T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Swordsoffreedom]

Though West Indies collected low score but the match was almost in their control at the last stage. On behalf of the South Africa Kagiso Rabada was the most important to swing the match in their favor. He badly needed a boundary at that moment and he confirmed. If West Indies could have taken Marco Jansen wicket an over earlier they would have had some hope in the match. On the other Tabraiz Shamsi's brilliant bowling performance gave hope to the whole team as he picked up 3 crucial wickets as the West Indies team weakened otherwise they could have scored 170-180 on this pitch. And had the score been at this level, South Africa's chances of winning the match would have been greatly reduced.

Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase batted very well today. I thought West Indies would probably collect 160-170 today. But the innings of West Indies stopped today at 135 runs. West Indies team managed to collect 135 runs after losing 8 wickets.

West Indies team collected 63 runs at the end of 8 overs. But after that the West Indies batsmen's batting was very slow. Kyle Mayers scored 35 runs and Roston Chase scored 52 runs off 42 balls. The West Indies team managed to collect 81 runs from this pair. Even then West Indies failed to collect big. Set a target of 136 runs, South Africa were hard to beat.

South Africa was not dependent on any particular batsman. Marakram, Stubbs, Klaasen and Janes collected 18, 29, 22 and 21 runs respectively. The West Indies batsmen would have been able to win the match if they could have collected 15-20 more runs on the scoreboard.

[3kpk3]

Go South Africa! I was so happy and ecstatic when they got across the line at the last minute as usual. West Indies would probably post an even smaller target had the South African fielding been better(Dropped catches, misfielding etc).

Credit to WI for pushing this one down to the wire, but the two men who collided at the boundary(Rabada and Jansen) finished things off in style. 1 semifinal spot remaining.

[Farhan99]

Though West Indies collected low score but the match was almost in their control at the last stage. On behalf of the South Africa Kagiso Rabada was the most important to swing the match in their favor. He badly needed a boundary at that moment and he confirmed. If West Indies could have taken Marco Jansen wicket an over earlier they would have had some hope in the match. On the other Tabraiz Shamsi's brilliant bowling performance gave hope to the whole team as he picked up 3 crucial wickets as the West Indies team weakened otherwise they could have scored 170-180 on this pitch. And had the score been at this level, South Africa's chances of winning the match would have been greatly reduced.

Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase batted very well today. I thought West Indies would probably collect 160-170 today. But the innings of West Indies stopped today at 135 runs. West Indies team managed to collect 135 runs after losing 8 wickets.

West Indies team collected 63 runs at the end of 8 overs. But after that the West Indies batsmen's batting was very slow. Kyle Mayers scored 35 runs and Roston Chase scored 52 runs off 42 balls. The West Indies team managed to collect 81 runs from this pair. Even then West Indies failed to collect big. Set a target of 136 runs, South Africa were hard to beat.

Yeah I'm watching game where south Africa needs 36 runs from last 5 over of the match and south Africa has 6 wickets in hand but credit to west indies bowlers who take the match to an interesting one in last over. Now South Africa and England both best teams of Group B qualify for the Semis of the world cup. I think South Africa qualify for the semi final after the 2014 World Cup. South Africa team successfully chased the target and beat west Indies in do and die game by 3 wickets. South Africa tail ender M. Jansen and K. Rabada get team to the winning track after lossing quick wickets. South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi played an important role of this game winning. Roston Chase scored 52 runs on just 42 balls which helped West Indies team to post a compatible total on this ground. South Africa has 1st position in group 2 after winning all his team with 6 points and will play semi final against Afghanistan or Australia which team qualifies for the semi's.

[noormcs5]

Ayy SA makes it to the semis, Rabada's four was such a clutch. I'm glad rain didn't wash-out match completely.

This is a big disappointment for the West Indies team as they not only lost this match but also lost the chance to move to the semi-finals of this world cup. We could see the sad faces not only in the team but also in the crowd as 90% of the crowd was from West Indies and they came to see their team through to the final.

