Overview
- Namibia won the toss and elected to bowl first against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
- India brought back Jasprit Bumrah for Mohammad Siraj and drafted Sanju Samson to replace opener Abhishek Sharma, who remains unavailable due to a stomach infection.
- Suryakumar Yadav said Abhishek may need one or two more matches to recover, with the BCCI confirming he is under medical monitoring after a brief hospital stay.
- Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus criticized the lack of night training for his team in Delhi, noting that India and Canada trained under lights, raising questions over equitable access.
- On February 11, South Africa edged Afghanistan in a double Super Over in Ahmedabad, Australia beat Ireland in Colombo with Mitch Marsh sidelined by internal testicular bleeding, and West Indies defeated England in Mumbai.