T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

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What a crazy match! Australia and New Zealand ripped into each other and produced a sensational encounter with the Aussies ending up on the winning side and the Kiwis ending up on the losing side as usual.

Tim David is remarkably consistent these days which is amazing news for the MI since he most probably could be their key player in the upcoming season.

I felt while watching this game that a target of 200 wouldn't be defendable for the Kiwis as the pitch was just flat and good for batting. Conway started very late and if he had not wasted 10 odd balls and played the way Rachin did then they could have got 250 runs on the scoreboard. For Australia Mitchell Marsh was the key although I had a feeling that Maxwell would be the reason for Australia to win, he wasn't. Big scoring games are always worthy of watching in T20 and that is what happened between these two teams.

[JSRAW]

What a crazy match! Australia and New Zealand ripped into each other and produced a sensational encounter with the Aussies ending up on the winning side and the Kiwis ending up on the losing side as usual.

Tim David is remarkably consistent these days which is amazing news for the MI since he most probably could be their key player in the upcoming season.

Just before the World Cup, the batting lineup from both teams looked so dangerous but the bowling was pedestrian.

But again these are blips when looking at the big picture because when the time comes, both bowling lineups will come on top with an excellent bowling performance and bamboozle the opposition team.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Hasaranga slams umpire over non-no-ball call

Sri Lanka's T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has said outright that umpire Lyndon Hannibal should find another job, after Hannibal had deemed a high full toss as a legal delivery during a tense final over in the third T20I against Afghanistan in Dambulla.

Hasaranga's scathing comments came after Hannibal, the square-leg umpire, did not call a no-ball when a Wafadar Momand delivery passed batter Kamindu Mendis well above waist height without pitching. Kamindu had shuffled down the pitch, but the delivery nevertheless would have likely arrived higher than his waist had he been standing upright at the popping crease. This would constitute a no-ball as per the ICC's playing conditions.

Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wanindu-hasaranga-censures-umpire-lyndon-hannibal-over-no-ball-call-1422032

As a sportsman, Hasaranaga should always be polite and treat others well.
Umpires should definitely take decisions with caution. But Hasaranga should not have personally attacked the umpire if he made a mistake. We often see such extreme behavior from Sri Lankan players. ICC should be more strict.

[kro55]

Hasaranga slams umpire over non-no-ball call

Sri Lanka's T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has said outright that umpire Lyndon Hannibal should find another job, after Hannibal had deemed a high full toss as a legal delivery during a tense final over in the third T20I against Afghanistan in Dambulla.

Hasaranga's scathing comments came after Hannibal, the square-leg umpire, did not call a no-ball when a Wafadar Momand delivery passed batter Kamindu Mendis well above waist height without pitching. Kamindu had shuffled down the pitch, but the delivery nevertheless would have likely arrived higher than his waist had he been standing upright at the popping crease. This would constitute a no-ball as per the ICC's playing conditions.

Source: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wanindu-hasaranga-censures-umpire-lyndon-hannibal-over-no-ball-call-1422032

As a sportsman, Hasaranaga should always be polite and treat others well.
Umpires should definitely take decisions with caution. But Hasaranga should not have personally attacked the umpire if he made a mistake. We often see such extreme behavior from Sri Lankan players. ICC should be more strict.

I agree with you that ICC should be more strict with Sri Lankan players. Many times in the past we have seen Sri Lankan players misbehaving with the opposition players. But we considered it part of the game. But their bad behavior is increasing day by day. They are now misbehaving with the umpire as well. Now if the ICC and the Sri Lankan board are not strict then the Sri Lankan players will become more reckless. This is not good for cricket. We know cricket as gentleman's game. So Sri Lankan players should avoid such bad behavior.

[FinePoine0]

Sri Lanka collected 143 runs in 14 overs. The team is collecting more than 10 runs per over. And since Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets, Sri Lanka are more likely to win so far. Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for 60 off 30 balls. Almost every batsman in the Sri Lankan squad is in good form. So even if the target is big, they might be able to win.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran has used 6 of his bowlers. But we don't see any bowler bowling better than him. If this continues, Sri Lanka will win the series 3-0.

Afghanistan team improved a lot in their batting today but I think Sri Lanka still have a chance to win this match. The Sri Lankan team currently needs 40 runs from 14 balls and they still have five wickets to spare. Kushal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka are batting at the crease at the moment. If the Sri Lankan team's opening batsman Pathum Nissanka had not retired hard, maybe this match could have taken another turn. Kushal Mendis has just completed his half century, he will look to open his arms from now on, maybe we will finally see a dramatic victory in this match.

