T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Swordsoffreedom]

Don't judge Rohit Sharma captaincy skills just on basis of two T20 matches and remember even Pandya as captain can lead and win India at home, so there is nothing to celebrate about. Kohli is Indian most successful Test captain and he is removed from captaincy just on basis of T20 WC which in my opinion is not fair.

Pandya as the captain? LOL.. that is an interesting suggestion. But first he need to cement his place within the team. With Kohli's influence on the team selection waning, I am not sure whether it will be easy for him to get a slot. There are promising pace bowling all rounders like Venkatesh Iyer who deserves a slot much more than Hardik. But I agree with you on Rohit. We need to see his performances in countries like New Zealand, England and Australia. What made Kohli different was his capability to win matches abroad.

I think any team should give their players enough time to play before sitting them on the bench. Hardik Pandya has proved himself before multiple times playing for India. But we do need to see players' performance outside India and most importantly outside the subcontinent. And also should be given the time to grow.

[LittleBitFunny]

I think Rohit Sharma is a much better captain think Virat Kohli. And well Kohli is the captain most of the time India won because of Kohli's individual performance not because of his brilliant captaincy. After all, India has to wait a long time to get a captain like Dhoni in my opinion. But Rohit Sharma can certainly do a better job than Kohli

Just the performance of Rohit Sharma as a captain in the IPL and the performance of Virat Kohli says a lot. Virat Kohli was not able to win the IPL even though they had some of the best players in the team. You cannot expect anyone to be as good as MSD as he was on a separate league of his own and you cannot expect anyone to replicate him as a player or as a captain.

Yes, I agreed. Dhoni was arguably the best captain of India ever and he was one of the best finishers in the world. He could finish the innings with his power hitting. If he ever had any weakness it was against the real good short balls. And later in his career, his opponents utilized his weakness to a great extent.  But the things that he did for India cannot be replaced by anyone.

I feel like you are discrediting Kohli way too much here. It is true that he didn't help India win many big ICC tournaments, but he did help them set records by defeating powerful teams like Australia and England in their backyards.
I believe that MSD is the best ODI and T-20 captain while Kohli is the best test captain so far hands-down.

Well, this is true because if you see the win/lose ratio of both players as captains in test cricket we can see that Virat Kohli has a really better ratio than MS Dhoni. Virat has 2.46 W/L-ratio whereas Dhoni has only 1.5. but in the ODI and t20 format, Dhoni was the best captain for India ever in my opinion.

[7788bitcoin]

I think any team should give their players enough time to play before sitting them on the bench. Hardik Pandya has proved himself before multiple times playing for India. But we do need to see players' performance outside India and most importantly outside the subcontinent. And also should be given the time to grow.

Hardik Pandya should take care of his fitness and i have not seen him play an entire series for a long time, if he can prove his fitness and is able to play for a while then we can say that he is performing again.

Today India and New Zealand are playing and i already placed a bet on India to win, but India won the toss and i thought they will be chasing this time too but they are batting first.

[romero121]

In the third T20 India won the toss and decide to ball first. Both side have some changes, India has two changes, while New Zealand has one changes. India lead the series 2-0 as of now and they are top picks to win this series by 3-0. I've put a bet on India winning, what I see a straightforward success.

India have won the series winning the first two matches. Though it is a pressure free match for India, there will be more energy from India to wash off New Zealand. However New Zealand will try to make at least a win. India won the toss and decided to bat first. I've placed my bet on New Zealand @3.5 and I believe it is the day of New Zealand.

[JSRAW]

BCCI really treating Indian players like a cash cow. They continuously playing tournament after tournament and after this NZ series, poor guys touring South Africa, then playing Windies and SL at home. 10-ish days break then again 2 months IPL. You gotta feel for them sometime, only relief is that they started rotating key players and giving them some time off.

[RealMalatesta]

In the third T20 India won the toss and decide to ball first. Both side have some changes, India has two changes, while New Zealand has one changes. India lead the series 2-0 as of now and they are top picks to win this series by 3-0. I've put a bet on India winning, what I see a straightforward success.

India have won the series winning the first two matches. Though it is a pressure free match for India, there will be more energy from India to wash off New Zealand. However New Zealand will try to make at least a win. India won the toss and decided to bat first. I've placed my bet on New Zealand @3.5 and I believe it is the day of New Zealand.

I guess you have made a right prediction and I am surprised that India opted to bat first by winning toss and so far in all flat pitches winning the toss is nothing short of winning the match but it seemed like India decided to test their strength on pressure handling bu setting a target. Today India started well with a change in opening pair but as of now it seems they are struggling to set a fighting total.

For Indian venues you may need at least 180 or 190 runs to defend but after losing all 6 wickets in middle overs, India may set target around 160+ runs which is definitely a below par total to defend. Yeah, there are clears chances for tripling your bet amount by the odds of anything 3+. Good luck!

[eaLiTy]

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For Indian venues you may need at least 180 or 190 runs to defend but after losing all 6 wickets in middle overs, India may set target around 160+ runs which is definitely a below par total to defend. Yeah, there are clears chances for tripling your bet amount by the odds of anything 3+. Good luck!

