T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[ThemePen]

New Zealand defeated Pakistan in two consecutive T20Is with a mid-strength squad, yet today New Zealand will face Pakistan in the third T20I with the same squad. Do you think Pakistan can beat New Zealand in today's match even with no changes in the squad, even if they have miracle power? Pakistan lost to New Zealand at their own venue, how can Pakistan beat New Zealand at New Zealand's venue?

The matter will be clear if we see New Zealand's performance in the second T20I. Pakistan tried their best overall and managed to score 135 runs, while New Zealand managed to score that run with 11 balls to spare. If Pakistan had scored 30 more runs in the second T20I, New Zealand would have met that target. I believe Pakistan will not be able to win a single match in the T20I series.

Considering how Pakistan played poorly in first two T20I against New Zealand it is hard to imagine them winning today match especially since New Zealand team has not changed. Pakistan did not play well on their own field and now they have to play New Zealand on their home field which makes it even bigger challenge. Second T20I showed how much better New Zealand is than Pakistan as New Zealand easily scored that runs which Pakistan made. Even if Pakistan had scored 30 more runs it is unlikely that New Zealand would not have still won like you mentioned. Looking at all these things it is hard to think Pakistan will win any matches in T20I series and it is possible they can not win single game.

[Lidger]

NZ Vs PAK , 3rd T20
Pakistan is touring New Zealand to play a 5-match T20 series and is already on the verge of losing the series after losing the first two T20 matches. Pakistan's third T20I will be held on March 21st, and if Pakistan wants to avoid a series defeat, then they definitely have no choice but to win today. However, Pakistan has improved somewhat in the second T20I, as they performed in the first T20I. However, if Pakistan can perform well in the third T20I, the competition will be even tougher.

New Zealand defeated Pakistan in two consecutive T20Is with a mid-strength squad, yet today New Zealand will face Pakistan in the third T20I with the same squad. Do you think Pakistan can beat New Zealand in today's match even with no changes in the squad, even if they have miracle power? Pakistan lost to New Zealand at their own venue, how can Pakistan beat New Zealand at New Zealand's venue?

The matter will be clear if we see New Zealand's performance in the second T20I. Pakistan tried their best overall and managed to score 135 runs, while New Zealand managed to score that run with 11 balls to spare. If Pakistan had scored 30 more runs in the second T20I, New Zealand would have met that target. I believe Pakistan will not be able to win a single match in the T20I series.

Defeated by a big margin in the first two T20I matches, Pakistan team will certainly want to come out of the whitewash with a win in the third and final T20I match. But after losing the first two matches, can Pakistan really win the third match against New Zealand? 

Considering Pakistan's performance in Champions Trophy as well as their performance in T20I, I don't think Pakistan will win against New Zealand. Maybe when the match starts we will see that if Pakistan bats in the first innings they are not able to score many runs against New Zealand, on the other hand if New Zealand bats earlier against Pakistan in the first innings then it will be seen that New Zealand has scored big on the contrary Pakistan is scoring very few runs in the second innings against New Zealand. Pakistan's current team is not as strong as it used to be and this team can be beaten against any team now.

[Just Say]

NZ Vs PAK , 3rd T20
Pakistan is touring New Zealand to play a 5-match T20 series and is already on the verge of losing the series after losing the first two T20 matches. Pakistan's third T20I will be held on March 21st, and if Pakistan wants to avoid a series defeat, then they definitely have no choice but to win today. However, Pakistan has improved somewhat in the second T20I, as they performed in the first T20I. However, if Pakistan can perform well in the third T20I, the competition will be even tougher.

The Pakistan cricket team is now on the verge of a series defeat against the New Zealand cricket team. In my opinion Pakistan have come to this point because of some of their careless and reckless performances. Today's match is very important for the Pakistan cricket team because if they are able to win today's match, then maybe they will definitely be able to come back in this series. So I personally think that the most necessary thing for the Pakistan team to do in this series is to come back in today's match to compete against the New Zealand team. From what we've seen, Pakistan's team is not strong at the moment, so they may struggle to avoid a whitewash.

[JSRAW]

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Ponting as coach has a decent record though, don't it? Under his tenure MI won title in 2015 and in 7 years with DC, they reached 2019/'20/'21 playoffs, including final in 2020 and in 2019/'20 seasons Iyer was captain there too; may be same combo repeating of Ponting-Iyer for PBKS will give good results, but tbh I doubt it cause aside from them PBKS squad ain't looking good .

Bhai mujhe last year ka final yaad nahi hai. Aap kahan 5 saal piche ka puch rahe ho.

