T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[pakhitheboss]

While ICC is deciding whether to postpone T20 Worldcup next year, BCCI has decided to host IPL this year. Looks like Ganguly doesn't care about ICC's decision anymore

If IPL face cancellation then BBCI is going to lose approx $500 Millions in one go... so clearly they are in deep mess in current situation and desperately want to organize event, let's see if other boards release their players for IPL.

I think the other boards will probably agree. Right now most of the boards has cut short the pay of the players, IPL is a cash cow for the players so eventually they will presurize the Boards for IPL. If IPL is hosted even Bravo will take part in it on behalf of CSK  

Yesterday i was reading live feed of ICC meeting (posted in the last page). for some reason they put up Ian chappell interview, he was basically saying that every board need to stand up against the BCCI. No matter if World cup gets cancel or not, don't send players for IPL and play domestic cricket only..  

And do you think these boards can control players who get paid more than what they might earn from ICC tournaments?

Pakistani players are crying every day and West Indians have revolted against there boards. Players are performing just to get selected in IPL.

Everyone here thinks that BCCI is ruling the cricket, It is true as they pay the most to players.

[Haunebu]

This is going to be a historic blunder from the part of the BCCI. The pandemic in India is yet to peak, and with every passing day there is an increase in the new infections. Three of the metro cities (Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata) are severely affected and the other cities are not faring that well either.

I agree. India is the 5th worst hit country currently and are set to overtake UK for the 4th position in the near future. Hosting any major tournament like the IPL will only cause more chaos in the future. Saving lives should be prioritized  over financial losses.

For some reason they put up Ian chappell interview, he was basically saying that every board need to stand up against the BCCI. No matter if World cup gets cancel or not, don't send players for IPL and play domestic cricket only.. 

Gutsy to try and take on the corrupt BCCI, but this isn't the right time to think about these things. All boards need to focus on uniting their efforts to battle COVID.

[BitSat19]

While ICC is deciding whether to postpone T20 Worldcup next year, BCCI has decided to host IPL this year. Looks like Ganguly doesn't care about ICC's decision anymore

If IPL face cancellation then BBCI is going to lose approx $500 Millions in one go... so clearly they are in deep mess in current situation and desperately want to organize event, let's see if other boards release their players for IPL.

I think the other boards will probably agree. Right now most of the boards has cut short the pay of the players, IPL is a cash cow for the players so eventually they will presurize the Boards for IPL. If IPL is hosted even Bravo will take part in it on behalf of CSK  

Yesterday i was reading live feed of ICC meeting (posted in the last page). for some reason they put up Ian chappell interview, he was basically saying that every board need to stand up against the BCCI. No matter if World cup gets cancel or not, don't send players for IPL and play domestic cricket only..  

And do you think these boards can control players who get paid more than what they might earn from ICC tournaments?

Pakistani players are crying every day and West Indians have revolted against there boards. Players are performing just to get selected in IPL.

Everyone here thinks that BCCI is ruling the cricket, It is true as they pay the most to players.

Here you are wrong Pakistani players not crying for IPL as now they already have some good things and expecting more to come just West Indian players have issues with Board and they will have some interest and many other players will also not going to join against their own boards wishes as they know this is going to be not good for them.

[UmerIdrees]

While ICC is deciding whether to postpone T20 Worldcup next year, BCCI has decided to host IPL this year. Looks like Ganguly doesn't care about ICC's decision anymore

If IPL face cancellation then BBCI is going to lose approx $500 Millions in one go... so clearly they are in deep mess in current situation and desperately want to organize event, let's see if other boards release their players for IPL.

I think the other boards will probably agree. Right now most of the boards has cut short the pay of the players, IPL is a cash cow for the players so eventually they will presurize the Boards for IPL. If IPL is hosted even Bravo will take part in it on behalf of CSK  

Yesterday i was reading live feed of ICC meeting (posted in the last page). for some reason they put up Ian chappell interview, he was basically saying that every board need to stand up against the BCCI. No matter if World cup gets cancel or not, don't send players for IPL and play domestic cricket only..  

And do you think these boards can control players who get paid more than what they might earn from ICC tournaments?

Pakistani players are crying every day and West Indians have revolted against there boards. Players are performing just to get selected in IPL.

Everyone here thinks that BCCI is ruling the cricket, It is true as they pay the most to players.

Here you are wrong Pakistani players not crying for IPL as now they already have some good things and expecting more to come just West Indian players have issues with Board and they will have some interest and many other players will also not going to join against their own boards wishes as they know this is going to be not good for them.

It is good for the Indian board to include Pakistani players in IPL because it will create more interest in the tournament and the direct benefit will go to the Indians but both countries political conditions doesn't allow this.

