Dubai: Fine performances with the bat and ball saw India sign off from the ICC Men's T20 World Cup with a nine-wicket win over Namibia in their final Super 12 match at the Dubai International Stadium here on Monday.
It meant that Virat Kohli finished his T20I captaincy career on a high. It also ensured that head coach Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar went out on a winning note.
After restricting Namibia to 132/8 in 20 overs, India chased down the target with 28 balls remaining. Rohit Sharma (56 off 37 balls) and K L Rahul (54 not out off 36 balls) steered India to a facile win.
India blasted 54 runs in the powerplay, 39 of those coming from Rohit's bat. He had luck on his side, with his one-handed pull put down by Michale van Lingen at fine leg and rolled to the boundary rope for four in the opening over.
| Pos | Team | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 |  |
DC
|
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.547 |
| 2 |  |
CSK
|
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +1.263 |
| 3 |  |
RCB
|
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.171 |
| 4 |  |
MI
|
7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.062 |
| 5 |  |
RR
|
7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.19 |
| 6 |  |
PBKS
|
8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.368 |
| 7 |  |
KKR
|
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.494 |
| 8 |  |
SRH
|
7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.623 |
That drop proved to be costly as Rohit took a four and six off David Wiese followed by another four off Rubel Trumpelmann. Rahul joined the party with a short-arm jab-pull off Wiese over deep mid-wicket in the fourth over.
Post powerplay, Rohit continued his strong show, taking two boundaries before reaching his second half-century of the tournament in the eighth over. Jan Frylinck broke the opening partnership at 86 as Rohit skied a cross-bat slog to keeper Zane Green. After Rohit's dismissal, Rahul was at his elegant best with wristy flick and clean lofted boundaries.
Suryakumar Yadav, promoted to No. 3, creamed a flurry of boundaries, with a loft over extra cover and scoop over fine leg standing out as India inched closer to the target. Rahul reached his third half-century of the tournament with a single to long-on before finishing off the chase with a four through long-off.
Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin (3/20) and Ravindra Jadeja (3/16) shone as India restricted Namibia to 132/8 after Kohli opted to bowl.
At one point, Namibia were in danger of being bowled out for a low score as Ashwin and Jadeja shared six wickets between themselves. But Wiese, along with the lower order, helped Namibia bat out their whole quota of overs. Wiese top-scored with 26.
