T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[LittleBitFunny]

Considering the performance of all the teams in the World Cup, England and Pakistan are the worthy contenders for this World Cup. Pakistan was a weak team before the start of the World Cup. The players had no consistency. They have lost one match after another. But they have been back in great form since the first match of the World Cup. Playing great in every match. I would be happy if I could watch the final match of Pakistan vs England. India was the favorite team before the start of the World Cup. With the defeat against Pakistan, the players are now mentally disturbed. We are getting the expected performance from them.

Pakistan has played 4 matches in the World Cup and has won each match with an outstanding performance. They have already qualified for the next round. The last match is against Scotland. Pakistan will win the last match easily.
However, I like the performance of Afghanistan and Namibia against Pakistan. Although Afghanistan controlled the entire match, they were unfortunately defeated. Namibia's players batted well in today's match. Against a strong bowling lineup like Pakistan, they managed to score 144 runs which is really very commendable.

[GbitG]

Considering the performance of all the teams in the World Cup, England and Pakistan are the worthy contenders for this World Cup. Pakistan was a weak team before the start of the World Cup. The players had no consistency. They have lost one match after another. But they have been back in great form since the first match of the World Cup. Playing great in every match. I would be happy if I could watch the final match of Pakistan vs England. India was the favorite team before the start of the World Cup. With the defeat against Pakistan, the players are now mentally disturbed. We are getting the expected performance from them.

Pakistan has played 4 matches in the World Cup and has won each match with an outstanding performance. They have already qualified for the next round. The last match is against Scotland. Pakistan will win the last match easily.
However, I like the performance of Afghanistan and Namibia against Pakistan. Although Afghanistan controlled the entire match, they were unfortunately defeated. Namibia's players batted well in today's match. Against a strong bowling lineup like Pakistan, they managed to score 144 runs which is really very commendable.

Pakistan's current form is massive surprise for many fans as well because mostly were not expecting results like this, but suddenly they have done very good change in their way and attitude which give them good success hopefully now they will have good results in remaining games in other group England was favourite, and they are doing good job as well South Africa and Australia are also good but sadly all other 3 test playing nations struggling very badly for having very poor results.
Afghanistan is also really improved side in last few years, surely they could be third best cricketing nation in near future if ICC not hammer them ban and their Pakistan rivalry is also very interesting, hopefully this will bring some more interesting matches in near future.

[barbara44]

Nothing interesting seems to happen in this match anymore. South Africa will bat for only 85 runs. A small target. If the target was 120 then I thought the match would be competitive. However, Bangladesh bowlers are not bad, South Africa may lose 3/4 wickets in 85 runs.
South Africa scored 8 runs in 2 overs, and they lost the wicket of Reeza Hendricks.

In recent time Bangladesh going down very badly in all formats which is matter of concern for team and management even they are having good competition in their twenty/20 league but no good players coming in this event they lost very badly against teams with very poor fielding and batting also had some good number of issues just one match have some better batting performance after this they lose very badly in all games they need some better things in domestic level otherwise they are going down and out like Zimbabwe.

In today match South Africa were also struggling in batting now they have one match against mighty England if they want to qualify for Semi Final then they have to beat them otherwise they are going back to home.

[pakhitheboss]

Considering the performance of all the teams in the World Cup, England and Pakistan are the worthy contenders for this World Cup. Pakistan was a weak team before the start of the World Cup. The players had no consistency. They have lost one match after another. But they have been back in great form since the first match of the World Cup. Playing great in every match. I would be happy if I could watch the final match of Pakistan vs England. India was the favorite team before the start of the World Cup. With the defeat against Pakistan, the players are now mentally disturbed. We are getting the expected performance from them.

Pakistan has played 4 matches in the World Cup and has won each match with an outstanding performance. They have already qualified for the next round. The last match is against Scotland. Pakistan will win the last match easily.
However, I like the performance of Afghanistan and Namibia against Pakistan. Although Afghanistan controlled the entire match, they were unfortunately defeated. Namibia's players batted well in today's match. Against a strong bowling lineup like Pakistan, they managed to score 144 runs which is really very commendable.

