Cricket match prediction discussions

[Sithara007]

I believe that even if they do bring in some Indian players that are old and close to retirement, they are still not going to attract a good number of spectators. They will need to bring in those Indian players who are actually performing really well right now the current superstars of India.

Players like Suryakumar Yadav and others who are generally showing good entertainment in T20. Without the actual players who are superstars right now in India don't think the Saudi Cricket League is going to be able to shine properly. After all, we all know that they are the biggest revenue generator for cricket

Suryakumar Yadav is quite young and he is representing the Indian team in multiple formats. There is no chance that he will opt for the Saudi league, even if he is offered 10 times his current contract value. I was hinting about some of the players who are close to retirement, such as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu. They are in the final phase of their career, and in case they get a very sweet deal from the Saudi sheikhs, then they maybe tempted to dump the IPL and move to the new league. But all these are just rumors. The Saudis are yet to finalize their plans for the league.

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[BobK71]

Yes, there is logic in your statement in this regard. Today politics has reached a different level. Saudi Arabia and India have have good relation, maybe the Saudi government will want to exploit that opportunity and India will also carefully calculate their gains or losses. But as Saudi Arabia is very strong economically, they will try to dominate to some extent. I believe India will not try to hindrance to their league rather if it possible they will help them. Because these two countries have good economic relations.

India has emerged as one of top global economy in recent years. Still I don't think it will be a good idea for India to annoy one of there finest business partner aka MBS. Even India doesn't joined this party then there are plenty more options for Saudi to choose from.
I was reading on NDTV that Saudis want IPL owners to set up richest league in Saudi. That's MBS way of involving IPL management into Saudi league.

The Saudi government has taken various steps to introduce their country to the world. Apart from various developmental works they are now paying special attention to the sports world. They are investing in sports like football and Formula 1 and are currently focusing on cricket. As a result, they have a keen eye on the Indian Premier League. They are so enthusiastic about creating a cricket league like IPL that they have expressed their concern to India and have taken the initiative to run a new tournament. However, BCCI has not yet commented on it. I think if the ICC approve the application of Saudi Arabia, maybe we can get a good result from India.

[lixer]

I believe that even if they do bring in some Indian players that are old and close to retirement, they are still not going to attract a good number of spectators. They will need to bring in those Indian players who are actually performing really well right now the current superstars of India.

Players like Suryakumar Yadav and others who are generally showing good entertainment in T20. Without the actual players who are superstars right now in India don't think the Saudi Cricket League is going to be able to shine properly. After all, we all know that they are the biggest revenue generator for cricket

I am sure no Indian player even near to retirement will take this risk and joined Saudi League because they have enough mind understanding things, and clearly it's not popular decision if someone leave IPL for this new league which is never been had certainty how long will exist because as we have things in early round of this league most chances this is going to be not good league even we have huge funds from Saudi sheikhs.

From here if they want to do something then surely they need to do some paperwork before jumping into this because having all facts and figures will surely help them for having how things will be after having first edition of this league with no Indian will be involved in this.

[Sithara007]

The Saudi government has taken various steps to introduce their country to the world. Apart from various developmental works they are now paying special attention to the sports world. They are investing in sports like football and Formula 1 and are currently focusing on cricket. As a result, they have a keen eye on the Indian Premier League. They are so enthusiastic about creating a cricket league like IPL that they have expressed their concern to India and have taken the initiative to run a new tournament. However, BCCI has not yet commented on it. I think if the ICC approve the application of Saudi Arabia, maybe we can get a good result from India.