Once again this match was a low score and again it was a thriller. South Africa is the only team that remain unbeaten in this tournament. What’s more exciting is that they are the only ones who won a lot of close matches and didn’t panic in the end or take the match pressure. Will they continue this form in the semi-finals and the finals ? That’s the big question.

[Tony116]

The match between West Indies vs South Africa will be held shortly. This match is very much for both the teams. Important Although South Africa won the first two matches, South Africa team will not be able to qualify for the next round if they do not win today's match. If West Indies win this match, West Indies, South Africa and England will be equal in points, but West Indies team will be ahead in NRR. So South Africa need to win if they want to qualify for the next round.

South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Although the South African batsmen have performed well in the past IPL, the performance of the South African batsmen in the World Cup matches is very erratic. South Africa have won the previous matches only because of their excellent controlled bowling. I am looking forward to see if the South African bowlers can do well against the West Indies T20 specialist batsmen today.

South African bowlers are able to bowl very well today as in previous matches. Also the pitch is not batting friendly. If the bowlers bowl well, it will be difficult for the West Indies team to collect even 140 runs. But if West Indies batsmen can collect 160+ on this pitch then their chances of victory are very high.

In the first two overs, West Indies lost the wickets of two important batsmen in their squad, Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran. West Indies collected only 10 runs in 2 overs. If Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase do not bat well, West Indies will not be able to collect big in this match.

Though West Indies collected low score but the match was almost in their control at the last stage. On behalf of the South Africa Kagiso Rabada was the most important to swing the match in their favor. He badly needed a boundary at that moment and he confirmed. If West Indies could have taken Marco Jansen wicket an over earlier they would have had some hope in the match. On the other Tabraiz Shamsi's brilliant bowling performance gave hope to the whole team as he picked up 3 crucial wickets as the West Indies team weakened otherwise they could have scored 170-180 on this pitch. And had the score been at this level, South Africa's chances of winning the match would have been greatly reduced.

To be honest, I am very disappointed with the performance of the West Indies batsmen. The team lost two wickets very quickly. But even then West Indies collected 81 runs from 65 balls from the duo of Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers. These two batsmen batted very well. But no middle order batsman can bat well. Even if Powell and Rutherford batted a bit better, the West Indies team could have collected more than 150. West Indies could not even collect 20 runs in the last 3 overs.

The performance of South African batsmen is very erratic. And even today the South African batsmen did not do well. But since the target was very small, South Africa managed to win the match till the end.

[lixer]

Ayy SA makes it to the semis, Rabada's four was such a clutch. I'm glad rain didn't wash-out match completely.

This is a big disappointment for the West Indies team as they not only lost this match but also lost the chance to move to the semi-finals of this world cup. We could see the sad faces not only in the team but also in the crowd as 90% of the crowd was from West Indies and they came to see their team through to the final.

Once again this match was a low score and again it was a thriller. South Africa is the only team that remain unbeaten in this tournament. What’s more exciting is that they are the only ones who won a lot of close matches and didn’t panic in the end or take the match pressure. Will they continue this form in the semi-finals and the finals ? That’s the big question.

There is no doubt, this is big disappointment for the West Indies but things are still favourable for them in this format because they are having few players which can turn the tables, but they needed to work on this all because now time is running out for them and if they are fail to keep things at the top level then surely they will be completely down and out of this game in this important game we have South Africa well-prepared which give themselves good chance of win and having spot into last four.

With all big names fail for West Indies Andre Russel run-out was key for them to lose this game but still we need to accept they are one of the best in this format and have ability to give good entertainment cricket which is the best thing from Caribbean kings now we have just one spot left with Australia or Afghanistan who is going to join top three for the last spot it's interesting because if we have rain then Afghanistan having good chance but in case of full match this could be interesting match.

[LDL]

Nicholas Pooran takes absolute beauty to dismiss Klassen. Still match seems to be in SA's favor though, if Windies takes out Miller as well then they gets a better chance.

Feels like SA gonna play very conservative from now on, and may choke.

