T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Out of mind]

We are waiting for the T20 World Cup semi-final match between South Africa vs Afghanistan, which team will enter the final. Anyway, I think both the batting and bowling of South Africa and Afghanistan are very strong in this match. The players of both the teams are in good form and I think South Africa will enter the final from the semi-final as favourites. Because South Africa has a good enough batting and bowling line which is slightly stronger than Afghanistan. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan will definitely try hard to win his team, while South Africa captain Aiden Markram will definitely try to play a lot better in this match to enter the final. All in all, we are still not sure which team will make it to the finals, but South Africa is more likely to win as per the betting odds.

[Bitcoin Smith]

We are waiting for the T20 World Cup semi-final match between South Africa vs Afghanistan, which team will enter the final. Anyway, I think both the batting and bowling of South Africa and Afghanistan are very strong in this match.

AFG is going with the momentum but their batting order is just depend on their openers, and if they departed soon then it is going to be difficult for AFG to score 110 or 120, their bowling is top form so anything above 140 can be challenging so the only question is AFG can post a total around 140 to 150 then their bowling can do the remaining.

Despite of the result they already passed their expectation so it's nothing to lose from their point of view and RSA also won't get better opportunity to break their jinx that has been stuck with them since 1991.

[Sithara007]

We just witness one of the unbelieve match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The loss of Bangladesh was also a loss for Australia as with this result the Australia were out of the competition, something which many wouldn’t expected when the World Cup was started.

Afghanistan team did not make a big score, only 115 runs, and they needed excellent bowling performance to restrict Bangladesh and how well they managed it.  Naveen-ul-Haq, who was the player of the match also, took 4 wickets for 26 runs. He was the inspiration for other bowlers. Rashid Khan also took 4 wickets and he was the captain too. I wonder why he was not selected as the man of the match.

Nevertheless, Afghanistan are in the Semi finals now and now they have an opportunity to move into the finals. They should not miss this chance and make the best out of it.

Afghan players are very popular in IPL. Not just Naveen ul Haq and Rashid Khan, but also other players such as Noor Ahmad Lakanwal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi are also regular inclusions in various IPL squads. And the IPL experience has definitely helped them in international T20 matches. On the other hand, I would say that one of the reasons why Pakistani players have performed poorly is because of their absence from the IPL.

[Nalain420]

ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2024 - Super Eight - Match Bangladesh vs Afghanistan. India was given very special opportunity to defeat Australia. Bangladesh have a chance to go semi-final Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first. Afgan team mange 115 runs of 20 over.Rahmanullah Gurbaz played very good innings he made  43 runs off 55 balls. Bangladeshi new rising star Rishad Hossain takes three wickets. Bangladesh gets target to go semi-final 116 runs in 12.1 balls. Bangladesh lost three wickets in powerplay. Bangladesh batters did not try to go to the semi-final they just played to win. but they did not save the match. Bangladesh all out just 105 (17.5 overs).

In which it is clearly seen that Afghanistan is a much strong team than Bangladesh.  And I have said before that Afghanistan has decide to improve itself.  And Bangladesh is a weak team.  Afghanistan will easily win the match with this.  Yes I used to explain at that time that Australia will win the match but India won the match by working hard and struggle.  But Afghanistan will never give this opportunity to Bangladesh.  And it happen that Afghanistan had not given such a big target.  But the way their bowler bowled it was clear that Afghanistan will win this match.  If all the Bangladesh batsmen were not out Afghanistan would have lost this match.  By the way Bangladesh also bowled well but the batsmen could not perform well and will lose the match.

[noormcs5]

We are waiting for the T20 World Cup semi-final match between South Africa vs Afghanistan, which team will enter the final. Anyway, I think both the batting and bowling of South Africa and Afghanistan are very strong in this match.

The style of celebration, when the Afghanistan team reached the Semi-Final of this World Cup for the first time, then the way to celebrate was unbelievable. I think just imagine if they will qualify for the final match then how they will celebrate it.



After winning the match against Australia, and New Zealand all the streets of Afghanistan were blocked and all the people of Afghanistan celebrated it. But this time they will face South Africa and I think it will be hard for them to give them a loss but if they lose even then it will be a big achievement for them to reach the semi final stage of the WC. The people of Afghanistan are very happy with their team's performance.

[Sithara007]

After winning the match against Australia, and New Zealand all the streets of Afghanistan were blocked and all the people of Afghanistan celebrated it. But this time they will face South Africa and I think it will be hard for them to give them a loss but if they lose even then it will be a big achievement for them to reach the semi final stage of the WC. The people of Afghanistan are very happy with their team's performance.