Saudis are only interested in the publicity that they get from hosting major sporting events in their country. They have hardly taken any steps to popularize cricket to the native Arab population. It is understandable, as cricket is not an Olympic sport and is increasingly getting restricted to the South Asian community. BTW, there are some big movements from the IPL franchises. They are trying to sign deals with overseas players, to get them contracted to different teams managed by the same franchise. Details can be found here:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-teams-and-international-stars-in-informal-contract-discussions-1371491

If this move succeeds, then a number of star players will opt out of international cricket and may focus solely on franchise cricket.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

The Saudi government has taken various steps to introduce their country to the world. Apart from various developmental works they are now paying special attention to the sports world. They are investing in sports like football and Formula 1 and are currently focusing on cricket. As a result, they have a keen eye on the Indian Premier League. They are so enthusiastic about creating a cricket league like IPL that they have expressed their concern to India and have taken the initiative to run a new tournament. However, BCCI has not yet commented on it. I think if the ICC approve the application of Saudi Arabia, maybe we can get a good result from India.

Saudis are only interested in the publicity that they get from hosting major sporting events in their country. They have hardly taken any steps to popularize cricket to the native Arab population. It is understandable, as cricket is not an Olympic sport and is increasingly getting restricted to the South Asian community. BTW, there are some big movements from the IPL franchises. They are trying to sign deals with overseas players, to get them contracted to different teams managed by the same franchise. Details can be found here:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-teams-and-international-stars-in-informal-contract-discussions-1371491

If this move succeeds, then a number of star players will opt out of international cricket and may focus solely on franchise cricket.

So one more rich league is in making,  Saudis will come to top in cricket world with their money for sure once they will collaborate will ipl .
International players are must for them because they don't have native ones who are cricket loving.  But as we have seen Cristiano Ronaldo joining Saudi league because of money.  Same will happen with cricket money will bring top players together .

[WatChe]

The Saudi government has taken various steps to introduce their country to the world. Apart from various developmental works they are now paying special attention to the sports world. They are investing in sports like football and Formula 1 and are currently focusing on cricket. As a result, they have a keen eye on the Indian Premier League. They are so enthusiastic about creating a cricket league like IPL that they have expressed their concern to India and have taken the initiative to run a new tournament. However, BCCI has not yet commented on it. I think if the ICC approve the application of Saudi Arabia, maybe we can get a good result from India.

As I already said there is nothing confirm about this league, its all in the air. One thing which I am confident is that if KSA launches any such league then it will not be easy for India to oppose such league. I am waiting for the official news of launch of this league.

Saudis are only interested in the publicity that they get from hosting major sporting events in their country. They have hardly taken any steps to popularize cricket to the native Arab population. It is understandable, as cricket is not an Olympic sport and is increasingly getting restricted to the South Asian community. BTW, there are some big movements from the IPL franchises. They are trying to sign deals with overseas players, to get them contracted to different teams managed by the same franchise. Details can be found here:

KSA has weakest cricket team among all Gulf countries. Teams of UAE, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain are also made up of players of South Asian origin. So its very much clear that there cricket is not a popular sports among local people. If MBS is investing too much money in league then there must be some underlying benefit for them, you cant deny the business skills of Gulf rulers.

[DanWalker]

I believe that even if they do bring in some Indian players that are old and close to retirement, they are still not going to attract a good number of spectators. They will need to bring in those Indian players who are actually performing really well right now the current superstars of India.
Players like Suryakumar Yadav and others who are generally showing good entertainment in T20. Without the actual players who are superstars right now in India don't think the Saudi Cricket League is going to be able to shine properly. After all, we all know that they are the biggest revenue generator for cricket

Suryakumar Yadav is quite young and he is representing the Indian team in multiple formats. There is no chance that he will opt for the Saudi league, even if he is offered 10 times his current contract value. I was hinting about some of the players who are close to retirement, such as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ambati Rayudu. They are in the final phase of their career, and in case they get a very sweet deal from the Saudi sheikhs, then they maybe tempted to dump the IPL and move to the new league. But all these are just rumors. The Saudis are yet to finalize their plans for the league.

I understand what you are saying. What I wanted to say is that even if they bring in those players the popularity is not going to be at that level which could have been if they brought in players who are actually dominating Indian cricket right now. But of course, the Indian Cricket Board is probably not going to allow that to happen. So the only hot in the players who are about to retire.