[BitSat19]

@UmerIdrees its good for many ways but Indian government never allow this because its giving good benefits to Pakistan and Pakistani cricketers and they never allow any thing like this so its out of question they will allow Pakistani players in near future right now main issue is they are going to play IPL or going to use its just as political game.

[JohnBitCo]

@UmerIdrees its good for many ways but Indian government never allow this because its giving good benefits to Pakistan and Pakistani cricketers and they never allow any thing like this so its out of question they will allow Pakistani players in near future right now main issue is they are going to play IPL or going to use its just as political game.

Currently covid-19 will not allow any tournament to take place and even other foreign players who used to come to India to play IPL in previous years and get monetary benefits., will not enjoy such pleasure this year. I don't see any clear vision of when can we be able to see IPL.

[eaLiTy]

~
It is good for the Indian board to include Pakistani players in IPL because it will create more interest in the tournament and the direct benefit will go to the Indians but both countries political conditions doesn't allow this.

In my personal opinion i would like to separate sports and politics but that is not the way things work around here which is sad and i do not think there is restriction for any other sports and as long as cricket is used as a political tool you cannot expect India and Pakistan playing each other in a bilateral series nor allowing Pakistan players in the IPL especially when the present government is ruling.

  I don't see any clear vision of when can we be able to see IPL.

Three months lock down and the number of patients touches 10k per day and the government has no idea where it will end and they cannot shut everything down, they are opening up the market which is funny it is hard to imagine what the future holds financially.

When you have bigger shit at hands do we really care about the IPL .

[UmerIdrees]

~
It is good for the Indian board to include Pakistani players in IPL because it will create more interest in the tournament and the direct benefit will go to the Indians but both countries political conditions doesn't allow this.

In my personal opinion i would like to separate sports and politics but that is not the way things work around here which is sad and i do not think there is restriction for any other sports and as long as cricket is used as a political tool you cannot expect India and Pakistan playing each other in a bilateral series nor allowing Pakistan players in the IPL especially when the present government is ruling.

  I don't see any clear vision of when can we be able to see IPL.

Three months lock down and the number of patients touches 10k per day and the government has no idea where it will end and they cannot shut everything down, they are opening up the market which is funny it is hard to imagine what the future holds financially.

When you have bigger shit at hands do we really care about the IPL .

Same is happening in Pakistan. When the number of covid 19 case are alarming high, the government should close down and observe a more strict lock down but infact they have opened everything allowing the virus to spread freely than ever before.
I never understand the strategy of both the government of India and Pakistan.

[Indymoney]

~
It is good for the Indian board to include Pakistani players in IPL because it will create more interest in the tournament and the direct benefit will go to the Indians but both countries political conditions doesn't allow this.

In my personal opinion i would like to separate sports and politics but that is not the way things work around here which is sad and i do not think there is restriction for any other sports and as long as cricket is used as a political tool you cannot expect India and Pakistan playing each other in a bilateral series nor allowing Pakistan players in the IPL especially when the present government is ruling.

  I don't see any clear vision of when can we be able to see IPL.

Three months lock down and the number of patients touches 10k per day and the government has no idea where it will end and they cannot shut everything down, they are opening up the market which is funny it is hard to imagine what the future holds financially.

When you have bigger shit at hands do we really care about the IPL .

Same is happening in Pakistan. When the number of covid 19 case are alarming high, the government should close down and observe a more strict lock down but infact they have opened everything allowing the virus to spread freely than ever before.
I never understand the strategy of both the government of India and Pakistan.

Both Governments are going without any good and strong strategy and doing only political scoring games which are killing innocent peoples and creating financial problems for millions both have same dull minds and nothing serious to do any good thing for lower class peoples this is big difference between developed countries and corrupt countries leadership.

[akhjob]

This is going to be a historic blunder from the part of the BCCI. The pandemic in India is yet to peak, and with every passing day there is an increase in the new infections. Three of the metro cities (Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata) are severely affected and the other cities are not faring that well either. They can make preparations only if the situation comes under control, and in my opinion it may take at least four more months.

I think you mistakenly replaced Chennai with Kolkata. Kolkata with 3000+ infections is not even close compared to other metros. Even Ahmedabad has more infections than Kolkata. And some say this condition is going to last until next year  

Yesterday i was reading live feed of ICC meeting (posted in the last page). for some reason they put up Ian chappell interview, he was basically saying that every board need to stand up against the BCCI. No matter if World cup gets cancel or not, don't send players for IPL and play domestic cricket only..  

