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261  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 04, 2024, 03:08:24 PM
Gill is fighting for his spot in the T-20 WC squad.  Grin

Competition is really tough. He got good starts in some of the matches, but he is yet to get a 50. Anyway, in today's match he may get to 50. Now he's batting on 46 and in all probability he should be getting a half-century. That said, the competition is really tough. A number of younger players are in contention for the top slot. BTW, GT looks all set to reach a total of around 180-200. But the big question is whether that is going to be enough at the Narendra Modi Stadium. It offers a lot of support for the batsmen.
262  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: April 04, 2024, 01:59:38 PM
You are right Sri Lanka outstanding performance in this series and whitewashed Bangladesh by 2-0. Bangladesh poor performance throughout this series didn't played well. The Player of the Series reward is Kamindu Mendis for his amazing batting performance in both test matches especially in the second test match batting good scored an important 92 runs inning. I think Bangladesh should learn from their mistakes and improve their batting performance for the next matches.

This is the risk when you depend too much on tailored pitches to win matches. The issue here was that Sri Lanka had better spinners, and their pacers are quite experienced in bowling under unsupportive conditions. And Bangladesh batsmen hardly showed any patience, even though the pitch was a bit difficult to bat on. Apart from that long standing issues remain. Bangladesh's weakness in longer format results from the lack of a proper 4-day structure back home. And BCB is not taking any action at this time.
263  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 04, 2024, 01:30:27 PM
Namibia batted first and set a low target 101 runs in loss of 8 wickets in the first inning of the match. Oman's current score is 62 runs with only a loss of one wicket against Namibia. Oman needed 40 runs from 70 balls to win this match. From Oman, Khushi is playing at 45 runs not out from just 28 balls and very close to the half-century. Namibia needs to some quick wickets to get back in the match otherwise Oman win this match easily.

Pathetic performance by Namibia once again. And these defeats will be having a major impact on the T20I ranking for Namibia. They were in a comfortable position when compared to the other associate nations, but now they are slipping down a lot. And Namibian squad looks quite strong on paper. They are having heavyweights such as David Wiese and Ruben Trumpelmann, in addition to Gerhard Erasmus, Bernard Scholtz and Jan Frylinck. And yet they lost the match today by a very heavy margin, as they were bundled out for a total of just 101/8.   
264  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Women's Cricket Prediction & Discussion - T20 & ODI on: April 04, 2024, 01:13:02 PM
Well, the series between Australia and Bangladesh ends today with a clean sweep of the Bangladesh team. Don't know why the Bangladesh team did not win a single match on their home ground,  they even did not properly chase the Australian team's target.  Today they are still stuck in the centuries and have not even crossed it and the Australian team won it.  The start of Bangladesh was also too bad in 6 runs one was out and the same all the players gave their wickets so easily.
They proved themselves that both Australian women as well as. Men's Teams can give you a bad defeat in your home ground.  First, they won the cup against India and now the women's team badly defeated the Bangladesh team.

LOL.. are you sort of surprised? Australia is way out of their league. It doesn't matter whether Bangladesh is having the home advantage or not. Australia has terrific bowlers who are experienced enough to rout the Bangladeshi batting lineup in any type of surface. And once again, Bangladesh got bowled out for a two digit score. Nigar Sultana, the captain top-scored with 32. She could have batted up the order, but then at 7th position she was unable to contribute much. Tayla Vlaeminck was the hero for Australia this time.
265  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Women's Cricket Prediction & Discussion - T20 & ODI on: April 03, 2024, 08:01:57 PM
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women 3rd T20I

Today will be the third and final match of the T20 series between Sri Lanka Women vs South Africa Women. So far there have been two matches where both the teams have won one match each to tie the series 1-1. As both the teams have the ability to beat each other, today's match will be very interesting and competitive match. But I will put South African women ahead. I think South Africa women can win this match today. Which of these two teams do you think will be ahead?