West Indies' score of 135 was not competitive at all, so no matter how tough the bowling action in this match, it is impossible to keep a team like South Africa under control. Had Klaasen and Marco Jansen got West Indies out early, the match could have changed dramatically towards the end. But Klaassen's 10-ball 22 turned the momentum of the match and Jenson's fourteen-ball 21 towards the end was crucial for South Africa to win.

[dezoel]

Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase batted very well today. I thought West Indies would probably collect 160-170 today. But the innings of West Indies stopped today at 135 runs. West Indies team managed to collect 135 runs after losing 8 wickets.

West Indies team collected 63 runs at the end of 8 overs. But after that the West Indies batsmen's batting was very slow. Kyle Mayers scored 35 runs and Roston Chase scored 52 runs off 42 balls. The West Indies team managed to collect 81 runs from this pair. Even then West Indies failed to collect big. Set a target of 136 runs, South Africa were hard to beat.

South Africa was not dependent on any particular batsman. Marakram, Stubbs, Klaasen and Janes collected 18, 29, 22 and 21 runs respectively. The West Indies batsmen would have been able to win the match if they could have collected 15-20 more runs on the scoreboard.

In today important game when we have two important batsmen from the West Indies gone back to pavilion in just first seven balls things were completely out of the way for them but still we have good resistance from the Mayers and Roston Chase as both done good job and bring their team at the good score because I was not expecting anything like this with four batsmen gone back on figures of 0 1 1 0 South Africa done good work and having all weapons ready before this important game which helps them for having this win.

While chasing this modest score we have good bowling from the West Indies but South African having good batting depth which helps them for having this important win with Russel run out give another setback to West Indies in this lost because he can be done good job in this situation and 15 to 20 more runs could be crucial for them as well.

[LDL]

Ayy SA makes it to the semis, Rabada's four was such a clutch. I'm glad rain didn't wash-out match completely.

South Africa qualified to semi final & England also semi final.

But out of the four teams of India, Australia, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, two teams will qualify but so far it is not confirmed which two teams will qualify. India have hundet percent chance to qualify for semi-final but if Australia lose today's match then there is no guarantee to qualify then must depend on NRR. If Afghanistan wins against Bangladesh, Afghanistan will qualify for the semi-finals without any tie. On the other hand, if Australia wins today's match, there will be a high chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. However, only cricket experts can analyze the potential of Bangladesh, but if NRR beats Afghanistan by a huge margin in the match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Bangladesh may also have potential.

[N.O]

Afghanistan team has already won this match very well. When Afghanistan cricket team batted first and scored only 148 runs, I thought today maybe Afghanistan will lose this match to Australia because they scored less runs.

Even then, the Australian team was blocked by the bowlers of the Afghanistan team. In today's match every player of Afghanistan team bowled well they gave their best performance. Nabinul Haque was aggressive from the beginning in today's match, he picked up the first three wickets. Basically he initiated the breakdown of Australia's batting line-up. Since then he has been the Australian cricket team losing wickets at regular intervals and despite a low scoring match in which they lost to Afghanistan by 21 runs in the last minute.

Afghanistan team showed a big surprise. Afghanistan team lost the last two matches against West Indies and India by big margins. Afghanistan were defeated by 47 runs against India and 104 runs against West Indies. But Afghanistan made a great comeback today. Afghanistan team defeated a giant team like Australia by 21 runs.

The pitch was not batting friendly. And this is the reason why Afghanistan team was able to win this match. Afghanistan set a small target of 149 runs. Afghanistan won the match very easily due to the controlled bowling of the bowlers. No other batsman can bat better than Maxwell in Australian squad. Maxwell scored 59 runs.
Gulabdeen naib and Naveen Ul Haque both contributed 20 runs in 4 overs. And took 4 and 3 wickets respectively.

