T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Stedsm]

Sare bhuddhe pagal ho gaye hai . Not watching but keeping tab on score.

Last time i checked Irfan, kevin Pietersen, Taranga, Dwayne Smith etc were beating the shit out of every bowlers everywhere.

I watched a match yesterday between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh (I mean, when Bangladesh came at batting). The way Tilakaratne Dilshan played on the field was mind-blowing, even after holding such age he didn't look like gone old, but young as ever. I'll be following more games now as when I watched the oldies trying to make interesting catches like youngsters, I believe this series will be an interesting one.

[Juggy777]

Sare bhuddhe pagal ho gaye hai . Not watching but keeping tab on score.

Last time i checked Irfan, kevin Pietersen, Taranga, Dwayne Smith etc were beating the shit out of every bowlers everywhere.

I watched a match yesterday between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh (I mean, when Bangladesh came at batting). The way Tilakaratne Dilshan played on the field was mind-blowing, even after holding such age he didn't look like gone old, but young as ever. I'll be following more games now as when I watched the oldies trying to make interesting catches like youngsters, I believe this series will be an interesting one.

@Stedsm this is a hilarious series to be honest, but I’m enjoying it more than watching the IPL and I hope going ahead they’ll arrange more such series for us. Also Dilshan was an outstanding batsman when he used to play for Srilanka, and lastly even I was surprised that he hasn’t lost his touch despite not playing competitive cricket for a very long time now.

[Vishnu.Reang]

@Stedsm this is a hilarious series to be honest, but I’m enjoying it more than watching the IPL and I hope going ahead they’ll arrange more such series for us. Also Dilshan was an outstanding batsman when he used to play for Srilanka, and lastly even I was surprised that he hasn’t lost his touch despite not playing competitive cricket for a very long time now.

Tillakaratne Dilshan, along with Kumar Sangakkara were the last of the legendary Sri Lankan batsmen. After they retired, there was no one to replace them, and that is the reason why Sri Lanka is in a terrible state now. Their peak came in 1996, when the trio of Sanath Jayasuriya-Arjuna Ranatunga-Aravinda de Silva along with Muttiah Muralitharan helped them to win the world cup. After that they have been in continuous decline.

[Stedsm]

@Stedsm this is a hilarious series to be honest, but I’m enjoying it more than watching the IPL and I hope going ahead they’ll arrange more such series for us. Also Dilshan was an outstanding batsman when he used to play for Srilanka, and lastly even I was surprised that he hasn’t lost his touch despite not playing competitive cricket for a very long time now.

Well, while I watched their highlights online, came to know how spectacularly Upul Tharanga played a 99 not out (felt bad for him as it was just 1 run left for his century, but still what a game). It'll be awesome to watch India Legends vs South Africa Legends and I'm more interested in watching the game of trio of Sachin, Sehwag and Yuvraj.

[Vaskiy]

@Stedsm this is a hilarious series to be honest, but I’m enjoying it more than watching the IPL and I hope going ahead they’ll arrange more such series for us. Also Dilshan was an outstanding batsman when he used to play for Srilanka, and lastly even I was surprised that he hasn’t lost his touch despite not playing competitive cricket for a very long time now.

Well, while I watched their highlights online, came to know how spectacularly Upul Tharanga played a 99 not out (felt bad for him as it was just 1 run left for his century, but still what a game). It'll be awesome to watch India Legends vs South Africa Legends and I'm more interested in watching the game of trio of Sachin, Sehwag and Yuvraj.

The match will be very interesting, because Sehwag is already in good form. In his previous match against West Indies have helped chase 150 scoring 74 runs in 57 balls. South Africa Legends vs India Legends match will be a close call, because both teams have highly experienced and skilled players who have got the ability to turn the match towards any direction unlike the match situation.

[Vishnu.Reang]

Guys, we have news regarding the PSL. There was a meeting between various franchises and the PCB, and it was decided that the tournament will resume in June 2021. Actually this is good news, as the PSL schedule doesn't clash with the IPL 2021. However, from what I have heard this time the PSL will be conducted in just one city (Karachi), and Lahore is dropped as one of the venues. The reason being given is that the month of June is peak summer in Pakistan, and climate in Karachi will be milder when compared to that in Lahore.

[romero121]

Guys, we have news regarding the PSL. There was a meeting between various franchises and the PCB, and it was decided that the tournament will resume in June 2021. Actually this is good news, as the PSL schedule doesn't clash with the IPL 2021. However, from what I have heard this time the PSL will be conducted in just one city (Karachi), and Lahore is dropped as one of the venues. The reason being given is that the month of June is peak summer in Pakistan, and climate in Karachi will be milder when compared to that in Lahore.

Yes, the remaining matches were rescheduled to take place by June. There are people who are much interested with PSL than IPL for few reasons. Nowadays IPL has a long list of matches and it runs for atleast two months of time. With PSL the tournament gets over within a very short time period with less number of matches. However it is ones own interest and I'm much into IPL than PSL.