Surprise victory by Lankan women. This is an excellent result for the South Asians due to two factors - they were playing under SENA conditions, and they managed to chase down a formidable total. South African bowling didn't clicked today, despite having some of the well known names in T20 cricket such as Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka and Nadine de Klerk. All credit to Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama. They added 97 runs for the 2nd wicket and got the Lankans very close to the target.
266  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 03, 2024, 07:38:17 PM
Delhi Capitals are having another horrible season in this IPL. But today was far worse than they could have ever imagined. In a T20 match, they lost by 106 runs. This is equivalent to a loss by 250 runs in an ODI match. Sunil Narine was exceptional for the Kolkata Knight Riders. I liked the way Angkrish Raghuvanshi batted, but for me it was Narine who setup this massive total. And while bowling, the combination of Mitchell Starc/Vaibhav Arora clicked for KKR. And then their spinner Varun Chakravarthy picked up 3 wickets as well (it was this guy who broke the protocol during the COVID pandemic and caused suspension of the tournament back in 2021).
267  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 02, 2024, 07:03:54 PM
Lucknow Super Giants won the match today mainly thanks to Mayank Yadav. If you remove his figures from the Royal Challengers Bengaluru scorecard, then you will get a total of 139 runs after 16 overs. They could have chased down the target from that total (182). Naveen-ul-Haq also bowled quite well, after failing to impress during last season. And as usual, RCB starts well in any IPL season, and then they falter. The same is happening now. Now they have just 1 win from a total of 4 matches.
268  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: April 01, 2024, 01:41:56 PM
Yes, that is right. Sri Lankan International test cricket team will win this match easily. Sri Lankan International test cricket team is looking in good form. Bangladeshi International test cricket team is all team out by making only 178 runs . Third day of test match is gone and now it is very bravery if Bangladeshi International test cricket team will be able to draw this match.  Sri Lankan team is leading by 455 runs and there are 100 percent chances Sri Lanka team will win this match if rain not interrupt this match.

In all probability, Lankans will declare their innings and ask Bangladeshis to bat from the first over tomorrow. I was a bit surprised with the performance from medium pacer Hasan Mahmud. He picked up 4 crucial wickets for Bangladesh. The pitch at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram was supposed to be spin-friendly. But so far the pacers have picked up majority of the wickets - Hasan Mahmud for Bangladesh, and then Lahiru Kumara/Vishwa Fernando/Asitha Fernando for the visitors.
269  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: April 01, 2024, 01:28:02 PM
MI vs RR up next! RR won both their matches while MI lost both of their matches and I am expecting the trend to stay the same thanks to RR defeating MI in their own backyard though I could be wrong.

Sandeep Sharma and Chahal are the primary reasons why I feel RR will prevail in this particular clash. Excited!

Mumbai is in horrible state ever since Hardick became captain, after replacing Rohit Sharma. That said, I am not sure whether Sandeep Sharma and Chahal will guide Rajasthan to victory. IMO, these two are very ordinary players, who are extremely inconsistent. In fact I am quite surprised that Sandeep has actually managed to find a slot in an IPL franchise all these years. He can be very wayward and expensive at times. For Rajasthan, the strength lies with batting - especially Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shimron Hetmyer. And now the useless Riyan Parag is also in good form. 
270  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 31, 2024, 01:37:30 PM
He was supposed to debut for LSG last season but got injured, in domestic he played a handful of matches for Delhi's side so overall he's new.

His accuracy with raw pace attracted a fair amount of eyeballs and if in this IPL season, he continues his run with the same intensity then I'd say there is a good chance.

At 21 years of age, he is already struggling with injuries. Given this, I am not sure whether he will be able to play continuously. However one thing that I liked about Mayank Yadav is that he has the rare combination of accuracy and raw pace.  Take the case of someone like Umran Malik. He has raw pace, but accuracy is not up to the mark. And as a result, he gets hit all over the park. After yesterday's match, I went back to highlights from Vijay Hazare Trophy. He was really impressive in those matches.
271  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cricket match prediction discussions on: March 30, 2024, 04:32:04 AM
There is some bad news for the ICC. They were ecstatic, after Disney Star won the bidding rights for the 2024-27 media rights cycle for a massive amount of $3.04 billion. Now all of this is in doubt, because of two developements. First of all, Zee has informed Disney that they won't honor their agreement with them:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/zee-pulls-plug-on-1-5-billion-icc-tv-rights-deal-with-disney/articleshow/107158239.cms?from=mdr

