T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[onecall123]

Josh Hazelwood, what a bowler!!

He's very underrated bowler of our times, everyone knows he's good but doesn't get enough credit due to Cummins and Starc, even in the world stage people don't talk about him passionately as compared to other bowlers.

I have personally believed that both Starc and Cummins are overrated bowlers. Starc loses his rhythm every now and then, and in the end sprays down the ball all over the ground. Cummins rarely gets wayward, but he loses his venom when put under pressure. On the other hand, Hazlewood on most occasions maintain his composure and performs well under pressure. He is the best bowling option, when the opposition batsmen need more than 10 runs per over. Express pacers such as Starc can concede a lot of runs on such occasions, and maybe a riskier option.

Josh Hazelwood performed really well in that match. Sri Lanka was looking really good till the 100 runs that they have scored.

But after that, they just collapsed. I thought they were playing really well and they would score at least 150 or 160. And that would have given them a good chance of winning. But they started losing wickets at regular intervals.

The bowlers of Sri Lanka did not have much to do because, in the end, it was the fault of their batsman. And I honestly cannot say that Mitchell starc and Cummins are overrated. Josh Hazelwood perform really well in that match but having a good performance in one match certainly does not make him a better player than the others. Michel Stark also performed well in that match even though he was a little expensive compared to Josh Hazelwood.

That's some great stuff from the World Champions! Josh Hazalwood, you are an absolute superstar. Despite being better than Michel Stark in every format, Hazlewood is still unlikely to be selected to play in the tests...
Sri Lanka was humiliated by the Australians. As a result of Sri Lanka's batting collapse, the bowling has been struggling. The Sri Lankans collapsed badly yesterday, but they did very well up until the 100-run mark! The situation has not improved since the World Cup. The Australians won by a massive margin after a dominant performance all around. It's really important to me that Sri Lanka stands up to Australia.

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[Minor Miner]

Tomorrow India takes on South Africa in the first T20 matche. There will be five T20 match happening therefore plenty of cricket this month too. Indian team will be captained by KL Rahul and I hope he performs well both as a captain and a batter otherwise he might not get another opportunity next time. I am also eager to see Umran Malik again in action in this series.

India will win this series. They finished IPL a few days ago. For a long time, they only played in the T20 format. At the same time the matches will be held in India. And so Indian players are now more experienced than South Africans. KL Rahul has been appointed as the captain. He will do his best to win this series. At the same time the players now have too much confidence. As a result, I think their performance will be better.

[Juggy777]

Tomorrow India takes on South Africa in the first T20 matche. There will be five T20 match happening therefore plenty of cricket this month too. Indian team will be captained by KL Rahul and I hope he performs well both as a captain and a batter otherwise he might not get another opportunity next time. I am also eager to see Umran Malik again in action in this series.

India will win this series. They finished IPL a few days ago. For a long time, they only played in the T20 format. At the same time the matches will be held in India. And so Indian players are now more experienced than South Africans. KL Rahul has been appointed as the captain. He will do his best to win this series. At the same time the players now have too much confidence. As a result, I think their performance will be better.

@Minor Miner I feel that it’ll be a tough series for India, because several SA player’s played in IPL therefore they’ll be familiar with Indian conditions hence I’m expecting tough fight from the SA player’s. Also India has rested their few star player’s, hence if their top order collapses then it’ll put lots of pressure on rest of the batsmen to perform, and this a key reason why I feel that SA can beat India in this series.

[Sithara007]

Tomorrow India takes on South Africa in the first T20 matche. There will be five T20 match happening therefore plenty of cricket this month too. Indian team will be captained by KL Rahul and I hope he performs well both as a captain and a batter otherwise he might not get another opportunity next time. I am also eager to see Umran Malik again in action in this series.

I am not very excited. First of all, India has got the shittiest captain possible. Anyone else, even Yuzvendra Chahal or Ishan Kishan would make a better captain when compared to KL Rahul. And now coming to Umran Malik, this is the first time that India is having a bowler who can clock 90-95 mph on a consistent basis. But he is young and he needs to have control over his deliveries. He will be up against some of the most destructive batsmen in T20 cricket, such as Quinton de Kock and David Miller. There is simply no room for any error.