Cricket is a tricky topic in Afghanistan. It is mostly followed by the majority Pashtun population, who comprises around 40% of the Afghan demography. They mostly live in Eastern and Southern parts of Afghanistan. On the other hand, ethnic minorities such as Tadzhiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras, Pashayis and Turkmens usually prefer football instead of cricket. Even in the national team, almost all of the players are Pashtuns. Still, I hope that the celebrations are being held all across Afghanistan and not just in Southern and Eastern parts.

[DarkState]

The style of celebration, when the Afghanistan team reached the Semi-Final of this World Cup for the first time, then the way to celebrate was unbelievable. I think just imagine if they will qualify for the final match then how they will celebrate it.

After winning the match against Australia, and New Zealand all the streets of Afghanistan were blocked and all the people of Afghanistan celebrated it. But this time they will face South Africa and I think it will be hard for them to give them a loss but if they lose even then it will be a big achievement for them to reach the semi final stage of the WC. The people of Afghanistan are very happy with their team's performance.

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

[Sithara007]

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

In one of my posts I mentioned about this. Afghanistan received the test status just 5 years ago. But in this short timeframe, they have shown tremendous growth. On the other hand Bangladesh remains where they were 25 years ago. Ireland also received the test status along with Afghanistan in 2019. But in their case the growth has been in downward direction. And also, we need to remember that ICC has frozen most of the funds earmarked to Afghanistan, giving the excuse of Taliban takeover.

[MAKInsaf]

The style of celebration, when the Afghanistan team reached the Semi-Final of this World Cup for the first time, then the way to celebrate was unbelievable. I think just imagine if they will qualify for the final match then how they will celebrate it.

After winning the match against Australia, and New Zealand all the streets of Afghanistan were blocked and all the people of Afghanistan celebrated it. But this time they will face South Africa and I think it will be hard for them to give them a loss but if they lose even then it will be a big achievement for them to reach the semi final stage of the WC. The people of Afghanistan are very happy with their team's performance.

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

I can't say how much Afghanistan team is demanding to play semi-final but Afghanistan batsmen didn't bat that well against Bangladesh only 115 runs were not enough for opponent's target I would say Afghanistan won that match by counting luck. If Bangladesh's batsmen could have played responsibly, Bangladesh would have qualified for the semi-finals, but Bangladesh could not do so due to batting failure. And just after that Afghanistan vs South Africa will face each other basically whichever team wins will qualify for the finals for the first time but I think if South Africa's batting line up is good it can give your place a big target. South Africa will have a chance to win. On the other hand, Afghanistan's batsmen and bowlers will not want to miss this opportunity to play the final in the T20 World Cup for the first time. This match will surely be a very exciting match.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

In one of my posts I mentioned about this. Afghanistan received the test status just 5 years ago. But in this short timeframe, they have shown tremendous growth. On the other hand Bangladesh remains where they were 25 years ago. Ireland also received the test status along with Afghanistan in 2019. But in their case the growth has been in downward direction. And also, we need to remember that ICC has frozen most of the funds earmarked to Afghanistan, giving the excuse of Taliban takeover.

The Afghanistan team has improved very quickly. On the other hand, we don't see any improvement in recent times from teams like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The West Indies team was very experienced in the T20 format. But the performance of West Indies in this World Cup was not good either. On the other hand, Afghanistan team fought hard to win every match. They were confident. This is why the semi-final qualified.

Afghanistan players are hardworking. Even 3/4 years ago Afghanistan team was not so strong in T20 format. Afghanistan was a very weak team. But now almost all franchise leagues in the world have Afghan players performing regularly. doing This is one of the reasons why Afghanistan have improved so quickly in the T20 format. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Afghanistan beat South Africa and qualify for the finals. Afghanistan has this capability. Moreover, South Africa's performance is not too strong.

[MAKInsaf]

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

In one of my posts I mentioned about this. Afghanistan received the test status just 5 years ago. But in this short timeframe, they have shown tremendous growth. On the other hand Bangladesh remains where they were 25 years ago. Ireland also received the test status along with Afghanistan in 2019. But in their case the growth has been in downward direction. And also, we need to remember that ICC has frozen most of the funds earmarked to Afghanistan, giving the excuse of Taliban takeover.

The Afghanistan team has improved very quickly. On the other hand, we don't see any improvement in recent times from teams like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The West Indies team was very experienced in the T20 format. But the performance of West Indies in this World Cup was not good either. On the other hand, Afghanistan team fought hard to win every match. They were confident. This is why the semi-final qualified.