And then, Disney themselves reported massive losses amounting to $315 million from the 2023 ODI World Cup.

https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/icc-cricket-world-cup-brings-disney-star-315-million-loss-416678-2024-02-08
272  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 30, 2024, 04:18:57 AM
Sri Lanka won the toss and quite predictably chose to bat first. And this means that Bangladeshi batsmen will be up against the Lankan spinners on the 4th and 5th days of the match. At this point, Sri Lanka has a definite upper hand, and winning the toss has put them on a further higher ground. If Bangladesh wants to have a chance in this match, then they need to take quick wickets and need to ensure that the Lankan batsmen doesn't get time to dig in. BTW, early indications are that the pitch at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium is going to offer a lot of support for the spinners.
273  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: March 30, 2024, 04:05:16 AM
I think Papua New Guinea women team needs to get better at batting if they want to win matches against Zimbabwe in T20I competition. It is worrying that starting batters keep getting out without scoring many runs which puts pressure on rest of team. Even though Sibona Jimmy tried to help it was not enough to win. Also, it is concerning that important players like Melanie Ani did not play well. Team should come together focus on their batting plan and make sure each player does their part to score well. If they improve their batting and play better individually Papua New Guinea can do well in T20I competition against Zimbabwe.

You can't directly compare both the teams. On one hand, Zimbabwe is a test nation and they have access to $17.64 million per year in the form of ICC funds every year. On the other hand, being an associate nation Papua New Guinea receives around 2% of that amount every year. Ideally neighboring nations such as Australia should help them. But unfortunately CA is busy elsewhere. Zimbabwe received a lot of help from South Africa when they were an associate member. Anyway, PNG's growth is being noted down by a lot of ICC officials.
274  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 30, 2024, 04:00:19 AM
Almost every team has won the title in IPL but unfortunately despite playing in IPL for a long time and captaining the IPL for a long time, Virat Kohli has not won any title till now. Virat Kohli performed brilliantly in the match yesterday but still he was booed by fans from the stadium. Virat Kohli is a legend and this legendary player never deserves these things from fans. Everything is achieved by winning the IPL title but not like that rather Virat Kohli has achieved the highest thing even without winning the IPL title. Last season RCB came close to winning the title but unfortunately they lost to Gujarat Titans which ended their title dream last season. They have started fresh this season but the players they have placed the most trust in have failed to reciprocate the trust. If Virat Kohli could have won the title this season then all the cricket lovers would have been very happy.

I am sorry to say this, but Virat Kohli will never get the same sort of respect as someone like Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Sachin Tendulkar. As a player, he is equally talented. But his behavior on and off the field has antagonized a lot of people. So I won't be very surprised in case he gets booed by the crowd. The same with Hard dick Pandya as well. It is very clear that the Mumbai crowd prefers Rohit instead of him. Now what is the difference between Rohit on one side, and Virat/Harddick on the other?
275  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Indian Premier League #IPL Cricket on: March 30, 2024, 03:34:12 AM
In the end Royal Challengers Bengaluru managed to score 182 runs if the Bengaluru bowlers could have bowled well they would have had a chance to win. Royal Challengers Bengaluru lost control of the game in the powerplay. Kolkata Knight Riders scored 85 runs without losing any wicket in the Powerplay. Sunil Narine and Philip Salt both performed brilliantly in the powerplay. If the Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowlers could have bowled well in the powerplay, the match could have been full of competition. Sunil Narine was dismissed for 47 runs off 22 balls and Philip Salt was dismissed for 30 runs off 20 balls. However all the batsmen of Kolkata Knight Riders performed very well due to which they were able to win easily.

Apart from Siraj, RCB doesn't have any world-class bowlers in their team. They spent most of their budget to bring batsmen such as Kohli and Maxwell to their squad, while completely ignoring the bowling department. And to add insult to injury, Siraj is also not performing well. Others, such as Alzarri Joseph are not very suitable for the T20 format. They could have used Cameron Green in the middle overs, but the captain seems to be reluctant to do so. The addition of Reece Topley or Lockie Ferguson can strengthen them.
276  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 30, 2024, 03:08:23 AM
As usual single person carrying the RCB team (i.e, Kohli), team needs passion to win the match and there are very few who have that passion in RCB, others just seem to be there because franchise purchased them, they need to give their money's worth.

