T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Clement Kaliyar]

You are right. de kock and pollard Both are much more necessary for MI. And more important than the two of them is Jasprit Bumrah. Then I think it would be a good decision to omit Pandya. de kock played much better than Pandya. If MI give up de kock, they will not get a talented opener like him.

If you talking about Hardik Pandya he is a game changer and this year they had the perfect team with Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah share the new ball and they had the best batting line up and the strength of their middle order is Hardik Pandya and Pollard and they will try their best to retain all their top players and Ishan Kishan can open for them and he is a wicket keeper if they let go Quinton de Kock.

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[Sithara007]

If you talking about Hardik Pandya he is a game changer and this year they had the perfect team with Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah share the new ball and they had the best batting line up and the strength of their middle order is Hardik Pandya and Pollard and they will try their best to retain all their top players and Ishan Kishan can open for them and he is a wicket keeper if they let go Quinton de Kock.

Trent Boult was the 4th highest wicket taker in this edition, and he was always overshadowed by Jasprit Bumrah. But I really doubt whether Mumbai would retain him. I would assume that they will put Boult and de Kock back in to the auction, and will try to purchase them back, at less than $1 million each. The current salaries are $310,000 and $393,000 respectively).

[JSRAW]

More innovation in T-20, this time BBL. 3 new rules folks...

- Power Surge
- X-Factor
- Bash Boost (This one seems bit tricky, in case any team getting a point despite loosing a game lol )


https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30324344/bbl-2020-21-introducing-bbl-power-surge-x-factor-bash-boost

[bryant.coleman]

More innovation in T-20, this time BBL. 3 new rules folks...

- Power Surge
- X-Factor
- Bash Boost (This one seems bit tricky, in case any team getting a point despite loosing a game lol )


https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30324344/bbl-2020-21-introducing-bbl-power-surge-x-factor-bash-boost

Apart from X factor, the other innovations are not very interesting. And even this X factor seems to be another attempt to revive the failed proposal of "super-sub". X factor tries to address one of the issues with the super sub rule, as two players can be named as substitutes. So the teams can have one batsmen and one bowler named as substitutes and can replace the players according to the match situation.

[JSRAW]

More innovation in T-20, this time BBL. 3 new rules folks...

- Power Surge
- X-Factor
- Bash Boost (This one seems bit tricky, in case any team getting a point despite loosing a game lol )


https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30324344/bbl-2020-21-introducing-bbl-power-surge-x-factor-bash-boost

Apart from X factor, the other innovations are not very interesting. And even this X factor seems to be another attempt to revive the failed proposal of "super-sub". X factor tries to address one of the issues with the super sub rule, as two players can be named as substitutes. So the teams can have one batsmen and one bowler named as substitutes and can replace the players according to the match situation.

Power Surge seems interesting to me. IMO it would force teams to focus more on strategy like, when to take 2nd power play according to their batting order and situation, similarly bowling side would change their strategy as well.

I never heard about this "Super-sub" tho so can't comment much.

[Vishnu.Reang]

I never heard about this "Super-sub" tho so can't comment much.

LOL.. almost everyone seems to have forgotten about that innovation. It was introduced by the ICC sometime in 2005. But the implementation was done with too much haste, without proper planning. They should have first implemented it in the first class cricket and then studied the merits and demerits. In less than one year (2006), ICC was forced to remove the super sub rule. The most vocal criticism was that it gave advantage only to the team which wins the toss.

[worldofcoins]

There's a T20 match held on tomorrow between Pakistan and Zimbabwe.
Head to head Pakistan wins 11 matches, where Zimbabwe didn't get a single chance to win any match.
Pakistani cricket team plays with an average of 155.5 against Zimbabwe, which means they can win the match with a big margin.

[Clement Kaliyar]

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Really Hardik Pandya is a game changer. He is like a pillar of the middle order. He can help the team in times of need. And he is one of the best finishers. But MI has to remove any one of these 5 players from the team. Rohit Sharma is out of this list. So de Kock, Bumrah, Pollard and Pandya have to select 3 out of these four.  MI  will never want to be released Bumrah from the team. The other 3 are very skilled players. It is very difficult to decide to exclude one of them.

I am expecting them to retain all their stock players including Hardik Pandya, Pollard and Bumrah, the only question is what happens to Trent Boult and Quinton de Kock who were not their first choice players during the auction and they had an impact on the tournament and they cannot let go Trent Boult as he is a game changer as well but then next IPL will be played in India and it might change things.

[onecall123]

PSL final, Pakistan's greatest rivalry set to start just after 1 hour later, between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings!

As we've known that both team are first time finalists, which adds more excitement. My favorite players are playing in both teams, truly can't choose which team i'm going to support. However, My blessings and good wishes to the team of Lahore regardless of how Karachi team are looking better. Anticipating a nail batting challenge.

[UmerIdrees]

PSL final, Pakistan's greatest rivalry set to start just after 1 hour later, between Lahore Qalandars and Karachi Kings!

As we've known that both team are first time finalists, which adds more excitement. My favorite players are playing in both teams, truly can't choose which team i'm going to support. However, My blessings and good wishes to the team of Lahore regardless of how Karachi team are looking better. Anticipating a nail batting challenge.

Yes, both team has many good players and being a neutral person it is difficult for anyone to support one team. However, its easy in my case to support my home team, i.e Lahore Qalandars.

I am supporting Lahore Qalandars for today's final but i am not betting on the match. 

