T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[ibuddy122505]

David Miller has been having a blockbuster tournament so far. Finally he is showing his class, and Gujarat Titans have recognized his value. He has been doing well for Gujarat Titans since they put full faith in him and gave him a chance in every match up to this point. Remember that Killer Miller was unsold on the first day of the auction. Miller is being fully utilized by Hardik Pandya, the captain, and the team management this time. Having that confidence, care, and assurance is what gave him the strength to perform, congratulations Miller.

He's the same guy who has been termed as hit or miss in the IPL due to his poor run and in recent auction no franchise didn't even to bother to bid on him, he was bought by Gujrat at last moment at just 3 crore but now this decision is turning out to be steal and master stroke from Gujju Clan. 

Sometimes stats do not work when you are selecting a player. He reminds me of Shane Watson to some extent as after his debut in IPL he got a confirmed berth in the Australian side. I think the same would happen to him from next IPL onwards wherein his price will increase and I do not think he will be let off by GT. You also cannot ignore the capability of Hardik Pandya, he has not only proven himself as a good all rounder but an intelligent captain too in this season of IPL.

David Miller gives his masterclass execution to his former team Rajasthan Royals. He was out of form however in this season affirmed his situation so pleasantly. He played an outstanding innings against RR and deserve all blessings however you're correct it's no assurance he would execute a similar presentation next IPL as like this year. I'm not overwhelming yet it's perfect to see how nicely things going on. Yes, Hardik Pandya captaincy worthy enough to mentioned as well.

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[CryptoBuds]

He's the same guy who has been termed as hit or miss in the IPL due to his poor run and in recent auction no franchise didn't even to bother to bid on him, he was bought by Gujrat at last moment at just 3 crore but now this decision is turning out to be steal and master stroke from Gujju Clan. 

Sometimes stats do not work when you are selecting a player. He reminds me of Shane Watson to some extent as after his debut in IPL he got a confirmed berth in the Australian side. I think the same would happen to him from next IPL onwards wherein his price will increase and I do not think he will be let off by GT. You also cannot ignore the capability of Hardik Pandya, he has not only proven himself as a good all rounder but an intelligent captain too in this season of IPL.

Well he's already established player in the Protea squad. In T-20 world stats and match-up do matters especially in franchise cricket. If that's not the case then everyone would get the same amount of salary. It's too early to comment on Hardik's captaincy tbh.
@Juggy777 There is no mega auction planned for next 3-4 years, small auction are allowed but imo in next auction teams might search for allrounders and seamers so Miller won't go into any live round. Having said that i'm sure Gujrat will compensate him with additional amount in closed door, it happens with every player.

^ David Miller is a class act and there is no doubt about that, it was actually a little bit of a gamble to pick him up for the IPL team this season but that gamble seems to have worked out really fine. He is someone who is capable of doing something really unbelievable and making it look really easy.

I also did not expect anything much from Pandya because the recent previous record of him just before the IPL has not been good at all and it was always a 50-50 chance with him. I really did not think he was going to do something like this. But he has led well from the front and also maintained his performance.

[Minor Miner]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru V Lucknow Super Kings
Lucknow is batting for 208 runs given by Bangalore. It is difficult to win by batting for such a big score. However, Lucknow's batting lineup is strong. I would not be surprised if they win. Rajat Patidar's superb batting helped Bangalore score 207 runs. Rajat Patidar scored 112 runs off 54 balls. His striker rate was around 204+.

[BALIK]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru V Lucknow Super Kings
Lucknow is batting for 208 runs given by Bangalore. It is difficult to win by batting for such a big score. However, Lucknow's batting lineup is strong. I would not be surprised if they win. Rajat Patidar's superb batting helped Bangalore score 207 runs. Rajat Patidar scored 112 runs off 54 balls. His striker rate was around 204+.

Lucknow scored only 125 runs in 14 overs. They still need to collect about 14 runs per over to win. It is very difficult. But not impossible. Because T20 specialist batsmen like KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda are still at the crease. If Bangalore's bowlers can't get these two out, then Lucknow still has a chance to win. Let's see what will happens.

