T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[libert19]

I'm glad for Sai Kishore, he got 4 wickets hopefully that'll make his place in squad permanent. Though, I feel that GT is doing too many squad changes, they better figure out right combination asap and stick with it.

It was a typical script to give brain damage to all punters, at least spectators got a thriller out of it so no complaints.

I was hoping for a super over, that would have been icing on cake.

[Haunebu]

GT should win this one easily thanks to their excellent spin bowlers primarily. If they don't, they don't deserve to move forward to the playoffs.

It was a typical script to give brain damage to all punters, at least spectators got a thriller out of it so no complaints. The way he's going, I think he wants KKR to drop him in upcoming matches so that he can warm a bench.

Yeah. He definitely screwed my brain in the final over. RCB are pretty much out of the playoffs race since they clearly don't have luck on their side. I hope KKR drops Starc and gives someone more deserving a chance in the next match.

[Bitcoinsummoner]

Today's win is a very close match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. At the end of the war, Kolkata Knight Riders won by just one run. Whether it is one run or ten runs, a win is a win. But today's victory will be remembered by Kolkata Knight Riders very much. No one easily forgets a match won or lost. In this way, maybe the title of victory will come in favor of Kolkata Knight Riders. Congratulations to Kolkata Knight Riders for winning yet another match. No one performed very well for Kolkata Knight Riders today. Phil Salt has made a huge mountain of 48 runs off 14 balls. Where his strike rate was 342.85. If he had played at the end, today might have been another record.

[MusaPk]

Pakistan/New Zealand 3rd T20I

New Zealand after winning the toss decided to bowl first. Pakistan have given a target of 179 runs. Shadab khan was top scorer with 41 runs on 20 balls.
Usman Khan who is playing his second T20I and gave away UAE contract is struggling so far in this series. He scored 7 runs in his first T20I and today he got out for just 4 runs. He badly need to score runs in upcoming two T20I otherwise he might not able to continue playing for Pakistan team.
178 is not a huge target and NZ have good opportunity to level this series.

[JSRAW]

It was a typical script to give brain damage to all punters, at least spectators got a thriller out of it so no complaints.

I was hoping for a super over, that would have been icing on cake.

Blame Philip Salt for this, that throw was bad but he still managed to collect and dislodge the bails. Otherwise, the first super over of this season was very much in the play.

Yeah. He definitely screwed my brain in the final over. RCB are pretty much out of the playoffs race since they clearly don't have luck on their side. I hope KKR drops Starc and gives someone more deserving a chance in the next match.

A big paycheck is a headache for both the KKR management and Strac. Management would look stupid if he's sitting out and pressure is already on Strac because of his performance.

[tsaroz]

Another one record close contest in IPL between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, KKR winning by 1 run.
RCB winning the toss made KKR bat first. KKR made a good total of 222 in 20 overs. RCB too chased the target with all their might. Their run rate from 9 to 15th over was better than what they required yet the last 5 overs were decisive. At the end of the game, RCB needed 3 runs to win from 2 balls but they lost wicket on the penultimate ball and just one run and a runout in last. RCB were previously touted for not being able to win the trophy and now winning a game is difficult for them. RCB has lost 7 of it's 8 game taking the bottom position of the table.

[WatChe]

Another one record close contest in IPL between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, KKR winning by 1 run.
RCB winning the toss made KKR bat first. KKR made a good total of 222 in 20 overs. RCB too chased the target with all their might. Their run rate from 9 to 15th over was better than what they required yet the last 5 overs were decisive. At the end of the game, RCB needed 3 runs to win from 2 balls but they lost wicket on the penultimate ball and just one run and a runout in last. RCB were previously touted for not being able to win the trophy and now winning a game is difficult for them. RCB has lost 7 of it's 8 game taking the bottom position of the table.

Unfortunately I missed that thrilling game. It was RCB 8th game and they need a victory to have some hope for next round. KKR scored 222 runs because of sensational knock of Phil Salt and Shreyas Iyer. Phil Salt was unstoppable today as he scored 48 runs on just 14 balls that include 3 sixes and seven boundaries. RCB in run chase were good, there is 102 runs partnership between Will Jacks and Rajat Patidar. Both team were equally good today but in the end one has to win and it is KKR today.   

