ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 | Match 10: Namibia vs Netherlands | Preview and Predictions

After coming inches close to pulling off an incredible upset in the opening game, Netherlands will look to pick up their first win of the T20 World Cup 2026 when they go up against Namibia.

Here, we present our preview and predictions for the game.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 | Match 10: NAM vs NED | 11:00, February 10, 2026

Netherlands nearly pulled off a stunning victory against Pakistan in their opening match at the T20 World Cup 2026 and were one catch away from a big upset. On a slow Colombo track, the Dutch batting unit never really got going despite Michael Levitt, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackerman and Scott Edwards all getting starts. Against a bowling attack not as strong as the Pakistani one, Edwards will hope that his batters convert their starts. Defending 147, the Dutch bowlers were on song as they kept it tight and regularly chipped in with wickets. Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren, Roelof van der Merwe all had a strong outing and the Dutch squad will expect the same from their bowlers again.

Namibia on the other side, will be kicking off their World Cup campaign with the encounter against Netherlands and Gerhard Eramus’ boys come into the World Cup off the back of mixed results in their warm-up games. A top order of Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus provide Namibia with a lot of experience at the top and all three have had decent outings in the warm-up games. The all-rounders of JJ Smit and Ruben Trumpelmann are handy options for Erasmus with Trumpelmann leading the bowling attack as well. Max Heingo, Smit and Erasmus have also been amongst the wickets and will be crucial for Namibia’s fortunes. 

The Delhi ground is known to be one that favours the batters and we should expect runs in this encounter with Namibia as our favourites to take the win given the form they’ve shown recently.

Fantasy XI: Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Max O’Dowd, Scott Edwards (wk), Gerhard Erasmus, Colin Ackermann, Bas de Leede (c), JJ Smit, Ruben Trumpelmann (vc), Roelof van der Merwe, Max Heingo

Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Winners Prediction: Namibia