Yes, Afghanistan team is very talented and their cricket style is also very unique. Australia is a powerful team and played games with amazing effort in world cup tournament and in this game they surprisd all cricket fans by Defeating Australia team . Australia chased down only 127 runs and lost the match. Afghanistan playing amazing with 148 runs target and looking at their performance. Afghanistan have been outstanding and they continue to play exceptionally well in every match. I hope Australia they well play better in the next match.  Gulbadin naib is powerful performance for Afghanistan. Afghanistan won by 21 runs. Australia won the toss. Their performance was exceptionally showing their skills and talent on the field. Australia elected to batting first. The 48th match between Australia and Afghanistan played at arnos Vale ground stadium. Rahmanullah gurbaz is my favorite teams member in this game. Rahmanullah gurbaz playing amazing. The best batting performance in the Afghanistan man team was by rahmanullah gurbaz scored 60 runs and 49 balls hitting 4 fours and 4 sixs. They showed excellent teamwork and skill on the field.

[Unknown Op]

Though West Indies collected low score but the match was almost in their control at the last stage. On behalf of the South Africa Kagiso Rabada was the most important to swing the match in their favor. He badly needed a boundary at that moment and he confirmed. If West Indies could have taken Marco Jansen wicket an over earlier they would have had some hope in the match. On the other Tabraiz Shamsi's brilliant bowling performance gave hope to the whole team as he picked up 3 crucial wickets as the West Indies team weakened otherwise they could have scored 170-180 on this pitch. And had the score been at this level, South Africa's chances of winning the match would have been greatly reduced.

Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase batted very well today. I thought West Indies would probably collect 160-170 today. But the innings of West Indies stopped today at 135 runs. West Indies team managed to collect 135 runs after losing 8 wickets.

West Indies team collected 63 runs at the end of 8 overs. But after that the West Indies batsmen's batting was very slow. Kyle Mayers scored 35 runs and Roston Chase scored 52 runs off 42 balls. The West Indies team managed to collect 81 runs from this pair. Even then West Indies failed to collect big. Set a target of 136 runs, South Africa were hard to beat.

Yeah I'm watching game where south Africa needs 36 runs from last 5 over of the match and south Africa has 6 wickets in hand but credit to west indies bowlers who take the match to an interesting one in last over. Now South Africa and England both best teams of Group B qualify for the Semis of the world cup. I think South Africa qualify for the semi final after the 2014 World Cup. South Africa team successfully chased the target and beat west Indies in do and die game by 3 wickets. South Africa tail ender M. Jansen and K. Rabada get team to the winning track after lossing quick wickets. South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi played an important role of this game winning. Roston Chase scored 52 runs on just 42 balls which helped West Indies team to post a compatible total on this ground. South Africa has 1st position in group 2 after winning all his team with 6 points and will play semi final against Afghanistan or Australia which team qualifies for the semi's.

This was second lost of West indies sqaud in Super Eight round competition and their sqaud played total 3 matches and in these matches West indies sqaud lost 2 match and win just one match. But South Africa squad continue win matches with unbelievable performance and beated every squad in this group. England sqaud successfully qualified for semi final match congratulations England squad and one more match behind for play hope their squad will defeat and reach on final match. In today match South Africa against West indies sqaud,  West indies sqaud do many mistakes in batting Inning and West indies sqaud has begun this match first with batting inning by losing toss task. Because of DLS Method, South Africa sqaud emerged victorious by achieving defeating target and overs reduce to 17 and South Africa squad has completed with 5 deliveries. Tabraiz Shamsi bowlers picked up 3 wickets of main batter of west indies sqaud he was the main reason for winning this game.

[noormcs5]

Nicholas Pooran takes absolute beauty to dismiss Klassen. Still match seems to be in SA's favor though, if Windies takes out Miller as well then they gets a better chance.

Feels like SA gonna play very conservative from now on, and may choke.

West Indies' score of 135 was not competitive at all, so no matter how tough the bowling action in this match, it is impossible to keep a team like South Africa under control. Had Klaasen and Marco Jansen got West Indies out early, the match could have changed dramatically towards the end. But Klaassen's 10-ball 22 turned the momentum of the match and Jenson's fourteen-ball 21 towards the end was crucial for South Africa to win.