Lahore Qalandars : Fakhar Zaman, Tamim Iqbal, Sohail Akhtar (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Ben Dunk (wk), David Wiese, Samit Patel, Muhammad Faizan, Dilbar Hussain, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi

Karachi Kings : Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Alex Hales, Iftikhar Ahmed, Chadwick Walton (wk), Imad Wasim (capt) Sherfane Rutherford, Wayne Parnell, Mohammad Amir, Waqas Maqsood, Arshad Iqbal

[yeamin.rsl]

Very poor start from Lahore Qalandars in the PSL final. They only manage to score 99 runs after 16 Overs and lost 5 wickets. If they somehow manage to put 140-150 runs on the scoreboard then this match will be excited otherwise Karachi Kings will win easily as their batting lineup is good.My bet is on Karachi Kings tonight.

[JohnBitCo]

I am supporting Lahore Qalandars for today's final but i am not betting on the match. 

Its good that you are not betting on Lahore team because they are on the losing side till now. They are unable to score a decent total and are struggling near the 100 runs.
Look like the Late Dean Jones team will win this match and the final.

[7788bitcoin]

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It is really irritating to adjust with the changing team composition after every season. There needs to be some stability in the squad composition.

The IPL is played for 13 years and yet they did not identify this problem and that is what surprises me, may be they do not care about the audience outside India and the people in each territory does not bother which player is playing as long as they win or produce exciting cricket . As an outside fan i would like to see some stability in the team composition.

More innovation in T-20, this time BBL. 3 new rules folks...

X factor looks interesting and it is not a good aspect for gamblers because you never know which player will be substituted who could change a match and mess up our bet  .

[Sithara007]

The IPL is played for 13 years and yet they did not identify this problem and that is what surprises me, may be they do not care about the audience outside India and the people in each territory does not bother which player is playing as long as they win or produce exciting cricket . As an outside fan i would like to see some stability in the team composition.

Indian fans are also tired of this constantly shifting team composition. The BCCI placed so many restrictions on the league, such as limit on salary purse and restriction on the number of overseas players. On top of that, there is no incentive to preform, as the promotion-relegation system is not followed in IPL. In the long term, these limitations can have a negative impact on the revenues.

[MFahad]

Is anyone watching the final match of PSL? The final match between Karachi kings and Lahore Qalandars is being held. Lahore won the toss and elected to bat. They have collected only 134 runs in 20 overs. Except for two openers, Tamim Iqbal and Fakhar Zaman, no one was able to play well. I think the champion of PSL will be Karachi kings.

Many people were already discussing about the PSL final above your post and hence they are watching the match. 
I did not not watch it live though but glad to see another tournament got completed and not affected by the pandemic.

[bryant.coleman]

Many people were already discussing about the PSL final above your post and hence they are watching the match. 
I did not not watch it live though but glad to see another tournament got completed and not affected by the pandemic.

It was a low-scoring match, but I enjoyed watching it. Babar Azam once again confirmed that he is miles ahead of the remaining batsmen. The PCB did a great job in resuming the tournament and managing it through the end. Initially,  thought that it would be better in case they abandon the remaining matches and concentrate on the next year's tournament. But in the end, it worked well for them and the TV audience ratings were also good.

[JSRAW]

I never heard about this "Super-sub" tho so can't comment much.

LOL.. almost everyone seems to have forgotten about that innovation. It was introduced by the ICC sometime in 2005. But the implementation was done with too much haste, without proper planning. They should have first implemented it in the first class cricket and then studied the merits and demerits. In less than one year (2006), ICC was forced to remove the super sub rule. The most vocal criticism was that it gave advantage only to the team which wins the toss.

Not able to recall any game  . Did they really implemented this in any significant series? If not then you can't blame fans to forget small tweaks. Yeah first class cricket should be breading ground for innovation to avoid backlash or any drawbacks.

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More innovation in T-20, this time BBL. 3 new rules folks...

X factor looks interesting and it is not a good aspect for gamblers because you never know which player will be substituted who could change a match and mess up our bet  .

Punters might adjust quickly if this rule become norm.

[lifeOK]

Many people were already discussing about the PSL final above your post and hence they are watching the match.  
I did not not watch it live though but glad to see another tournament got completed and not affected by the pandemic.

It was a low-scoring match, but I enjoyed watching it. Babar Azam once again confirmed that he is miles ahead of the remaining batsmen. The PCB did a great job in resuming the tournament and managing it through the end. Initially,  thought that it would be better in case they abandon the remaining matches and concentrate on the next year's tournament. But in the end, it worked well for them and the TV audience ratings were also good.

Yes of course. Babar Azam such a good performer, having idea how to come mainstream by his batting. He has his own class, style of batting and regular performer. Anyway, It's great to see Karachi winnings PSL, first winning is always special. A big congrats.

[bryant.coleman]

Not able to recall any game  . Did they really implemented this in any significant series? If not then you can't blame fans to forget small tweaks. Yeah first class cricket should be breading ground for innovation to avoid backlash or any drawbacks.

I am also unable to recall any major instances. But I remember reading about it (may be in cricinfo). Back then the ICC was desperate to come up with some "innovation". They were in a haste and implemented the measures without proper analysis. Although they discarded the idea after a few months, I had always thought that it can be brought back in to the game, with necessary changes.

[UmerIdrees]

Many people were already discussing about the PSL final above your post and hence they are watching the match. 
I did not not watch it live though but glad to see another tournament got completed and not affected by the pandemic.

It was a low-scoring match, but I enjoyed watching it. Babar Azam once again confirmed that he is miles ahead of the remaining batsmen. The PCB did a great job in resuming the tournament and managing it through the end. Initially,  thought that it would be better in case they abandon the remaining matches and concentrate on the next year's tournament. But in the end, it worked well for them and the TV audience ratings were also good.

Yes, Baber Azam was the difference between the two teams and Karachi deserve this win. However i was little disappointed to see a low scoring match in the finals. The rest three of the qualifiers were thriller and i expected something similar in the finals too.