[Sithara007]

Yes, the remaining matches were rescheduled to take place by June. There are people who are much interested with PSL than IPL for few reasons. Nowadays IPL has a long list of matches and it runs for atleast two months of time. With PSL the tournament gets over within a very short time period with less number of matches. However it is ones own interest and I'm much into IPL than PSL.

The reason is that IPL features the best players from all around the world. As a franchise T20 league, it is far ahead of its competitors. BBL of Australia could have given good competition to the IPL, but Cricket Australia's refusal to increase the salary cap and overseas player quota negatively impacted the league. PSL has the potential to grow in to something big, but it is relatively new compared to the other leagues.

[mersal]

Yes, the remaining matches were rescheduled to take place by June. There are people who are much interested with PSL than IPL for few reasons. Nowadays IPL has a long list of matches and it runs for atleast two months of time. With PSL the tournament gets over within a very short time period with less number of matches. However it is ones own interest and I'm much into IPL than PSL.

The reason is that IPL features the best players from all around the world. As a franchise T20 league, it is far ahead of its competitors. BBL of Australia could have given good competition to the IPL, but Cricket Australia's refusal to increase the salary cap and overseas player quota negatively impacted the league. PSL has the potential to grow in to something big, but it is relatively new compared to the other leagues.

But IPL itself killing the young talents of India in my opinion, because first class career is pretty much important to get selected into the national squad but now people who got featured in IPL franchise alone given chances while most of them from first class remain unsold or even unnoticed due to player and budget cap limit for every team.

[JSRAW]

Yes, the remaining matches were rescheduled to take place by June. There are people who are much interested with PSL than IPL for few reasons. Nowadays IPL has a long list of matches and it runs for atleast two months of time. With PSL the tournament gets over within a very short time period with less number of matches. However it is ones own interest and I'm much into IPL than PSL.

The reason is that IPL features the best players from all around the world. As a franchise T20 league, it is far ahead of its competitors. BBL of Australia could have given good competition to the IPL, but Cricket Australia's refusal to increase the salary cap and overseas player quota negatively impacted the league. PSL has the potential to grow in to something big, but it is relatively new compared to the other leagues.

But IPL itself killing the young talents of India in my opinion, because first class career is pretty much important to get selected into the national squad but now people who got featured in IPL franchise alone given chances while most of them from first class remain unsold or even unnoticed due to player and budget cap limit for every team.

I believe its doing exactly opposite. Don't look at the auctions but list of capped players, fair amount of domestic players gets picked by franchise on their base price. Its a win win situation for both parties, players gets to share dressing room with the world class players, coaches etc.

We shouldn't forget that Bumrah, Ashwin, R Jadeja, Pandaya brothers, Sundar , Chahal, Chahar Brothers are IPL products, list is big. Some players gets fast track (Bumrah, he didn't play 1st class) and some takes their sweet time (Axar Patel).


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Eng vs Ind

And Rahul is gone.. India : 2/1

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Now Kohli is gone, poor form continues...    3/2

[mersal]

I believe its doing exactly opposite. Don't look at the auctions but list of capped players, fair amount of domestic players gets picked by franchise on their base price. Its a win win situation for both parties, players gets to share dressing room with the world class players, coaches etc.

We shouldn't forget that Bumrah, Ashwin, R Jadeja, Pandaya brothers, Sundar , Chahal, Chahar Brothers are IPL products, list is big. Some players gets fast track (Bumrah, he didn't play 1st class) and some takes their sweet time (Axar Patel).


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Eng vs Ind

And Rahul is gone.. India : 2/1

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Edit 1

Now Kohli is gone, poor form continues...    3/2

Yeah, IPL produced some great players even Suresh Raina found after playing for CSK I guess but how many talents remain unnoticed?! that's is what I am thinking about.
Pathetic batting from team IND after losing the toss to ENG.23/3 and in that Pant scored 16 runs and still in the crease!

What is happening with captain, he is really struggling to get his batting rhythm for a very long time.

[ene1980]

What is happening with captain, he is really struggling to get his batting rhythm for a very long time.

Virat Kohli was in top form for a long time and it is not that rare to see some batsman struggle once in a while and he is collecting some ducks in this series against England. I was expecting India to play better but England is dominating and they have a really strong team and by looking at the score of 106 for the loss of 6 wickets in 18 overs it is hard to believe we will see any recovery in this match. After a disappointing Test series England is back with the T20 series .

[mersal]

What is happening with captain, he is really struggling to get his batting rhythm for a very long time.

Virat Kohli was in top form for a long time and it is not that rare to see some batsman struggle once in a while and he is collecting some ducks in this series against England. I was expecting India to play better but England is dominating and they have a really strong team and by looking at the score of 106 for the loss of 6 wickets in 18 overs it is hard to believe we will see any recovery in this match. After a disappointing Test series England is back with the T20 series .