[ScamViruS]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru V Lucknow Super Kings
Lucknow is batting for 208 runs given by Bangalore. It is difficult to win by batting for such a big score. However, Lucknow's batting lineup is strong. I would not be surprised if they win. Rajat Patidar's superb batting helped Bangalore score 207 runs. Rajat Patidar scored 112 runs off 54 balls. His striker rate was around 204+.

Lucknow scored only 125 runs in 14 overs. They still need to collect about 14 runs per over to win. It is very difficult. But not impossible. Because T20 specialist batsmen like KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda are still at the crease. If Bangalore's bowlers can't get these two out, then Lucknow still has a chance to win. Let's see what will happens.

We know that Royal Challengers Bengaluru's luck often does not support them. But now maybe their luck is not so bad that they will lose this match too. Lucknow needs 35 runs from 15 balls now. The match has become interesting. It is going on as you said. The way Harshal Patel started the 17th over was really scary. The first two balls were wide and 6 runs. But he finished his over just right, taking the crucial wicket of Marcus Stoinis.

[kro55]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru V Lucknow Super Kings
Lucknow is batting for 208 runs given by Bangalore. It is difficult to win by batting for such a big score. However, Lucknow's batting lineup is strong. I would not be surprised if they win. Rajat Patidar's superb batting helped Bangalore score 207 runs. Rajat Patidar scored 112 runs off 54 balls. His striker rate was around 204+.

Lucknow scored only 125 runs in 14 overs. They still need to collect about 14 runs per over to win. It is very difficult. But not impossible. Because T20 specialist batsmen like KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda are still at the crease. If Bangalore's bowlers can't get these two out, then Lucknow still has a chance to win. Let's see what will happens.

I'm watching the match now. Lucknow is playing very well. Lucknow needs 35 runs from 15 balls at the moment. KL Rahul is batting very responsibly. He has collected 77 runs from 54 balls. Yet the chances of both teams winning are equal. However, if the bowlers can bowl in a controlled manner, Bangalore will win. It is very difficult to collect 35 runs from 15 balls at the moment. However, Lewis and Rahul are very experienced batsmen at the crease.

[CryptoBuds]

Bangalore has won because of controlled bowling in the last few overs. The match was under the control of Lucknow till 15 overs. But in the last 3 overs, the players of Lucknow played very badly. In the last 3 overs, he also made only 26 runs with Lucknow. Evin Lewis scored 2 runs off 6 balls. The team expected a better performance from an experienced player like him. However, Lucknow had bad luck so they could not win. On the other hand, the main hero of this match is Rajat Patidar. Thanks to Patidar for giving us the opportunity to enjoy such a beautiful match.

[romero121]

Enjoyed watching the eliminator match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. What a match, Rahul as usual took responsibility to the winning moment. Due to the pressure at the depth overs he wasn't able to go for his regular shots. Instead went for a ramp shot and got caught in the hands of Shahbaz. From that match went into the hands of RCB. It was Harshal Patel who took RCB to win. The fielding from RCB, particularly Hasaranga is really appreciable.

[Mahdirakib]

I'm watching the match now. Lucknow is playing very well. Lucknow needs 35 runs from 15 balls at the moment. KL Rahul is batting very responsibly. He has collected 77 runs from 54 balls. Yet the chances of both teams winning are equal. However, if the bowlers can bowl in a controlled manner, Bangalore will win. It is very difficult to collect 35 runs from 15 balls at the moment. However, Lewis and Rahul are very experienced batsmen at the crease.

Lucknow has lost the match by 14 runs. They are knocked out now. Lucknow players were afraid during the death over of the game. I don't know why they were leaving those balls which were delivered near the off wide length. Bangalore bowlers has distract the attention of the batsman by giving some wide in the last few overs. RCB fans and players are very happy now. RCB will play the second qualifier match against Rajasthan Royals on 27th May.

[LittleBitFunny]

Enjoyed watching the eliminator match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. What a match, Rahul as usual took responsibility to the winning moment. Due to the pressure at the depth overs he wasn't able to go for his regular shots. Instead went for a ramp shot and got caught in the hands of Shahbaz. From that match went into the hands of RCB. It was Harshal Patel who took RCB to win. The fielding from RCB, particularly Hasaranga is really appreciable.

