T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[og kush420]

The Delhi team is very strong. Rashu has talented players on the team. However, they have been performing poorly in match after match. Despite having experienced players like Warner, Marsh, Salt, Manish Pandya, and Axar Patel in the team, they are not playing well. In particular, I would say that the performance of the Delhi bowlers was very poor.

This season they are the worst team and I do not think they are a strong side. They have issues both in bowling and batting, none of their combination is working. I also do not understand why Sarfraz Khan is getting opportunities in every match. He was supposed to be the depth batter unfortunately, that is not happening then why give him a chance? Oh! I realized it is because of Dada.

sometime luck do not work and players don't get the chance to show their performance properly
at the same time they are lucky to get the opportunity repeatedly

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@JSRAW! I am sure you are happy today as Dhoni played 4 balls out of which two went out of the boundary. I saw the number of views increase from 1.2Cr to 1.3Cr as soon as Dhoni was on the pitch. What a craze this guy has still today amount Indian fans. Great batting by CSK, as Conway played today. I won't be easy for PBKS to chase the target.

[JSRAW]

@JSRAW! I am sure you are happy today as Dhoni played 4 balls out of which two went out of the boundary. I saw the number of views increase from 1.2Cr to 1.3Cr as soon as Dhoni was on the pitch. What a craze this guy has still today amount Indian fans. Great batting by CSK, as Conway played today. I won't be easy for PBKS to chase the target.

Oh yeah, very much enjoyed last over.

Dhoni - 4 balls 13 runs with 2 sixes in front of the yellow army, that's what the spectators wanted and they got it.

Would've been great if Conway reached his ton too but CSK as a team hardly follows any personal milestone drama so it's all good. Dhawan is going off-road with his captaincy, and Curran looked much better with his short gig of captaincy.

[Haunebu]

CSK will most probably win this one since it's very tough chasing such big targets in this tournament. Punjab are off to a great start, but they will slowly and steadily fizzle out and lose in my opinion.

Also, I noticed that Ali and Jadeja were sent ahead of Rahane which was totally weird considering Rahane's awesome form these days.

Edit: Wow. Punjab actually chased it down proving me wrong. I think this is the first time that I have seen anyone score 3 runs on the last ball to win. Raza saved his team.

[JSRAW]

Incredible chase, welldone Punjab. Raza got titanium balls.

This one turned out to be quite a tight match, wasn't expecting from Punjab this kind of performance.

But their batting lineup clicked at the right time and everyone did their job nicely, i feel Livingstone vs Deshpande matchup changed the tide in favor of Punjab.

Jitesh Sharma will earn his Indian cap in T-20 as a WK batter soon.

[onecall123]

What a breathtaking game of cricket!  
Sikander Raza undoubtedly stole the show, finishing off the match in style by scoring 3 crucial runs off the final ball. An absolute nail-biting finish, but both teams giving it their all. Tusar Deshpande's bowling performance caused CSK, he hands it to Punjab. In the end, Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by four wickets.

[Mr.corol]

Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals
The 42nd match of IPL Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals is going to start. Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat. So far Rajasthan have played 8 matches and won 5 of them, they are at number two at the top of the points table. Mumbai Indians played 7 matches and got 3 wins. Standing 9th in the points table. I think Rajasthan has more chances to win today's match. Who do you think will win today's match?

[Negotiation]

Delhi Capitals almost had a chance to win most of the matches but they did not win at the end. Due to which Delhi Capitals have to be at the bottom of the points table. But in today's match both Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad are fighting and both of the teams are the same category. Both have equal points so far. The points table may change based on the results of today's matches. Just need 63 runs from 33 balls. It is possible but it remains to be seen whether Delhi Capitals can do it or not.

DC tried there best today despite the fact that there skipper Warner was out for zero. Marsh and Salt both have partnership of 112 runs. Once the second wicket partnership was broken, wickets kept falling in regularly interval of time. No impact of today's loss on DC as they were firmly occupying the last slot of the points table. SRH are at number 8 position and they along with MI also have very rear chance of making it to next round. 

I agree in reply Delhi lost opener David Warner before opening the batting account. But then the team started playing great. Phil Salt and Michelle Marsh made a partnership of 112 runs but this partnership was broken when Salt got out. But the spinners were unable to handle it. After Salt-Marsh both returned, the team lost its way and he returned to 59 off 35 balls. Marsh also did not last long after his departure. He also returned to the team's 125 runs. He met fifty before getting out. 63 runs from 39 balls came from his bat.

[eaLiTy]

Incredible chase, welldone Punjab. Raza got titanium balls.

This one turned out to be quite a tight match, wasn't expecting from Punjab this kind of performance.

It was an unexpected performance by the entire Punjab team, Dhoni should promote himself up the order and face a few balls rather than holding back and Jadeja wasted many balls rather than looking for boundaries and Raza took the Dhoni route by taking the match to the last ball and Pathirana bowled a great 18th and final over.
Yashasvi Jaiswal played an incredible innings and scored a century that took RR to 212 and it is a huge task for MI considering Suryakumar Yadav is not in the best of form.