Today, the Afghanistan team managed to win because of their good performance till the end keeping the wicket under control. I was hopeful for the Afghanistan team as they only lost in consecutive ODIs and T20Is but in the third T20I Afghanistan team gave a befitting reply. The opening two batsmen, Hazratullah and Gurbaz, who performed well in the power play, played a major role in today's victory. Did very well to control the wicket from the start till the last. And bowled well but Sri Lankan team lost today, tried hard to win but couldn't.

[virasog]

Sri Lanka collected 143 runs in 14 overs. The team is collecting more than 10 runs per over. And since Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets, Sri Lanka are more likely to win so far. Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for 60 off 30 balls. Almost every batsman in the Sri Lankan squad is in good form. So even if the target is big, they might be able to win.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran has used 6 of his bowlers. But we don't see any bowler bowling better than him. If this continues, Sri Lanka will win the series 3-0.

Afghanistan team improved a lot in their batting today but I think Sri Lanka still have a chance to win this match. The Sri Lankan team currently needs 40 runs from 14 balls and they still have five wickets to spare. Kushal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka are batting at the crease at the moment. If the Sri Lankan team's opening batsman Pathum Nissanka had not retired hard, maybe this match could have taken another turn. Kushal Mendis has just completed his half century, he will look to open his arms from now on, maybe we will finally see a dramatic victory in this match.

Today, the Afghanistan team managed to win because of their good performance till the end keeping the wicket under control. I was hopeful for the Afghanistan team as they only lost in consecutive ODIs and T20Is but in the third T20I Afghanistan team gave a befitting reply. The opening two batsmen, Hazratullah and Gurbaz, who performed well in the power play, played a major role in today's victory. Did very well to control the wicket from the start till the last. And bowled well but Sri Lankan team lost today, tried hard to win but couldn't.

The third T20 match which was played at Dambulla was finally won by the Afghanistan team. Though it was a close 3 run victory but a victory is victory and Afghanistan team can celebrate this win.

In this match,  Rahmanullah Gurbaz made 73 runs in 43 balls. He was the man of the match because of his good batting performance. From Sri lankan team we had Pathum Nissanka  who was retired hurt on 60 while Kamindu Mendis remained not out at 65 runs. The strange thing is that Srilankan team were unable to chase this score even though I thought that they tried their best.

Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets while Fareed Ahmad, Noor Ahmad and Qais Ahmad took one wicket each. This was the first and only victory by the Afghanistan team. They lost 3 one days matches and the first two T20 matches also. But luck favors them this time and they were able to beat Srilanka in the last match of theT20 series.

[libert19]

I'm hearing Shami has been ruled out of IPL 2024, if it's real news then it's mighty blow to Titans and this lowers their probability to win trophy significantly, or should I say to get into qualifiers.

Hardik gone, Inexperienced captain (i.e, Gill) and now Shami.

[tsaroz]

Sri Lanka collected 143 runs in 14 overs. The team is collecting more than 10 runs per over. And since Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets, Sri Lanka are more likely to win so far. Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for 60 off 30 balls. Almost every batsman in the Sri Lankan squad is in good form. So even if the target is big, they might be able to win.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran has used 6 of his bowlers. But we don't see any bowler bowling better than him. If this continues, Sri Lanka will win the series 3-0.

Afghanistan team improved a lot in their batting today but I think Sri Lanka still have a chance to win this match. The Sri Lankan team currently needs 40 runs from 14 balls and they still have five wickets to spare. Kushal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka are batting at the crease at the moment. If the Sri Lankan team's opening batsman Pathum Nissanka had not retired hard, maybe this match could have taken another turn. Kushal Mendis has just completed his half century, he will look to open his arms from now on, maybe we will finally see a dramatic victory in this match.

Today, the Afghanistan team managed to win because of their good performance till the end keeping the wicket under control. I was hopeful for the Afghanistan team as they only lost in consecutive ODIs and T20Is but in the third T20I Afghanistan team gave a befitting reply. The opening two batsmen, Hazratullah and Gurbaz, who performed well in the power play, played a major role in today's victory. Did very well to control the wicket from the start till the last. And bowled well but Sri Lankan team lost today, tried hard to win but couldn't.