Pakistan's current form is massive surprise for many fans as well because mostly were not expecting results like this, but suddenly they have done very good change in their way and attitude which give them good success hopefully now they will have good results in remaining games in other group England was favourite, and they are doing good job as well South Africa and Australia are also good but sadly all other 3 test playing nations struggling very badly for having very poor results.
Afghanistan is also really improved side in last few years, surely they could be third best cricketing nation in near future if ICC not hammer them ban and their Pakistan rivalry is also very interesting, hopefully this will bring some more interesting matches in near future.

Pakistan has show great potential in this world cup. Now how log they can keep this form is something that no one can answer. Namibia is a very weak team compared to Pakistan. It was known that Pakistan will win this match.

[romero121]

Considering the performance of all the teams in the World Cup, England and Pakistan are the worthy contenders for this World Cup. Pakistan was a weak team before the start of the World Cup. The players had no consistency. They have lost one match after another. But they have been back in great form since the first match of the World Cup. Playing great in every match. I would be happy if I could watch the final match of Pakistan vs England. India was the favorite team before the start of the World Cup. With the defeat against Pakistan, the players are now mentally disturbed. We are getting the expected performance from them.

Pakistan has played 4 matches in the World Cup and has won each match with an outstanding performance. They have already qualified for the next round. The last match is against Scotland. Pakistan will win the last match easily.
However, I like the performance of Afghanistan and Namibia against Pakistan. Although Afghanistan controlled the entire match, they were unfortunately defeated. Namibia's players batted well in today's match. Against a strong bowling lineup like Pakistan, they managed to score 144 runs which is really very commendable.

Pakistan's current form is massive surprise for many fans as well because mostly were not expecting results like this, but suddenly they have done very good change in their way and attitude which give them good success hopefully now they will have good results in remaining games in other group England was favourite, and they are doing good job as well South Africa and Australia are also good but sadly all other 3 test playing nations struggling very badly for having very poor results.
Afghanistan is also really improved side in last few years, surely they could be third best cricketing nation in near future if ICC not hammer them ban and their Pakistan rivalry is also very interesting, hopefully this will bring some more interesting matches in near future.

Pakistan has show great potential in this world cup. Now how log they can keep this form is something that no one can answer. Namibia is a very weak team compared to Pakistan. It was known that Pakistan will win this match.

It was known that Pakistan will win the match, but look at the score of Namibia. It have touched 144 batting second losing 5 wickets. Out of the five wickets Baard have scored 29 runs, Williams 40 runs, Erasmus 15 runs, Wiese 43* This shows their improvement, they aren't weak anymore in my view.

[Sithara007]

It was known that Pakistan will win the match, but look at the score of Namibia. It have touched 144 batting second losing 5 wickets. Out of the five wickets Baard have scored 29 runs, Williams 40 runs, Erasmus 15 runs, Wiese 43* This shows their improvement, they aren't weak anymore in my view.

Massive improvement from Namibia. Baard, Williams and Wiese all contributed to their total. In their first match against Sri Lanka, they managed a total of just 96. Against Afghanistan, they made 98. And Pakistan bowling attack is much superior to either of these two teams and they managed 140 plus. But their immaturity was the reason why the margin of defeat remained high despite the good total. They conceded too many runs during the second half of the Pakistan innings. The tactics didn't worked out, catches were dropped and there were misfields.

[UmerIdrees]

It was known that Pakistan will win the match, but look at the score of Namibia. It have touched 144 batting second losing 5 wickets. Out of the five wickets Baard have scored 29 runs, Williams 40 runs, Erasmus 15 runs, Wiese 43* This shows their improvement, they aren't weak anymore in my view.

