T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[mersal]

I don't think Indian T20 squad for the world cup will play without Dhoni.We all knows that how good he is while playing shorter form and can be considered as the best finisher of all t20 formats.And also his ability to communicate with players behind the stumps will be a good advantage.And his wicket keeping is the best class and invented many wickets from half chances.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was considered as one of the best finishers in limited overs cricket. But that was many years ago. His performance during the 2019 ODI Cricket World Cup was below par. His strike rate has gone down, and he has become more of a liability in the final overs. We have better wicket keeping batsmen (KL Rahul/Rishabh Pant/Sanju Samson) and therefore I can't see a possibility of MSD replacing any of these three players in the squad for the 2020 T20 World Cup.

I disagree with that,still he is the best finisher in IPL matches and in 2019 world cup we all knows that single runout costed the team to lose and dhoni will reach the crease 99.9% of similar occasions but he fell a frame short.

I still remember an interview from dhoni,on that reporter asked when you are going to retire and he replied "Do you think, Am I not fit to play next world cup?:

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[Vishnu.Reang]

I disagree with that,still he is the best finisher in IPL matches and in 2019 world cup we all knows that single runout costed the team to lose and dhoni will reach the crease 99.9% of similar occasions but he fell a frame short.

I still remember an interview from dhoni,on that reporter asked when you are going to retire and he replied "Do you think, Am I not fit to play next world cup?:

The IPL is about to start in another two months from now. Let's see how Dhoni performs during the tournament. I am not expecting any miracles from him. But if Dhoni is able to perform them, then obviously the selectors will be under a lot of pressure to include him in the squad for world cup. But my opinion is that he should concentrate on the ODI format. It may be better to leave the shorter format to the youngsters.

[pakhitheboss]

I disagree with that,still he is the best finisher in IPL matches and in 2019 world cup we all knows that single runout costed the team to lose and dhoni will reach the crease 99.9% of similar occasions but he fell a frame short.

I still remember an interview from dhoni,on that reporter asked when you are going to retire and he replied "Do you think, Am I not fit to play next world cup?:

The IPL is about to start in another two months from now. Let's see how Dhoni performs during the tournament. I am not expecting any miracles from him. But if Dhoni is able to perform them, then obviously the selectors will be under a lot of pressure to include him in the squad for world cup. But my opinion is that he should concentrate on the ODI format. It may be better to leave the shorter format to the youngsters.

I do not think performing in the IPL will matter anymore. He has to make way for new talents and there are a lot in india. Indian team selectors have enough options available to replace dhoni. After IPL I think he will call it.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I do not think performing in the IPL will matter anymore. He has to make way for new talents and there are a lot in india. Indian team selectors have enough options available to replace dhoni. After IPL I think he will call it.

Personally I am against his inclusion in the squad. The selectors should give preference for the youngsters in the T20 team selection. But right now, social media campaigns are going on in favor of his inclusion. The decision lies with three people - Ravi Shastri, Virat Kohli and MSK Prasad. And as far as I know, all three are against including Dhoni in the squad.

[sureshnsnet]

Anybody watch the match today Rajshahi Royals vs Chattogram Challenger in Bangladesh premier league qualifier match because the Rajshahi royals need 12 balls 31 runs 2 wickets in hand but the game-changer Andre Russell finished the match in 8 balls. really it was disappointing me because my bet has made with opposition at the wrong time and i lost it.

[BitSat19]

Anybody watch the match today Rajshahi Royals vs Chattogram Challenger in Bangladesh premier league qualifier match because the Rajshahi royals need 12 balls 31 runs 2 wickets in hand but the game-changer Andre Russell finished the match in 8 balls. really it was disappointing me because my bet has made with opposition at the wrong time and i lost it.

Today Russell was on fire I watch last few overs of this match and these overs was very interesting 19 over change all momentum 23 runs with 2 fours and 2 sixes and they win 4 balls remaining.

Now we have another very interesting match between West Indies and Ireland right now Ireland batting and they have some good looking scorecard DJ Bravo after some long time but still Ireland giving tough time 16 overs and 166/4 on board look like we are going to have 200+ from them.

