T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[pakhitheboss]

A good match where RR scored 164 and SRH were able to get that score in just 18.3 overs. Jason Roy from SRH scored 60 runs and was awarded player of the match. From RR Sanju Samson was the highest scorer. Overall it was the batsmen who won the match for SRH.

Finally a match where the Sunrisers Hyderabad top order clicked and they were able to win the match. Rajasthan Royals was able to put a good score on the board and Sanju Samson played yet another great innings as a captain but the last over Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled was a good one, if not they would have scored more than the total they set.

Today we have an interesting match between KKR and DC. While on paper DC is a better team than KKR but recent matches prove that KKR can give them a good fight. On the point table, DC is ranked second and KKR fourth. It seems few wins have pushed KKR to the top spot. In my opinion, I will put my money still on DC because I think they will be able to defeat KKR without any issue.

[Sithara007]

Today we have an interesting match between KKR and DC. While on paper DC is a better team than KKR but recent matches prove that KKR can give them a good fight. On the point table, DC is ranked second and KKR fourth. It seems few wins have pushed KKR to the top spot. In my opinion, I will put my money still on DC because I think they will be able to defeat KKR without any issue.

DC is more likely to win today's match, because KKR is weakened by the absence of Pat Cummins. On the other hand, although Marcus Stoinis is injured, it hasn't had an impact on the fortunes of DC. For DC, now all of their top-order and middle order batsmen seems to be in good form (Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw). I would like to see Steve Smith playing a few games for DC, but right now the others are playing so well that it is difficult to find a spot for him in the playing XI. 

[JSRAW]

Our thick boy Sanju leading the table with 1 ton + 2 50's and averaging 54, strike rate is also very impressive in this season. Lots of debate on his consistency for a quite some time, ofc for a right reason because he wasted many chances to prove himself. But i'm sure selectors and Virat are also noticing his recent numbers, if by any chance he manage to get Orange Cap then it would be tough to ignore him for T-20 WC Squad. Wild Card Entry looks possible to me.

https://www.iplt20.com/stats/2021/most-runs

[Vishnu.Reang]

Our thick boy Sanju leading the table with 1 ton + 2 50's and averaging 54, strike rate is also very impressive in this season. Lots of debate on his consistency for a quite some time, ofc for a right reason because he wasted many chances to prove himself. But i'm sure selectors and Virat are also noticing his recent numbers, if by any chance he manage to get Orange Cap then it would be tough to ignore him for T-20 WC Squad. Wild Card Entry looks possible to me.

The problem is that most of the time Samson scores a half century, his team ends up on the losing side. His captaincy is very poor. Last year, Steve Smith's captaincy worked well for RR, but poor form with the bat meant that he was kicked out of the squad. Samson has so far failed to fill the vacuum. RR currently has very weak team bonding and this is evident from their poor performance despite the presence of so many good players. And on top of that, the pullout of English players had a serious impact on them. No other franchise was affected due to the pullout more than RR. 

[JSRAW]

Our thick boy Sanju leading the table with 1 ton + 2 50's and averaging 54, strike rate is also very impressive in this season. Lots of debate on his consistency for a quite some time, ofc for a right reason because he wasted many chances to prove himself. But i'm sure selectors and Virat are also noticing his recent numbers, if by any chance he manage to get Orange Cap then it would be tough to ignore him for T-20 WC Squad. Wild Card Entry looks possible to me.

The problem is that most of the time Samson scores a half century, his team ends up on the losing side. His captaincy is very poor. Last year, Steve Smith's captaincy worked well for RR, but poor form with the bat meant that he was kicked out of the squad. Samson has so far failed to fill the vacuum. RR currently has very weak team bonding and this is evident from their poor performance despite the presence of so many good players. And on top of that, the pullout of English players had a serious impact on them. No other franchise was affected due to the pullout more than RR. 

Their team bonding, captaincy, vacuum, losing-winning etc were not the point of my post tho.

My motive was to point out the Sanju's consistency with the bat and his spot in the T-20 WC squad. Considering what's happening with the Mumbai Indian (Ishan +Sky poor form)

[bryant.coleman]

Their team bonding, captaincy, vacuum, losing-winning etc were not the point of my post tho.