The third T20 match which was played at Dambulla was finally won by the Afghanistan team. Though it was a close 3 run victory but a victory is victory and Afghanistan team can celebrate this win.

In this match,  Rahmanullah Gurbaz made 73 runs in 43 balls. He was the man of the match because of his good batting performance. From Sri lankan team we had Pathum Nissanka  who was retired hurt on 60 while Kamindu Mendis remained not out at 65 runs. The strange thing is that Srilankan team were unable to chase this score even though I thought that they tried their best.

Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets while Fareed Ahmad, Noor Ahmad and Qais Ahmad took one wicket each. This was the first and only victory by the Afghanistan team. They lost 3 one days matches and the first two T20 matches also. But luck favors them this time and they were able to beat Srilanka in the last match of theT20 series.

A thrilling win for Afghanistan, a consolidatory too. Sri Lanka won the only test, clean swiped ODIs and was about to clean swipe the T20 too.
It was a high scoring innings from Afghanistan with Hazaratulla and Rahmanulla opening the batting with a good partnership. Sri Lanka nearly chased it but the retirement due to injury to Pathum Nissanka was a bad luck for them. He had scored 60 off 30 before voluntarily leaving the crease.
Anyway, Sri Lanka won't be disappointed as they had shown full dominance over the Afghan team and Afghan have reasons for their decreasing performance.

[DanWalker]

Sri Lanka collected 143 runs in 14 overs. The team is collecting more than 10 runs per over. And since Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets, Sri Lanka are more likely to win so far. Pathum Nissanka was dismissed for 60 off 30 balls. Almost every batsman in the Sri Lankan squad is in good form. So even if the target is big, they might be able to win.

Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran has used 6 of his bowlers. But we don't see any bowler bowling better than him. If this continues, Sri Lanka will win the series 3-0.

Afghanistan team improved a lot in their batting today but I think Sri Lanka still have a chance to win this match. The Sri Lankan team currently needs 40 runs from 14 balls and they still have five wickets to spare. Kushal Mendis and Dasun Shanaka are batting at the crease at the moment. If the Sri Lankan team's opening batsman Pathum Nissanka had not retired hard, maybe this match could have taken another turn. Kushal Mendis has just completed his half century, he will look to open his arms from now on, maybe we will finally see a dramatic victory in this match.

Today, the Afghanistan team managed to win because of their good performance till the end keeping the wicket under control. I was hopeful for the Afghanistan team as they only lost in consecutive ODIs and T20Is but in the third T20I Afghanistan team gave a befitting reply. The opening two batsmen, Hazratullah and Gurbaz, who performed well in the power play, played a major role in today's victory. Did very well to control the wicket from the start till the last. And bowled well but Sri Lankan team lost today, tried hard to win but couldn't.

I would not say that the performance of the Afghanistan bowlers was poor. They tried their best to bowl controlled. Even then the bowlers gave away a lot of runs. And it is very difficult for the bowlers to bowl controlled on such a batting friendly pitch.

Sri Lankan bowlers gave 21 extra runs. And that's why I think the team has fallen behind. Afghanistan's bowlers gave only 8 extra runs. 6 wides and one no ball by the Afghanistan bowlers. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled 11 wides. Mohammad Nabi took two wickets with 35 runs in 4 overs.

[Haunebu]

IPL 2024 schedule is partially out and it looks like it's CSK vs RCB weirdly instead of CSK vs GT on March 22 which is the opening match. Excited to watch Dhoni vs Kohli once again and the venue is somewhere in India.

But again these are blips when looking at the big picture because when the time comes, both bowling lineups will come on top with an excellent bowling performance and bamboozle the opposition team.

Yup. The other teams need to give it everything in order to put up a good fight against these beasts in the T20 WC.

[Nalain420]

Team AFG is getting better and better in the white ball cricket, today  another exciting last over win for them just by 3 runs. They are pretty equipped to face the big team in the T20 WC for sure. Even though SL won the series by 2-1, AFG came very close in the first match too and lost only by 4 runs so they will toom all the positive and will start preparing their WC journey.

Yes Afghanistan team is improving day by day.The Afghanistan team is known more for its bowling than its batting. Rashid Khan Mujibur Rahman of Afghanistan they are world class spin bowler maybe Rashid Khan is the number one leg spin bowler in the world. In this series between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, Rashid Khan was not included in the Afghanistan team for which the Afghanistan team was quite weak. Afghanistan's batting and bowling performance in the third T20 against Sri Lanka boosted their confidence as they managed to win at least one match.