I didn't either, I just had vague idea, digged deeper and gathered some more info from net.

All I remember is Ponting hyping Shaw day and night and the kid bottled up royally. Then he went to mess up Delhi's lineup by picking BBL frauds with an inflated price.

Idk about Shaw but which BBL frauds? JFMG? DC got him for good price last season (50 lac) and he did really good as he had given some good starts to Delhi last season but for 9 CR this time around it looks excessive and ponting certainly played his part here.

Nah, not Jake Frazer, i liked his stint and he is a new blue eyed boy for Ponting. He has a special liking for the Aussie players, for obvious reasons, look at the new Punjab squad.

I think of Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith, who benefited from the bidding war among the Aussie lobby in various IPL franchises. Most of them exploited the system in mini-auction.

[Nothingtodo]

The toss for the third T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand has been held today. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan have batted first and lost in the previous two matches. In today's match, Pakistan will field first and bat towards the target later. There have been two changes to the Pakistan team, with Abbas Afridi and Abrar Ahmed being newly included in the squad. There has been a change in New Zealand, meaning Jamieson has been included.

[Popkon6]

The team is doing a lot of good bowling performance today, putting a lot of pressure on the New Zealand team. Because the top batsman of the New Zealand team Finn Allen is already out for 0 runs today, he has been batting very aggressively, his batting record in the past two matches was very good. Due to Finn Allen's outing in this match, I think the New Zealand team is facing a lot of pressure, the current Seifert and Chapman partnership has been formed, if the players of the Pakistan team can break this partnership through bowling performance, then the New Zealand team will definitely be cramped. And they will be able to give a small run target to the Pakistan team, if the Pakistan team can move forward in this form, there will be a possibility of winning this match today.

[GigaBit]

The toss for the third T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand has been held today. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan have batted first and lost in the previous two matches. In today's match, Pakistan will field first and bat towards the target later. There have been two changes to the Pakistan team, with Abbas Afridi and Abrar Ahmed being newly included in the squad. There has been a change in New Zealand, meaning Jamieson has been included.

In the third match of the series, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl and in today's match I think Pakistan will have a chance to take the lead. Pakistan have already lost 2 matches and they have made a good start in today's match. They have taken Finn Allen in the first over. If they are able to take a few more wickets, then the team will be able to put pressure on New Zealand. But New Zealand has become quite strong in recent times. If 2 of their batsmen get a chance to bat for a long time, then there is a possibility of a high score in the match. In that case, it will be difficult for Pakistan to win the match. Pakistan needs to win today's match otherwise New Zealand will win the series. Since it is a 5-match series, winning today's match is important otherwise the fans will lose interest in this series.

[Nothingtodo]

The toss for the third T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand has been held today. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan have batted first and lost in the previous two matches. In today's match, Pakistan will field first and bat towards the target later. There have been two changes to the Pakistan team, with Abbas Afridi and Abrar Ahmed being newly included in the squad. There has been a change in New Zealand, meaning Jamieson has been included.

In the third match of the series, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl and in today's match I think Pakistan will have a chance to take the lead. Pakistan have already lost 2 matches and they have made a good start in today's match. They have taken Finn Allen in the first over. If they are able to take a few more wickets, then the team will be able to put pressure on New Zealand. But New Zealand has become quite strong in recent times. If 2 of their batsmen get a chance to bat for a long time, then there is a possibility of a high score in the match. In that case, it will be difficult for Pakistan to win the match. Pakistan needs to win today's match otherwise New Zealand will win the series. Since it is a 5-match series, winning today's match is important otherwise the fans will lose interest in this series.

The way New Zealand is scoring runs per over makes it easy to understand that New Zealand will set a target of 200 runs, which will be very difficult for Pakistan to meet. New Zealand's Mark Chapman, who is batting aggressively, will be instrumental in helping New Zealand post a big score. Mark Chapman is already unbeaten on 60. Pakistan's Khushdil Shah and Abrar Ahmed both bowled very badly. However, Harish Rauf and Shaheen Afridi are trying to bowl controlled balls.

[Out of mind]

In the third T20 match today, the New Zealand team batted brilliantly in the first innings, they scored 204 runs. New Zealand batsman Chapman batted brilliantly, he scored 94 runs from his bat, unfortunately he could not reach the century. At the moment, the game has become more exciting and the Pakistan team is batting brilliantly to meet the target of 204 runs, they lost only one wicket. Looking at the batting performance in today's match, it seems that the Pakistan team may be trying its best to reach the winning stage. Hasan Nawaz's batting is very beautiful and he is batting best to reach the winning stage, at the moment his score is 69 runs from 31 balls, Pakistan team still needs to score 81 runs from 60 balls to win, if the wicket does not fall then it may be possible to win.