[Crypto Library]

Pakistan/New Zealand 3rd T20I

New Zealand after winning the toss decided to bowl first. Pakistan have given a target of 179 runs. Shadab khan was top scorer with 41 runs on 20 balls.
Usman Khan who is playing his second T20I and gave away UAE contract is struggling so far in this series. He scored 7 runs in his first T20I and today he got out for just 4 runs. He badly need to score runs in upcoming two T20I otherwise he might not able to continue playing for Pakistan team.
178 is not a huge target and NZ have good opportunity to level this series.

I think today New Zealand is going to recover from their loss what they have in the previous match. They need only 28 run from 27 balls their current run is 155 and they only losses their two-wicket so they have enough wicket enough bowl and enough run rate so this is the day for New Zealand But I don't understand why they did that rabbis performance in that previous match.
Anyway, Mark Chapman* doing amazing with his batting performance strike rate is over the 212 and he collected 83 runs from only 39 bowls I think  today he going to finish this match.

[Marvell1]

Another one record close contest in IPL between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, KKR winning by 1 run.
RCB winning the toss made KKR bat first. KKR made a good total of 222 in 20 overs. RCB too chased the target with all their might. Their run rate from 9 to 15th over was better than what they required yet the last 5 overs were decisive. At the end of the game, RCB needed 3 runs to win from 2 balls but they lost wicket on the penultimate ball and just one run and a runout in last. RCB were previously touted for not being able to win the trophy and now winning a game is difficult for them. RCB has lost 7 of it's 8 game taking the bottom position of the table.

Unfortunately I missed that thrilling game. It was RCB 8th game and they need a victory to have some hope for next round. KKR scored 222 runs because of sensational knock of Phil Salt and Shreyas Iyer. Phil Salt was unstoppable today as he scored 48 runs on just 14 balls that include 3 sixes and seven boundaries. RCB in run chase were good, there is 102 runs partnership between Will Jacks and Rajat Patidar. Both team were equally good today but in the end one has to win and it is KKR today.   

First of all, I do not think anyone should actually miss his job or avoid his duties to watch just a match of IPL, which is probably not going to impact his life too much. So yes anyone can miss a match of IPL. It is not that big deal in my opinion. And actually think cricket is again where it is far better to actually watch the highlights instead of the actual whole match. because it takes a lot of time even if it is a T20 match.

Anyway, this match was definitely incredible & high scoring one in this season. At various moments I thought the match was not going to be this close in Eden Gardens. It was great and of course, credit to the RCB to actually fight till the end. And also credit to the KKR team not losing at certain moments, they just struggled to keep their wickets in hand, When they lost wickets one after another, Shreyas and Rinku rebuilt their mentality and hold the match. The sad thing is RCB had a genuine chance if Dinesh Kartik could have been there till the end.

[Rabata]

RCB vs Kolkata Knight Riders match today was a high voltage match especially in the last over when 21 needed from 6 balls maybe I thought Kolkata Knight Riders will win easily. But RCB player Karn Sharma batted brilliantly after hitting three sixes in the last over RCB needed 2  Ball needs 3 runs. But when Mitchell Starc of Kolkata Knight Riders got out at number 4, the game turned completely around. Needing three runs off one ball, RCB player gets out while taking two runs. As soon as he got out, RCB's dream was completely shattered. Kolkata Knight Riders dramatically won this match by one run. Really I feel very bad for RCB because I support for Virat Kohli but RC couldn't win the match today. RCB is in the worst position in this edition of IPL. Teams participating in IPL have won the IPL trophy almost as many times but RCB under the leadership of Virat Kohli has not won a trophy till now.

Kolkata Knight Riders team won very hard, especially in this match I was very worried about winning, Royal Challenger Bangalore team performed very well in the last minute. Whenever Royal Challenger Bangalore hit three sixes I thought this team would win, but Royal Challenger Bangalore failed to get this win due to the stone of the wicket. Kolkata Knight Riders won only because of the bowling.