The Sri Lankan batsmen worked very hard and struggled.  And scored up to 206 runs.  But the target could not be fulfilled by them.  Sri Lanka could have won the match if their batsmen had picked up the early pace.  But their luck did not favor them and they lost the match. And I had said earlier that this match belongs to the Afghanistan team.  And they won this match.  Their bowler worked and struggled the most at the end.  And stopped the run of the Sri Lankan batsmen and forced them to lose.  And they will win.My congratulations to the Afghanistan team for the win and may they continue to play like this and win matches.  And their performance was very good.  Due to which these matches are won.

[cryptoWODL]

Today, the Afghanistan team managed to win because of their good performance till the end keeping the wicket under control. I was hopeful for the Afghanistan team as they only lost in consecutive ODIs and T20Is but in the third T20I Afghanistan team gave a befitting reply. The opening two batsmen, Hazratullah and Gurbaz, who performed well in the power play, played a major role in today's victory. Did very well to control the wicket from the start till the last. And bowled well but Sri Lankan team lost today, tried hard to win but couldn't.

No never No third T20 match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan was not held today This match was held yesterday i.e. February twenty one. Afghanistan not only lost the ODI series but also lost the Test series and T20I series but they managed to win the third T20I match against Sri Lanka. In the third T20 match every batsman of Afghanistan looked patient and batted intelligently as a result of which Afghanistan team managed to score 206 runs in this match. Still the batsmen of the Sri Lankan team tried their best to chase this run maybe with a little more heard hitting batting they would have been able to win the match.

[synchronym]

New Zealand vs Australia second T20 match will be played tomorrow New Zealand team batted very well in the first match but lost the first T20 match against Australia. In the second match, New Zealand must try to bat and bowl better. In the first match, the bowling was a little worse than the batting of the New Zealand team, due to which Australia won the first T20 match. Second T20 match If the New Zealand team can maintain their batting consistency and make bowling a little more positive, then maybe they can get against can win Australia in the second T20 match. However, the Australian team has been in great form since the start of the 2023 World Cup and has performed strongly in every game. So it is expected that in the second T20 match, the match against New Zealand will definitely be a tight fight.

[onecall123]

A thrilling win for Afghanistan, a consolidatory too. Sri Lanka won the only test, clean swiped ODIs and was about to clean swipe the T20 too.
It was a high scoring innings from Afghanistan with Hazaratulla and Rahmanulla opening the batting with a good partnership. Sri Lanka nearly chased it but the retirement due to injury to Pathum Nissanka was a bad luck for them. He had scored 60 off 30 before voluntarily leaving the crease.
Anyway, Sri Lanka won't be disappointed as they had shown full dominance over the Afghan team and Afghan have reasons for their decreasing performance.

Sri Lanka came close to winning the T20 series, but it was Afghanistan who secured the victory, ending their tour on a high note. Hazaratulla and Rahmanulla provided a strong start, paving the way for the win. It's a positive end to Afghanistan's tour of Sri Lanka, and hopefully, it signals a resurgence for the team.

[Fuso.hp]

A thrilling win for Afghanistan, a consolidatory too. Sri Lanka won the only test, clean swiped ODIs and was about to clean swipe the T20 too.
It was a high scoring innings from Afghanistan with Hazaratulla and Rahmanulla opening the batting with a good partnership. Sri Lanka nearly chased it but the retirement due to injury to Pathum Nissanka was a bad luck for them. He had scored 60 off 30 before voluntarily leaving the crease.
Anyway, Sri Lanka won't be disappointed as they had shown full dominance over the Afghan team and Afghan have reasons for their decreasing performance.

Sri Lanka came close to winning the T20 series, but it was Afghanistan who secured the victory, ending their tour on a high note. Hazaratulla and Rahmanulla provided a strong start, paving the way for the win. It's a positive end to Afghanistan's tour of Sri Lanka, and hopefully, it signals a resurgence for the team.

Yesterday we saw a lot of hard fought action between Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka. The result of this match was full of tension till the last ball and it was uncertain which team would win till the last ball but finally Afghanistan won by three runs in the last over against Sri Lanka. This match was a very tough match and both teams performed very well. Afghanistan gave as much importance in the last match and performed as well as they did if they were able to perform like that in the earlier matches they would not have lost so many matches. Although the last match did not give Afghanistan a series win, the win was a respectable win for Afghanistan.