Maybe Ian Chappell holds some grudge with Ganguly because of his brother Greg  

 

[JSRAW]

For some reason they put up Ian chappell interview, he was basically saying that every board need to stand up against the BCCI. No matter if World cup gets cancel or not, don't send players for IPL and play domestic cricket only.. 

Gutsy to try and take on the corrupt BCCI, but this isn't the right time to think about these things. All boards need to focus on uniting their efforts to battle COVID.

I don't mind some drama, i might grab the popcorn if it happens hahaha

@akhjob Every former/current cricketer/commentator has tons of free time nowadays so Ian chappell is just being productive.

~snip~
 bilateral series nor allowing Pakistan players in the IPL especially when the present government is ruling.

Yeah present gov had enough power in year 2009 that they banned their participation in IPL, despite sitting at opposition.

[pakhitheboss]

While ICC is deciding whether to postpone T20 Worldcup next year, BCCI has decided to host IPL this year. Looks like Ganguly doesn't care about ICC's decision anymore

The BCCI is working on all possible options to ensure that we are able to stage the IPL this year, even if it means playing the tournament in empty stadiums.

While Mumbai is the most corona affected region in India,  Mumbai Indians have decided to start their training from Today under strict guidelines  

This is going to be a historic blunder from the part of the BCCI. The pandemic in India is yet to peak, and with every passing day there is an increase in the new infections. Three of the metro cities (Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata) are severely affected and the other cities are not faring that well either. They can make preparations only if the situation comes under control, and in my opinion it may take at least four more months.

They are planning to hold it by the end of this year. I assume by that time they are expecting a vaccine to be out as few pharma companies are claiming they will.

The situation has got pretty worsen lately and there is no end to it considering that they have already started easing the lockdown. Till May end India was ranked 11 in the list of countries badly affected by the pandemic but now it is 4th.

It is good for the Indian board to include Pakistani players in IPL because it will create more interest in the tournament and the direct benefit will go to the Indians but both countries political conditions doesn't allow this.

Without the Pakistani players still, IPL is interesting and viewership has not declined. I do not think it will happen in the near future as there is no political will from both sides.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Without the Pakistani players still, IPL is interesting and viewership has not declined. I do not think it will happen in the near future as there is no political will from both sides.

There is only a limited number of slots available for the overseas players as the maximum threshold per playing XI is four. So we have 8 teams right now, and 32 overseas players can regularly feature in the tournament. Considering the current form of Pakistani players, I would say that not many of them would be selected by the IPL teams, even if the option is available. The first preference is for West Indian and Australian players, followed by those from England and South Africa.

[pakhitheboss]

Without the Pakistani players still, IPL is interesting and viewership has not declined. I do not think it will happen in the near future as there is no political will from both sides.

There is only a limited number of slots available for the overseas players as the maximum threshold per playing XI is four. So we have 8 teams right now, and 32 overseas players can regularly feature in the tournament. Considering the current form of Pakistani players, I would say that not many of them would be selected by the IPL teams, even if the option is available. The first preference is for West Indian and Australian players, followed by those from England and South Africa.

Still form or no form because of the rift between these two countries I would still be open and get entertained if Pakistan and India resume their bilateral series. That would benefit both the nation as sponsors and advertisers will be on BCCI'S doorstep. A good way to generate revenue for both nations.

But it is next to impossible now to even think about it.

[BitSat19]

Without the Pakistani players still, IPL is interesting and viewership has not declined. I do not think it will happen in the near future as there is no political will from both sides.

There is only a limited number of slots available for the overseas players as the maximum threshold per playing XI is four. So we have 8 teams right now, and 32 overseas players can regularly feature in the tournament. Considering the current form of Pakistani players, I would say that not many of them would be selected by the IPL teams, even if the option is available. The first preference is for West Indian and Australian players, followed by those from England and South Africa.

Still form or no form because of the rift between these two countries I would still be open and get entertained if Pakistan and India resume their bilateral series. That would benefit both the nation as sponsors and advertisers will be on BCCI'S doorstep. A good way to generate revenue for both nations.

But it is next to impossible now to even think about it.

These all things are very good for read and write but in practical its very difficult as even in next one decade we have no hope of any bilateral cricket between these two countries because BJP's all politics is against Pakistan and if they do any favour its mean they are going to commit suicide.

[UmerIdrees]

~
It is good for the Indian board to include Pakistani players in IPL because it will create more interest in the tournament and the direct benefit will go to the Indians but both countries political conditions doesn't allow this.

In my personal opinion i would like to separate sports and politics but that is not the way things work around here which is sad and i do not think there is restriction for any other sports and as long as cricket is used as a political tool you cannot expect India and Pakistan playing each other in a bilateral series nor allowing Pakistan players in the IPL especially when the present government is ruling.

