T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[romero121]

I think the Indian player was overconfident after giving a huge target of 212 runs. And so we didn't see their fielding bowling as expected. A catch drop in these types of important matches can change the entire match situation. Indian bowlers need to be more responsible. Otherwise they will not be able to win this series.

Not trying to disrespect any poster here but i don't think anyone here experienced any game in this stadium (i have, plenty cause i'm Delhiite) or even watched the last match (this one is stretch).

Yes bowlers did some mistake but there was some serious problem with the Rishabh's captaincy overall, like using Chahal in powerplay instead of Axar and pulling out Chahal in middle overs.

To be honest, India was a little overconfident. They had posted such a big total on the board that they thought they don't need to worry at all, but they were so wrong. SA played really well to win this match. And there were some very obvious mistakes in the captaincy of India. India really failed to do anything in the bowling department.

I feel there is none to be blamed. Normally South Africa used to perform well against India. This time the performance of South Africa was found better in bowling and batting. When it comes to India, they managed to take few wickets and that isn't enough to make a win against the current squad of South Africa. Captaincy is important and I don't find anything wrong with Rishab.

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[Sithara007]

Just heard that IPL media rights are about to go on crazy mode (base price is $4.5 Billions).

It will be similar to the auction for the two new IPL franchises. Everyone was expecting around ₹5,000 crore and the base price was just ₹2,000 crore. In the end, the two franchises were sold for a total of ₹12,690 crore, which is more than 6 times the base price. I expect the same to happen with media rights as well. Some of the players are in desperate need of a greater market share and they will splurge big money to get the IPL rights. I won't be surprised if BCCI receives more than $10 billion for all the four packages.

[JSRAW]

Just heard that IPL media rights are about to go on crazy mode (base price is $4.5 Billions).

It will be similar to the auction for the two new IPL franchises. Everyone was expecting around ₹5,000 crore and the base price was just ₹2,000 crore. In the end, the two franchises were sold for a total of ₹12,690 crore, which is more than 6 times the base price. I expect the same to happen with media rights as well. Some of the players are in desperate need of a greater market share and they will splurge big money to get the IPL rights. I won't be surprised if BCCI receives more than $10 billion for all the four packages.

Not surprising at all considering the fact that IPL keeps getting more and more popular as time passes despite the recent drop in viewership ratings.

$9- $10 billion was looking realistic target at one point but yesterday Amazon has pulled out so bidding war might not reach there (they did the same thingy in last auction too) but again it's hard to predict the outcome in these crazy bid war.

To be honest, India was a little overconfident. They had posted such a big total on the board that they thought they don't need to worry at all, but they were so wrong. SA played really well to win this match. And there were some very obvious mistakes in the captaincy of India. India really failed to do anything in the bowling department.

I felt like it was opposite, bowlers were fairly nervous ( bowlers of both teams).

I feel there is none to be blamed. Normally South Africa used to perform well against India. This time the performance of South Africa was found better in bowling and batting. When it comes to India, they managed to take few wickets and that isn't enough to make a win against the current squad of South Africa. Captaincy is important and I don't find anything wrong with Rishab.

Not criticising Rishab as captain because it was his first match leading the Indian team and you're bound to make some mistake but He's also captain of delhi and Axar patel playing under his captaincy for couple of years now so Pant should have known that Axar is better option in powerplay instead of chahal ( Axar has bowled in powerplay many times for the DC)

[Sithara007]

$9- $10 billion was looking realistic target at one point but yesterday Amazon has pulled out so bidding war might not reach there (they did the same thingy in last auction too) but again it's hard to predict the outcome in these crazy bid war.

Indian as well as global corporates are awash with money, after the crazy bull run of 2021. What happened during the franchise auctions may happen this time as well. The major contenders as of now are Disney+Hotstar, Sony, Zee and Reliance. The competition is actually more fierce in the online streaming sector, when compared to cable TV. Apart from Disney+Hotstar, other platforms such as JioTV, SonyLIV and ZEE5 are looking to increase their market share. On the cable TV sector, Sony Sports, Sports 18 and Zee Sports are looking to break the monopoly of Star Sports.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

So today we have 3rd T20I between Srilanka and Australia. Australia already won first 2 T20I and I have feeling that they will win today's game too. Srilanka batting and bowling both is struggling and they are proving to be a piece of cake for mighty Australia. Srilanka in both T20Is have given a small target in 120s.

[JSRAW]

$9- $10 billion was looking realistic target at one point but yesterday Amazon has pulled out so bidding war might not reach there (they did the same thingy in last auction too) but again it's hard to predict the outcome in these crazy bid war.

Indian as well as global corporates are awash with money, after the crazy bull run of 2021. What happened during the franchise auctions may happen this time as well. The major contenders as of now are Disney+Hotstar, Sony, Zee and Reliance. The competition is actually more fierce in the online streaming sector, when compared to cable TV. Apart from Disney+Hotstar, other platforms such as JioTV, SonyLIV and ZEE5 are looking to increase their market share. On the cable TV sector, Sony Sports, Sports 18 and Zee Sports are looking to break the monopoly of Star Sports.