My motive was to point out the Sanju's consistency with the bat and his spot in the T-20 WC squad. Considering what's happening with the Mumbai Indian (Ishan +Sky poor form)

Be careful when you associate the word "consistency" with Sanju Samson. I agree that he has scored runs recently. But from what I have observed in the past, his good patch lasts only for 4-5 matches and after that he will suffer from a lack of form for the next 4-5 matches. The again his good patch will reappear. This is a never-ending cycle for Samson. And regarding Mumbai Indians, it is not right to blame everything on Ishan and SKY. What about the Pandya sisters? They are also not contributing anything to the team.

[JSRAW]

Their team bonding, captaincy, vacuum, losing-winning etc were not the point of my post tho.

My motive was to point out the Sanju's consistency with the bat and his spot in the T-20 WC squad. Considering what's happening with the Mumbai Indian (Ishan +Sky poor form)

Be careful when you associate the word "consistency" with Sanju Samson. I agree that he has scored runs recently. But from what I have observed in the past, his good patch lasts only for 4-5 matches and after that he will suffer from a lack of form for the next 4-5 matches. The again his good patch will reappear. This is a never-ending cycle for Samson. And regarding Mumbai Indians, it is not right to blame everything on Ishan and SKY. What about the Pandya sisters? They are also not contributing anything to the team.

I'm looking at everything in context of T-20 WC, that's where form comes into play. Krunal Pandya is not part of the WC squad so i don't really care about his performance for his franchise. Hardik's Form with the bat is one of the major concern and he's not bowling at all, which indicate that he's not fit to ball or team (MI) is not showing enough confidence on his bowling but we have Shardul Thakur in reserve for that, if Hardik continues to fail. Thakur is not explosive batsman as Hardik but he seems better 3rd seamer for the team (Bowling allrounder).

[Juggy777]

Their team bonding, captaincy, vacuum, losing-winning etc were not the point of my post tho.

My motive was to point out the Sanju's consistency with the bat and his spot in the T-20 WC squad. Considering what's happening with the Mumbai Indian (Ishan +Sky poor form)

Be careful when you associate the word "consistency" with Sanju Samson. I agree that he has scored runs recently. But from what I have observed in the past, his good patch lasts only for 4-5 matches and after that he will suffer from a lack of form for the next 4-5 matches. The again his good patch will reappear. This is a never-ending cycle for Samson. And regarding Mumbai Indians, it is not right to blame everything on Ishan and SKY. What about the Pandya sisters? They are also not contributing anything to the team.

I'm looking at everything in context of T-20 WC, that's where form comes into play. Krunal Pandya is not part of the WC squad so i don't really care about his performance for his franchise. Hardik's Form with the bat is one of the major concern and he's not bowling at all, which indicate that he's not fit to ball or team (MI) is not showing enough confidence on his bowling but we have Shardul Thakur in reserve for that, if Hardik continues to fail. Thakur is not explosive batsman as Hardik but he seems better 3rd seamer for the team (Bowling allrounder).

@JSRAW Hardik is fit and they’re trying to keep him in better shape for the T20 World Cup, and that makes sense because he’s a valuable player for the Indian team. Also your analysis of Sanju Samson is spot on, and I don’t believe he’ll be called for the World Cup unless someone gets injured.

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[bryant.coleman]

^^^ Hardik is a good addition to the Indian team when he is 100% fit. The problem is that for quite some time he has been struggling with injury issues and he is useless if he can't bowl in the middle overs. Unless he scores a few half centuries in the remaining matches for the Mumbai Indians, I don't think that he will be considered in the playing XI for the T20 World Cup. BTW, just three more weeks to go before the qualifier stage of the World Cup starts. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh needs to play the qualifiers, since their ranking was low.

[LittleBitFunny]

The match between Mumbai and Punjab is being held today. Punjab has given a target of only 136 runs. They should easily win by batting for 136 runs on such a batting support pitch. But Mumbai lost two wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs. Rohit Sharma is not in form. Has scored 8 runs. If De Kock can't play a good innings, then I don't see any chance of Mumbai winning this match.

