T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[JSRAW]

Agree, they do have tons of faults like selections, not listening anyone but under their leadership team has touched plenty of milestone.

Just one example is upcoming test series. Virat, Rohit, Bumrah, Shami, Pant and Rahul are not in the test squad but still India starting as a fav against Kiwis (Winning is another ball game).

No one could say that about any test playing nation even when they are playing in their own backyard.

Looks like India is overconfident that they could win the match against New Zealand. They left out half the team and i am yet to look for the team playing the first match. The odds looks interesting and it looks like the odds makers neglected the fact that India is playing with a second string team and they might have given the odds for India playing in their home town which is not the same.

Not sure about being over confidence but these players needed a break from the international cricket. They were playing all 3 formats and were on the road for countless months. Most of em will be back in the squad for the South Africa tour next month (Kohli is playing in the 2nd test i suppose). KL Rahul was available for the test series but he got injured during net practice.

[pakhitheboss]

Agree, they do have tons of faults like selections, not listening anyone but under their leadership team has touched plenty of milestone.

Just one example is upcoming test series. Virat, Rohit, Bumrah, Shami, Pant and Rahul are not in the test squad but still India starting as a fav against Kiwis (Winning is another ball game).

No one could say that about any test playing nation even when they are playing in their own backyard.

Looks like India is overconfident that they could win the match against New Zealand. They left out half the team and i am yet to look for the team playing the first match. The odds looks interesting and it looks like the odds makers neglected the fact that India is playing with a second string team and they might have given the odds for India playing in their home town which is not the same.

It is a probability but I think most of them have played too much cricket this year and need some rest. Also, it is good that new players have been given a chance in this match. If they are able to play well then it will prove that they can play in different formats without any issue. Shreyas Iyer and Shubham Gill need to prove themselves this time.

[Juggy777]

I think t10 is a good format and might have a really bright future for cricket because maybe then more and more teams will be interested in cricket. But this format will have a lot bigger impact on club cricket than international cricket in my opinion.

I have to disagree. T10 is not cricket. It is more like baseball. Some people still believe that the duration of T20 (3.5 hrs) is an issue and we should try to complete the matches in 1.5-2.0 hrs time, as the case with other sports such as football and field hockey. But the issue is that cricket matches can't be completed in such short duration, and if we try hard then the matches become meaningless. A lot of the fans are saying that T10 should be the format that should be used if cricket gains entry to Olympics. Here also I would disagree.

@Sithara007 I‘ll back you on this as T20 format is perfect for entertainment, and T10 will be a mess because it’ll end before the entertainment even begins. Lastly you’re right even for Olympics T20 should be preferred over T10 format, and I hope they don’t mess cricket world by advocating T10 format over T20.

[galambo]

It is a probability but I think most of them have played too much cricket this year and need some rest. Also, it is good that new players have been given a chance in this match. If they are able to play well then it will prove that they can play in different formats without any issue. Shreyas Iyer and Shubham Gill need to prove themselves this time.

IPL is adding two more teams which means we will have more matches in already heavy schedule ipl. I don't think players are going to have some rest in T20 leagues dominated year. India has done right thing by giving rest to king kohli in T20 series and first test against NZ. Lyer n Gill on day one have performed well.

[ene1980]

IPL is adding two more teams which means we will have more matches in already heavy schedule ipl. I don't think players are going to have some rest in T20 leagues dominated year. India has done right thing by giving rest to king kohli in T20 series and first test against NZ. Lyer n Gill on day one have performed well.

They want to add more time which means the tournaments will be extended and i do not expect the quality of the matches to improve by increasing the number of teams, but the opposite will happen in situation like this. What ever it is we will see the big drama show and since the team members keeps changing curious to see how will captain the side for the two new teams.

[romero121]

IPL is adding two more teams which means we will have more matches in already heavy schedule ipl. I don't think players are going to have some rest in T20 leagues dominated year. India has done right thing by giving rest to king kohli in T20 series and first test against NZ. Lyer n Gill on day one have performed well.

