India v Namibia predictions and Twenty20 cricket betting tips

Free cricket tips, best bets and analysis for India v Namibia in the T20 World Cup on Monday.

Where to watch

Sky Sports Main Event / Cricket, 2pm

Best bet

Over 34.5 runs at fall of first India wicket
1pt 4-5 Coral, Ladbrokes

Preview

For the first time since 2012 India have failed to reach the semi-finals of a cricket World Cup but they should go out with a bang rather than a whimper against Namibia in Dubai.

Defeats to Pakistan and New Zealand in their first two games left India with a mountain to climb in the Super 12.

And, although they managed to see off Afghanistan and Scotland in their following assignments, New Zealand's defeat of the Afghans on Sunday sealed the fate of the Men in Blue.

This game will therefore be Virat Kohli's final one as India's Twenty20 captain but he may not get much opportunity to dazzle at the crease from the number three spot given the performances of India's openers in their last two encounters.

Top two KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma fired a combined 143 against Afghanistan before combining for 80 against Scotland and Namibia's attack is likely to be even blunter than the aforementioned sides.

Namibia have lost three of their four games in the Super 12 phase and have claimed a total of only 11 scalps across their previous three fixtures.

With that in mind and given India will want to finish an underwhelming tournament on a high note, punters should look to back India to score at least 35 runs before losing their first wicket.

That is something they have done in four of their last six T20 internationals.

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