[noormcs5]

This is very unfortunate that Pakistan new team is unable to perform well against NZ team which is playing without its main players. Today's game is important for Pakistan because if they lose today's game then series will be over for them. NZ team has won 2 T20I and must be relax now, they just need one more victory to win the series.

In the 3rd T20 game, Pakistan is batting much better than the previous matches. They need to chase 204 runs which is quite a big target but the good thing for them is that they have already made 136 runs and lost only a single wicket. They now need almost 70 runs in the last 50 balls, and with almost all wickets in hand, this should not be a problem for them. Mohammad Haris made 41 runs today but the real contributor to this score is Hasan Nawaz who made 80 runs. He is playing at such a good strike rate and made this 80 runs in only 35 balls, He is not out and may take his team to victory.

[LDL]

The difference between the game I saw Pakistan play today and the game I saw in the previous two matches is skyrocketing. Even if a target of 250 runs had been given to Pakistan in today's match, Pakistan could have easily achieved that target.



At the beginning of the game, it seemed that New Zealand would win today's match because the way New Zealand's batsmen were performing, Pakistan would be able to win. New Zealand's bowlers conceded more runs than Pakistan's bowlers, which allowed Pakistan to achieve the winning target with 25 balls to spare. However, the dominance of today's match belongs to Hasan Nawaz alone because his impeccable century played the biggest role in bringing Pakistan victory in today's match. Agha Salman's half century also played an important role in Pakistan's victory. Pakistan's victory in today's match truly saved Pakistan from a series defeat.

[As-Soon-As]

In the third T20 match today, the New Zealand team batted brilliantly in the first innings, they scored 204 runs. New Zealand batsman Chapman batted brilliantly, he scored 94 runs from his bat, unfortunately he could not reach the century. At the moment, the game has become more exciting and the Pakistan team is batting brilliantly to meet the target of 204 runs, they lost only one wicket. Looking at the batting performance in today's match, it seems that the Pakistan team may be trying its best to reach the winning stage. Hasan Nawaz's batting is very beautiful and he is batting best to reach the winning stage, at the moment his score is 69 runs from 31 balls, Pakistan team still needs to score 81 runs from 60 balls to win, if the wicket does not fall then it may be possible to win.

Today, the Pakistan team players gave a befitting reply to the New Zealand team, after losing two consecutive matches in the past, the Pakistan team was able to perform well in the third match. Today's performance of the Pakistan team has strengthened the morale of the Pakistan team fans even more, Mohammad Haris, Hasan Nawaz and Salman Agha, these three players have done extraordinary batting performances.
Hasan Nawaz was the only one from the Pakistan team who won by 9 wickets, he scored a century by scoring 105 runs in 45 balls. His aggressive batting performance played the biggest role in the victory of the Pakistan team by such a large margin.

[MusaPk]

In the 3rd T20 game, Pakistan is batting much better than the previous matches. They need to chase 204 runs which is quite a big target but the good thing for them is that they have already made 136 runs and lost only a single wicket. They now need almost 70 runs in the last 50 balls, and with almost all wickets in hand, this should not be a problem for them. Mohammad Haris made 41 runs today but the real contributor to this score is Hasan Nawaz who made 80 runs. He is playing at such a good strike rate and made this 80 runs in only 35 balls, He is not out and may take his team to victory.

Hasan Nawaz who failed to score a run in his first two T20I made a strong impact in his 3rd T20I by scoring a century. He remained not out on 105 and that inning has 7 sixes and 10 fours. NZ gave a target of 204 and everyone thought that Pakistan would lose today's game just like they lost the previous two games. Pakistan chased the target with 24 balls to spare, Haris was the only Pakistani batsman that got out in the match after playing an innings of 41 runs. Series is alive once again and Pakistan now has no margin of error left.

[Cheema02]

This is very unfortunate that Pakistan new team is unable to perform well against NZ team which is playing without its main players. Today's game is important for Pakistan because if they lose today's game then series will be over for them. NZ team has won 2 T20I and must be relax now, they just need one more victory to win the series.

In the 3rd T20 game, Pakistan is batting much better than the previous matches. They need to chase 204 runs which is quite a big target but the good thing for them is that they have already made 136 runs and lost only a single wicket. They now need almost 70 runs in the last 50 balls, and with almost all wickets in hand, this should not be a problem for them. Mohammad Haris made 41 runs today but the real contributor to this score is Hasan Nawaz who made 80 runs. He is playing at such a good strike rate and made this 80 runs in only 35 balls, He is not out and may take his team to victory.

