T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[mersal]

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I think the most interesting thing I have heard today is that it's Captain Kohli along with Hitman who would be opening up the proceedings for the team. Let's see if he actually does. On Rahul I am feeling bad for him but this is how things are Indian team is ultra competitive when it comes to bench strength. But yeah most interesting thing to watch today will be hitman Kohli show. Let's see what impression they make today.

Hell yeah, Kohli did open beautifully for RCB few times so why not? Deep down everyone wanted him to open when other batsmen were failing, score board doesn't look good when it shows 1 for 10 everytime. So i'm excited as well, hoping that this experiment clicks.

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If this pair can squeeze power play well then it would be great from India's perspective.

Until now India is now scoring over 10 an over and now 15th over is on the run now. Just now watched the exceptional running one hand catch from Hoedan which removed the Surya Kumar Yadav. 8 wickets in hand can India pass 200 with the power hitters remaining in the batting order. Another surprising move is to bring Pandaya over Iyer and Pant when leg spinner was bowling.

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[ene1980]

When it mattered India is playing like champions, first three match the chasing won the match and now in crucial matches India is changing that narrative by winning batting first. India scored 224 runs and if England needs to win this match and the series they need to have a great start if not they will struggle like they did in the last match.

Edit: England lost the first wicket for zero.

[teosanru]

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I think the most interesting thing I have heard today is that it's Captain Kohli along with Hitman who would be opening up the proceedings for the team. Let's see if he actually does. On Rahul I am feeling bad for him but this is how things are Indian team is ultra competitive when it comes to bench strength. But yeah most interesting thing to watch today will be hitman Kohli show. Let's see what impression they make today.

Hell yeah, Kohli did open beautifully for RCB few times so why not? Deep down everyone wanted him to open when other batsmen were failing, score board doesn't look good when it shows 1 for 10 everytime. So i'm excited as well, hoping that this experiment clicks.

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If this pair can squeeze power play well then it would be great from India's perspective.

Well what a game it was today. This type of batting and India is invincible I think this is the new opening duo we have found for India. Top 2 best batsmen in the world right in the front leading the whole playing XI the conriden in batting today was at next level. Even SKY and Pandya batted so well. I thought Rishab Pant was the most aggressive in this squad but with SKY and Pandya in the squad the whole team is full of pinch hitters now. God save the bowlers.

[JSRAW]

God save the bowlers. Queen

You Commonwealth peeps  

First Hitman, then Surya kumar Yadav's cameo, followed by Kohli masterclass and Kungfu Pandya hitting..

What else you need when Top 4 batsmen perform like this in T-20. Shame that there is no spectators on the stands. England Batting line up has all the ingredients to win the match but big target pressure is always there, Would love to watch Buttler and Malan (especially him) if they gets going. Hoping for cracking chase from no 1 team.

India playing with 6 bowlers today so it should be good contest.

[Haunebu]

Would love to watch Buttler and Malan (especially him) if they gets going. Hoping for cracking chase from no 1 team.

India playing with 6 bowlers today so it should be good contest.

Your prediction was bang on since Buttler and Malan are stringing together a vital partnership which will most probably decide the fate of this match.

However, I feel like the pressure will make them collapse primarily because of Bhuvi and Natarajan. India seem like they will most likely win the final and the T-20 series unless they mess up royally which I doubt will happen.

[mersal]

God save the bowlers. Queen

You Commonwealth peeps  

First Hitman, then Surya kumar Yadav's cameo, followed by Kohli masterclass and Kungfu Pandya hitting..

What else you need when Top 4 batsmen perform like this in T-20. Shame that there is no spectators on the stands. England Batting line up has all the ingredients to win the match but big target pressure is always there, Would love to watch Buttler and Malan (especially him) if they gets going. Hoping for cracking chase from no 1 team.

India playing with 6 bowlers today so it should be good contest.

Until now Eng batsmen hitting every Indian bowlers with no mercy and they are still in the contest after the first 10 overs.

Need 107 from 56 balls and with 9 wickets in hand then it is certainly possibly.

Lord Rakur can do the same miracle again and turn the match into Indian side? Waiting for the moment...

[Swordsoffreedom]

God save the bowlers. Queen

You Commonwealth peeps  
First Hitman, then Surya kumar Yadav's cameo, followed by Kohli masterclass and Kungfu Pandya hitting..
What else you need when Top 4 batsmen perform like this in T-20. Shame that there is no spectators on the stands. England Batting line up has all the ingredients to win the match but big target pressure is always there, Would love to watch Buttler and Malan (especially him) if they gets going. Hoping for cracking chase from no 1 team.
India playing with 6 bowlers today so it should be good contest.

Until now Eng batsmen hitting every Indian bowlers with no mercy and they are still in the contest after the first 10 overs.
Need 107 from 56 balls and with 9 wickets in hand then it is certainly possibly.
Lord Rakur can do the same miracle again and turn the match into Indian side? Waiting for the moment...