However, today's match was lucky for KKR to win by 1 run, it was a very interesting match in the last minute. I watched the game and in today's game KKR scored 222 runs and RCB came to the field to meet the target of 223 runs. But unfortunately RCB played well, but they lost by a narrow margin which is painful for them. If the RCB batsman Karn Sharma had not got out at the last moment then victory would have been possible, but unfortunately he got out, and the game went the other way. Although RCB tried hard in this game but due to last minute run out they could not draw the game and the match did not go into super over. Rather, the game was most interesting till the last minute and Mitchell Starc took two brilliant wickets in the last over which gave KKR the win. But in today's match RCB didn't try hard enough rather we can say that they were unlucky, so Faber won them, and KKR got to win today and won the second position in the points table.

A really good fortune for KKR otherwise they had no chance to win this match. Especially after Karn Sharma's dismissal, everyone seems to be in a good mood. Karn Sharma has enough batting  power. I believed that if Karn Sharma can stay till the end then the match will be won by RCB but that was not happen luck was in KKR's favor. There was a hope about Dinesh Karthik that he might turn the match into a win but it didn't happen. On the one hand, I am very upset with this match because RCB did not use the 17th and 18th overs. There the pressure on the batsmen increased massively and due to the pressure they lost the match by just 1 run. Although an attempt was made to convert the last run from a single to a double, it was not completed due to ‍slight difference.If the run was successfully taken , many of the calculations would have to be recalculate.

[redsun114]

I think today New Zealand is going to recover from their loss what they have in the previous match. They need only 28 run from 27 balls their current run is 155 and they only losses their two-wicket so they have enough wicket enough bowl and enough run rate so this is the day for New Zealand But I don't understand why they did that rabbis performance in that previous match.
Anyway, Mark Chapman* doing amazing with his batting performance strike rate is over the 212 and he collected 83 runs from only 39 bowls I think  today he going to finish this match.

But, New Zealand second sting side chased 178 runs with the lost of 3 wickets and nearly 10 balls were remaining this is surely huge setback for the Pakistani side which was playing with their full force into this game while their batting is still concern for them because they are not able to perform as they needed to compete with top teams in coming world cup.

Mark Chapman done impressive batting in these conditions while he was facing few world's best white ball bowlers but still he was enjoying and hitting all around the ground which is showing how impressive he is and this could be good for him as we are heading for the T20I World Cup now hopefully we will have some good performance from the Pakistan in coming matches as they are looking for the recovery.

[Nalain420]

Pakistan/New Zealand 3rd T20I

New Zealand after winning the toss decided to bowl first. Pakistan have given a target of 179 runs. Shadab khan was top scorer with 41 runs on 20 balls.
Usman Khan who is playing his second T20I and gave away UAE contract is struggling so far in this series. He scored 7 runs in his first T20I and today he got out for just 4 runs. He badly need to score runs in upcoming two T20I otherwise he might not able to continue playing for Pakistan team.
178 is not a huge target and NZ have good opportunity to level this series.

Pakistan batsmen set a target of 178 in 20 overs and it was a very good target.  But the New Zealand batsmen won the match by complete the innings in 18 overs.  Their batsmen worked hard and struggle in the match and showed interest in the match.  My congratulations to the New Zealand team for the win and may they continue to play like this and win matches.  Pakistan team should focus on their performance so that they can perform well in the next matches.

[Farhan99]

Pakistan/New Zealand 3rd T20I

New Zealand after winning the toss decided to bowl first. Pakistan have given a target of 179 runs. Shadab khan was top scorer with 41 runs on 20 balls.
Usman Khan who is playing his second T20I and gave away UAE contract is struggling so far in this series. He scored 7 runs in his first T20I and today he got out for just 4 runs. He badly need to score runs in upcoming two T20I otherwise he might not able to continue playing for Pakistan team.
178 is not a huge target and NZ have good opportunity to level this series.

Pakistan batsmen set a target of 178 in 20 overs and it was a very good target.  But the New Zealand batsmen won the match by complete the innings in 18 overs.  Their batsmen worked hard and struggle in the match and showed interest in the match.  My congratulations to the New Zealand team for the win and may they continue to play like this and win matches.  Pakistan team should focus on their performance so that they can perform well in the next matches.