Hard luck for the team of West Indies, they were not able to play the Semi final but their team is still strong and the good thing is they qualified for the 2026 World Cup and don’t have to play qualifier rounds. That is good for them. They won all their matches in ground stages but in Super 8s, they won just a single match out of three. Bad luck for them but I hope for good the next time and have to improve themselves more to do good in the next World Cup.



A lot of memories remain for the West Indies from this World Cup and this World Cup was special for them as they are the Co-Hosts and it they had reached the final, it would have been a historic for them.

[justdimin]

Afghanistan team is very talented and their cricket style is also very unique. Australia is a powerful team and played games with amazing effort in world cup tournament and in this game they surprisd all cricket fans by Defeating Australia team . Australia chased down only 127 runs and lost the match. Afghanistan playing amazing with 148 runs target and looking at their performance. Afghanistan have been outstanding and they continue to play exceptionally well in every match. I hope Australia they well play better in the next match.  Gulbadin naib is powerful performance for Afghanistan. Afghanistan won by 21 runs. Australia won the toss. Their performance was exceptionally showing their skills and talent on the field. Australia elected to batting first. The 48th match between Australia and Afghanistan played at arnos Vale ground stadium. Rahmanullah gurbaz is my favorite teams member in this game. Rahmanullah gurbaz playing amazing. The best batting performance in the Afghanistan man team was by rahmanullah gurbaz scored 60 runs and 49 balls hitting 4 fours and 4 sixs. They showed excellent teamwork and skill on the field.

In last few years, we are seeing great development in Afghanistan team with the biggest fact is they can't play games at home, but they are bringing the best spinners and now batsmen who are giving their best, these altogether giving them good factor in this world cup; we are seeing most wicket taker bowler and most runs taker where both are by the Afghani players which is huge success for them, and they need to keep more improved in coming years because now things are going good for them in this format which is surely future of this game as well.

Now they are having good chance for qualifying into last four which could be historic moment if they are able to go through in last game against Australia, we have impressive fast bowling from them which might be another reason why I am going to place my bet on them for the winner of this edition of T20 world cup.

[JSRAW]

Rohit cunting 2 Aussie bowlers but rain interrupted all fun and now he'll lose the momentum and end up throwing his wicket.

I hope not but it does happen to batter when there is some unwanted break. Still, Glorious 41 runs inning so far from hitman with 5 6s, including one 100 m six.

[GigaBit]

Nicholas Pooran takes absolute beauty to dismiss Klassen. Still match seems to be in SA's favor though, if Windies takes out Miller as well then they gets a better chance.

Feels like SA gonna play very conservative from now on, and may choke.

West Indies' score of 135 was not competitive at all, so no matter how tough the bowling action in this match, it is impossible to keep a team like South Africa under control. Had Klaasen and Marco Jansen got West Indies out early, the match could have changed dramatically towards the end. But Klaassen's 10-ball 22 turned the momentum of the match and Jenson's fourteen-ball 21 towards the end was crucial for South Africa to win.

Hard luck for the team of West Indies, they were not able to play the Semi final but their team is still strong and the good thing is they qualified for the 2026 World Cup and don’t have to play qualifier rounds. That is good for them. They won all their matches in ground stages but in Super 8s, they won just a single match out of three. Bad luck for them but I hope for good the next time and have to improve themselves more to do good in the next World Cup.



A lot of memories remain for the West Indies from this World Cup and this World Cup was special for them as they are the Co-Hosts and it they had reached the final, it would have been a historic for them.

If fate does not favor, then there is nothing to do. The West Indies team did well this season but they did not do well in the end due to which they could not dream of going to the final at their venue. But their performance has to be appreciated. Last year India hosted ODI World Cup at their own venue but despite their good performance they did not win the last match. Today the West Indies team also came out of that dream. Such a scenario often happens in cricket. West Indies team has recovered from the distant position they were in a few days ago. They will definitely have a dominance 2026 World Cup.

[fullhdpixel]

Rohit cunting 2 Aussie bowlers but rain interrupted all fun and now he'll lose the momentum and end up throwing his wicket.