Massive improvement from Namibia. Baard, Williams and Wiese all contributed to their total. In their first match against Sri Lanka, they managed a total of just 96. Against Afghanistan, they made 98. And Pakistan bowling attack is much superior to either of these two teams and they managed 140 plus. But their immaturity was the reason why the margin of defeat remained high despite the good total. They conceded too many runs during the second half of the Pakistan innings. The tactics didn't worked out, catches were dropped and there were misfields.

Namibia has a good talent and they need more exposure to the international cricket. David Wiese is leading the team with his own best performance.

Pakistan, also did the batting first and tested out the conditions by bowling second. Hafeez also come back in the form. Good batting exposure before the semi finals.

[pakhitheboss]

Considering the performance of all the teams in the World Cup, England and Pakistan are the worthy contenders for this World Cup. Pakistan was a weak team before the start of the World Cup. The players had no consistency. They have lost one match after another. But they have been back in great form since the first match of the World Cup. Playing great in every match. I would be happy if I could watch the final match of Pakistan vs England. India was the favorite team before the start of the World Cup. With the defeat against Pakistan, the players are now mentally disturbed. We are getting the expected performance from them.

Pakistan has played 4 matches in the World Cup and has won each match with an outstanding performance. They have already qualified for the next round. The last match is against Scotland. Pakistan will win the last match easily.
However, I like the performance of Afghanistan and Namibia against Pakistan. Although Afghanistan controlled the entire match, they were unfortunately defeated. Namibia's players batted well in today's match. Against a strong bowling lineup like Pakistan, they managed to score 144 runs which is really very commendable.

Pakistan's current form is massive surprise for many fans as well because mostly were not expecting results like this, but suddenly they have done very good change in their way and attitude which give them good success hopefully now they will have good results in remaining games in other group England was favourite, and they are doing good job as well South Africa and Australia are also good but sadly all other 3 test playing nations struggling very badly for having very poor results.
Afghanistan is also really improved side in last few years, surely they could be third best cricketing nation in near future if ICC not hammer them ban and their Pakistan rivalry is also very interesting, hopefully this will bring some more interesting matches in near future.

Pakistan has show great potential in this world cup. Now how log they can keep this form is something that no one can answer. Namibia is a very weak team compared to Pakistan. It was known that Pakistan will win this match.

It was known that Pakistan will win the match, but look at the score of Namibia. It have touched 144 batting second losing 5 wickets. Out of the five wickets Baard have scored 29 runs, Williams 40 runs, Erasmus 15 runs, Wiese 43* This shows their improvement, they aren't weak anymore in my view.

That does not mean Namibia will be able to win big tournaments from now on. They need good exposure in order to become a good team in the future. I think because of bad bowling by Pakistan they were able to score so much run. Pakistani side might have taken the match for granted, I feel.
 

[el kaka22]

In their first match against Sri Lanka, they managed a total of just 96. Against Afghanistan, they made 98. And Pakistan bowling attack is much superior to either of these two teams and they managed 140 plus.

I guess all these 3 matches were played on same venue. I am sure all UAE pitches are not same still Namibia played above all teams on same venue and they showed a drastic improvement in their batting depth; scoring 140+ against Pakistan's bowling attack definitely a big achievement for an associate team.

Right now, in a day match in Dubai New Zealand's Kane Williamson got out for a duck against Scotland. Dubai pitch is seeming too hard to bat first. New Zealand managed to score 52 runs in powerplay over for the loss of two wickets. This might be an easy encounter for New Zealand which is the reason I was not able to find a better odds for New Zealand winning at any of my favorite sports books.

[UmerIdrees]

That does not mean Namibia will be able to win big tournaments from now on. They need good exposure in order to become a good team in the future. I think because of bad bowling by Pakistan they were able to score so much run. Pakistani side might have taken the match for granted, I feel.
 

I never said that Namibia will start to win the big tournaments but if they play with big teams like Pakistan, they will get more exposure and it will be helpful for them in the long run.