[perfect999]

The match between Mumbai and Punjab is being held today. Punjab has given a target of only 136 runs. They should easily win by batting for 136 runs on such a batting support pitch. But Mumbai lost two wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs. Rohit Sharma is not in form. Has scored 8 runs. If De Kock can't play a good innings, then I don't see any chance of Mumbai winning this match.

Right now in chase of 136 Mumbai Indians try to do good just 76/3 in 12 overs with Pandya and Tiwary both on crease for Mumbai Indians right now win is very important for both teams as they are struggling for spot in play-offs but in last few matches both teams done very poor job today Punjab's target is not good but still MI struggling very badly for reaching out.

Today which team is losing surely going out of touch and winner is going to have some chance for qualifying in next round because KKR is also on same points but with some better NRR which is also going to help.

[Minor Miner]

Today which team is losing surely going out of touch and winner is going to have some chance for qualifying in next round because KKR is also on same points but with some better NRR which is also going to help.

If Mumbai lose, they have no chance of going to the next round. They lag far behind other teams and at the same time, their performance is weak. Now they need 45 runs from 30 balls to win. Looking at the batting style of Mumbai's players, it doesn't look like they will win the match. Although they still have a lot of wickets.

[bryant.coleman]

If Mumbai lose, they have no chance of going to the next round. They lag far behind other teams and at the same time, their performance is weak. Now they need 45 runs from 30 balls to win. Looking at the batting style of Mumbai's players, it doesn't look like they will win the match. Although they still have a lot of wickets.

LOL.. they won this time. And the bigger surprise was that Hardik Pandya contributed with the bat after such a long gap. Krunal also had a decent outing with the ball. But the other match was more of a surprise. I wasn't exactly expecting DC to lose. What really happened to Delhi Capitals? Only three batsmen got in to double digits (Steven Smith, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant. I was glad to see Smith for the first time in this phase, but he didn't got much support from the other batsmen. And how the hell did Venkatesh Iyer picked up two wickets? 

[MinMan]

If Mumbai lose, they have no chance of going to the next round. They lag far behind other teams and at the same time, their performance is weak. Now they need 45 runs from 30 balls to win. Looking at the batting style of Mumbai's players, it doesn't look like they will win the match. Although they still have a lot of wickets.

LOL.. they won this time. And the bigger surprise was that Hardik Pandya contributed with the bat after such a long gap. Krunal also had a decent outing with the ball. But the other match was more of a surprise. I wasn't exactly expecting DC to lose. What really happened to Delhi Capitals? Only three batsmen got in to double digits (Steven Smith, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant. I was glad to see Smith for the first time in this phase, but he didn't got much support from the other batsmen. And how the hell did Venkatesh Iyer picked up two wickets? 

Today Pandya brothers done very impressive job for Mumbai Indians in very crucial match because this win can bring back them into limelight after losing three matches in a row they were completely out of course, but this is massive win for them and with this win they have now informed Hardik Pandya which is more exciting for team and fans now they have left 3 matches in league and all are very important for them to qualifying for next round.

In other match of day, KKR won against Delhi Capitals in a low scoring game and having their chances alive for better end of this

season.

[pakhitheboss]

If Mumbai lose, they have no chance of going to the next round. They lag far behind other teams and at the same time, their performance is weak. Now they need 45 runs from 30 balls to win. Looking at the batting style of Mumbai's players, it doesn't look like they will win the match. Although they still have a lot of wickets.

LOL.. they won this time. And the bigger surprise was that Hardik Pandya contributed with the bat after such a long gap. Krunal also had a decent outing with the ball. But the other match was more of a surprise. I wasn't exactly expecting DC to lose. What really happened to Delhi Capitals? Only three batsmen got in to double digits (Steven Smith, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant. I was glad to see Smith for the first time in this phase, but he didn't got much support from the other batsmen. And how the hell did Venkatesh Iyer picked up two wickets? 

Today Pandya brothers done very impressive job for Mumbai Indians in very crucial match because this win can bring back them into limelight after losing three matches in a row they were completely out of course, but this is massive win for them and with this win they have now informed Hardik Pandya which is more exciting for team and fans now they have left 3 matches in league and all are very important for them to qualifying for next round.