I am sure no Indian player even near to retirement will take this risk and joined Saudi League because they have enough mind understanding things, and clearly it's not popular decision if someone leave IPL for this new league which is never been had certainty how long will exist because as we have things in early round of this league most chances this is going to be not good league even we have huge funds from Saudi sheikhs.
From here if they want to do something then surely they need to do some paperwork before jumping into this because having all facts and figures will surely help them for having how things will be after having first edition of this league with no Indian will be involved in this.

It is certainly not going to be a popular decision. But as a professional cricketer at this stage of his career where he is about to retire, he will have to think about money more than anything. And I believe the Indian people will also understand that. After all, it's not like those who are about to retire are being very impactful in the nationality or they are blocked replaceable in the T20 teams franchise.

[JSRAW]

They are free to do that, like i said it's good for players for sure but it's not good for business in any sense. Also, the football market is not concentrated or dominated by just one market, it's spread fairly enough.

That's not the case with cricket, where only one country generates eyeballs. I fail to understand why people avoid connecting the dots of ICC media rights in this context, it's in front of everyone still no one considering it. The rest of the cricketing world not paying money to watch ICC tournaments and somehow people think that they will watch random t-20 leagues.

The ICC hasn't yet released the final numbers from the media rights auction. But from the available information, it looks as if 88% to 90% of the revenues originate from India. Take India out of the equation, and cricket cease to be one of the top-10 sports in terms of revenue generation. I am not sure how much money the Saudis are planning to splurge. If the amounts are quite large, then they maybe able to convince some of the top Indian cricketers (who are close to retirement) to sign up for them. I am talking about players such as Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Shikhar Dhawan. But then remember that these players are already receiving $1.0 to $1.5 million per year from the IPL. In order to lure them, they need to spend 3-4 times this amount (similar to how they got Cristiano Ronaldo playing in Saudi Arabia).

Thought about this bold part and seriously yaar cricketers get peanuts if we look at the overall picture.

Even premier cricketers like Kohli also get only $3 Million if we only look at his BCCI + IPL contract, not considering sponsorship etc in this bracket. The situation is worse for other cricketers, no wonder players are looking for financial security. 

[Sithara007]

Thought about this bold part and seriously yaar cricketers get peanuts if we look at the overall picture.

Even premier cricketers like Kohli also get only $3 Million if we only look at his BCCI + IPL contract, not considering sponsorship etc in this bracket. The situation is worse for other cricketers, no wonder players are looking for financial security. 

Well.. I could agree with that. IPL media rights alone costs some $1.2 billion per year. But the total salaries are only around $115 million, which represents less than 10% of the media rights amount. Now compare this with the English Premier League. Media rights are rumored to be around £3.0 billion per year, and the highest paid player (Enzo Fernandez) is contracted for £106.8 million. Jack Grealish's contract is worth £100 million per year. That is almost 100 times of what Virat Kohli receives from the IPL (not adding in the national contract, since it is not exactly apple to apple comparison).

[fuguebtc]

The Saudi government has taken various steps to introduce their country to the world. Apart from various developmental works they are now paying special attention to the sports world. They are investing in sports like football and Formula 1 and are currently focusing on cricket. As a result, they have a keen eye on the Indian Premier League. They are so enthusiastic about creating a cricket league like IPL that they have expressed their concern to India and have taken the initiative to run a new tournament. However, BCCI has not yet commented on it. I think if the ICC approve the application of Saudi Arabia, maybe we can get a good result from India.

Saudis are only interested in the publicity that they get from hosting major sporting events in their country. They have hardly taken any steps to popularize cricket to the native Arab population. It is understandable, as cricket is not an Olympic sport and is increasingly getting restricted to the South Asian community. BTW, there are some big movements from the IPL franchises. They are trying to sign deals with overseas players, to get them contracted to different teams managed by the same franchise. Details can be found here:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-teams-and-international-stars-in-informal-contract-discussions-1371491
If this move succeeds, then a number of star players will opt out of international cricket and may focus solely on franchise cricket.

