Namibia-Zimbabwe Qualify for T20 World Cup African Qualifiers | Zimbabwe made it to the T20 World Cup after 4 years: Namibia from African Region also qualified; ICC tournament in India and Sri Lanka next year

Namibia has made it to the T20 World Cup for the fourth consecutive time. The team played the World Cup for the first time in 2021.

Namibia and Zimbabwe have qualified for the T20 World Cup 2026 on Thursday. Namibia defeated Tanzania in the African qualifier, while Zimbabwe defeated Kenya and made it to the ICC tournament. The tournament will be played in February and March next year in India and Sri Lanka hosted.

Namibia qualified for the fourth consecutive T20 World Cup. On the other hand, Zimbabwe will be seen playing T20 World Cup after 4 years. The team could not qualify the last time due to losing to Uganda.

Namibia won by 63 runs A qualifier tournament is being played between the teams of African Rejeran in Harare, Zimbabwe from 26 September. The first semi -finals were played in Namibia and Tanzania on Thursday. Namibia scored 174 runs losing 6 wickets while batting first.

Captain Gerard Arasamus from the team scored 55 and Ruben Trumpalman scored 61 runs. In front of a big target of 175 runs, Tanzania’s team was able to score 111 runs losing 8 wickets. Abhik Patwa scored the highest 31 runs from the team. JJ Smit and Ben Shikongo took 3-3 wickets for Namibia.

Ruben Trumpalman scored 61 runs from Namibia.

Zimbabwe defeated Kenya The second semi -final of the qualifier was played between Kenya and Zimbabwe. While batting first, Kenya scored 122 runs losing 6 wickets. Rakep Patel scored 65 runs off 47 balls, the rest of the batter could not do anything special. Blessing Mujarbani took 2 wickets from Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe achieved a 123 -run target by losing just 3 wickets in 15 overs. Brian Bennett from the team scored 51 and Tadivanase Marumani scored 39 runs. With this victory, the team reached the final of the tournament and also entered the World Cup. The qualifier final will be held on 4 October in Namibia and Zimbabwe. This will make groups of teams in the World Cup.

Zimbabwe’s team could not make a place in the T20 World Cup last time. The team defeated Pakistan in 2022, now after 4 years they again got entry into the tournament.

T20 World Cup will be between 20 teams The T20 World Cup will be played between 20 teams. India and Sri Lanka got direct entry due to hosting. Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, America and West Indies qualified for the last World Cup to travel to Super-8. At the same time, teams from Ireland, New Zealand and Pakistan made it to the tournament based on the ranking.

Canada made it to the US qualifier. At the same time, Italy and Netherlands got entry from Europe qualifier. The Scotland team, who was the last part of the last time, could not qualify. Now Namibia and Zimbabwe qualified from Africa qualifier. The remaining 3 teams will enter from Asia and East Asia Pacific qualifiers. Their qualifications will also end by 17 October.

The T20 World Cup qualifiers of the African region will run from 26 September to 4 October.

India Defending Champion The ICC’s T20 World Cup is being played since 2007. Team India then won the first title by defeating Pakistan the final. The tournament is being held every 2 years since 2010. In 2024, India defeated South Africa and won the title.

Apart from Team India, West Indies and England have also won 2-2 titles. Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia have won the tournament 1-1 times. New Zealand and South Africa have not yet won the title among the top teams.

Team India won the T20 World Cup title in 2024 after 17 years.