They want to add more time which means the tournaments will be extended and i do not expect the quality of the matches to improve by increasing the number of teams, but the opposite will happen in situation like this. What ever it is we will see the big drama show and since the team members keeps changing curious to see how will captain the side for the two new teams.

Increasing the team number doesn't affect the quality of the tournament in any means, only the tournament schedule gets extended. Among the entire sports league played around IPL is among the top 10. This has come as a result of perfect organising. In between some issues arise and two teams weren't allowed to play the IPL. If it is a drama this could've never been this successful.

[Sithara007]

Increasing the team number doesn't affect the quality of the tournament in any means, only the tournament schedule gets extended. Among the entire sports league played around IPL is among the top 10. This has come as a result of perfect organising. In between some issues arise and two teams weren't allowed to play the IPL. If it is a drama this could've never been this successful.

One suggestion would be to increase the threshold for the number of overseas players in the playing XI from 4 to 5. I have a suggestion that we don't have 70-80 quality players in India who can be evenly distributed to all the 10 franchises. And we saw this during the last IPL, when the Sunrisers Hyderabad struggled with their local contingent. Last year there were only 8 franchises. From 2022 onward, there will be 10. So I guess the shortage of local players will be felt more. The increase in overseas players can neutralize this.

[pakhitheboss]

IPL is adding two more teams which means we will have more matches in already heavy schedule ipl. I don't think players are going to have some rest in T20 leagues dominated year. India has done right thing by giving rest to king kohli in T20 series and first test against NZ. Lyer n Gill on day one have performed well.

They want to add more time which means the tournaments will be extended and i do not expect the quality of the matches to improve by increasing the number of teams, but the opposite will happen in situation like this. What ever it is we will see the big drama show and since the team members keeps changing curious to see how will captain the side for the two new teams.

Increasing the team number doesn't affect the quality of the tournament in any means, only the tournament schedule gets extended. Among the entire sports league played around IPL is among the top 10. This has come as a result of perfect organising. In between some issues arise and two teams weren't allowed to play the IPL. If it is a drama this could've never been this successful.

But, I feel the more a tournament gets extended its importance decreases. Now after these two teams the tournament would bypass 90 days schedule. The only benefit would be that we will be able to see new talents that were left out by the previous franchises. The longer IPL runs the more BCCI will earn that is the motto. It will also affect international schedules as there would be less space to accumulate international matches.

[Minor Miner]

Increasing the team number doesn't affect the quality of the tournament in any means, only the tournament schedule gets extended. Among the entire sports league played around IPL is among the top 10. This has come as a result of perfect organising. In between some issues arise and two teams weren't allowed to play the IPL. If it is a drama this could've never been this successful.

One suggestion would be to increase the threshold for the number of overseas players in the playing XI from 4 to 5. I have a suggestion that we don't have 70-80 quality players in India who can be evenly distributed to all the 10 franchises. And we saw this during the last IPL, when the Sunrisers Hyderabad struggled with their local contingent. Last year there were only 8 franchises. From 2022 onward, there will be 10. So I guess the shortage of local players will be felt more. The increase in overseas players can neutralize this.

But increasing the number of overseas players maybe it can hamper the main reason why IPL is played. Which is finding more and more young talent. But teams will also aim for the win. And in that process, I think they will have to go for 5 overseas players in each team. As the teams will also be more in numbers this seems to be a reasonable and good change.

[Theones]

But, I feel the more a tournament gets extended its importance decreases. Now after these two teams the tournament would bypass 90 days schedule. The only benefit would be that we will be able to see new talents that were left out by the previous franchises. The longer IPL runs the more BCCI will earn that is the motto. It will also affect international schedules as there would be less space to accumulate international matches.

More then 90 days of year already gone to IPL, which means only 9 months are left for International cricket and other T20 leagues. BCCI is adding more team since they wanna add more to there profits. I don't think ipl will provide any new talent to BCCI as talented players come from test and odi.

[BALIK]

Increasing the team number doesn't affect the quality of the tournament in any means, only the tournament schedule gets extended. Among the entire sports league played around IPL is among the top 10. This has come as a result of perfect organising. In between some issues arise and two teams weren't allowed to play the IPL. If it is a drama this could've never been this successful.