In 3rd game Pakistan gave the target of 179 runs to New Zealand. shadab khan played brilliantly 41 runs on 20 balls but Muhammad rizwan got retired hurt after playing with low strike rate of 22 on 21 balls. New Zealand easily chased down the target with lost of 3 wickets. Mark Chapman single handedly won this match for his team he played brilliant innings of 87 runs on just 42 balls. Pakistan team missed two chances of chapman wicket which causes their defeat. Pakistan bowlers failed to break 3rd wicket partnership of 117 runs between Dean foxcroft and mark Chapman which put huge pressure on them pak two main bowlers Shaheen and naseem economy to much high they could not stop score and the pressure increased on them also Muhammed Amir was not played today

[ThemePen]

In 3rd game Pakistan gave the target of 179 runs to New Zealand. shadab khan played brilliantly 41 runs on 20 balls but Muhammad rizwan got retired hurt after playing with low strike rate of 22 on 21 balls. New Zealand easily chased down the target with lost of 3 wickets. Mark Chapman single handedly won this match for his team he played brilliant innings of 87 runs on just 42 balls. Pakistan team missed two chances of chapman wicket which causes their defeat. Pakistan bowlers failed to break 3rd wicket partnership of 117 runs between Dean foxcroft and mark Chapman which put huge pressure on them pak two main bowlers Shaheen and naseem economy to much high they could not stop score and the pressure increased on them also Muhammed Amir was not played today

Pakistan set target of 179 runs but New Zealand easily achieved it. Mark Chapman was amazing who made 87 runs. Shadab Khan played well for Pakistan with 41 runs but Muhammad Rizwan slow batting and injury hurt their chances for winning. Pakistan bowlers had tough time with Shaheen Shah and Naseem Shah giving away many runs. They also missed Muhammad Amir. Pakistan had two chances to get Chapman out but didn't take them and big partnership between Dean Foxcroft and Chapman put Pakistan under lot of pressure. At the end Pakistan mistakes in bowling and fielding led to their loss. They need to improve their strategy and work together better to win next match.

[noormcs5]

In 3rd game Pakistan gave the target of 179 runs to New Zealand. shadab khan played brilliantly 41 runs on 20 balls but Muhammad rizwan got retired hurt after playing with low strike rate of 22 on 21 balls. New Zealand easily chased down the target with lost of 3 wickets. Mark Chapman single handedly won this match for his team he played brilliant innings of 87 runs on just 42 balls. Pakistan team missed two chances of chapman wicket which causes their defeat. Pakistan bowlers failed to break 3rd wicket partnership of 117 runs between Dean foxcroft and mark Chapman which put huge pressure on them pak two main bowlers Shaheen and naseem economy to much high they could not stop score and the pressure increased on them also Muhammed Amir was not played today

In the first few overs Pakistan was playing amazing but later when Babar Azam and Saim Ayub lost their wickets then there was still hope that Rizwan and Pakistan’s middle order, they could take the match but i was wrong because he (Muhammad Rizwan) got an injury and it was very hard to be stable the game from that situation especially from young players. As there was present Irfan Khan and Usman Khan but they didn't play as per the expectations.

By the way, in today’s match once again Usman Khan failed to play and made only 5 runs. I don’t know why I think that Usman Khan made a mistake after leaving the UAE contract, I think he could be like Haider Ali.

[Publictalk792]

Pakistan set target of 179 runs but New Zealand easily achieved it. Mark Chapman was amazing who made 87 runs. Shadab Khan played well for Pakistan with 41 runs but Muhammad Rizwan slow batting and injury hurt their chances for winning. Pakistan bowlers had tough time with Shaheen Shah and Naseem Shah giving away many runs. They also missed Muhammad Amir. Pakistan had two chances to get Chapman out but didn't take them and big partnership between Dean Foxcroft and Chapman put Pakistan under lot of pressure. At the end Pakistan mistakes in bowling and fielding led to their loss. They need to improve their strategy and work together better to win next match.