[Party24*7]

Tomorrow India takes on South Africa in the first T20 matche. There will be five T20 match happening therefore plenty of cricket this month too. Indian team will be captained by KL Rahul and I hope he performs well both as a captain and a batter otherwise he might not get another opportunity next time. I am also eager to see Umran Malik again in action in this series.

I am not very excited. First of all, India has got the shittiest captain possible. Anyone else, even Yuzvendra Chahal or Ishan Kishan would make a better captain when compared to KL Rahul. And now coming to Umran Malik, this is the first time that India is having a bowler who can clock 90-95 mph on a consistent basis. But he is young and he needs to have control over his deliveries. He will be up against some of the most destructive batsmen in T20 cricket, such as Quinton de Kock and David Miller. There is simply no room for any error.

I really don't think India will be able to do really well considering that they will be captained by KL Rahul. I think Hardik Pandya would have been a better captain because he has proved that in this IPL.

So, India will have some problem considering the captaincy.

Umran Malik will have to perform really well because he can make a name for himself from this series. We all know that he is a very fast bowler and if he can get some good wickets behind his name I think he will be having a really good start. And after that he will not have to do back anymore.

[Mahdirakib]

The Lions has given a low target in the second T20 game as well. Their batting lineup collapsed in the death overs today. Australia trying to win the game as quickly as possible, like they did it in the first match. Although Australia has lost their first three wickets, but they are going to chase the 125 runs target within 14 to 16 overs. Perhaps, Sri Lanka won't be able to win any T20 match in this series.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The Lions has given a low target in the second T20 game as well. Their batting lineup collapsed in the death overs today. Australia trying to win the game as quickly as possible, like they did it in the first match. Although Australia has lost their first three wickets, but they are going to chase the 125 runs target within 14 to 16 overs. Perhaps, Sri Lanka won't be able to win any T20 match in this series.

Australia's fifth wicket fell for 80 runs. Australia scored 81 runs in 9 overs. Australia needs 44 runs from 66 balls to win. Maxwell and Mathew Wade are at the crease now. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can get these two players out before 100 runs, then Sri Lanka has a chance to win this match. However, if these two players are at the crease, Australia will easily win. Because they are very experienced in T20 format.

[Mahdirakib]

Australia's fifth wicket fell for 80 runs. Australia scored 81 runs in 9 overs. Australia needs 44 runs from 66 balls to win. Maxwell and Mathew Wade are at the crease now. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can get these two players out before 100 runs, then Sri Lanka has a chance to win this match. However, if these two players are at the crease, Australia will easily win. Because they are very experienced in T20 format.

Well, it wasn't an easy victory for Australia. They have managed to win the game by 3 wickets. Sri Lanka made the game a bit competitive despite giving a low target. Matthew Wade played slowly until the end of the match, and Australia has won the game for his (Wade) batting performance. I didn't expect that Australia will struggle like that to chase this small target.

[galambo]

Well, it wasn't an easy victory for Australia. They have managed to win the game by 3 wickets. Sri Lanka made the game a bit competitive despite giving a low target. Matthew Wade played slowly until the end of the match, and Australia has won the game for his (Wade) batting performance. I didn't expect that Australia will struggle like that to chase this small target.

After a comprehensive first T20I victory, Srilanka though scored same runs today also but they make Australia work hard to win today's game. Srilanka need to focus on there batting, in both T20I there batting was way beyond expectation. Srilanka should try to give target of 150+ if they wanna win the game.

[LittleBitFunny]

Australia's fifth wicket fell for 80 runs. Australia scored 81 runs in 9 overs. Australia needs 44 runs from 66 balls to win. Maxwell and Mathew Wade are at the crease now. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can get these two players out before 100 runs, then Sri Lanka has a chance to win this match. However, if these two players are at the crease, Australia will easily win. Because they are very experienced in T20 format.

