they will surely win it big and skipper Kohli would do a world of good if he allows the likes of Rahul Chahar get a game and give Ishan Kishan another go. The senior players would gain precious little against the David Wieses of the world save for beefing up their individual statistics.

Around 6:30 pm on Sunday, New Zealand hit the winning runs against Afghanistan much to the disappointment of the Indian fans, who were hoping against hope that a miracle will happen under the blazing afternoon sun at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The mood in the Indian camp was evident when BCCI's official media whatsapp group had a message for the journalists "The optional training session in the evening has been cancelled."

Outgoing head coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli, who will lead the country for one last time in the shortest format, would aim to finish India's underwhelming T20 World Cup campaign on a positive note with a victory over Namibia in the team's final Super 12 match in Dubai tonight.