With the popularity of franchise cricket, I fear that international cricket will die out soon. Especially since the ICC is so worried about keeping test cricket alive instead of actually improving the state of cricket right now. Probably the players are going to be only interested in International Cricket because of the world cup.

After all no franchise league title is going to be more important than the world cup. But at the same time, the other tournaments light the Asia Cup and others will lose its importance.

[Sithara007]

With the popularity of franchise cricket, I fear that international cricket will die out soon. Especially since the ICC is so worried about keeping test cricket alive instead of actually improving the state of cricket right now. Probably the players are going to be only interested in International Cricket because of the world cup.

After all no franchise league title is going to be more important than the world cup. But at the same time, the other tournaments light the Asia Cup and others will lose its importance.

I don't know how much ICC tournaments are going to get impacted, but bilaterals are surely done if this happens. IPL franchises have formed a cabal, and they are now in talks with dozens of players to lure them out of international cricket. In the end, cricket will become similar to football, where club competitions reign supreme. In the long term, I am worried even about the future of ICC competitions as well. If the best players are taken out, then teams outside pig-4 will cease to be competitive. And along with that, popularity of cricket outside South Asia will drop even further.

[fuguebtc]

With the popularity of franchise cricket, I fear that international cricket will die out soon. Especially since the ICC is so worried about keeping test cricket alive instead of actually improving the state of cricket right now. Probably the players are going to be only interested in International Cricket because of the world cup.
After all no franchise league title is going to be more important than the world cup. But at the same time, the other tournaments light the Asia Cup and others will lose its importance.

I don't know how much ICC tournaments are going to get impacted, but bilaterals are surely done if this happens. IPL franchises have formed a cabal, and they are now in talks with dozens of players to lure them out of international cricket. In the end, cricket will become similar to football, where club competitions reign supreme. In the long term, I am worried even about the future of ICC competitions as well. If the best players are taken out, then teams outside pig-4 will cease to be competitive. And along with that, popularity of cricket outside South Asia will drop even further.

I am sure that international cricket is going to get affected. At the same time, I actually agree that ICC tournaments are probably not going to be affected. But other than the ICC tournament players are not going to be interested to play for the national team. Why would the players want to play for the national team when they are getting paid a lot more money in the franchise t20 league?

The franchise league being more popular would have worked if cricket was popular in all around the world. But cricket is not that popular. And that's why it is not going to be a good thing for cricket.

[Patrol69]

Kane Williamson And ODI World Cup

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was seriously injured while saving a boundary in the first match of IPL. The injury was so severe that he had to undergo immediate surgery. He was kicked out of IPL due to arms smuggling. 

An injury of the type he sustained would take about six months to recover from, if the weapon had been smuggled.  ICC Men's ODI World Cup is going to start in India probably after 5 months. As he will need another six months to recover, India might miss the World Cup. New Zealand coach Gary Stead has decided to keep him in the team as a mentor in case he misses the World Cup as a player for any reason.  According to his statement,
"Look, nothing can be said too soon. He's had an operation. As far as we know it's been successful. He's in the early stages of rehab. It's hard to say when he'll be back. But we're going to miss someone of his class and calibre.  But yes, of course we want to have him in the team as a mentor." 

But New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is not giving up on his World Cup dream so easily. He still believes he will recover and be back with the team before the World Cup. In this regard, Kane Williamson said,
"Such an injury is naturally disappointing. For now my focus is on getting the surgery and starting the recovery.
It will take a lot of time.
But I will do everything possible to get back on the field as soon as possible."

It is our hope that Kane Williamson recovers and returns to the team before the World Cup.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Kane Williamson And ODI World Cup

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was seriously injured while saving a boundary in the first match of IPL. The injury was so severe that he had to undergo immediate surgery. He was kicked out of IPL due to arms smuggling. 