[ene1980]

Anyone watching the West Indies and Ireland match, i was expecting an easy win for West Indies but Ireland just surprised me with the batting as the openers gave a good start and Paul Stirling missed his century by 5 runs which was unfortunate but they reached 198 runs and two overs left and i am sure they will post a good total for West Indies and it is not that easy to chase huge totals. I am still expecting West Indies to win the match but it will be a hard fought battle.

[BitSat19]

Anyone watching the West Indies and Ireland match, i was expecting an easy win for West Indies but Ireland just surprised me with the batting as the openers gave a good start and Paul Stirling missed his century by 5 runs which was unfortunate but they reached 198 runs and two overs left and i am sure they will post a good total for West Indies and it is not that easy to chase huge totals. I am still expecting West Indies to win the match but it will be a hard fought battle.

Today both Irish openers done great job as first wicket down on 154 in just 12.3 overs as PR Stirling steal the show with blitzing 95 on just 47 balls what a inning and what a match 202/5 just 19th over ends.

[sureshnsnet]

Anyone watching the West Indies and Ireland match, i was expecting an easy win for West Indies but Ireland just surprised me with the batting as the openers gave a good start and Paul Stirling missed his century by 5 runs which was unfortunate but they reached 198 runs and two overs left and i am sure they will post a good total for West Indies and it is not that easy to chase huge totals. I am still expecting West Indies to win the match but it will be a hard fought battle.

Today both Irish openers done great job as first wicket down on 154 in just 12.3 overs as PR Stirling steal the show with blitzing 95 on just 47 balls what a inning and what a match 202/5 just 19th over ends.

Finally, Irish beat west indies in first t20 Battelle with 4 runs but the match has gives a great experience to the Irish team because until the last ball we can predict which team will be going to win the match. but finally Irish deserve the win with great performances.

[pakhitheboss]

Anyone watching the West Indies and Ireland match, i was expecting an easy win for West Indies but Ireland just surprised me with the batting as the openers gave a good start and Paul Stirling missed his century by 5 runs which was unfortunate but they reached 198 runs and two overs left and i am sure they will post a good total for West Indies and it is not that easy to chase huge totals. I am still expecting West Indies to win the match but it will be a hard fought battle.

Today both Irish openers done great job as first wicket down on 154 in just 12.3 overs as PR Stirling steal the show with blitzing 95 on just 47 balls what a inning and what a match 202/5 just 19th over ends.

Finally, Irish beat west indies in first t20 Battelle with 4 runs but the match has gives a great experience to the Irish team because until the last ball we can predict which team will be going to win the match. but finally Irish deserve the win with great performances.

Brilliant knock by Paul string 95 runs in just 47 ball. While he was batting I felt west indies baller were participating in a practice match.
Kevin O' Brien also played a good supporting knock. Missed by just 2 runs to reach his half century. This match proves that this team has got great potential.

[Sithara007]

Anyone watching the West Indies and Ireland match, i was expecting an easy win for West Indies but Ireland just surprised me with the batting as the openers gave a good start and Paul Stirling missed his century by 5 runs which was unfortunate but they reached 198 runs and two overs left and i am sure they will post a good total for West Indies and it is not that easy to chase huge totals. I am still expecting West Indies to win the match but it will be a hard fought battle.

Today both Irish openers done great job as first wicket down on 154 in just 12.3 overs as PR Stirling steal the show with blitzing 95 on just 47 balls what a inning and what a match 202/5 just 19th over ends.

Irish are the eternal chokers. If you want to study how to lose a match, then you can watch those matches involving Ireland. They were 153/0 after 12 overs. With 8 overs remaining anyone would have expected them to add another 100-120 runs to finish at 250-270. But once Paul Stirling got out, the entire batting collapsed and they could manage only 208/7 from 20 overs. The Irish bowling lacked any variety or venom, and it was the 20-year old Josh Little who won back the match for Ireland by delivering a tight final over against Dwayne Bravo and Sherfane Rutherford. I really feel bad for players such as Paul Stirling and Josh Little. They have a lot of talent and they deserve playing for a side such as England. Stirling already had a Kolpak offer, which he rejected. For him, representing his country was more important than monetary benefit (although I would disagree with that thinking). He is 29 years old and I hope that he'll rethink about his decision and chose to represent England. The same goes for Little. If he gets a Kolpak offer, then he should chose that.

