Watch: Zane Green’s lightning stumping sends Suryakumar Yadav back during the IND vs NAM T20 World Cup 2026 clash

Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav appeared to regain his form during the series against New Zealand ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 and continued that momentum in India’s opening match against the USA. He played a decisive role in the win over the USA with a controlled and impactful innings. However, the Indian skipper failed to deliver in IND vs NAM clash, where he struggled to make an impact. His dismissal became a turning point, as Namibia wicketkeeper Zane Green produced an exceptional piece of wicketkeeping with a sharp stumping to send Suryakumar back to the pavilion.

Suryakumar Yadav, who had earlier struck an unbeaten 84 off 49 balls against the USA, came to the crease in the eighth over against Namibia with India already on 104 runs, largely due to Ishan Kishan’s aggressive half-century. Expectations were high that the Indian captain would accelerate the scoring rate, but he struggled to find timing early in his innings. Suryakumar failed to connect for a boundary off his first nine deliveries before finally clearing the ropes on the tenth ball.

In the following over's first ball, however, he attempted an ambitious shot against left-arm spinner Bernard Scholtz, missed the delivery, and was sharply stumped by wicketkeeper Zane Green, bringing his stay at the crease to an abrupt end. Green made a swift stumping, leaving Suryakumar with no chance of returning to the crease. The Indian captain, realizing he had no chance of survival, returned to the pavilion with his head down. The video of the excellent stumping by the Namibian wicketkeeper is viral.

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India's second consecutive win in T20 World Cup 2026

Although India did not finish their innings well during the batting in the final overs against Namibia, the bowlers defended the 210-run target brilliantly and gave the team a huge victory by 93 runs. In the match played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, batting first, India scored 209 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs, with important contributions from Ishan Kishan (61) and Hardik Pandya (52) with their half-centuries.

After that, the target was defended very well, and Namibia’s innings were bowled out for 116 runs in just 18.2 overs. In bowling, Varun Chakravarthy took the most wickets for India, claiming three. India will now face Pakistan in their third match of the tournament, and for this, they will have to travel to Colombo. This match will be played on February 15th, and all eyes will be on it.