Well, it wasn't an easy victory for Australia. They have managed to win the game by 3 wickets. Sri Lanka made the game a bit competitive despite giving a low target. Matthew Wade played slowly until the end of the match, and Australia has won the game for his (Wade) batting performance. I didn't expect that Australia will struggle like that to chase this small target.

It was very difficult for Australia to win today's match. I will not say that the performance of the two openers Finch and Warner was bad. They scored 24 and 21 runs respectively. Smith, Stoinis and Agar did not perform well. Wade and Richardson's responsible batting helped Australia to win. The funny thing is that Richardson has collected 9 runs from 20 balls.

[ibuddy122505]

Australia's fifth wicket fell for 80 runs. Australia scored 81 runs in 9 overs. Australia needs 44 runs from 66 balls to win. Maxwell and Mathew Wade are at the crease now. If the Sri Lankan bowlers can get these two players out before 100 runs, then Sri Lanka has a chance to win this match. However, if these two players are at the crease, Australia will easily win. Because they are very experienced in T20 format.

Well, it wasn't an easy victory for Australia. They have managed to win the game by 3 wickets. Sri Lanka made the game a bit competitive despite giving a low target. Matthew Wade played slowly until the end of the match, and Australia has won the game for his (Wade) batting performance. I didn't expect that Australia will struggle like that to chase this small target.

It was very difficult for Australia to win today's match. I will not say that the performance of the two openers Finch and Warner was bad. They scored 24 and 21 runs respectively. Smith, Stoinis and Agar did not perform well. Wade and Richardson's responsible batting helped Australia to win. The funny thing is that Richardson has collected 9 runs from 20 balls.

It's true there were trouble however Aussie won't surrender. Australia won by 3 wickets with 13 balls left which secure series win. Sri Lanka had the right to win this match. Clearly they batted very badly however they truly gave an extreme battle with bowling. Sri Lanka gave a smart cricket in the bowling against the extremely experienced Australian team. At least not a one sided game.

[Sithara007]

The Lions has given a low target in the second T20 game as well. Their batting lineup collapsed in the death overs today. Australia trying to win the game as quickly as possible, like they did it in the first match. Although Australia has lost their first three wickets, but they are going to chase the 125 runs target within 14 to 16 overs. Perhaps, Sri Lanka won't be able to win any T20 match in this series.

Australia won the match, but there were quite a few worrying signals for them. They lost 7 wickets while chasing such a paltry total. Jhye Richardson and Kane Richardson shared 7 wickets between them to restrict Lanka to a sub-par total, but in return none of the Australian batsmen could get to 30. David Warner continued his good form, but was unfortunate to get out too soon. Steven Smith on the other hand extended his poor T20 record. And in the end it was left for the Australian lower middle order to get them home.

[JSRAW]

Tomorrow India takes on South Africa in the first T20 matche. There will be five T20 match happening therefore plenty of cricket this month too. Indian team will be captained by KL Rahul and I hope he performs well both as a captain and a batter otherwise he might not get another opportunity next time. I am also eager to see Umran Malik again in action in this series.

Not anymore, KL Rahul and Kuldeep are ruled out from the series due to injury. Although my guess is Rahul is taking a rest.

Rishabh is going to lead the team and Hardik is vice captain. Not very excited about another useless bilateral series but it would be interesting to follow progress of this young team.   

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Australia won the match, but there were quite a few worrying signals for them. They lost 7 wickets while chasing such a paltry total. Jhye Richardson and Kane Richardson shared 7 wickets between them to restrict Lanka to a sub-par total, but in return none of the Australian batsmen could get to 30. David Warner continued his good form, but was unfortunate to get out too soon. Steven Smith on the other hand extended his poor T20 record. And in the end it was left for the Australian lower middle order to get them home.

Australians were too good in first T20I as they chase down the total without losing a single wicket. This time I would say they were a bit over confident that they will chase the total again without losing any wicket. Srilanka need to focus on there batting, if they keep batting like that they will surely lose the 3rd T20I.

[JSRAW]

Feroz Shah Kotla aka Arun Jaitley Stadium is historic stadium (also ugly  ) as Kumble took a 10 wickets on the very same ground.