Pakistan just lost the match because they didn't get the main wicket. I am talking about Chapman. There are some fielding mistakes too. Pakistan needs to focus on it. By the way I missed Muhammad Amir so much. He has the ability to slow the score with his aggressive bowling and he could get the important wickets but unfortunately he didn't play in yesterday match.  Pakistan should learn from their mistakes if they want to win this series. There are two matches left and Pakistan needs to win these two matches if they want to win the series but there are 70% chances that this series will be tied.

[AirtelBuzz]

Pakistan/New Zealand 3rd T20I

New Zealand after winning the toss decided to bowl first. Pakistan have given a target of 179 runs. Shadab khan was top scorer with 41 runs on 20 balls.
Usman Khan who is playing his second T20I and gave away UAE contract is struggling so far in this series. He scored 7 runs in his first T20I and today he got out for just 4 runs. He badly need to score runs in upcoming two T20I otherwise he might not able to continue playing for Pakistan team.
178 is not a huge target and NZ have good opportunity to level this series.

Yes the New Zealand team has already leveled the series by winning the third T20 match. One of the reasons for Pakistan's defeat in the third T20 was their poor bowling performance. In the second T20 match, Pakistan's bowlers, especially the fast bowlers, bowled the best but in the third T20 match, the fast bowlers scored the most runs per over. Despite New Zealand's batsmen being inexperienced in the third T20I, they beat Pakistan by seven wickets to level the series already. Chapman has the biggest role in this expected victory of the New Zealand team. Chapman's unbeaten innings of 87 runs off 42 balls helped his team win easily.

[noormcs5]

But, New Zealand second sting side chased 178 runs with the lost of 3 wickets and nearly 10 balls were remaining this is surely huge setback for the Pakistani side which was playing with their full force into this game while their batting is still concern for them because they are not able to perform as they needed to compete with top teams in coming world cup.

Mark Chapman done impressive batting in these conditions while he was facing few world's best white ball bowlers but still he was enjoying and hitting all around the ground which is showing how impressive he is and this could be good for him as we are heading for the T20I World Cup now hopefully we will have some good performance from the Pakistan in coming matches as they are looking for the recovery.

I think we should give credit to the New Zealand team for this win. No one expected them to show this performance as we thought that since they did not have the main players, they were the underdog team and may not find it easy to win against the strong Pakistan team but they proved everyone wrong.

178 runs was not a small total and when you know that the opponent has bowlers like the name of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan you do not reckon your chances of winning. But New Zealand batsmen chased it against all odds. I cannot forget the innings of Mark Chapman who scored 87 runs in only 42 balls and Pakistan bowlers looked helpless against him.

Stunning Chapman onslaught helps New Zealand make it 1-1

[WatChe]

Yes the New Zealand team has already leveled the series by winning the third T20 match. One of the reasons for Pakistan's defeat in the third T20 was their poor bowling performance. In the second T20 match, Pakistan's bowlers, especially the fast bowlers, bowled the best but in the third T20 match, the fast bowlers scored the most runs per over. Despite New Zealand's batsmen being inexperienced in the third T20I, they beat Pakistan by seven wickets to level the series already. Chapman has the biggest role in this expected victory of the New Zealand team. Chapman's unbeaten innings of 87 runs off 42 balls helped his team win easily.

The dilemma with Pakistan team in T20I is Rizwan and Babar Azam. They both take too many balls to score runs and result is low target. In yesterday match, Rizwan scored 22 runs and played 21 balls for that while Babar Azam scored 37 runs on 29 balls. It's good performance from New Zealand bowlers to stop Pakistan from scoring 200 runs. Mark Chapman is always good against Pakistan and his 87 runs innings last night is the match winning innings.

[synchronym]

The New Zealand team won the toss and decided to bowl first, although the New Zealand bowlers did not perform very well. But in the end, due to a little controlled bowling by the New Zealand bowlers, Pakistan collected 178 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Pakistan's target of 179 runs was batted brilliantly by New Zealand's young batsmen due to the responsible batting of New Zealand's young batsmen, they did not have much trouble in winning against Pakistan. In the second T20 match we saw the batting failure of the young New Zealand batsmen but in the third T20 match the New Zealand batsmen turned around brilliantly and won against Pakistan. Mark Chapman batted brilliantly and remained unbeaten on 87 runs off 42 balls.