KKR is definitely one of strongest team this season, and they are likely to make it to play-offs.

There were several dropped catches from both the team's yesterday, (Narine, how can you?), which leaves me sour taste.

For the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the batting department is quite strong. However, their bowling is not up to the mark. Apart from Kohli, they do have very strong players such as Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell and Rajat Patidar. So we can never say that RCB is overdependent on Kohli for batting. But then, look at their bowling attack. Siraj is definitely out of form and returned figures of 3-0-46-0 yesterday. Then they have a bunch of inexperienced guys such as Yash Dayal, Vijaykumar Vyshak and Mayank Dagar.   
277  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 28, 2024, 05:57:20 PM
Rajasthan Royals opener batsmen did not bat that well but Riyan Parag has batted responsibly for the team. Riyan Parag has batted brilliantly. Riyan Parag is unbeaten with 84 runs from 45 balls. David Warner and Mitchell Marsh batted brilliantly in the target of 186 runs given by Rajasthan Royals. If they could have played a little longer then they would have easily won against Rajasthan Royals. Delhi Capitals need 79 runs from 37 balls. Let's see how well Delhi Capitals batsmen can bat.

Riyan Parag is well connected with powerful circles. With performances like this, it is almost certain that he will get a spot in the Indian national squad for the T20 World Cup. At the same time, let's not overlook the contribution from Ravichandran Ashwin and Dhruv Jurel. Anrich Nortje failed once again in T20 cricket, which is not very surprising. T20 cricket is not the ideal place for bowlers with raw pace. Happened with Dale Steyn and Umran Malik before, and now it is getting repeated with Nortje. 
278  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 28, 2024, 05:47:05 PM
Bangladesh team has performed so low class that it is never possible to imagine, usually in T20 matches any team performs better than this. Bangladesh team does not have patient players and could not create any pressure from the bowling side, as a result the Sri Lankan team players took control of the match very easily. The Bangladesh team lacks patient batsmen and experienced bowlers, if the captain of the Bangladesh team can fill this deficiency then it will be possible to win with a unique team.

They are OK in ODIs and T20Is. But always perform pathetically in test matches (despite the fact that they received test status in 1999). The reason is very clear. There is no proper first-class setup in Bangladesh. As a result, the players are quite good in the shorter formats, but clueless when it comes to the longer format. If BCB wants their team to perform well in tests, then they have two options. Either setup a proper first class competition at home, or send the top batsmen to England or Australia to take part in 4-day county cricket.
279  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 28, 2024, 05:42:24 AM
Sri Lankan test cricket team is better cricket team than Bangladeshi International test cricket team . Sri Lankan test cricket team played very confidently. De Silva played very well and that's why he was awarded as player of the match. He played  excellent in both innings and made centuries for his country. He made 102 runs in first inning of match and he made 108 runs in second inning of the match . Mendis also played very well in both innings. He made 102 runs in 1st inning of the match and he made 164 runs in 2nd inning of match.

I am not sure what they will gain from this win. Sri Lanka has performed pathetically against the pig-4 nations recently. After the retirement of Malinga, they are without a world class player. They do have some good spinners like Theekshana and Hasaranga. But apart from that they don't have a well balanced team to take on the best sides. Bangladesh is in even poor situation. The only time they perform well is when they play against SENA nations in dust bowls prepared at home. Even that didn't worked against Sri Lanka.
280  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 28, 2024, 05:32:10 AM
They probably will end up giving captaincy responsibilities to Rohit again if they keep losing some more games on the trot just like what CSK did with Dhoni when they kept losing under Jadeja sometime back.

That will happen sooner or later. Hardik's strategy yesterday was laughable. I have no idea why he didn't allowed Bumrah to bowl until it was too late. By that time the damage was done and Kwena Maphaka and Gerald Coetzee in particular were leaking tons. Hardik himself wasn't of much use, as he also went for more than 11 runs per over. Bumrah stood out, with his figures of 4-0-36-0 (amazing, given the fact that most of the the time he bowled against Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram at the depth overs).
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