An injury of the type he sustained would take about six months to recover from, if the weapon had been smuggled.  ICC Men's ODI World Cup is going to start in India probably after 5 months. As he will need another six months to recover, India might miss the World Cup. New Zealand coach Gary Stead has decided to keep him in the team as a mentor in case he misses the World Cup as a player for any reason.  According to his statement,
"Look, nothing can be said too soon. He's had an operation. As far as we know it's been successful. He's in the early stages of rehab. It's hard to say when he'll be back. But we're going to miss someone of his class and calibre.  But yes, of course we want to have him in the team as a mentor." 

But New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is not giving up on his World Cup dream so easily. He still believes he will recover and be back with the team before the World Cup. In this regard, Kane Williamson said,
"Such an injury is naturally disappointing. For now my focus is on getting the surgery and starting the recovery.
It will take a lot of time.
But I will do everything possible to get back on the field as soon as possible."

It is our hope that Kane Williamson recovers and returns to the team before the World Cup.

Heard about this incident,  kane Williamson is a gem player for Newzealand he has always been consistent in his performance and bought many victories for Kiwis.
He will be greatly missed on ground If he couldn't make it till than , hopefully he recovers and participates in world cup .

[Sithara007]

Cricket has been included for the 2023 Southeast Asian Game. A total of 7 countries are taking part - Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand (Myanmar is participating only in the women's tournament) out of the total of 11. There are 4 formats that are being played - T10, T20, ODI (50 over) and 6s cricket. Yesterday was the first day and the T20 competition is currently underway. Before this edition, the last time that cricket was included in Southeast Asian Games was way back in 2017, when Malaysia was hosting the games.

[Juggy777]

With the popularity of franchise cricket, I fear that international cricket will die out soon. Especially since the ICC is so worried about keeping test cricket alive instead of actually improving the state of cricket right now. Probably the players are going to be only interested in International Cricket because of the world cup.
After all no franchise league title is going to be more important than the world cup. But at the same time, the other tournaments light the Asia Cup and others will lose its importance.

I don't know how much ICC tournaments are going to get impacted, but bilaterals are surely done if this happens. IPL franchises have formed a cabal, and they are now in talks with dozens of players to lure them out of international cricket. In the end, cricket will become similar to football, where club competitions reign supreme. In the long term, I am worried even about the future of ICC competitions as well. If the best players are taken out, then teams outside pig-4 will cease to be competitive. And along with that, popularity of cricket outside South Asia will drop even further.

I am sure that international cricket is going to get affected. At the same time, I actually agree that ICC tournaments are probably not going to be affected. But other than the ICC tournament players are not going to be interested to play for the national team. Why would the players want to play for the national team when they are getting paid a lot more money in the franchise t20 league?

The franchise league being more popular would have worked if cricket was popular in all around the world. But cricket is not that popular. And that's why it is not going to be a good thing for cricket.

@Sithara007 of course this was bound to happen and it’s only a matter of time now and for further proof read the news where they say IPL franchisee are offering England player’s a year round contract for quitting international cricket and I won’t be surprised if those player’s take up that deal. Furthermore with IPL franchisee owner’s investing in other leagues it’s only a matter of time before player’s give up international cricket and I wonder if at some stage ICC will scrap some of it’s fixtures/tournaments in exchange for compensation from these Franchisees.

[fuguebtc]

I don't know how much ICC tournaments are going to get impacted, but bilaterals are surely done if this happens. IPL franchises have formed a cabal, and they are now in talks with dozens of players to lure them out of international cricket. In the end, cricket will become similar to football, where club competitions reign supreme. In the long term, I am worried even about the future of ICC competitions as well. If the best players are taken out, then teams outside pig-4 will cease to be competitive. And along with that, popularity of cricket outside South Asia will drop even further.

I am sure that international cricket is going to get affected. At the same time, I actually agree that ICC tournaments are probably not going to be affected. But other than the ICC tournament players are not going to be interested to play for the national team. Why would the players want to play for the national team when they are getting paid a lot more money in the franchise t20 league?
The franchise league being more popular would have worked if cricket was popular in all around the world. But cricket is not that popular. And that's why it is not going to be a good thing for cricket.