So now come to the big match today between Afghanistan and India. So lets do the math that India will need how much run margin victory to be able to remain in the tournament or will Afghanistan win today and put the nail in the coffin 

[Sithara007]

I never said that Namibia will start to win the big tournaments but if they play with big teams like Pakistan, they will get more exposure and it will be helpful for them in the long run.

So now come to the big match today between Afghanistan and India. So lets do the math that India will need how much run margin victory to be able to remain in the tournament or will Afghanistan win today and put the nail in the coffin 

India need to win all three of their remaining matches, and that too by a big margin. And in T20, there is nothing like a guaranteed win. On their day, even teams like Scotland or Namibia can defeat the test playing nations (just a few minutes back, Scotland went down against New Zealand, but by the narrowest of the margins). Afghanistan is not even a minnow, and they have some extremely good T20 players. On top of that their players have great experience in playing in the pitches of the United Arab Emirates.

[perfect999]

Pakistan has show great potential in this world cup. Now how log they can keep this form is something that no one can answer. Namibia is a very weak team compared to Pakistan. It was known that Pakistan will win this match.

Pakistan is good team, but they are unpredictable as well but in this world cup they are doing very good which is really shocking results from their standard because if someone able to check history they never have results like this ii is first time they started and until now doing just simply best job. Four out of four is really magical for them, but we all are watching these results now we have some good shape in this even as few teams already completely out and few still struggling but after having Pakistan and England mostly people's feeling these could be in Grand Final for fighting this year's title.

Today we have one important match even it is not tough but after having 2 defeats India need some better performance because Afghanistan is having some good time in this event.

[JohnBitCo]

I never said that Namibia will start to win the big tournaments but if they play with big teams like Pakistan, they will get more exposure and it will be helpful for them in the long run.

So now come to the big match today between Afghanistan and India. So lets do the math that India will need how much run margin victory to be able to remain in the tournament or will Afghanistan win today and put the nail in the coffin  

India need to win all three of their remaining matches, and that too by a big margin. And in T20, there is nothing like a guaranteed win. On their day, even teams like Scotland or Namibia can defeat the test playing nations (just a few minutes back, Scotland went down against New Zealand, but by the narrowest of the margins). Afghanistan is not even a minnow, and they have some extremely good T20 players. On top of that their players have great experience in playing in the pitches of the United Arab Emirates.

India will easily win against these three teams against Afghanistan, Scotland  & Namibia but still it will not grantee the place in the semi finals. However, once the tournament progresses, India will know exactly by how much runs / wickets do they need to win the last match.
I hope India qualifies as it will be nice to see strong teams in the finals.

[yeamin.rsl]

India at last played really good against Afganistan in WCT20. But now they have to depend on New Zealand in order to qualify for the semi finals, if New Zealand loses any of their remaining match then India have a chance to qualify for semis otherwise India will be out.

[Vaskiy]

India at last played really good against Afganistan in WCT20. But now they have to depend on New Zealand in order to qualify for the semi finals, if New Zealand loses any of their remaining match then India have a chance to qualify for semis otherwise India will be out.

New Zealand have won against India and lost against Pakistan. Remaining matches are against Namibia and Afghanistan. In both the matches New Zealand have the upper hand. So, India have almost lost its chance to the top 2 of the group.

India making big performance against Afghanistan and Namibia doesn't make them big. If similar play have been made against Pakistan and New Zealand then it is true they're big. Afghanistan team is playing good, but the lack of experience makes them loss wickets. Compared to the experience of Indian team Afghanistan is still a new born. Probably within few years time Afghanistan will make themselves a strong team.

[ReiMomo]

India finally own the match against Afkanistan. Rahul and Rohit Sharma have played fantastic with partnership 140 runs. Rohit's 74 and Rahul's 69 followed by Pandiya's fire shots, India was able to cross 200 plus runs. Shami has really bowled well taking 3 wickets and Aswin with 2 wickets. All other bowlers really bowled well from India. Its good that India won the match with 69 runs difference to turn the points into positive. Good match overall. Expecting the same performance in the upcoming 2 matches.