Don't forget that Eng completely dominated India in the first test as well but everything turned around after that so such kind of luck is happening again or will happen?IND bowlers even struggling to break the opening pairs and now the required score is under 6 means the match is about to over in the next few mins for the side of ENG.

[JSRAW]

Well Ladies this match is almost finished.

England is showing why they are No 1 T-20 team in the world and its not like they are beating low ranking team. Wondering if i am able to find any rotation policy drama in English media anymore or let's wait for T-20 WC or The Ashes? Having said that its 5 match series and Indian team always starts late.

[eaLiTy]

Sare bhuddhe pagal ho gaye hai . Not watching but keeping tab on score.

Yes but i was glad to see Virender Sehwag scoring freely in the first match and the way Kevin Pietersen bats, i recently saw a Sky Sports batting masterclass and he was hitting the ball cleanly and so does Andrew Flintoff and now there is no pressure to perform and i do think they can perform well in franchise cricket even at this age.

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During the 90s, world cricket was much more competitive. Nowadays, matches are more lop sided with Big 3 + New Zealand dominating over the other teams. However, back then also Bangladesh was a very weak team. Compared to them, Kenya was much better (Steve Tikolo, Maurice Odumbe, Thomas Odoyo.etc). And South Africa was one of the top sides. Even Zimbabwe had a number of great players, such as Andy Flower, Heath Streak, Neil Johnson.etc.

The early 90s ODI was a slow paced match and the openers were meant to defend the ball until Sri Lanka changed how the first 15 overs should be played and it was a revolutionary change and any team scoring 250 above was a good total to defend. Kenya and Zimbabwe were strong in their home ground and i remember matches that they defeated India easily and Sri Lanka was a difficult team to beat.

The difference is that every team had world class bowlers that dominated and tested any batsman and it was a challenge scoring freely and the boundaries were bigger but now the boundaries are shorter and all the rules favor the batsman.

[Swordsoffreedom]

After a great win in the first Test, England lost badly in all the other Tests. Players who had the worst performances of their entire careers. England won the first T20 match very well. None of the Indian batsmen performed well. England reached the target in just 15 overs, losing only 2 wickets. My fear is, we don’t want to see a repeat of the Test series again. After winning the first match, they lost the rest of the matches badly.

[Sithara007]

Well Ladies this match is almost finished.

England is showing why they are No 1 T-20 team in the world and its not like they are beating low ranking team. Wondering if i am able to find any rotation policy drama in English media anymore or let's wait for T-20 WC or The Ashes? Having said that its 5 match series and Indian team always starts late.

The match was decided in the first 5 overs, when India lost 3 wickets for just 20 runs. At that point Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer came to the crease, but they couldn't lift the run rate. Only Shreyas Iyer could score runs at a good pace (thanks to some big hits towards the end of the innings). Even Hardik Pandya had a strike rate of less than 100 in this match. The England bowlers kept it really tight, without giving away too many easy runs. They bowled just two wides, and zero no-balls.

[UmerIdrees]

Finally there is some good news about the PSL and the tournament will resume sometime in June this year. COVID-19-hit Pakistan Super League rescheduled to June 2021, confirms PCB. Although its never good to strop and resume the tournaments as all the momentum is lost, but there is no choice.

[pakhitheboss]

Finally there is some good news about the PSL and the tournament will resume sometime in June this year. COVID-19-hit Pakistan Super League rescheduled to June 2021, confirms PCB. Although its never good to strop and resume the tournaments as all the momentum is lost, but there is no choice.

That is certainly good news for Pakistan cricket If they are again able to resume PSL that will be great. This issue has already dented the reputation of PSL. If now they are able to end this tournament without any glitch then they might be able to again gain the confidence of the international players and the teams.

[JSRAW]

Well Ladies this match is almost finished.

England is showing why they are No 1 T-20 team in the world and its not like they are beating low ranking team. Wondering if i am able to find any rotation policy drama in English media anymore or let's wait for T-20 WC or The Ashes? Having said that its 5 match series and Indian team always starts late.

The match was decided in the first 5 overs, when India lost 3 wickets for just 20 runs. At that point Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer came to the crease, but they couldn't lift the run rate. Only Shreyas Iyer could score runs at a good pace (thanks to some big hits towards the end of the innings). Even Hardik Pandya had a strike rate of less than 100 in this match. The England bowlers kept it really tight, without giving away too many easy runs. They bowled just two wides, and zero no-balls.

World cup is coming soon so this 5 match series and IPL is kinda audition for all Young-Old guns, so i'm not worried about result of T-20 series. They should keep up with the experiment and focus on SKY -Ishan Kishan or other young guys or team's attacking approach which Virat & co mentioned before the series. Let's see how long Sikhar Dhawan stays in the team, he was even dropped from his State team after performing bad in Vijay hazare trophy. I believe his retirement time is coming, may be after T-20 WC.