[Avirunes]

Irish are the eternal chokers. If you want to study how to lose a match, then you can watch those matches involving Ireland. They were 153/0 after 12 overs. With 8 overs remaining anyone would have expected them to add another 100-120 runs to finish at 250-270. But once Paul Stirling got out, the entire batting collapsed and they could manage only 208/7 from 20 overs. The Irish bowling lacked any variety or venom, and it was the 20-year old Josh Little who won back the match for Ireland by delivering a tight final over against Dwayne Bravo and Sherfane Rutherford. I really feel bad for players such as Paul Stirling and Josh Little. They have a lot of talent and they deserve playing for a side such as England. Stirling already had a Kolpak offer, which he rejected. For him, representing his country was more important than monetary benefit (although I would disagree with that thinking). He is 29 years old and I hope that he'll rethink about his decision and chose to represent England. The same goes for Little. If he gets a Kolpak offer, then he should chose that.

Yeah they have only 1-2 good batsman not more than that but still Ireland did good out there. I would say all because of Stirling. 208 was a good target and WI did get close but in the end didn't made it.

Regarding Stirling, I would say player has to go through a lot. Everyone has their way of thinking. We may see a potential of evolving and enjoying winning moments and see financial benefits playing under England but maybe he sees amount of regular chances playing for Ireland or don't want to face criticism from his country peoples.

[Clement Kaliyar]

Finally, Irish beat west indies in first t20 Battelle with 4 runs but the match has gives a great experience to the Irish team because until the last ball we can predict which team will be going to win the match. but finally Irish deserve the win with great performances.

I did not foresee this coming from Ireland, they performed really well and i was late to place a bet and i am now glad i did not place a bet after seeing how the openers were batting and then when they posted above 200 runs then i knew the match is difficult to predict as chasing these scores is not that easy even if the bowlers are not world class and in the end Ireland was able to restrict them chase the score, a good start for the T20 series and expecting these kind of close matches than one sided trashing.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Yeah they have only 1-2 good batsman not more than that but still Ireland did good out there. I would say all because of Stirling. 208 was a good target and WI did get close but in the end didn't made it.

Regarding Stirling, I would say player has to go through a lot. Everyone has their way of thinking. We may see a potential of evolving and enjoying winning moments and see financial benefits playing under England but maybe he sees amount of regular chances playing for Ireland or don't want to face criticism from his country peoples.

Stirling used to play for one of the county sides and the county contract was very lucrative. Even if he doesn't get a permanent slot in the English side, he could have played for the county and earned well. He said goodbye to that and signed a contract with the Irish board for a much lower amount. It is his choice and no one has the right to criticize him. But he is not the only one. Faf du Plessis of South Africa had initially signed a Kolpal contract in England. But after a few months, he cancelled the contract and returned to SA.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

Irish are the eternal chokers. If you want to study how to lose a match, then you can watch those matches involving Ireland. They were 153/0 after 12 overs. With 8 overs remaining anyone would have expected them to add another 100-120 runs to finish at 250-270. But once Paul Stirling got out, the entire batting collapsed and they could manage only 208/7 from 20 overs. The Irish bowling lacked any variety or venom

The final result was that i lost the bet as i was expecting West Indies to win the match easily and put the bet in a parlay but that was not the case as even though they failed to put up a score from where they started they had enough runs to defeat West Indies and that is important and they did not choke in the first T20 but if they perform the same is a big question.

