T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[7788bitcoin]

Srilanka can win the match from here as they are bowling really well and they are taking wickets at regular intervals.

This is the problem with T20 as you cannot predict which team is going to win before the match, the only option is to wage a bet after the first innings and how they start their chase. I consider this as an upset if Srilanka could win this match and i am most probably expecting them to win the match as they already lost their top six players. Now this is an impossible task for Pakistan to win this match.

[akhjob]

Looking at the current scenario, SL are destined to win this match unless we see some strong comeback from Pak which is highly unlikely. Who would have thought that SL B team would bring down top T20 team. Once again this proves that bets on T20 matches is purely luck based.

Edit: 7 wickets gone. Pak are done for the match. Pak all out for 101. SL leads 1-0. Congrats to anyone who managed to bet on SL 

[uray]

Looking at the current scenario, SL are destined to win this match unless we see some strong comeback from Pak which is highly unlikely. Who would have thought that SL B team would bring down top T20 team. Once again this proves that bets on T20 matches is purely luck based.

This is not luck, Srilanka dominated the entire match and it was not even a close match as Srilanka posted a good total in the scoreboard and then folded the Pakistan batsman by picking up wickets at regular intervals and dominating them from the start and it is no means a lucky win and T20 matches are really unpredictable. Pakistan is a really unpredictable team, one day they perform really well and the other day they come up with sub par performances and even in this match Srilanka won by 64 runs which is a huge margin.

[FIFA worldcup]

Looking at the current scenario, SL are destined to win this match unless we see some strong comeback from Pak which is highly unlikely. Who would have thought that SL B team would bring down top T20 team. Once again this proves that bets on T20 matches is purely luck based.

This is not luck, Srilanka dominated the entire match and it was not even a close match as Srilanka posted a good total in the scoreboard and then folded the Pakistan batsman by picking up wickets at regular intervals and dominating them from the start and it is no means a lucky win and T20 matches are really unpredictable. Pakistan is a really unpredictable team, one day they perform really well and the other day they come up with sub par performances and even in this match Srilanka won by 64 runs which is a huge margin.

Really the Srilanka surprised everyone and played excellent cricket. Also we should not forget that Pakistan is the No. 1 team in ICC T20 ranking and they have been beaten convincingly today. Srilanka will take this win and confidence in the next match and who knows, they may be able to grab the series.

[teosanru]

Looking at the current scenario, SL are destined to win this match unless we see some strong comeback from Pak which is highly unlikely. Who would have thought that SL B team would bring down top T20 team. Once again this proves that bets on T20 matches is purely luck based.

Edit: 7 wickets gone. Pak are done for the match. Pak all out for 101. SL leads 1-0. Congrats to anyone who managed to bet on SL 

It might be your bad luck today but Sri Lanka were much better of a team today. Pak all out for 101 is something you don't often see against teams like Sri Lanka the pace battery was awesome in swinging the ball both way around.

We have the army taking care of the security for today's match.

LAHORE: Army personnel with police have been deployed in and around the Gaddafi Stadium to provide security to players and fans for the three Twenty20 matches between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Oct 5, 7 and 9. The army will lead security arrangements for the transportation of the guest team and officials.

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1509122/extra-security-for-t20-series-in-lahore

Well lot's of eyes on Pakistan after this series. If the remaining series is completed without any problem I think this might prove to be sort of game changing for them and they could host a few more series with some smaller nations to ensure security inviting some big tour and stadium of the UAE might once again go barren 

[UmerIdrees]

Well lot's of eyes on Pakistan after this series. If the remaining series is completed without any problem I think this might prove to be sort of game changing for them and they could host a few more series with some smaller nations to ensure security inviting some big tour and stadium of the UAE might once again go barren 

How sad it would be for the UAE people if the next PSL is played fully in Pakistan 
After all it is our tournament.  They may introduce UAE League, if they want.

[eaLiTy]

How sad it would be for the UAE people if the next PSL is played fully in Pakistan  

Pakistan cricket board is trying their best to bring international cricket back to Pakistan but they are yet to conduct the entire PSL in Pakistan which is really strange, if they really want to bring cricket back, make sure they play the entire tournament of PSL back in Pakistan and prove that they could conduct these matches with upmost safety.

Pak all out for 101 is something you don't often see against teams like Sri Lanka the pace battery was awesome in swinging the ball both way around.

Srilanka bowled really well and Pakistan was not able to control the match in any situation and fell under the pressure as it is not easy to chase a huge total under lights when the ball is swinging.

[Sithara007]

Looking at the current scenario, SL are destined to win this match unless we see some strong comeback from Pak which is highly unlikely. Who would have thought that SL B team would bring down top T20 team. Once again this proves that bets on T20 matches is purely luck based.

Edit: 7 wickets gone. Pak are done for the match. Pak all out for 101. SL leads 1-0. Congrats to anyone who managed to bet on SL 

Even before the start of the T20 series, I had posted that the odds for Sri Lanka looks very attractive. I had also posted that they are going to win at least one of the three matches (and with odds ranging from 5.50 to 6.00, those who bet in their favor will end up in good profit even if they lose two of their matches out of a total of three).

From the start of the series (I am talking about the ODIs), it looked as if the Pakistanis were underestimating Sri Lanka. It was clear from the first completed match (2nd ODI). Back then I had warned that the Pakistan team was getting complacent. They won the 3rd ODI just because of sheer luck. But they never cared to change and in the end lost the next match.