In other match of day, KKR won against Delhi Capitals in a low scoring game and having their chances alive for better end of this

season.

Good comeback by MI and a thrilling match too. Hardik Pandya is the main contributor according to me as without his knock of 40 runs it would have been hard for MI to win this match. Saurabh Tiwari is another batsman who needs to be mentioned too. In the KKR vs DC match Sunil Narine was the man to watch not only he took wickets but in the end performed well with his bat.

[Sithara007]

Good comeback by MI and a thrilling match too. Hardik Pandya is the main contributor according to me as without his knock of 40 runs it would have been hard for MI to win this match. Saurabh Tiwari is another batsman who needs to be mentioned too. In the KKR vs DC match Sunil Narine was the man to watch not only he took wickets but in the end performed well with his bat.

Hardik scored some runs after so many matches! One innings of 40 during the last 5 outings still doesn't justify his selection in the playing XI though. Krunal Pandya is also having an ordinary season so far. Yesterday it Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard who picked up most of the wickets, although Krunal got the wicket of the opener Mandeep Singh. In the end, Mumbai Indians proved to be a much more experienced and star-studded side when compared to the Punjab Kings. The local Punjab players couldn't perform under pressure (Mandeep, Harpreet and Arshdeep).

[onecall123]

Good comeback by MI and a thrilling match too. Hardik Pandya is the main contributor according to me as without his knock of 40 runs it would have been hard for MI to win this match. Saurabh Tiwari is another batsman who needs to be mentioned too. In the KKR vs DC match Sunil Narine was the man to watch not only he took wickets but in the end performed well with his bat.

Hardik scored some runs after so many matches! One innings of 40 during the last 5 outings still doesn't justify his selection in the playing XI though. Krunal Pandya is also having an ordinary season so far. Yesterday it Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard who picked up most of the wickets, although Krunal got the wicket of the opener Mandeep Singh. In the end, Mumbai Indians proved to be a much more experienced and star-studded side when compared to the Punjab Kings. The local Punjab players couldn't perform under pressure (Mandeep, Harpreet and Arshdeep).

It is this that Mumbai Indians are known for. Mumbai Indians are known for their comebacks. At last, the long-awaited victory! I think Tiwary played a very important innings. Tiwary's inning was brilliant, and Pollard and Pandya finished the innings together for MI. I am very happy with this one, but I am even happier since Hardik finishes well and I think this is an excellent sign for the T20 format. Hopefully, he'll sign more and more.

[Minor Miner]

Today's match is very important for Rajasthan Royals. This is a do-or-die match for them. If they lose this match, they will not be in the top 4 of the table. RCB has lost 3 matches in a row and has performed very well against MI in the previous match and won. Rajasthan has lost the previous two matches. They have to win this match. I hope Rajasthan will win.

[bryant.coleman]

Today's match is very important for Rajasthan Royals. This is a do-or-die match for them. If they lose this match, they will not be in the top 4 of the table. RCB has lost 3 matches in a row and has performed very well against MI in the previous match and won. Rajasthan has lost the previous two matches. They have to win this match. I hope Rajasthan will win.

Too many teams in contention for the 4th playoff spot. If Rajasthan Royals wins today, then they will keep their chances alive, as they will have 10 points (KKR and MI also have 10 points each). Then it will be a triangular battle between these teams, with three matches remaining for each franchise. And out of these three, I would rate KKR as having maximum chances to qualify to the playoffs. A win by Royal Challengers Bangalore today would mean that their 3rd position is guaranteed, and thereby a spot in the playoffs.

[nhaila]

Today's match is very important for Rajasthan Royals. This is a do-or-die match for them. If they lose this match, they will not be in the top 4 of the table. RCB has lost 3 matches in a row and has performed very well against MI in the previous match and won. Rajasthan has lost the previous two matches. They have to win this match. I hope Rajasthan will win.

If today Rajasthan Royale win the match the they equally marked the point of KKR. Because Rajasthan Royale points 8 out of 10 match and Kolkata Knight Riders point 10 out of 10 .
But Kolkata Knight Riders played more than one match than Rajasthan Royale.