[Indymoney]

Irish are the eternal chokers. If you want to study how to lose a match, then you can watch those matches involving Ireland. They were 153/0 after 12 overs. With 8 overs remaining anyone would have expected them to add another 100-120 runs to finish at 250-270. But once Paul Stirling got out, the entire batting collapsed and they could manage only 208/7 from 20 overs. The Irish bowling lacked any variety or venom

The final result was that i lost the bet as i was expecting West Indies to win the match easily and put the bet in a parlay but that was not the case as even though they failed to put up a score from where they started they had enough runs to defeat West Indies and that is important and they did not choke in the first T20 but if they perform the same is a big question.

Once as Pooran and Rutherford played in 18th over and hit 27 runs I was settle for West Indies easy win but then suddenly Irish magic works and they steal the show in last two overs with 3 wickets specially Little done great job and take Rutherford and Bravo which was amazing I will remember this match for long time.

[sureshnsnet]

Irish are the eternal chokers. If you want to study how to lose a match, then you can watch those matches involving Ireland. They were 153/0 after 12 overs. With 8 overs remaining anyone would have expected them to add another 100-120 runs to finish at 250-270. But once Paul Stirling got out, the entire batting collapsed and they could manage only 208/7 from 20 overs. The Irish bowling lacked any variety or venom

The final result was that i lost the bet as i was expecting West Indies to win the match easily and put the bet in a parlay but that was not the case as even though they failed to put up a score from where they started they had enough runs to defeat West Indies and that is important and they did not choke in the first T20 but if they perform the same is a big question.

Once as Pooran and Rutherford played in 18th over and hit 27 runs I was settle for West Indies easy win but then suddenly Irish magic works and they steal the show in last two overs with 3 wickets specially Little done great job and take Rutherford and Bravo which was amazing I will remember this match for long time.

When west indies scored 27 runs in 18th over I thought they are going to win the match easily but after the 18th over Irish bowlers bowled really well because of 19th over west indies scored 3 runs with a wicket and they need 13 runs in 6 balls, but west indies fail to get 13 runs and It gives big loss for me because all bets have gone.

[Duzter]

Irish are the eternal chokers. If you want to study how to lose a match, then you can watch those matches involving Ireland. They were 153/0 after 12 overs. With 8 overs remaining anyone would have expected them to add another 100-120 runs to finish at 250-270. But once Paul Stirling got out, the entire batting collapsed and they could manage only 208/7 from 20 overs. The Irish bowling lacked any variety or venom

The final result was that i lost the bet as i was expecting West Indies to win the match easily and put the bet in a parlay but that was not the case as even though they failed to put up a score from where they started they had enough runs to defeat West Indies and that is important and they did not choke in the first T20 but if they perform the same is a big question.

Once as Pooran and Rutherford played in 18th over and hit 27 runs I was settle for West Indies easy win but then suddenly Irish magic works and they steal the show in last two overs with 3 wickets specially Little done great job and take Rutherford and Bravo which was amazing I will remember this match for long time.

When west indies scored 27 runs in 18th over I thought they are going to win the match easily but after the 18th over Irish bowlers bowled really well because of 19th over west indies scored 3 runs with a wicket and they need 13 runs in 6 balls, but west indies fail to get 13 runs and It gives big loss for me because all bets have gone.

This is how the performance of West Indies will be, they make unexpected wins as well as loss in the same way. I didn't watched the match, but it was good cricket from Ireland get boosted. Getting much close and losing it to Ireland could've crashed the bet wins for most of the gamblers. It was the profiting day for the gambling house as majority would have picked the odds of West Indies.

[Sithara007]

This is how the performance of West Indies will be, they make unexpected wins as well as loss in the same way. I didn't watched the match, but it was good cricket from Ireland get boosted. Getting much close and losing it to Ireland could've crashed the bet wins for most of the gamblers. It was the profiting day for the gambling house as majority would have picked the odds of West Indies.

Well.. I have to disagree with you there. The betting companies normally adjust their odds, so that their exposure to any result is within the tolerable limits. If 95% of the people are betting in favor of West Indies, then they will lower the returns for West Indies win and increase it for Ireland. And this will encourage more people to bet in favor of Ireland. It is wrong to say that the betting companies will benefit from a particular outcome.

[JSRAW]

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