[teosanru]

India at last played really good against Afganistan in WCT20. But now they have to depend on New Zealand in order to qualify for the semi finals, if New Zealand loses any of their remaining match then India have a chance to qualify for semis otherwise India will be out.

New Zealand have won against India and lost against Pakistan. Remaining matches are against Namibia and Afghanistan. In both the matches New Zealand have the upper hand. So, India have almost lost its chance to the top 2 of the group.

India making big performance against Afghanistan and Namibia doesn't make them big. If similar play have been made against Pakistan and New Zealand then it is true they're big. Afghanistan team is playing good, but the lack of experience makes them loss wickets. Compared to the experience of Indian team Afghanistan is still a new born. Probably within few years time Afghanistan will make themselves a strong team.

Obviously yes, there is just like a 10% chance that India could qualify for the SEMIS which is dependent upon NewZealnad either losing from Afghanistan which is unlikely or New Zealand losing to Namibia which is practically too difficult, even though they struggled a bit today against Scotland but managed to win the match comfortably at the end so I doubt New Zealand would lose any of the matches also if it does lose, the second requirement is that it has to lose with a good enough margin so that India's NRR too lands up above both NZ and Afghanistan. Obviously the whole country wants this to happen but practically it might be impossible.

[Lordshiva]

India finally own the match against Afkanistan. Rahul and Rohit Sharma have played fantastic with partnership 140 runs. Rohit's 74 and Rahul's 69 followed by Pandiya's fire shots, India was able to cross 200 plus runs. Shami has really bowled well taking 3 wickets and Aswin with 2 wickets. All other bowlers really bowled well from India. Its good that India won the match with 69 runs difference to turn the points into positive. Good match overall. Expecting the same performance in the upcoming 2 matches.

Yes India won by 69 runs but i still feel that margin can be a little bit more when afganistan lost 5 wickets, but shardul went expensive today and instead of him i think kohli should have bowled one more over of jadega, but still finally a win for india. Now i am hoping afganistan beats newzealand and then india win both of their matches with 100 runs margin, Chance of this happening is 1% only i think but hope is alive .

[galambo]

Right now, in a day match in Dubai New Zealand's Kane Williamson got out for a duck against Scotland. Dubai pitch is seeming too hard to bat first. New Zealand managed to score 52 runs in powerplay over for the loss of two wickets. This might be an easy encounter for New Zealand which is the reason I was not able to find a better odds for New Zealand winning at any of my favorite sports books.

What a game played by Scotland. If this is there performance then they must play icc T20 tournaments very often. Guptil 93 was impressive but Scotland batted well and they were very much in the game throughout there batting. Michael Leask was the man who fought well to chase the target of 172. Scotland were just 16 runs short while chasing 172 which is something very impressive.

[kro55]

Right now, in a day match in Dubai New Zealand's Kane Williamson got out for a duck against Scotland. Dubai pitch is seeming too hard to bat first. New Zealand managed to score 52 runs in powerplay over for the loss of two wickets. This might be an easy encounter for New Zealand which is the reason I was not able to find a better odds for New Zealand winning at any of my favorite sports books.

What a game played by Scotland. If this is there performance then they must play icc T20 tournaments very often. Guptil 93 was impressive but Scotland batted well and they were very much in the game throughout there batting. Michael Leask was the man who fought well to chase the target of 172. Scotland were just 16 runs short while chasing 172 which is something very impressive.

Scotland is not a bad team. Many of them have great batsmen. But they can't play well on a regular basis. The performance of their bowlers is not good. Scotland will be able to play better in the future if the bowlers can play well. Matthew, Coetzer and Berrington are pretty good batsmen. If they can improve in the bowling sector, maybe in a few years we will see a more stable and strong Scotland team.