For streaming Amazon was right candidate, unfortunately they are out. I really loved their cricket based streaming. In comparison Hotstar (buffering etc) provides horrendous user experience and it looks like they don't even care and just want to increase their subscription base with cheap fees. SonyLIV is also same.

Get ready for more shitty ads in all this drama. I hope that these companies also considering ad-free cricket (additional category of subscription) to their audience, they can even charge extra for that.

[pakhitheboss]

$9- $10 billion was looking realistic target at one point but yesterday Amazon has pulled out so bidding war might not reach there (they did the same thingy in last auction too) but again it's hard to predict the outcome in these crazy bid war.

Indian as well as global corporates are awash with money, after the crazy bull run of 2021. What happened during the franchise auctions may happen this time as well. The major contenders as of now are Disney+Hotstar, Sony, Zee and Reliance. The competition is actually more fierce in the online streaming sector, when compared to cable TV. Apart from Disney+Hotstar, other platforms such as JioTV, SonyLIV and ZEE5 are looking to increase their market share. On the cable TV sector, Sony Sports, Sports 18 and Zee Sports are looking to break the monopoly of Star Sports.

For streaming Amazon was right candidate, unfortunately they are out. I really loved their cricket based streaming. In comparison Hotstar (buffering etc) provides horrendous user experience and it looks like they don't even care and just want to increase their subscription base with cheap fees. SonyLIV is also same.

Get ready for more shitty ads in all this drama. I hope that these companies also considering ad-free cricket (additional category of subscription) to their audience, they can even charge extra for that.

Do not know about sonyliv but hotstar is quiet pathetic in livestream. I am using a high speed broadband connection and still the live matches tend to buffer quiet often when I am watching them on hotstar. Amazon is far much better when it comes to livestream. They will not remove those advertisement bas it is another source of income for them when they are paying so much to get exclusive rights to the matches.

[Naficopa]

3rd T20I between srilanka and Australia is underway. Result will be very much same as was in previous 2 T20I. Australia right now are 79/1 in just 9 overs. Srilanka cricket is struggling badly and seeing the economic crisis in the country the cricket crisis won't be over very soon.

[onecall123]

3rd T20I between srilanka and Australia is underway. Result will be very much same as was in previous 2 T20I. Australia right now are 79/1 in just 9 overs. Srilanka cricket is struggling badly and seeing the economic crisis in the country the cricket crisis won't be over very soon.

The Australians are definitely targeting a 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka. This time around, Australia wins the toss and decides to bat first! It's a good decision since this will allow them to know how a score is set up when it's ready. They aim to give a decent score-line with their current run rate of almost 8 per over. Sri Lanka is struggling in cricket, so I don't expect anything remarkable from them.

[eaLiTy]

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The Australians are definitely targeting a 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka. This time around, Australia wins the toss and decides to bat first! It's a good decision since this will allow them to know how a score is set up when it's ready. They aim to give a decent score-line with their current run rate of almost 8 per over. Sri Lanka is struggling in cricket, so I don't expect anything remarkable from them.

Australia is going for the white wash and they are in a strong position right now with 4 overs to spare and it depends upon how Steven Smith and Marcus Stoinis score the boundaries with ease and they will be setting up a total above 170 runs and with the weak batting line up Sri Lanka has right now, it is a total they can defend easily. But personally i want to see Sri Lanka win the match.

[LittleBitFunny]

Australia dominated the first two T20 matches against Sri Lanka and won. Hopefully they will be able to continue this continuity. Australia decided to bat today after winning the toss and they were able to collect 138 runs in 17 overs. If Australia can give a target of 170,  think it is enough to win. Because in the first two matches Sri Lanka collected 128 and 124 respectively.

[Sithara007]

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Do not know about sonyliv but hotstar is quiet pathetic in livestream. I am using a high speed broadband connection and still the live matches tend to buffer quiet often when I am watching them on hotstar. Amazon is far much better when it comes to livestream. They will not remove those advertisement bas it is another source of income for them when they are paying so much to get exclusive rights to the matches.

Well... this is surprising. I have subscription for Amazon Prime Video, Sony LIV and Disney+Hotstar along with Fancode. Out of them, I didn't found much difference between Sony LIV and Amazon in terms of quality. But I agree that Hotstar is quite a bit shitty. It is not just the buffering.. ads are quite irritating. And I am not sure about the Hotstar subscription. As far as I know, it was as expensive as the one from SONY LIV. You can't compare with Amazon Prime Video, because they offer a lot more benefits (for Amazon shopping and movies).

[minairia3]

Australia dominated the first two T20 matches against Sri Lanka and won. Hopefully they will be able to continue this continuity. Australia decided to bat today after winning the toss and they were able to collect 138 runs in 17 overs. If Australia can give a target of 170,  think it is enough to win. Because in the first two matches Sri Lanka collected 128 and 124 respectively.

There is a fighting total for Australia, they manage to set a target of 177 after 20 overs, but can it be enough? As a result of Sri Lanka's last two matches, 177 target will be a big burden for their soldiers. It is even unknown whether they will get at least 100 runs. Australia will win easily.