England needs 83 runs from 30 balls. At the moment there are Dawid Malan and Morgan at the crease. Two very experienced players. Although it seems that the match is completely in the possession of India. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if a miracle happened and England will win.

[JSRAW]

Would love to watch Buttler and Malan (especially him) if they gets going. Hoping for cracking chase from no 1 team.

India playing with 6 bowlers today so it should be good contest.

Your prediction was bang on since Buttler and Malan are stringing together a vital partnership which will most probably decide the fate of this match.

However, I feel like the pressure will make them collapse primarily because of Bhuvi and Natarajan. India seem like they will most likely win the final and the T-20 series unless they mess up royally which I doubt will happen.

Well bhai

I had money on both of em.

Buttler is just fantastic t-20 player and Malan is no 1 T-20 batsman, he's was out of touch in last 4 games but i was rooting for him anyway.

Well match now belongs to India, England seems to losing the momentum. they need couple of blinders otherwise series belongs to India now.

LORD THAKUR!!!!!

[Vaskiy]

God save the bowlers. Queen

You Commonwealth peeps  

First Hitman, then Surya kumar Yadav's cameo, followed by Kohli masterclass and Kungfu Pandya hitting..

What else you need when Top 4 batsmen perform like this in T-20. Shame that there is no spectators on the stands. England Batting line up has all the ingredients to win the match but big target pressure is always there, Would love to watch Buttler and Malan (especially him) if they gets going. Hoping for cracking chase from no 1 team.

India playing with 6 bowlers today so it should be good contest.

Until now Eng batsmen hitting every Indian bowlers with no mercy and they are still in the contest after the first 10 overs.

Need 107 from 56 balls and with 9 wickets in hand then it is certainly possibly.

Lord Rakur can do the same miracle again and turn the match into Indian side? Waiting for the moment...

England need 83 runs from 30 balls. At the moment there are Dawid Malan and Morgan at the crease. Two very experienced players. Although it seems that the match is completely in the possession of India. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if a miracle happened and England will win.

England gonna loss the match. Once again chasing is going to be unsuccessful in this match. Right now 16 overs past, and England is in need of 81 runs to win the match. In the last four overs England has lost four wickets and has taken just 17 runs. This middle order lag is the reason for the loss.

[mersal]

LORD THAKUR!!!!!

I asked him to do the same duo wicket over and he did exactly the same, I was watching the match completely and the credits should also go to the Bhuvi who kept the bowling tight and asked the batsman to take over him which took the partnership which almost lasted for 10 runs if I am not wrong. Surprisingly he was given the man of match for that turn around while Virat took the player of series even though he is at the bad form.

[Haunebu]

As expected, India won the decider spectacularly outplaying England in both the batting and bowling departments.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/england-in-india/india-vs-england-india-outplay-england-in-high-scoring-5th-t20i-to-seal-series-3-2/amp_articleshow/81608563.cms

England could have won this series through the previous match, but they messed up and India continue their unbeaten T-20 series streak. Was especially impressed with Bhuvi and Malan in this match.

[teosanru]

God save the bowlers. Queen

You Commonwealth peeps  

First Hitman, then Surya kumar Yadav's cameo, followed by Kohli masterclass and Kungfu Pandya hitting..

What else you need when Top 4 batsmen perform like this in T-20. Shame that there is no spectators on the stands. England Batting line up has all the ingredients to win the match but big target pressure is always there, Would love to watch Buttler and Malan (especially him) if they gets going. Hoping for cracking chase from no 1 team.

India playing with 6 bowlers today so it should be good contest.

Haha It was really a great match today. Even though Malan and Butler tried their best to make a win today but the rest of the squad didn't show any support to them. I think another thing that India realized today is that their bowling does lacks experience. Thakur, Sundar & Natrajan even though bowled good at the end but were not able to break the very important partnership this thing becomes even more problematic in T20s as your prime experienced bowler which was Bhuvi had only 4 Limited overs. On batting I think this should be the new batting line up for India atleast when batting first.

[vella85]

Congrats to India on winning the series, I think they deserve this come from behind series win. It was an interesting series to watch as the first 3 games the team batting first went on to lose the games and in the last two games the team batting first won the games. I'm just happy to see Kohli get back into some good form and I think he deserved the play of the series with 3 not outs. Now hopefully he can continue on with this form into the ODI series.

[romero121]

As expected, India won the decider spectacularly outplaying England in both the batting and bowling departments.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.timesofindia.com/sports/cricket/england-in-india/india-vs-england-india-outplay-england-in-high-scoring-5th-t20i-to-seal-series-3-2/amp_articleshow/81608563.cms

England could have won this series through the previous match, but they messed up and India continue their unbeaten T-20 series streak. Was especially impressed with Bhuvi and Malan in this match.

The batting from England looked stunning, because the partnership went in a stable manner even after losing early wicket. Malan was the player of the match, and England could've taken this match on their side. Today Malan made a record of reaching 1000 runs in 24 matches which is the shortest of all.

