India, Feb. 11 -- Bas de Leede hit an assured 72 as the Netherlands kept their Super 8 hopes alive in the men's T20 World Cup with a confident seven-wicket win against Namibia in their Group A match here Tuesday, bouncing back from a painful defeat to Pakistan from a strong position. The Netherlands produced a tidy, disciplined bowling performance to restrict Namibia to a modest 156 for 8 in the clash between the associate nations despite a spirited middle-overs recovery from the African side.

This is Namibia's first outing of the tournament, and it showed in patches. Short of match time in recent weeks, with their last T20I being that last-ball win over South Africa in October 2025, they took time to find rhythm. With the Indian team no...