Although the target was 208 runs. Yet I hoped Lucknow would win. Because the experienced players like De Kock, Hooda, Rahul and Evin Lewis were in the Lucknow squad. However, the performance of de Kock and Lewis was very poor. I was hoping to see the final between Gujarat and Lucknow. Two new teams will play in the final. Bangalore qualified for the final for their outstanding performance.

[ScamViruS]

Enjoyed watching the eliminator match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. What a match, Rahul as usual took responsibility to the winning moment. Due to the pressure at the depth overs he wasn't able to go for his regular shots. Instead went for a ramp shot and got caught in the hands of Shahbaz. From that match went into the hands of RCB. It was Harshal Patel who took RCB to win. The fielding from RCB, particularly Hasaranga is really appreciable.

RCB was perfect everywhere today. RCB was able to score a substantial score with great batting which was conducive to victory. And the bowlers have successfully completed the rest of the work which has given victory to rcb. RCB fans will be very happy today, as RCB will now play the second qualifier. I was optimistic from the beginning of this year that RCB will go to the final, now let's see if the next match can fulfill my expectations after RCB wins.

[Rana590]

Enjoyed watching the eliminator match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. What a match, Rahul as usual took responsibility to the winning moment. Due to the pressure at the depth overs he wasn't able to go for his regular shots. Instead went for a ramp shot and got caught in the hands of Shahbaz. From that match went into the hands of RCB. It was Harshal Patel who took RCB to win. The fielding from RCB, particularly Hasaranga is really appreciable.

RCB was perfect everywhere today. RCB was able to score a substantial score with great batting which was conducive to victory. And the bowlers have successfully completed the rest of the work which has given victory to rcb. RCB fans will be very happy today, as RCB will now play the second qualifier. I was optimistic from the beginning of this year that RCB will go to the final, now let's see if the next match can fulfill my expectations after RCB wins.

What a great comeback from RCB and they will play second qualifier. Total run was good enough to beat Lucknow but Lucknow played well. Unfortunately they didn't manage to win the match against RCB. Both the teams played well but RCB deserve to be winner.

[eaLiTy]

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What a great comeback from RCB and they will play second qualifier. Total run was good enough to beat Lucknow but Lucknow played well. Unfortunately they didn't manage to win the match against RCB. Both the teams played well but RCB deserve to be winner.

It was a day for Royal Challengers Bangalore and a really bad day for Lucknow Super Giants as they missed many chances in the field and if they were able to hold on to the catches the situation would have been different. Today everything Royal Challengers Bangalore did was successful and they have one more hurdle to enter the final and hopefully they could be lucky again .

[pakhitheboss]

Enjoyed watching the eliminator match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. What a match, Rahul as usual took responsibility to the winning moment. Due to the pressure at the depth overs he wasn't able to go for his regular shots. Instead went for a ramp shot and got caught in the hands of Shahbaz. From that match went into the hands of RCB. It was Harshal Patel who took RCB to win. The fielding from RCB, particularly Hasaranga is really appreciable.

Although the target was 208 runs. Yet I hoped Lucknow would win. Because the experienced players like De Kock, Hooda, Rahul and Evin Lewis were in the Lucknow squad. However, the performance of de Kock and Lewis was very poor. I was hoping to see the final between Gujarat and Lucknow. Two new teams will play in the final. Bangalore qualified for the final for their outstanding performance.

I wasn't expecting RCB to score 208, thanks to sloppy fielding and bad bowling they were able to. I also expected them to LSG to chase those runs comfortably as I was thinking about de kock previous game performance but unfortunately he was out in couple of balls. K L Rahul tried his level best but unfortunately the middle order of LSG was out in just couple of runs. Great comeback by RCB.

[Sithara007]

The second qualifier will be effectively a battle between Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson. From what I have heard, these two are not having a very good personal bond. And both these players are not in very good form with their bat. So far Kohli has scored a total of 334 runs at an average of 23.85, while Samson has managed 421 runs. On paper it may look good, but considering the amount that the franchises paid for them, these figures are not that exciting. Jos Buttler still leads the run charts with 718 runs, and he has at least one match remaining.

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Enjoyed watching the eliminator match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. What a match, Rahul as usual took responsibility to the winning moment. Due to the pressure at the depth overs he wasn't able to go for his regular shots. Instead went for a ramp shot and got caught in the hands of Shahbaz. From that match went into the hands of RCB. It was Harshal Patel who took RCB to win. The fielding from RCB, particularly Hasaranga is really appreciable.

