Match 26 of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will take us to the southern coast of India where USA will lock horns against Namibia. The United States faced a rough start to their campaign having lost against both India and Pakistan, but bounced back in style against the Netherlands and racked up a huge win.

Meanwhile, Namibia find themselves under a lot of pressure heading into this fixture. They have lost both of their opening games against India and the Netherlands and have failed to open their account at the World Cup. Namibia are positioned at the bottom of Group A with no points under their belt and a highly disappointing Net Run Rate (NRR).

USA vs Namibia Probable Playing XI

USA: Monank Patel (c), Shayan Jahangir (wk), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan

Namibia: Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Malan Kruger, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, Max Heingo

Toss Prediction

Just like any other game, the toss will have a huge role to play. The team fielding first will have an upper hand on this pitch because it has been a chase friendly venue so far at the World Cup. We expect Monank Patel to win the toss and elect to bowl first and restrict Namibia to a chasable total.

USA vs Namibia Toss history

H2H matches – 5

2024 – Namibia won and chose fielding

2024 – USA won and batted first

2025 – USA won and chose to bowl

2025 – Namibia won and chose to field

2025 – Namibia won and bowled first

Weather Forecast

The weather in Chennai is expected to be dry with 10% chances of rainfall. Humidity will be at 64% while the temperature is expected to be 28°C when the match kicks off, but will cool down eventually.

Pitch Report

The MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai has been an entertaining venue at the T20 World Cup so far. There is little help for the bowlers as seen in the game between New Zealand and the UAE. Average score here would be 170 in the first innings. Dew might come in the second innings and help the batters.

Streaming Details

The T20 World Cup 2026 match between USA vs Namibia will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The match will start at 3pm IST on Sunday, February 15.

TV channel: Star Sports Network channels

Live stream: JioHotstar app and website