I hope not but it does happen to batter when there is some unwanted break. Still, Glorious 41 runs inning so far from hitman with 5 6s, including one 100 m six.

I am delighted by the counter attacking strategy of the Indian team specially hitman doing right job with things are under control, and now I can feel Australia is out of the world cup with this Indian performance because on this pitch chasing 200+ is never been ideal situation specially while you are going to face few top class spinning bowling.

Having total of 114 at the end of the 10 overs with 89 by Rohit Sharma is telling all story of this inning and match with Starc and company is feeling not comfortable espn win probability already showing India is 95% winner which is looking perfect for me with current level performance from the batsmen.

[JSRAW]

Rohit cunting 2 Aussie bowlers but rain interrupted all fun and now he'll lose the momentum and end up throwing his wicket.

I hope not but it does happen to batter when there is some unwanted break. Still, Glorious 41 runs inning so far from hitman with 5 6s, including one 100 m six.

I am delighted by the counter attacking strategy of the Indian team specially hitman doing right job with things are under control, and now I can feel Australia is out of the world cup with this Indian performance because on this pitch chasing 200+ is never been ideal situation specially while you are going to face few top class spinning bowling.

Having total of 114 at the end of the 10 overs with 89 by Rohit Sharma is telling all story of this inning and match with Starc and company is feeling not comfortable espn win probability already showing India is 95% winner which is looking perfect for me with current level performance from the batsmen.

Rumors are floating around from reliable BCCI sources that Rohit ate dozens of Vada Pav during the rain break, which resulted in some gas problems and a major reason his SR went through the roof.

I won't count Aussie out, just yet. Not sure if a pitch is too good to bat or if it was just Rohit's masterclass. Aussie also got enough power in their batting lineup so expecting some fightback.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Rohit cunting 2 Aussie bowlers but rain interrupted all fun and now he'll lose the momentum and end up throwing his wicket.

I hope not but it does happen to batter when there is some unwanted break. Still, Glorious 41 runs inning so far from hitman with 5 6s, including one 100 m six.

Due to Rohit's stormy batting, the Indian team is now in a very good position. Rohit Sharma returned to the dressing room after collecting 92 runs from just 41 balls. At the end of 14 overs, the Indian team collected 154 runs and lost only 3 wickets. India team is collecting more than 12 runs per over. India will collect at least 210 runs today. We were sure that India would collect big on a batting friendly pitch. And from the Indian batsmen we can see the expected performance.

I expected a better performance from Mitchell Starc. But even in today's match, Starc is not doing well. Also veteran bowlers like Pat Cummins are not doing well today. Pat Cummins gave away 28 runs in 2 overs.

[Bitcoin_people]

In today's match, the Australian team is facing against India, the Indian team is batting in the 1st innings. Indian team is batting great at the moment especially Rohit Sharma has shown great batting performance. Rohit Sharma scored 92 runs off 41 balls, his batting performance was very good unfortunately he was not able to score a century. However, in today's match if Australia team can't put up a good bowling line-up against India then India is definitely likely to score 220+ runs. And if Australia loses today's match against India, then there will be no possibility of going to the semi-final match, so Australia will have to play well to win.

[noormcs5]

Due to Rohit's stormy batting, the Indian team is now in a very good position. Rohit Sharma returned to the dressing room after collecting 92 runs from just 41 balls. At the end of 14 overs, the Indian team collected 154 runs and lost only 3 wickets. India team is collecting more than 12 runs per over. India will collect at least 210 runs today. We were sure that India would collect big on a batting friendly pitch. And from the Indian batsmen we can see the expected performance.

Rohit Sharma was on fire today. He is hitting back to back sixes and fours all along the ground but I think it could be hard for the Australian team because now they made such a good score and took a good advantage now. Rohit Sharma has to focused on making partnerships which he did well.  Just imagine, if he is not out at this time, then the other team can do nothing but if he will make partnerships with Rishabh Pant and also allow him to play then if Rohit will out then no problem because he already made 90+ runs in the game in very good way and India will make more runs with other players too.