We have too short boundaries and IPL average score is here 190-ish, so expect big runs on the board, unless Indians face any dramatic collapse.

[romero121]

Feroz Shah Kotla aka Arun Jaitley Stadium is historic stadium (also ugly  ) as Kumble took a 10 wickets on the very same ground.

We have too short boundaries and IPL average score is here 190-ish, so expect big runs on the board, unless Indians face any dramatic collapse.

This ground is for big runs and India is in chase of reaching 200 runs. By the end of 11 overs India have managed to score 112 runs losing one wicket. Shreyas Iyer and Ishan kishan were making a good partnership. Same time we can expect good performance from South Africa too, because in the past South Africa have managed to reach targets above 200 against India and win the match.

[JSRAW]

Feroz Shah Kotla aka Arun Jaitley Stadium is historic stadium (also ugly  ) as Kumble took a 10 wickets on the very same ground.

We have too short boundaries and IPL average score is here 190-ish, so expect big runs on the board, unless Indians face any dramatic collapse.

This ground is for big runs and India is in chase of reaching 200 runs. By the end of 11 overs India have managed to score 112 runs losing one wicket. Shreyas Iyer and Ishan kishan were making a good partnership. Same time we can expect good performance from South Africa too, because in the past South Africa have managed to reach targets above 200 against India and win the match.

Overall SouthAfrica's performance is good in India. I guess they never lost the T-20 series in India but at the same time they have a history of losing first game and then bounce back beautifully.

There is no justification of less than 200 on this ground, although Protea's bowler bowling really well. They could have been in good position but their fielding messed up their game plans.

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SA pulled game a bit in last 2 overs.

[CryptoBuds]

India has given a huge target of 212 runs. Since the Indian players have performed in their IPL a few days ago. And so it is natural that they will play well in the T-20 format now. And India scored 211 runs losing only 4 wickets. Ishan Kishan scored 76 runs off 48 balls. Captain Pant made 29 off 16 balls and Pandya made 31 off just 12 balls. It is very difficult to win by batting on such a big-run target. But not impossible. Because, this pitch is batting friendly. So if Indian bowlers don't bowl well, they won't win.

[n0ne]

India has given a huge target of 212 runs. Since the Indian players have performed in their IPL a few days ago. And so it is natural that they will play well in the T-20 format now. And India scored 211 runs losing only 4 wickets. Ishan Kishan scored 76 runs off 48 balls. Captain Pant made 29 off 16 balls and Pandya made 31 off just 12 balls. It is very difficult to win by batting on such a big-run target. But not impossible. Because, this pitch is batting friendly. So if Indian bowlers don't bowl well, they won't win.

In such pitch it is hard for the bowlers to perform good. India maintained the run rate around 10 throughout the match. Now South Africa too does the same, but it have lost the top order batsmen De Cock, Bavuma and Pretorius. Fall of few more wickets will increase the pressure as run rate seems to fall as score have reached 82 runs in 9 overs.

[CryptoBuds]

India has given a huge target of 212 runs. Since the Indian players have performed in their IPL a few days ago. And so it is natural that they will play well in the T-20 format now. And India scored 211 runs losing only 4 wickets. Ishan Kishan scored 76 runs off 48 balls. Captain Pant made 29 off 16 balls and Pandya made 31 off just 12 balls. It is very difficult to win by batting on such a big-run target. But not impossible. Because, this pitch is batting friendly. So if Indian bowlers don't bowl well, they won't win.

In such pitch it is hard for the bowlers to perform good. India maintained the run rate around 10 throughout the match. Now South Africa too does the same, but it have lost the top order batsmen De Cock, Bavuma and Pretorius. Fall of few more wickets will increase the pressure as run rate seems to fall as score have reached 82 runs in 9 overs.

South Africa scored 126 runs in 13 overs. They lost three wickets. Dussen and Miller, now at the crease, are very experienced players for the T-20 format. 86 runs needed to win from 42 balls. If Miller and Dussen can stay at the crease then I still think South Africa can win the match. But if these two players are out in the next 2-3 overs, the match will be completely controlled by India.