[noormcs5]

The match between Lahore and Multan is in last stage and the match is very tough. 17 runs are required in 10 balls for Multan. Rizwan perform betting very good and attained 82 runs. Lahore bet first and target 166 runs. Now 5 players of Multan Sultan are out and 146 runs has been scored by them. Iftekhar Ahmad and David are betting now and both players are good so they can the match.

Don't know what happens with 2 times champions. Haris Rauf's performance after BBL was not good and according to sources, at this time, this is a chance where PCB can cancel his contract. Maybe he can't go outside of the country to play any league but it will not happen because this is a part of the game to go out of form but we can hope that he will back in his performance.
He is the player who tried to do some good for his team but always he can't do it. However, he is a speed gun. At previous matches, his speed and Shaheen's speed had some issues both couldn't be cross 150 but now both are back in order in speed. Shaheen is good while Haris Rauf takes some time to back in order hopes before the World Cup his issues will clear and come back in form.

[FinePoine0]

Islamabad United did not perform well batting in the beginning, they started well from the opening batsman but later batsmen got out under bowling pressure. Islamabad United will never win with such a bad performance.  Because already. Quetta Gladiator bowling performance has been very good due to which Islamabad United have collected 118 runs from 17 balls so far. If Islamabad United can score 150 runs today, the game will surely be full of competition between the two teams.

[libert19]

IPL 2024 schedule is partially out and it looks like it's CSK vs RCB weirdly instead of CSK vs GT on March 22 which is the opening match. Excited to watch Dhoni vs Kohli once again and the venue is somewhere in India.

Venue is Chepauk, Chennai.

Yea, I don't get it either why they choose RCB as opponent instead of GT, may be it's due to stardom of Kohli, Gujarat don't have any star players.

Also, T20 wc teaser is out.

https://twitter.com/T20WorldCup/status/1760666682522222849

[hafiztalha]

Quetta Gladiator vs Islamabad United

Quetta Gladiator team won toss and They got a chance to select first bat or bowl and Quetta Gladiator team first gave a batting chance to Islamabad United team. Islamabad United team batting is continuing and almost few balls left for finishing their lineup and set a target. Islamabad United team lost 7 wickets and made 130 runs and this runs are very low for Quetta Gladiator team because they won old games with good runs. A.Ahmed dismissed 3 wickets in 4 overs with 18 runs and his overs are finished now. A.Salman effort was food from Islamabad United team side and he scored 33 runs in 23 balls with five 4s. Some other played did not performed well and also not making nice runs for their team. A.Hosein took down 2 wickets and M Wasim also took down same number of wickets. Let's see who will win this game?

[virasog]

Quetta Gladiator vs Islamabad United

Quetta Gladiator team won toss and They got a chance to select first bat or bowl and Quetta Gladiator team first gave a batting chance to Islamabad United team. Islamabad United team batting is continuing and almost few balls left for finishing their lineup and set a target. Islamabad United team lost 7 wickets and made 130 runs and this runs are very low for Quetta Gladiator team because they won old games with good runs. A.Ahmed dismissed 3 wickets in 4 overs with 18 runs and his overs are finished now. A.Salman effort was food from Islamabad United team side and he scored 33 runs in 23 balls with five 4s. Some other played did not performed well and also not making nice runs for their team. A.Hosein took down 2 wickets and M Wasim also took down same number of wickets. Let's see who will win this game?

At this time, Imad Wasim is on strike but as for his previous matches performances, I don't think so that he will do anything good. Islamabad United team seems losing because just 6 overs were left and they could not make 100 runs, and I think they also forgot that it is not the old Quetta Gladiator team because now it become much better team after struggling since 2020.

For the Quetta Gladiator team, at least they should need to give the target of 200 plus because 150 is the left-handed thing for Quetta today. Imad Wasim and Jordan Cox played too much poorly. By the way, sometime before, I think during the World Cup, taking retirement of Imad Wasim, he said in the show that if he became the captain of the Pakistan team so he would again chance to Amir to play again for Pakistan but just after 1 month he took retirement and it's a very good decision because in this type of performance if he will come so only god can save his team with his machine that allows others to gave runs or his dot balls that he left during batting.