India was able to post 184 runs today and there was a point when they seamed to fall short of the predicted score and if not for the incredible knock from Deepak Chahar India would have reached the total.

New Zealand lost three wickets but as long as Martin Guptill is in the crease they always have a chance to win the match but things are getting interesting because of the high score India was able to score.

[ene1980]

New Zealand lost three wickets but as long as Martin Guptill is in the crease they always have a chance to win the match but things are getting interesting because of the high score India was able to score.

Martin Guptill is back in the pavilion, he cannot single handedly win the match for New Zealand as none of the other batsman contributed and they already lost 6 wickets and now the process is how long New Zealand can bat and delay the win for India.

Striking contrast on how they are playing now when they are touring in India and it looks like an entirely different team that faced India in the world cup .

[noormcs5]

Don't judge Rohit Sharma captaincy skills just on basis of two T20 matches and remember even Pandya as captain can lead and win India at home, so there is nothing to celebrate about. Kohli is Indian most successful Test captain and he is removed from captaincy just on basis of T20 WC which in my opinion is not fair.

From what i understand Virat Kohli is only stepping down as the captain from white ball cricket and he will continue to captain India in Test matches. India might be thinking about changing the culture and build a new team under a  new captain and a new coach, which is a good aspect because they are failing miserably in major tournaments even though they perform better while playing at home and abroad.

If Virat Kohli is being forced to step down from captaincy, then i think this is not fair with him. I don't know why everyone forgets forgets all the achievement of a player at the expense of one match or one series loss.
If he is leaving captaincy willingly, then we can only say best luck to him and we will miss him.

[Shagnasty]

Don't judge Rohit Sharma captaincy skills just on basis of two T20 matches and remember even Pandya as captain can lead and win India at home, so there is nothing to celebrate about. Kohli is Indian most successful Test captain and he is removed from captaincy just on basis of T20 WC which in my opinion is not fair.

From what i understand Virat Kohli is only stepping down as the captain from white ball cricket and he will continue to captain India in Test matches. India might be thinking about changing the culture and build a new team under a  new captain and a new coach, which is a good aspect because they are failing miserably in major tournaments even though they perform better while playing at home and abroad.

If Virat Kohli is being forced to step down from captaincy, then i think this is not fair with him. I don't know why everyone forgets forgets all the achievement of a player at the expense of one match or one series loss.
If he is leaving captaincy willingly, then we can only say best luck to him and we will miss him.

Yes he was world cup t20 player of the tournament in 2014 as well as in 2016. He almost won single handedly the world cup for india but not got enough support.
He has won matches for india alone for a long time and for some time he has not performed at his best india is not winning. Mostly they have depended upon him only and rohit other than that no have have won matches for india in recent times, before it was dhoni. It is the time that whole team must perform as a unit

[TheGreatPython]

India was able to post 184 runs today and there was a point when they seamed to fall short of the predicted score and if not for the incredible knock from Deepak Chahar India would have reached the total.

After placed bet on India I was on shock when India was losing quick wickets to spin bowlers but later on Deepak Chahar's cameo helped me to calm down as India posted a fightable total. Today I made profits even it is not a big one, I am happy with that; it seems most gamblers might have predicted easily the outcome of this match even India already won the series and made couple of chances in their playing eleven.

In my opinion Rohit must have gone for giving out chances to all other players like Ruthuraj and Avesh Khan but not sure why he is trying like MS Dhoni's team selections.

[Haunebu]

Glad to see the Pandya brothers not being included in the current squad since they have been given way too many chances recently which they didn't make use of properly majority of the time.

Harshal Patel and Axar Patel keep taking wickets regularly just like in the IPL. NZ got destroyed by India and I am expecting them to come back strong in the test series. Exciting stuff!

[teosanru]

Don't judge Rohit Sharma captaincy skills just on basis of two T20 matches and remember even Pandya as captain can lead and win India at home, so there is nothing to celebrate about. Kohli is Indian most successful Test captain and he is removed from captaincy just on basis of T20 WC which in my opinion is not fair.

From what i understand Virat Kohli is only stepping down as the captain from white ball cricket and he will continue to captain India in Test matches. India might be thinking about changing the culture and build a new team under a  new captain and a new coach, which is a good aspect because they are failing miserably in major tournaments even though they perform better while playing at home and abroad.

If Virat Kohli is being forced to step down from captaincy, then i think this is not fair with him. I don't know why everyone forgets forgets all the achievement of a player at the expense of one match or one series loss.
If he is leaving captaincy willingly, then we can only say best luck to him and we will miss him.

What I think is that one's captaincy should be judged differently from one's individual performances, Kohli has the best track record as a captain if see the win percentage but obviously hasn't won any major ICC trophy so far for us, which is the main reason why people and board don't want him to continue as a captain, also because RCB has never won any IPL in his captaincy this too becomes a great factor why people don't trust him. But in all means I think it's time for him to leave captaincy willingly, it would be a wise decision in the light of his current form.

Glad to see the Pandya brothers not being included in the current squad since they have been given way too many chances recently which they didn't make use of properly majority of the time.