But, I feel the more a tournament gets extended its importance decreases. Now after these two teams the tournament would bypass 90 days schedule. The only benefit would be that we will be able to see new talents that were left out by the previous franchises. The longer IPL runs the more BCCI will earn that is the motto. It will also affect international schedules as there would be less space to accumulate international matches.

We also know that IPL has a really big effect on ICC itself. And BCCI gets really huge amount of money from IPL. But India does utilize the IPL really well to find some young talents and later make them world-class players. A lot of cricketers in the Indian national team have come from IPL. But with 10 teams, it is going to take really long for IPL to end this time. The international cricket schedule will also be affected by this as you said.

[og kush420]

We also know that IPL has a really big effect on ICC itself. And BCCI gets really huge amount of money from IPL. But India does utilize the IPL really well to find some young talents and later make them world-class players. A lot of cricketers in the Indian national team have come from IPL. But with 10 teams, it is going to take really long for IPL to end this time. The international cricket schedule will also be affected by this as you said.

The irony is that no one can stop or question BCCI from extending the schedule of IPL. I don't know which world class players bcci has found though IPL. All good players in Indian side have come through there domestic cricket. If ipl has the capacity to produce world class players, India won't loss that badly in recent WC.

[Sithara007]

The irony is that no one can stop or question BCCI from extending the schedule of IPL. I don't know which world class players bcci has found though IPL. All good players in Indian side have come through there domestic cricket. If ipl has the capacity to produce world class players, India won't loss that badly in recent WC.

This was inevitable. Cricket also needs to move from country-based tournaments to franchise leagues with teams comprising players from multiple countries. Look at football. Leagues such as UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A are much more popular when compared to the international tournaments. FIFA tournaments still have a place, but they don't engage in useless bilateral tours very often. I would like cricket to move in the same direction, and this will result in more revenues, more T20 matches and will avoid lop sided matches.

[mm2543363580]

This was inevitable. Cricket also needs to move from country-based tournaments to franchise leagues with teams comprising players from multiple countries. Look at football. Leagues such as UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A are much more popular when compared to the international tournaments. FIFA tournaments still have a place, but they don't engage in useless bilateral tours very often. I would like cricket to move in the same direction, and this will result in more revenues, more T20 matches and will avoid lop sided matches.

Football is much more popular and established game then cricket. FIFA is as big as UN, while cricket is not popular in the whole world. There are only 10 test playing countries. Rest of the countries have team just for formality. So at the moment we cant compare cricket with football. Let the cricket spread to rest of the world before we establish such model in cricket.

[LittleBitFunny]

The irony is that no one can stop or question BCCI from extending the schedule of IPL. I don't know which world class players bcci has found though IPL. All good players in Indian side have come through there domestic cricket. If ipl has the capacity to produce world class players, India won't loss that badly in recent WC.

This was inevitable. Cricket also needs to move from country-based tournaments to franchise leagues with teams comprising players from multiple countries. Look at football. Leagues such as UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A are much more popular when compared to the international tournaments. FIFA tournaments still have a place, but they don't engage in useless bilateral tours very often. I would like cricket to move in the same direction, and this will result in more revenues, more T20 matches and will avoid lop sided matches.

Yes, I absolutely agree with you and I think this will be rather good for ICC because in this way I think that more people will be interested in cricket and more countries will start playing cricket professionally. Then the money will also be bigger and better, And also earn more revenue. And people will also be able to make time to see t20 cricket as it is not so much long as one day or test cricket.

[og kush420]

This was inevitable. Cricket also needs to move from country-based tournaments to franchise leagues with teams comprising players from multiple countries. Look at football. Leagues such as UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A are much more popular when compared to the international tournaments. FIFA tournaments still have a place, but they don't engage in useless bilateral tours very often. I would like cricket to move in the same direction, and this will result in more revenues, more T20 matches and will avoid lop sided matches.