OMG Pakistan unpredictable performance in the third T20 match against New Zealand. Pakistan team's new youngster plaeyers as proved that this is how modern day cricket is played. Pakistan team chase down a huge total of 207 runs in a loss of just 1 wicket and chase down this huge total in 16th over of the match..The hero of this match, Hasan Nawaz, who scored a well deserved century, only 45 balls and it was the fastest century in Pakistani T20 cricket history. Hasan Nawaz flopped in the first two matches but he played a very impressive innings in the third match. Hassan Nawaz's innings included only 10 dot balls. It shows that dot balls created pressure on the team, but Hassan Nawaz's innings was very impressive today and Pakistan stay alive in this series.

[BALIK]

OMG Pakistan unpredictable performance in the third T20 match against New Zealand. Pakistan team's new youngster plaeyers as proved that this is how modern day cricket is played. Pakistan team chase down a huge total of 207 runs in a loss of just 1 wicket and chase down this huge total in 16th over of the match..The hero of this match, Hasan Nawaz, who scored a well deserved century, only 45 balls and it was the fastest century in Pakistani T20 cricket history. Hasan Nawaz flopped in the first two matches but he played a very impressive innings in the third match. Hassan Nawaz's innings included only 10 dot balls. It shows that dot balls created pressure on the team, but Hassan Nawaz's innings was very impressive today and Pakistan stay alive in this series.

The most unpredictable team at present is Pakistan. They themselves do not know in which match this team will play well. The players have the ability to perform well. They have some great players in their squad. However, the performance of each player in the squad is very irregular.

After New Zealand gave a target of 205 runs today, no one could have imagined that Pakistan would win today. Because in the previous match, Pakistan had lost all its wickets after scoring only 91 runs. But the interesting thing is that Pakistan scored 207 runs in just 16 overs. Hasan Nawaz played an unbeaten innings of 105 runs in just 45 balls.

[LDL]

In the 3rd T20 game, Pakistan is batting much better than the previous matches. They need to chase 204 runs which is quite a big target but the good thing for them is that they have already made 136 runs and lost only a single wicket. They now need almost 70 runs in the last 50 balls, and with almost all wickets in hand, this should not be a problem for them. Mohammad Haris made 41 runs today but the real contributor to this score is Hasan Nawaz who made 80 runs. He is playing at such a good strike rate and made this 80 runs in only 35 balls, He is not out and may take his team to victory.

Hasan Nawaz who failed to score a run in his first two T20I made a strong impact in his 3rd T20I by scoring a century. He remained not out on 105 and that inning has 7 sixes and 10 fours. NZ gave a target of 204 and everyone thought that Pakistan would lose today's game just like they lost the previous two games. Pakistan chased the target with 24 balls to spare, Haris was the only Pakistani batsman that got out in the match after playing an innings of 41 runs. Series is alive once again and Pakistan now has no margin of error left.

It is not possible to say anything accurately about Pakistan because how can we predict the future of Pakistan based on how they performed in the previous two matches and how they performed in today's match?

In the second match, Mohammad Haris scored 11 runs, but Hasan Nawaz could not score any. But in the third match, Hasan Nawaz played an innings of 105 runs off 45 balls. And recorded the fastest century in T20Is among Pakistanis. So today's Pakistan and the Pakistan before the last two matches are completely different Pakistan.

[GigaBit]

This is very unfortunate that Pakistan new team is unable to perform well against NZ team which is playing without its main players. Today's game is important for Pakistan because if they lose today's game then series will be over for them. NZ team has won 2 T20I and must be relax now, they just need one more victory to win the series.

In the 3rd T20 game, Pakistan is batting much better than the previous matches. They need to chase 204 runs which is quite a big target but the good thing for them is that they have already made 136 runs and lost only a single wicket. They now need almost 70 runs in the last 50 balls, and with almost all wickets in hand, this should not be a problem for them. Mohammad Haris made 41 runs today but the real contributor to this score is Hasan Nawaz who made 80 runs. He is playing at such a good strike rate and made this 80 runs in only 35 balls, He is not out and may take his team to victory.

OMG Pakistan unpredictable performance in the third T20 match against New Zealand. Pakistan team's new youngster plaeyers as proved that this is how modern day cricket is played. Pakistan team chase down a huge total of 207 runs in a loss of just 1 wicket and chase down this huge total in 16th over of the match..The hero of this match, Hasan Nawaz, who scored a well deserved century, only 45 balls and it was the fastest century in Pakistani T20 cricket history. Hasan Nawaz flopped in the first two matches but he played a very impressive innings in the third match. Hassan Nawaz's innings included only 10 dot balls. It shows that dot balls created pressure on the team, but Hassan Nawaz's innings was very impressive today and Pakistan stay alive in this series.