Harshal Patel and Axar Patel keep taking wickets regularly just like in the IPL. NZ got destroyed by India and I am expecting them to come back strong in the test series. Exciting stuff!

Harshal Patel is becoming a very destructive bowler, I am seeing his spot in the main squad of the Indian t20 team most probably in place of Bhuvaneshwar if he continues to bowl this way. So far we have really not seen any sort of special bowling from Bhuvi, it's just average bowling performances, it's sad to see this but I am seeing and end to the career of a great swing bowler.

[HUSTLER]

Glad to see the Pandya brothers not being included in the current squad since they have been given way too many chances recently which they didn't make use of properly majority of the time.

Harshal Patel and Axar Patel keep taking wickets regularly just like in the IPL. NZ got destroyed by India and I am expecting them to come back strong in the test series. Exciting stuff!

Yes this series was totally one sided and India won it with ease. It was a clean sweep and a dominating performance by india. And in the last match India has won defending tbe target not chasing the target to that proofs matches are not only dependent upon toss. india has really done well in the series and players like harshal patel and aksar patel have done really well.

[StLucifer]

India looks such a strong team against newzealand. Again and again that question rises what happened to India against newzealand in world cup. Their best team was playing and they scored 110 runs batting first. They looked down and out there. And now you see they won all the 3 matches very comfortably, it 3rd t20 they batted first even then they won the match very easily.

[TheGreatPython]

From what i understand Virat Kohli is only stepping down as the captain from white ball cricket and he will continue to captain India in Test matches. India might be thinking about changing the culture and build a new team under a  new captain and a new coach, which is a good aspect because they are failing miserably in major tournaments even though they perform better while playing at home and abroad.

If Virat Kohli is being forced to step down from captaincy, then i think this is not fair with him. I don't know why everyone forgets forgets all the achievement of a player at the expense of one match or one series loss.
If he is leaving captaincy willingly, then we can only say best luck to him and we will miss him.

Even he is forced to stop down from captaincy its good for him and his long career in test matches because he is a unique player, but every player has to be step down, so now he can do some better in all formats without any pressure which is very good for his performance now after his captaincy end India doing some better with few good and talented players also included because for long time Pandya brothers were in team without any good performance now many new players already in with good performance and have good career waiting for them which was not possible in presence of Kohli which was giving some favor to his own favorite players.

Serious talk about his influence in Indian team selection in talk out cricket community in India but hopefully few good things also coming from his end in future.

[virasog]

India looks such a strong team against newzealand. Again and again that question rises what happened to India against newzealand in world cup. Their best team was playing and they scored 110 runs batting first. They looked down and out there. And now you see they won all the 3 matches very comfortably, it 3rd t20 they batted first even then they won the match very easily.

Don't judge a team on the performance of a single match. In the world cup match against NewZealand , it was an unlucky day for India and they lost the match. Thier recent performance against NewZealand shows that they are still the best team.

[onecall123]

India looks such a strong team against newzealand. Again and again that question rises what happened to India against newzealand in world cup. Their best team was playing and they scored 110 runs batting first. They looked down and out there. And now you see they won all the 3 matches very comfortably, it 3rd t20 they batted first even then they won the match very easily.

Don't judge a team on the performance of a single match. In the world cup match against NewZealand , it was an unlucky day for India and they lost the match. Thier recent performance against NewZealand shows that they are still the best team.

As usual, India performed well at home, and how they won all 3 matches was incredibly impressive. Nevertheless, India still has some room for improvement outside the subcontinent since they lack some performance outside the subcontinent. Surely, under Rohit's captaincy, they can overcome that obstacle.

During the last Twenty20I match in Mirpur, Bangladesh lost very narrowly to Pakistan and the series is won by them by 3-0. Mahmudullah, the Bangladesh captain, nearly defends eight runs in the final over. The ball should not have been a dead ball if Nawaz had not pulled off so late.

[Maidak]

India looks such a strong team against newzealand. Again and again that question rises what happened to India against newzealand in world cup. Their best team was playing and they scored 110 runs batting first. They looked down and out there. And now you see they won all the 3 matches very comfortably, it 3rd t20 they batted first even then they won the match very easily.

Don't judge a team on the performance of a single match. In the world cup match against NewZealand , it was an unlucky day for India and they lost the match. Thier recent performance against NewZealand shows that they are still the best team.

India always seems to be better in their home ground. They face challenges when they are outside India. Even though India's overseas record is not too bad but it's not too good either. Newzealand seems to have not coped up with the situation.

[Mahdirakib]

During the last Twenty20I match in Mirpur, Bangladesh lost very narrowly to Pakistan and the series is won by them by 3-0. Mahmudullah, the Bangladesh captain, nearly defends eight runs in the final over. The ball should not have been a dead ball if Nawaz had not pulled off so late.

The match was full of excitement in the final over. Pakistani batsman could easily make 8 runs in the final over if they had the plan to take runs from each ball. But they were trying to hit boundaries. And they lost two wickets in second and third ball when they were looking for a six. Nawaz and Mahmudullah created drama in the last ball, but Pakistan won the game finally.