[Haunebu]

Did not expect this result, but am not surprised since Sri lanka were performing pretty well in the ODI series and they were giving them trouble. Pradeep, Udana and Hasaranga did well to decimate the Pakistan lineup quite easily.

Can someone clarify why Haris Sohail is not a part of this match? If Pakistan continues playing with this current T-20 lineup, I think Sri Lanka might win this T-20 series since their players are all in form at the moment.

[akhjob]

From the start of the series (I am talking about the ODIs), it looked as if the Pakistanis were underestimating Sri Lanka. It was clear from the first completed match (2nd ODI). Back then I had warned that the Pakistan team was getting complacent. They won the 3rd ODI just because of sheer luck. But they never cared to change and in the end lost the next match.

I wouldn't say that Pak won the 3rd ODI because of sheer luck. They were fluent with the bat if you had watched the match. I am sure that even those who made a bet on SL on yesterday's match wouldn't have expected SL to win the match.. Most of them would have made a bet only because of the high odds.

[eaLiTy]

Did not expect this result, but am not surprised since Sri lanka were performing pretty well in the ODI series and they were giving them trouble. Pradeep, Udana and Hasaranga did well to decimate the Pakistan lineup quite easily.

It was a surprising result but they lost the match when the team was selected thinking that they can experiment against Srilanka.

Can someone clarify why Haris Sohail is not a part of this match? If Pakistan continues playing with this current T-20 lineup, I think Sri Lanka might win this T-20 series since their players are all in form at the moment.

Looks like the cricket board is experimenting players in wake of the upcoming T20 world cup and they messed things completely by dropping Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail and Usman Shinwari and they had the result what they deserved. Other than that i do not see any reason for dropping these players from the team.

[AB de Royse777]

It was a surprising result but they lost the match when the team was selected thinking that they can experiment against Srilanka.

I too was surprised to see the result that Pakistan lost. Come on! It's not even Sri Lankan original team if I have the right information. However again, this is Pakistan, the most unpredictable team and they have proved it again.

Anyway, 3 match series and I am sure they will come back and win the series.

[Sithara007]

I don't know why the PCB didn't scheduled a match on Sunday. It could have got them much higher revenues than what they could get on a weekday. And T20 is a very short format, and the players don't need a day's rest to recover from it. They should have scheduled two matches on Saturday and Sunday, rather than giving a break in between. I have seen some of the smaller teams even playing two T20 matches in a single day.

Now Sri Lanka has a very good chance to win the series, as they are already up by 1-0. Pakistan underestimated the Sri Lankans and in the end it turned out costly for them. To clarify a bit, Sri Lanka has not sent its B side. They have sent the regular side, and only a few regular players are missing. The media gave an impression that they sent their B team.

[SaShiRaJaVu]

I don't know why the PCB didn't scheduled a match on Sunday. It could have got them much higher revenues than what they could get on a weekday. And T20 is a very short format, and the players don't need a day's rest to recover from it. They should have scheduled two matches on Saturday and Sunday, rather than giving a break in between. I have seen some of the smaller teams even playing two T20 matches in a single day.
 

When you are in school and college everyone used to play 4 T20 matches on a daily basis as we used to play from morning till the sun goes down, but that does not mean that International players will be doing that   . They have a match scheduled on week day and it is a bilateral series and you cannot have matches daily and the tournament is conducted in Pakistan after a long time and even now they had terrorist threat and you need to have proper security measures.

[JSRAW]

Okay Ladies and Gents

We have one T-20 match today, Where Sri Lanka is looking for series Win and on the another hand Pakistan eyeing on revenge for last humiliation. when this tour started no one in their right mind gave any chance to Sri lankan team but boy they surprised everyone with their performances. let's see if SL are capable of series win because no one remembers a good performance much longer if you are not winning a Series.


Edit : Sri Lanka opt to bat

[AB de Royse777]

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Edit : Sri Lanka opt to bat

After a whole busy week, I have time to watch a full match. Sri Lanka to lose :-P

Edit: Sri Lanka lost their first wicket :-P

[UmerIdrees]

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Edit : Sri Lanka opt to bat

After a whole busy week, I have time to watch a full match. Sri Lanka to lose :-P

Edit: Sri Lanka lost their first wicket :-P

No, I don't want any team which comes to my city to lose. We are very Hospitable.
Srilanka will win this match comfortably and with this the series also.

[AB de Royse777]

No, I don't want any team which comes to my city to lose. We are very Hospitable.
Srilanka will win this match comfortably and with this the series also.

I understand you sarcasm :-P
Well it's very pity that Pakistan are seeing them in this kind of situation.
They are playing against a team where they even do not have their main players but seems like they can not handle that too.

Anyway, 4th wicket gone. Hope they will restrict Sri Lanka in under 180 runs.

[JSRAW]

Anyway, 4th wicket gone. Hope they will restrict Sri Lanka in under 180 runs.

Let's hope Mohammad Hasnain bowls terrific 20th over otherwise pakistan going to chase 180+ runs target.

so far so good, 4 balls to go.

Edit : lol here you go, 4 +6

[sujonali1819]

In the end, Dasun Shanaka is played very well, he scored 27 runs in 15 balls and Sri Lanka was able to score very well.182 runs is really very well for Sri Lanka, especially against Pakistan. I can not predict the result really at this moment . waiting to catch the position of both the team before prediction.