Although the target was 208 runs. Yet I hoped Lucknow would win. Because the experienced players like De Kock, Hooda, Rahul and Evin Lewis were in the Lucknow squad. However, the performance of de Kock and Lewis was very poor. I was hoping to see the final between Gujarat and Lucknow. Two new teams will play in the final. Bangalore qualified for the final for their outstanding performance.

I wasn't expecting RCB to score 208, thanks to sloppy fielding and bad bowling they were able to. I also expected them to LSG to chase those runs comfortably as I was thinking about de kock previous game performance but unfortunately he was out in couple of balls. K L Rahul tried his level best but unfortunately the middle order of LSG was out in just couple of runs. Great comeback by RCB.

LSG vs RCB
RCB won the match by 14 runs. I believe the team deserved to win because their performance was outstanding, especially Rajat Patidar's batting, which contributed the most to the team's total of 207 runs. Of course, LSG's fielding and bowling were not up to par, which also helped RCB reach the finals. In the finals, RCB will face RR.

[KennyR]

The second qualifier will be effectively a battle between Virat Kohli and Sanju Samson. From what I have heard, these two are not having a very good personal bond. And both these players are not in very good form with their bat. So far Kohli has scored a total of 334 runs at an average of 23.85, while Samson has managed 421 runs. On paper it may look good, but considering the amount that the franchises paid for them, these figures are not that exciting. Jos Buttler still leads the run charts with 718 runs, and he has at least one match remaining.

Both are much expected players. Compared to Virat Kohli the performance from Sanju Samson is good. Virat Kohli isn't playing his natural cricket. It looks like he's carrying big pressure which leads to early loss of his wicket. The previous match against Gujarat Titans is the one in which we were able to see his natural game. Possibly tomorrow's match is going to be big. The personal bond between these two will make the game to be more aggressive with the bats.

[LittleBitFunny]

LSG vs RCB
RCB won the match by 14 runs. I believe the team deserved to win because their performance was outstanding, especially Rajat Patidar's batting, which contributed the most to the team's total of 207 runs. Of course, LSG's fielding and bowling were not up to par, which also helped RCB reach the finals. In the finals, RCB will face RR.

Rajat Patidar's devastating batting helped Bangalore to 208 runs. I thought Bangalore would give a target of 170-180 runs. Bangalore scored 90 runs in 11 overs. Bangalore should have got an easy win after delivering the target in 208. But if Bangalore's bowlers had not played well in the last 3 overs, Bangalore could not have won this match.

[noormcs5]

LSG vs RCB
RCB won the match by 14 runs. I believe the team deserved to win because their performance was outstanding, especially Rajat Patidar's batting, which contributed the most to the team's total of 207 runs. Of course, LSG's fielding and bowling were not up to par, which also helped RCB reach the finals. In the finals, RCB will face RR.

Rajat Patidar's devastating batting helped Bangalore to 208 runs. I thought Bangalore would give a target of 170-180 runs. Bangalore scored 90 runs in 11 overs. Bangalore should have got an easy win after delivering the target in 208. But if Bangalore's bowlers had not played well in the last 3 overs, Bangalore could not have won this match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow and that's what matter the most. However, they will have to beat  Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 which will be played tomorrow.

Gujarat Titans came for the very first time in IPL and made it to the final. This is a very good and amazing performance by any new team in IPL.

[Sithara007]

Both are much expected players. Compared to Virat Kohli the performance from Sanju Samson is good. Virat Kohli isn't playing his natural cricket. It looks like he's carrying big pressure which leads to early loss of his wicket. The previous match against Gujarat Titans is the one in which we were able to see his natural game. Possibly tomorrow's match is going to be big. The personal bond between these two will make the game to be more aggressive with the bats.

If Virat concentrates on his game, then he will do well. But the problem is that he focuses too much on dramatics. During the match against Lucknow Super Giants, everytime one of the LSG batsmen got out he was jumping like a baboon and vomiting out expletives in Hindi. Why can't this guy behave like a normal civilized human being at least once in his life? RCB meanwhile has two more matches to win if they want to lift the trophy. With close to zero contribution from Kohli, it is going to be difficult for them.