Those who were watching Pakistan's performance for a long time may have been bored, but today's match has inspired them again. Pakistan's performance was so bad in this time that they could not beat New Zealand in any match. In today's match, when New Zealand lost a wicket in the first over, New Zealand played aggressively again and took the score to a strong level. When the team gave a target of 204 runs, many might have given up on Pakistan's victory. But Pakistan's unpredictable team can become a big opponent against any big score or big team. Pakistan needed to win the 3rd match of the T20 series and they did just that. In the match, Pakistan won by chasing 204 runs with the loss of just 1 wicket. Hasan Nawaz gave a great innings in today's match. Mohammad Haris and Salman Agha both performed well.

[virasog]

OMG Pakistan unpredictable performance in the third T20 match against New Zealand. Pakistan team's new youngster plaeyers as proved that this is how modern day cricket is played. Pakistan team chase down a huge total of 207 runs in a loss of just 1 wicket and chase down this huge total in 16th over of the match..The hero of this match, Hasan Nawaz, who scored a well deserved century, only 45 balls and it was the fastest century in Pakistani T20 cricket history. Hasan Nawaz flopped in the first two matches but he played a very impressive innings in the third match. Hassan Nawaz's innings included only 10 dot balls. It shows that dot balls created pressure on the team, but Hassan Nawaz's innings was very impressive today and Pakistan stay alive in this series.

Today, finally the Pakistan team understood how to play T20I games. The strange thing for the Pakistan players did not got scared at any stage while batting. Still, they are facing problems on the bowling side, but something is better than nothing and at the end of the day they just wanted to win that they got it.

Muhammad Hairs started fast by doing power hitting and soon after he lost his wicket Salman Agha arrived, he knew how to solve this critical situation as a captain, he played very good innings and had a leading role in today's victory for Pakistan. Hopefully, they will do it more.

[CryptoBuds]

Today, finally the Pakistan team understood how to play T20I games. The strange thing for the Pakistan players did not got scared at any stage while batting. Still, they are facing problems on the bowling side, but something is better than nothing and at the end of the day they just wanted to win that they got it.

Muhammad Hairs started fast by doing power hitting and soon after he lost his wicket Salman Agha arrived, he knew how to solve this critical situation as a captain, he played very good innings and had a leading role in today's victory for Pakistan. Hopefully, they will do it more.

I will not say that the performance of Pakistan bowlers was bad. The pitch was completely batting friendly. It is challenging for bowlers to bowl well on a batting friendly pitch. Haris Rauf was able to bowl a little better. He took three wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Abrar Ahmed took two wickets but gave away 43 runs in 3 overs. Pakistan captain used 7 of his bowlers today.

We were all very surprised by the performance of the three Pakistani top order batsmen today. We have not seen such a great batting from Pakistani batsmen for a long time. Pakistan scored 74 runs in just 5.5 overs from the opening pair. Mohammad Haris scored 41 runs off 20 balls, Pakistan's young opener Hasan Nawaz scored 105 runs off 45 balls and Salman Agha scored 51 runs off 31 balls

[Bd officer]

In the third T20 match today, the New Zealand team batted brilliantly in the first innings, they scored 204 runs. New Zealand batsman Chapman batted brilliantly, he scored 94 runs from his bat, unfortunately he could not reach the century. At the moment, the game has become more exciting and the Pakistan team is batting brilliantly to meet the target of 204 runs, they lost only one wicket. Looking at the batting performance in today's match, it seems that the Pakistan team may be trying its best to reach the winning stage. Hasan Nawaz's batting is very beautiful and he is batting best to reach the winning stage, at the moment his score is 69 runs from 31 balls, Pakistan team still needs to score 81 runs from 60 balls to win, if the wicket does not fall then it may be possible to win.

Finally Pakistan won and surprised everyone. New Zealand batted first and were all out for 204 runs, the target of 204 runs was very big. Pakistan could not do well in the previous two matches, so I thought Pakistan would not be able to win. But Pakistan managed to turn around. Hasan Nawaz performed poorly in the previous two matches, but he was given a chance in the 3rd match and Hasan Nawaz batted brilliantly in the 3rd match. Hasan Nawaz was unbeaten on 105 off 45 balls. Pakistan will chase the target in 16 overs, which no one imagined. But Pakistan has proved that they are also a strong team, Pakistani players have also proved that they can bat aggressively. Congratulations to Pakistan team for such a great win.