Edit: one hell of an innings by Tim David to take MI to victory.

[laurenB7742]

Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals
The 42nd match of IPL Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals is going to start. Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat. So far Rajasthan have played 8 matches and won 5 of them, they are at number two at the top of the points table. Mumbai Indians played 7 matches and got 3 wins. Standing 9th in the points table. I think Rajasthan has more chances to win today's match. Who do you think will win today's match?

The Rajasthan Royal team has given a huge target of 213 runs. Mumbai's opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has done great batting. It was probably the highest score of this year's IPL. Jaiswal's collection was 124 runs off just 62 balls. He batted at a 200 strike rate. Apart from Jaiswal, no other batsman on the team could collect even 20 runs. Buttler collected 18 runs but his strike rate was less than 100.
However, despite being given a huge target of 213, it is not certain that Rajasthan will win. Because there are several talented batsmen in Mumbai's squad. Cameron Green and Suryakumar are both excellent batsmen. Rajasthan is likely to lose if their .bowlers don't perform well.

[JSRAW]

Yashasvi Jaiswal played an incredible innings and scored a century that took RR to 212 and it is a huge task for MI considering Suryakumar Yadav is not in the best of form.

These new kids are going to force senior Indian players to take retirement. So far very impressed with young local talent as far as the batting department is concerned.

SKY going back to his 360 mode tho and looking good. I've never taken Green very seriously but he's maturing so fast. Chadwin took a bite of Green but still, he's becoming a beast in T-20.

[MusaPk]

The Rajasthan Royal team has given a huge target of 213 runs. Mumbai's opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has done great batting. It was probably the highest score of this year's IPL. Jaiswal's collection was 124 runs off just 62 balls. He batted at a 200 strike rate. Apart from Jaiswal, no other batsman on the team could collect even 20 runs. Buttler collected 18 runs but his strike rate was less than 100.
However, despite being given a huge target of 213, it is not certain that Rajasthan will win. Because there are several talented batsmen in Mumbai's squad. Cameron Green and Suryakumar are both excellent batsmen. Rajasthan is likely to lose if their .bowlers don't perform well.

What a knock by Tim David, faced 14 balls to score 45 runs. MI needed 17 runs to win in the last over and Jason Holder bowled 3 straight full toss bowls that were sent to stands for six. Good win for MI as they have only won 3 games before this victory. MI showed tonight that they are as good as any other side in IPL. They need few more wins like that to move up in the table.

[Tony116]

What a breathtaking game of cricket!  
Sikander Raza undoubtedly stole the show, finishing off the match in style by scoring 3 crucial runs off the final ball. An absolute nail-biting finish, but both teams giving it their all. Tusar Deshpande's bowling performance caused CSK, he hands it to Punjab. In the end, Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by four wickets.

Tushar Deshpande and Akash Singh are the two persons who actually cost CSK the match in my opinion. There was no way Punjab should have been able to get to the target which was posted by CSK.

But anyway it was a great performance from Sikandar Raza toward the end of the match. I have to say he should be given proper credit for his work. But it is also true that the whole Punjab team also played well. After all, it was a target of 200. They had to keep up with the required run rate from the start which they were able to do. Otherwise, it was almost impossible for them to win.

[romero121]

What a breathtaking game of cricket!  
Sikander Raza undoubtedly stole the show, finishing off the match in style by scoring 3 crucial runs off the final ball. An absolute nail-biting finish, but both teams giving it their all. Tusar Deshpande's bowling performance caused CSK, he hands it to Punjab. In the end, Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by four wickets.

Tushar Deshpande and Akash Singh are the two persons who actually cost CSK the match in my opinion. There was no way Punjab should have been able to get to the target which was posted by CSK.

But anyway it was a great performance from Sikandar Raza toward the end of the match. I have to say he should be given proper credit for his work. But it is also true that the whole Punjab team also played well. After all, it was a target of 200. They had to keep up with the required run rate from the start which they were able to do. Otherwise, it was almost impossible for them to win.

It was 16^th & 17^th over that changed the match completely and relieved pressure from Punjab Kings. Deshpande concedes 24 runs and Jadeja's 17 runs made Punjab Kings comfortable. Even at that situation Chennai Super Kings came back into the match, but it is an unlucky day to loss as the home crowd is cheering at the last ball and completely went into silence on the third run. Good bowling from Pathirana at the depth overs.

[BobK71]

The Delhi team is very strong. Rashu has talented players on the team. However, they have been performing poorly in match after match. Despite having experienced players like Warner, Marsh, Salt, Manish Pandya, and Axar Patel in the team, they are not playing well. In particular, I would say that the performance of the Delhi bowlers was very poor.

This season they are the worst team and I do not think they are a strong side. They have issues both in bowling and batting, none of their combination is working. I also do not understand why Sarfraz Khan is getting opportunities in every match. He was supposed to be the depth batter unfortunately, that is not happening then why give him a chance? Oh! I realized it is because of Dada.