India big market and popularity of cricket in India are two main factor why IPL is such a huge success. On the same lines we see Big Bash and other leagues are not much successful in terms of financial gains. There is T20 league in every test playing country but they are no way near to IPL. So boards have to stick with bilateral series and ICC events for there survival.

[Sithara007]

Football is much more popular and established game then cricket. FIFA is as big as UN, while cricket is not popular in the whole world. There are only 10 test playing countries. Rest of the countries have team just for formality. So at the moment we cant compare cricket with football. Let the cricket spread to rest of the world before we establish such model in cricket.

Popularity has nothing to do with it. Look at sports like Baseball and American football. Leagues like MLB and NFL are among the richest in the world. Let's have a 4-month window for the IPL, so that it generates the maximum revenues. The remaining 8 months can be provided to other franchise leagues, ICC tournaments and bilateral tours. At this point, the IPL is much more profitable than any of the other options. So ideally the ICC should allow it to expand. I would suggest a 20-team tournament spanning over 4 months.

[eaLiTy]

Popularity has nothing to do with it. Look at sports like Baseball and American football. Leagues like MLB and NFL are among the richest in the world. Let's have a 4-month window for the IPL, so that it generates the maximum revenues. The remaining 8 months can be provided to other franchise leagues, ICC tournaments and bilateral tours. At this point, the IPL is much more profitable than any of the other options. So ideally the ICC should allow it to expand. I would suggest a 20-team tournament spanning over 4 months.

In my view the success of a tournament depends upon the quality of the matches played and how long it can attract the fans to tune in and how long. If the tournament becomes bigger, you cannot expect the viewers sticking through all the matches and it is all connected to the revenue and it is directly linked to the advertisement the media gets during the match. If the viewers goes down it will affect the revenue market as well. If media channels are not getting the advertisement they expect they wont be shelling out huge amounts for broadcasting rights.

[Theones]

Popularity has nothing to do with it. Look at sports like Baseball and American football. Leagues like MLB and NFL are among the richest in the world. Let's have a 4-month window for the IPL, so that it generates the maximum revenues. The remaining 8 months can be provided to other franchise leagues, ICC tournaments and bilateral tours. At this point, the IPL is much more profitable than any of the other options. So ideally the ICC should allow it to expand. I would suggest a 20-team tournament spanning over 4 months.

But you are ignoring one key factor, the IPL is BCCI and Indian government centric its not a neutral entity like ICC. They have banned complete Pakistan from IPL and also threats anyone who don't follow what they say. Even Aussies don't sledge Kohli and other Indian players anymore in order to secure there contracts. 4 months for IPL players need one month of rest also. So there is not much for ICC events and other leagues.

[JSRAW]

Popularity has nothing to do with it. Look at sports like Baseball and American football. Leagues like MLB and NFL are among the richest in the world. Let's have a 4-month window for the IPL, so that it generates the maximum revenues. The remaining 8 months can be provided to other franchise leagues, ICC tournaments and bilateral tours. At this point, the IPL is much more profitable than any of the other options. So ideally the ICC should allow it to expand. I would suggest a 20-team tournament spanning over 4 months.

But you are ignoring one key factor, the IPL is BCCI and Indian government centric its not a neutral entity like ICC. They have banned complete Pakistan from IPL and also threats anyone who don't follow what they say. Even Aussies don't sledge Kohli and other Indian players anymore in order to secure there contracts. 4 months for IPL players need one month of rest also. So there is not much for ICC events and other leagues.

BCCI is independent entity, ICC doesn't allow government interference in cricket not even indirectly. Zimbabwe board faced a ban because of this. Banning Pakistani players from the IPL wasn't Gov's decision but BCCI and franchise, especially franchise considering BCCI allowed Pakistani players to put their names at the auction but after 26/11 terrorist attack, every franchise boycotted them for the right reasons.

Speaking of sledging you might want to do a bit of study about how Australian cricket works in general. May be watch "The Test" series (episode 3rd and 4th regarding Kohli). Last time whole Australian squad and crowd sledge him in Australia was 2014, he went to score 4 daddy hundreds in a single series. Kohli vs Johnson was a big rivalry back then, Johnson still pissed at kohli.