  I don't see any clear vision of when can we be able to see IPL.

Three months lock down and the number of patients touches 10k per day and the government has no idea where it will end and they cannot shut everything down, they are opening up the market which is funny it is hard to imagine what the future holds financially.

When you have bigger shit at hands do we really care about the IPL .

Same is happening in Pakistan. When the number of covid 19 case are alarming high, the government should close down and observe a more strict lock down but infact they have opened everything allowing the virus to spread freely than ever before.
I never understand the strategy of both the government of India and Pakistan.

Both Governments are going without any good and strong strategy and doing only political scoring games which are killing innocent peoples and creating financial problems for millions both have same dull minds and nothing serious to do any good thing for lower class peoples this is big difference between developed countries and corrupt countries leadership.

Currently it is not important on how the relations are going on between the both countries. More important thing is how these both countries will deal with the covid 19 situation as more and more people are getting jobless because of this crisis.

[pakhitheboss]

~
It is good for the Indian board to include Pakistani players in IPL because it will create more interest in the tournament and the direct benefit will go to the Indians but both countries political conditions doesn't allow this.

In my personal opinion i would like to separate sports and politics but that is not the way things work around here which is sad and i do not think there is restriction for any other sports and as long as cricket is used as a political tool you cannot expect India and Pakistan playing each other in a bilateral series nor allowing Pakistan players in the IPL especially when the present government is ruling.

 I don't see any clear vision of when can we be able to see IPL.

Three months lock down and the number of patients touches 10k per day and the government has no idea where it will end and they cannot shut everything down, they are opening up the market which is funny it is hard to imagine what the future holds financially.

When you have bigger shit at hands do we really care about the IPL .

Same is happening in Pakistan. When the number of covid 19 case are alarming high, the government should close down and observe a more strict lock down but infact they have opened everything allowing the virus to spread freely than ever before.
I never understand the strategy of both the government of India and Pakistan.

Both Governments are going without any good and strong strategy and doing only political scoring games which are killing innocent peoples and creating financial problems for millions both have same dull minds and nothing serious to do any good thing for lower class peoples this is big difference between developed countries and corrupt countries leadership.

Currently it is not important on how the relations are going on between the both countries. More important thing is how these both countries will deal with the covid 19 situation as more and more people are getting jobless because of this crisis.

The condition is same for all the South Asian countries except Bhutan and Burma. People in these countries are either dying of hunger or because of covid19.  The situation is getting worst everyday and government is helpless.

If a vaccine comes out this year it will still take three years to reach every individual living in this part of the world because of
the population density.

[Sithara007]

These all things are very good for read and write but in practical its very difficult as even in next one decade we have no hope of any bilateral cricket between these two countries because BJP's all politics is against Pakistan and if they do any favour its mean they are going to commit suicide.

It is ridiculous to blame BJP for the current situation between the BCCI and the PCB. The public opinion in India was in favor of cricket relations between these two nations until a decade ago. But then, a string of terror attacks resulted in the Indian public taking a hard line against their Western neighbor. Even if the current opposition comes to power in India, I don't think that the relations would improve.

[BitSat19]

These all things are very good for read and write but in practical its very difficult as even in next one decade we have no hope of any bilateral cricket between these two countries because BJP's all politics is against Pakistan and if they do any favour its mean they are going to commit suicide.

It is ridiculous to blame BJP for the current situation between the BCCI and the PCB. The public opinion in India was in favor of cricket relations between these two nations until a decade ago. But then, a string of terror attacks resulted in the Indian public taking a hard line against their Western neighbor. Even if the current opposition comes to power in India, I don't think that the relations would improve.

I am also feeling these relationship are not going to improve because its not in favour of politicians and here in sub continent politics is biggest business for a small group which is very powerful so never think about cricket here between these two countries.

[RamBahadur.Gurung]

I am also feeling these relationship are not going to improve because its not in favour of politicians and here in sub continent politics is biggest business for a small group which is very powerful so never think about cricket here between these two countries.

I am neither Indian, nor Pakistani. But for now, let's stop this topic diversion. If there is any improvement in the situation between India and Pakistan, then we can resume this conversation.

If any of you guys are interested in the T20 World Cup 2020, then I have good news for you. Scott Morrison (Australian PM) today announced that 25% crowd will be allowed in the stadiums for major events. He didn't explicitly mentioned the world cup, but there is a good chance that it will move forward now.

https://www.insidesport.co/cricket-great-news-for-t20-world-cup-bad-for-ipl-2020/

This piece of news will give great boost to the International Cricket Council (ICC) & Cricket Australia (CA) to move ahead with the ICC T20 World Cup. On the contrary, the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) hopes of hosting Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 this year will be pegged back.