Afghanistan players are hardworking. Even 3/4 years ago Afghanistan team was not so strong in T20 format. Afghanistan was a very weak team. But now almost all franchise leagues in the world have Afghan players performing regularly. doing This is one of the reasons why Afghanistan have improved so quickly in the T20 format. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Afghanistan beat South Africa and qualify for the finals. Afghanistan has this capability. Moreover, South Africa's performance is not too strong.

Many experienced teams could not make it to the top eight in the 2024 T20 World Cup. For the first time, Afghanistan has qualified for the T20 World Cup semi-final. Afghanistan wants to win the match against South Africa. Of course, Afghanistan must bat well. If they don't bat well, it will be very difficult to win against South Africa. On the other hand, if South Africa want to beat Afghanistan and qualify for the final, they must perform responsibly and this is an opportunity South Africa batsmen and bowlers will not want to lose, they will try your best to qualify for the final. But I will support Afghanistan in South Africa and wish Afghanistan to do well against South Africa and win and qualify for the final.

[ZAINmalik75]

South Africa will play against Afghanistan in the semi-finals, but I would warn them not to take the Afghans lightly. Australia learnt it the hard way. The match will take place at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, and we can expect the pitch to be slightly more supportive towards batting when compared to the other venues so far in this tournament. BTW, the big clash is going to be the second semi-final between India and England. India will be the overwhelming favorites, as England really struggled to qualify in group stage.

Yeh it's true Australian were really confident and really taking thier opponent very lightly because they have won consecutive few ICC events in few year and easily smashing each and every difficult opponent but I think Afghanistan really give them a hard lesson, if we look at Australian captain statement right before world he were really confident and staying that semifinals or finalist will be Australia and doesn't matter who will be opponent and I think that things really damage them. Anyway Afghanistan were really improved team now and may be possibly they smashed their opponent south Africa in semifinals if thier opener scored 100+ partnership while bat first or took handsome number of wickets in early overs while ball first. So my view is that may be we will have Afghanistan vs England final.

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The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

And I will not be surprised if Afghanistan goes to the semi-final or the final. Because Afghanistan is performing well back to back. However, they still have some weakness in their batting but they have removed the weakness of the batsmen with their world class bowlers as they showed in the previous match against Bangladesh. I think they will win with South Africa also because South Africa's performance is not very good in this ICC World Cup.

[Unknown Op]

The style of celebration, when the Afghanistan team reached the Semi-Final of this World Cup for the first time, then the way to celebrate was unbelievable. I think just imagine if they will qualify for the final match then how they will celebrate it.

After winning the match against Australia, and New Zealand all the streets of Afghanistan were blocked and all the people of Afghanistan celebrated it. But this time they will face South Africa and I think it will be hard for them to give them a loss but if they lose even then it will be a big achievement for them to reach the semi final stage of the WC. The people of Afghanistan are very happy with their team's performance.

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

I agree with your statement and I also believe that Afghanistan sqaud will reach in last final match of ICC Men World Cup and their squad really deserved this semi final match because they really do very hard work and their team performance was really superb amazing. Some hours later, first semi final match will be begin and in this match, both South Africa sqaud from Group 1 and Afghanistan sqaud from Group 2 will be take part for amazing clash. I should also remember that South Africa squad is very strong against Afghanistan squad and has remained unbeaten so far. We see very difficult match among them but I feel that South Africa sqaud has good opportunity to emerge victory in this semi final match but I also don't underestimate the performance of Afghanistan squad and also their victory against Australia squad was totally wonderful and unpredictable.

[GigaBit]

The style of celebration, when the Afghanistan team reached the Semi-Final of this World Cup for the first time, then the way to celebrate was unbelievable. I think just imagine if they will qualify for the final match then how they will celebrate it.

After winning the match against Australia, and New Zealand all the streets of Afghanistan were blocked and all the people of Afghanistan celebrated it. But this time they will face South Africa and I think it will be hard for them to give them a loss but if they lose even then it will be a big achievement for them to reach the semi final stage of the WC. The people of Afghanistan are very happy with their team's performance.

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

I agree with your statement and I also believe that Afghanistan sqaud will reach in last final match of ICC Men World Cup and their squad really deserved this semi final match because they really do very hard work and their team performance was really superb amazing. Some hours later, first semi final match will be begin and in this match, both South Africa sqaud from Group 1 and Afghanistan sqaud from Group 2 will be take part for amazing clash. I should also remember that South Africa squad is very strong against Afghanistan squad and has remained unbeaten so far. We see very difficult match among them but I feel that South Africa sqaud has good opportunity to emerge victory in this semi final match but I also don't underestimate the performance of Afghanistan squad and also their victory against Australia squad was totally wonderful and unpredictable.