The target of 177 runs is too big for a team like Sri Lanka. Because there are very few experienced and consistent batsmen in the Sri Lankan squad. He even lost the first wicket for 25 runs. At the end of 4 overs, Sri Lanka collected only 26 runs, now their run rate is 6.5. They still need 9.4 runs per over to win. Winning this match will be more difficult for Sri Lanka if they do not play well in the power play

[laurenB7742]

Australia dominated the first two T20 matches against Sri Lanka and won. Hopefully they will be able to continue this continuity. Australia decided to bat today after winning the toss and they were able to collect 138 runs in 17 overs. If Australia can give a target of 170,  think it is enough to win. Because in the first two matches Sri Lanka collected 128 and 124 respectively.

There is a fighting total for Australia, they manage to set a target of 177 after 20 overs, but can it be enough? As a result of Sri Lanka's last two matches, 177 target will be a big burden for their soldiers. It is even unknown whether they will get at least 100 runs. Australia will win easily.

The target of 177 runs is too big for a team like Sri Lanka. Because there are very few experienced and consistent batsmen in the Sri Lankan squad. He even lost the first wicket for 25 runs. At the end of 4 overs, Sri Lanka collected only 26 runs, now their run rate is 6.5. They still need 9.4 runs per over to win. Winning this match will be more difficult for Sri Lanka if they do not play well in the power play

Sri Lanka batted very well. At least they batted better than I expected. Now they need 30 runs from 10 balls to win. Although I don't think Sri Lanka will win this match. They managed to score 147 runs in 18.2 overs. Almost every player in the top order has tried good batting. The performance of the Sri Lankan batsmen in today's match was better than at least the last two matches.

[CryptoBuds]

Sri Lanka batted very well. At least they batted better than I expected. Now they need 30 runs from 10 balls to win. Although I don't think Sri Lanka will win this match. They managed to score 147 runs in 18.2 overs. Almost every player in the top order has tried good batting. The performance of the Sri Lankan batsmen in today's match was better than at least the last two matches.

Your guess is not right. Surprisingly, Sri Lanka won the match by 4 wickets. Only Dasun Shanaka's brilliant batting helped Sri Lanka to win. Shanaka played a devastating inning of 54 off 25 balls. Sri Lanka scored 59 runs in the last 3 overs, which was completely unexpected. We never imagined that Sri Lanka would bat so well against experienced Australian bowlers.

[JSRAW]

Hmmm

Can someone enlighten me why Aaron Finch got the man of the series award? I mean it's okay as everyone in cricketing world suck up to Batriarchy, which is hard reality unfortunately but he scored 61 and 29 in 2 matches, David Warner scored more runs than him, marginally but still (unless they are looking at strike which i highly doubt). Award should have to gone to bowler, may be Hazelwood.

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Oh well i thought it was 2 match series (he scored 61+ 24 + 29) , facepalm. But still Warner scored more....

[Haunebu]

Sri Lanka scored 59 runs in the last 3 overs, which was completely unexpected. We never imagined that Sri Lanka would bat so well against experienced Australian bowlers.

This surprised me as well. They batted like crap in the first matches while their bowlers performed really well, but it was the complete opposite in this particular match.

Shanaka was brilliant, but there were many useful contributions from several other players which helped them win this one. They really needed the win considering the fact that their country is reeling in economic turmoil these days.

[Mahdirakib]

Can someone enlighten me why Aaron Finch got the man of the series award? I mean it's ~snip~ Award should have to gone to bowler, may be Hazelwood.

Warner has scored 16 runs more than Finch. Both of them has contributed with their batting performance in every match. There isn't big difference between their strike rate. I think they selected Aaron Finch as man of the series for his great batting performance and for his captaincy. Otherwise, I don't see any reason of doing that.

Hazlewood hasn't taken any wicket in the second T20. Perhaps, Hazlewood would have received the award if he had picked some wickets in the second game.

[n0ne]

Sri Lanka scored 59 runs in the last 3 overs, which was completely unexpected. We never imagined that Sri Lanka would bat so well against experienced Australian bowlers.

This surprised me as well. They batted like crap in the first matches while their bowlers performed really well, but it was the complete opposite in this particular match.

Shanaka was brilliant, but there were many useful contributions from several other players which helped them win this one. They really needed the win considering the fact that their country is reeling in economic turmoil these days.

Shanaka scored the most important runs, and from the very beginning of the innings every player have contributed little runs and this has driven Sri Lanka towards a win. Finally the win have made Australia win the series 2-1, if not this could've been a shame of losing all matches in the home ground.

[Sithara007]

Did anyone followed the match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe? They won the first T20I with relative ease. The tour consists of 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs, and so far Afghanistan has won all the matches. They could have included one test match as well. I don't even remember the last time I saw these two teams playing test format. Anyway, winning 4 matches on the trot is quite encouraging for a team like Afghanistan, and that too away from home. They are performing quite well, despite all the trouble with Taliban.