There is no cohesion among the players in the team which can be a main reason for defeat most of the matches. Despite playing world-renowned players, their defeat in the match really exposed their major weakness. Luckily Kolkata Knight Riders scored low in the 28th match and Delhi Capitals won that match. Again they scored 144 in the 34th match against Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the match by 7 runs and there is no win in the whole tournament yet.

[Cryptock]

What a breathtaking game of cricket!  
Sikander Raza undoubtedly stole the show, finishing off the match in style by scoring 3 crucial runs off the final ball. An absolute nail-biting finish, but both teams giving it their all. Tusar Deshpande's bowling performance caused CSK, he hands it to Punjab. In the end, Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by four wickets.

Tushar Deshpande and Akash Singh are the two persons who actually cost CSK the match in my opinion. There was no way Punjab should have been able to get to the target which was posted by CSK.

But anyway it was a great performance from Sikandar Raza toward the end of the match. I have to say he should be given proper credit for his work. But it is also true that the whole Punjab team also played well. After all, it was a target of 200. They had to keep up with the required run rate from the start which they were able to do. Otherwise, it was almost impossible for them to win.

It was 16^th & 17^th over that changed the match completely and relieved pressure from Punjab Kings. Deshpande concedes 24 runs and Jadeja's 17 runs made Punjab Kings comfortable. Even at that situation Chennai Super Kings came back into the match, but it is an unlucky day to loss as the home crowd is cheering at the last ball and completely went into silence on the third run. Good bowling from Pathirana at the depth overs.

what a treat it was watching the match b/w Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings.
Sikandar Raza did an amazing work - he has made Punjab kings proud. Well played both team -congrats to Punjab kings

[Theones]

The Delhi team is very strong. Rashu has talented players on the team. However, they have been performing poorly in match after match. Despite having experienced players like Warner, Marsh, Salt, Manish Pandya, and Axar Patel in the team, they are not playing well. In particular, I would say that the performance of the Delhi bowlers was very poor.

This season they are the worst team and I do not think they are a strong side. They have issues both in bowling and batting, none of their combination is working. I also do not understand why Sarfraz Khan is getting opportunities in every match. He was supposed to be the depth batter unfortunately, that is not happening then why give him a chance? Oh! I realized it is because of Dada.

There is no cohesion among the players in the team which can be a main reason for defeat most of the matches. Despite playing world-renowned players, their defeat in the match really exposed their major weakness. Luckily Kolkata Knight Riders scored low in the 28th match and Delhi Capitals won that match. Again they scored 144 in the 34th match against Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the match by 7 runs and there is no win in the whole tournament yet.

a surprising match we must say - there is need for team boun in Dehli Capital too
Kolkata Kinght riders poor performance was very questionable

[Sithara007]

what a treat it was watching the match b/w Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings.
Sikandar Raza did an amazing work - he has made Punjab kings proud. Well played both team -congrats to Punjab kings

Sikandar Raza handled the situation quite well. 9 runs were required from 6 balls in the final over, which was bowled by Matheesha Pathirana. Shahrukh Khan was batting from the other end, and Raza had to make sure that he stays in strike (as the other batsmen is out of form). Pathirana tried his best, and the equation came down to 3 runs to win from the last ball. And the last ball was slightly wayward, which allowed the experienced Raza to take three runs. Another defeat for Dhoni as the captain. He needs to rethink on his strategy of including so many inexperienced youngsters in the playing XI.

[Haunebu]

Crazy chasing Sunday. Wow! I never expected Punjab and Mumbai to chase such big targets, but they actually did it with style. Looks like 200+ runs isn't really a safe target anymore which is insane if you think about it.

Deshpande and Holder screwed their teams over big-time. So many teams are still in the race for the playoffs.

[Rabata]

what a treat it was watching the match b/w Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings.
Sikandar Raza did an amazing work - he has made Punjab kings proud. Well played both team -congrats to Punjab kings

Sikandar Raza handled the situation quite well. 9 runs were required from 6 balls in the final over, which was bowled by Matheesha Pathirana. Shahrukh Khan was batting from the other end, and Raza had to make sure that he stays in strike (as the other batsmen is out of form). Pathirana tried his best, and the equation came down to 3 runs to win from the last ball. And the last ball was slightly wayward, which allowed the experienced Raza to take three runs. Another defeat for Dhoni as the captain. He needs to rethink on his strategy of including so many inexperienced youngsters in the playing XI.

Agree with you. Punjab Kings needed 9 runs from the last over to win and 3 from the last ball which is a tough equation. Because at that time a concept works in everyone that is boundary issue. If Sikandar Raza can play the boundary short on the last ball then Punjab Kings will win the match. But at that moment everyone raised a question that Sikandar Raza would be able to hit the boundary in the last ball? Finally end Sikandar Raza could not hit a boundary but he turned the match into a win.

Last one was slower delivery, Raza sent it to backward square leg and they managed to get three runs. It was very difficult to win the match by running in such conditions and Sikandar Raza did the hard work to win the match.