[7788bitcoin]

Congrats to India on winning the series, I think they deserve this come from behind series win. It was an interesting series to watch as the first 3 games the team batting first went on to lose the games and in the last two games the team batting first won the games. I'm just happy to see Kohli get back into some good form and I think he deserved the play of the series with 3 not outs. Now hopefully he can continue on with this form into the ODI series.

India always like to entertain the fans by winning the series after getting defeated in the first game. It looks like a picture perfect ending for the past few series, getting trashed in the first match and then coming back and making it look spectacular as if they are looking for these thrilling matches rather than making it look easy .

The way in which Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled is outstanding when the rest of the bowlers were trashed, if India had their best team then they could challenge any other teams by the way they performed in the last two matches.

[JSRAW]

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Haha It was really a great match today. Even though Malan and Butler tried their best to make a win today but the rest of the squad didn't show any support to them. I think another thing that India realized today is that their bowling does lacks experience. Thakur, Sundar & Natrajan even though bowled good at the end but were not able to break the very important partnership this thing becomes even more problematic in T20s as your prime experienced bowler which was Bhuvi had only 4 Limited overs. On batting I think this should be the new batting line up for India atleast when batting first.

When quality batsmen gets going then every bowler can get pretty much hammered every where. Hardik too went for runs in his first over but once Bumrah-Shami joins the fast bowling squad along with Bhuvi, Thakur, Chahar and Natrajan then it should be fine with the experience and variance.

Koach said that he will open for RCB as well so if he's succeed as opener then its big plus from India's perspective and he want to include more all rounders in T-20 format so Jadeja-Hardik or in some extent Shardul-Sundar-Krunal Pandaya-Axar role would become important for him.

5 Pure batsmen + 1 batting allrounder + 2 bowling allrounder + 3 pure bowlers . With this setup N0 8 can also do a bit of batting for the team and we can get 6 bowling options.

[onecall123]

Congrats to India on winning the series, I think they deserve this come from behind series win. It was an interesting series to watch as the first 3 games the team batting first went on to lose the games and in the last two games the team batting first won the games. I'm just happy to see Kohli get back into some good form and I think he deserved the play of the series with 3 not outs. Now hopefully he can continue on with this form into the ODI series.

I am also thinking the same. Everyone's contribution was outstanding. Very well deserved victory. It has become a habit for team India, start with a loss, ends with a win. Before this T20 series Virat Kohli form was absolutely going down however now Kohli get back on the track. He knows how to comeback in form and he deserves this Player of the series award.

[Sithara007]

Initially, there was so much discussion going on related to the toss, but England lost the series despite winning the toss 80% of the time (4 out of 5). In the 5th match, what made the difference was Kohli's decision to open the batting in the place of KL Rahul. That gave India a quick start. If Rahul was there, then the innings would have bogged down from the very start, as happened during the first three matches.

[mersal]

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Haha It was really a great match today. Even though Malan and Butler tried their best to make a win today but the rest of the squad didn't show any support to them. I think another thing that India realized today is that their bowling does lacks experience. Thakur, Sundar & Natrajan even though bowled good at the end but were not able to break the very important partnership this thing becomes even more problematic in T20s as your prime experienced bowler which was Bhuvi had only 4 Limited overs. On batting I think this should be the new batting line up for India atleast when batting first.

When quality batsmen gets going then every bowler can get pretty much hammered every where. Hardik too went for runs in his first over but once Bumrah-Shami joins the fast bowling squad along with Bhuvi, Thakur, Chahar and Natrajan then it should be fine with the experience and variance.

Koach said that he will open for RCB as well so if he's succeed as opener then its big plus from India's perspective and he want to include more all rounders in T-20 format so Jadeja-Hardik or in some extent Shardul-Sundar-Krunal Pandaya-Axar role would become important for him.

5 Pure batsmen + 1 batting allrounder + 2 bowling allrounder + 3 pure bowlers . With this setup N0 8 can also do a bit of batting for the team and we can get 6 bowling options.

Kohli will be looking to score as much as he can on the important matches for sure but even though he is doing all the time for RCB they failed to enter into the qualifiers but I guess this time they will look to break that curse record oj RCB by atleast entering into the top 4.

[Iranus]

Initially, there was so much discussion going on related to the toss, but England lost the series despite winning the toss 80% of the time (4 out of 5). In the 5th match, what made the difference was Kohli's decision to open the batting in the place of KL Rahul. That gave India a quick start. If Rahul was there, then the innings would have bogged down from the very start, as happened during the first three matches.

I agree with you. Kohli's decision to bat in replace of KL Rahul was really a timely and perfect decision. And India has seen the team's output very well. India have been able to give a huge target of 225 runs for the great start of Rohit Sharma and Kohli. Also Bhuvneswar Kumar bowled just awesome. As a result, the road to India's victory has become easier.