@Sithara007 of course this was bound to happen and it’s only a matter of time now and for further proof read the news where they say IPL franchisee are offering England player’s a year round contract for quitting international cricket and I won’t be surprised if those player’s take up that deal. Furthermore with IPL franchisee owner’s investing in other leagues it’s only a matter of time before player’s give up international cricket and I wonder if at some stage ICC will scrap some of it’s fixtures/tournaments in exchange for compensation from these Franchisees.

Of course, it is going to be very beneficial for the players to accept the IPL deal instead of playing for the national team. I do not think the cricket board of that respective country can actually do something about that. After all, it is a personal decision of the player. But that can be done by a player because IPL is very popular and they are offering a due to those players.

I don't think Pakistan can do the same with PCL. The same goes for almost any other franchise. It will also be very hard for the cricket boards to convince the players to play for the national team instead of playing for the franchise. Cricket boards cannot afford to give them that type of money because the revenue is nowhere near.

[Ayers]

Cricket has been included for the 2023 Southeast Asian Game. A total of 7 countries are taking part - Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand (Myanmar is participating only in the women's tournament) out of the total of 11. There are 4 formats that are being played - T10, T20, ODI (50 over) and 6s cricket. Yesterday was the first day and the T20 competition is currently underway. Before this edition, the last time that cricket was included in Southeast Asian Games was way back in 2017, when Malaysia was hosting the games.

The second match is already over. It was between Malaysia and Indonesia. In this match, Malaysia had a very good performance. Malaysia actually one the match by 94 runs. Even though Indonesia did win the first match against Thailand they were no match for Malaysia.

The next match is between the Philippines and Singapore. I really want to see close contested matches. Among the two matches that have been played neither actually have been closely contested in my opinion.

[Sithara007]

The second match is already over. It was between Malaysia and Indonesia. In this match, Malaysia had a very good performance. Malaysia actually one the match by 94 runs. Even though Indonesia did win the first match against Thailand they were no match for Malaysia.

The next match is between the Philippines and Singapore. I really want to see close contested matches. Among the two matches that have been played neither actually have been closely contested in my opinion.

Disappointing for Indonesia. But we need to remember the fact that Malaysia is one of the founding members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). On the other hand, Indonesia started playing cricket very recently. And in both the countries, the squads are 100% native and they don't depend on foreigners. Indonesia won the first match against Thailand, but yesterday they were unlucky. But those who have followed their progress will note down the huge improvements they have made in the recent past. Earlier this year, they participated in the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, and managed to defeat Zimbabwe in one of the matches. They are one of the most populous nations in the world and with some support from the ICC, cricket can expand across the country.

[BobK71]

Kane Williamson And ODI World Cup

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson was seriously injured while saving a boundary in the first match of IPL. The injury was so severe that he had to undergo immediate surgery. He was kicked out of IPL due to arms smuggling. 

An injury of the type he sustained would take about six months to recover from, if the weapon had been smuggled.  ICC Men's ODI World Cup is going to start in India probably after 5 months. As he will need another six months to recover, India might miss the World Cup. New Zealand coach Gary Stead has decided to keep him in the team as a mentor in case he misses the World Cup as a player for any reason.  According to his statement,
"Look, nothing can be said too soon. He's had an operation. As far as we know it's been successful. He's in the early stages of rehab. It's hard to say when he'll be back. But we're going to miss someone of his class and calibre.  But yes, of course we want to have him in the team as a mentor." 

Before the World Cup cricket, the captain of the team is in such a condition that there is a lot of disappointment in the team. Although someone will fill his place. In World Cup cricket, good performances are not usually expected from good players. There is a great importance of experience. Every one wants to make a team with experienced players for the world cup. An example of this is Indian cricketer Virat Kohli. Who has been groomed for the World Cup with repeated opportunities and is now back in the team as a symbol of reliability. However, Kane Williamson's place in the New Zealand team is not to be filled because it will not be very easy for New Zealand to get a talented and experienced player like him. But I wish him well and that he can return to the field again very soon.