I had a positive look about this team at the beginning of the tournament but I didn't expect them to do so well. Normally we see who are more stronger teams they play semi finals and finals but in this T20 World Cup I think Afghanistan can have a chance to reach the finals. Their performance in recent times has been appreciated. If they can get a win against South Africa today, this team might not be on the list of ordinary teams anymore. If Rashid Khan can pick up some early wickets, they could have a chance of a win. But the South African team will never want to give that chance. Because they will also try so that they do not have to go back at the end.

[Popkon6]

We are waiting for the T20 World Cup semi-final match between South Africa vs Afghanistan, which team will enter the final. Anyway, I think both the batting and bowling of South Africa and Afghanistan are very strong in this match. The players of both the teams are in good form and I think South Africa will enter the final from the semi-final as favourites. Because South Africa has a good enough batting and bowling line which is slightly stronger than Afghanistan.

Here though we will wait a lot but if the semi-final is held between this Afghanistan and South Africa team then the chances of South Africa team winning is very high. Because this season they have performed very well from a very good batting line and bowling line. Note one thing that South Africans have not lost a single match this season, of course if the performance between Afghanistan team and South Africa team, the chances of South Africa team winning will be very high.

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan will definitely try hard to win his team, while South Africa captain Aiden Markram will definitely try to play a lot better in this match to enter the final. All in all, we are still not sure which team will make it to the finals, but South Africa is more likely to win as per the betting odds.

It is true that South Africa will definitely be more likely to win, some of Afghanistan's bowlers are performing very well. Naveen ul Haq at least was good and efficient as he got his team into the semi-finals. Although there was not much difference between Afghanistan team winning here with Bangladesh. But in the few matches that the South African team has won, each margin has been the highest.

[Glen Hoddle]

The Afghanistan team deserves the semi-final. Each of their players has a strong will to win the match. They have passion and talent. I think they should go to the final. This is their first semi-final appearance in a big tournament. Hopefully, the Afghanistan team can do well in the semi-finals. Good luck to them.

And I will not be surprised if Afghanistan goes to the semi-final or the final. Because Afghanistan is performing well back to back. However, they still have some weakness in their batting but they have removed the weakness of the batsmen with their world class bowlers as they showed in the previous match against Bangladesh. I think they will win with South Africa also because South Africa's performance is not very good in this ICC World Cup.

Did you notice that Afghanistan team though won against Bangladesh relying on bowling alone. But the South African team reached the semi-finals winning every match and winning margin. Who can you imagine in this case?
  And also think if Bangladesh could have won then surely Afghanistan team would not have entered the semi-final. So since the game of cricket is a game of uncertainty, it can never be said with certainty that a change of direction is normal at any time.  So we have to wait until the end of the game to see which team will win.

[ThemePen]

Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal

The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.  

[noormcs5]

Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal

The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.  

Afghanistan is making the worse of the semi final not only for themselves but also for the audience and everyone.  

We would have wanted to see a World Cup Semi-final and not like a team losing 5 wickets for 23 runs. Yes, you wont believe the score card and it look like the most worse match of the tournament and a one sided one.

South African bowlers are on the top at the moment and bowling on the right spots. Marco Jansen took three wickets while Kagiso Rabada took two wickets and i think they have done the job for South Africa.
It does not matter if a team loses but losing a semi final by a big margin is simply not understandable.

[Publictalk792]

Afghanistan vs South Africa Semifinal

The match has been started. Afghanistan won the toss and they decided to bat first. And I think this is a bad decision. And now they have lost one wicket in the first over. By the way they just started the match and this is much earlier to say they took a bad decision. So let's wait and see what they will do? And current situation is Afghanistan has played 2.2 overs and they made 16 runs and lost one wicket.  

Huh! Afghanistan!

Yes that was really a bad decision to chose the bat first. And now at this time they are really in a bad situation. Because they have lost 5 wickets which has made a lot of pressure on Afghanistan team. They made only 28 runs in 6 overs. It means they have current run rate is 4.42 and this will decrease because they are in a lot of pressure. Huh! While typing they have lost one more wicket. Marco Jansen is good in bowling. That is a luckiest day for the South African team that they will qualify for the Final match. Which can be with India or with England.