T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[pakhitheboss]

India is rocking thanks to Surya Kumar and Shreyas Iyer. They both were very agressive in the death overs. I think Westindies side forgot to shout for a plum LBW.

Shephard was the bowler and if I am correct Yadav was facing him. The ball hit the right leg pad for me it was a LBW but I may be wrong. This was in the 17th over and I think he was out.

Edit- 7/1 Westindies, India is going for a whitewash.

[kro55]

India VS Westindies

The third and the final T20 match is scheduled for today. India are the favourite for this match but after seeing the last performance of the WI team I think today's match will be very close. WI will try their level best to win the last match of this tour. Virat Kohli has been rested I am not sure why he is being rested for the third match. He did score more than 50 runs in the last match and this match could have helped him to regain his form.

Win-Lose doesn't much atm but they won't complain if they end series with the clean sweep.

They are more interested in trying new combination and its good to see they gave Pant-Kohli much needed rest before the SL series and included Ruturaj Gaikwad and Avesh Khan (Debut).

It's actually nice to see that they are trying out new combinations and giving new players chances to prove themselves. And I am really interested to see how the debutante plays in the match. Probably another interesting aspect of Indian bowling. I am interested to see the skills of the right arm fast bowler.

India is rocking thanks to Surya Kumar and Shreyas Iyer. They both were very agressive in the death overs. I think Westindies side forgot to shout for a plum LBW.

Shephard was the bowler and if I am correct Yadav was facing him. The ball hit the right leg pad for me it was a LBW but I may be wrong. This was in the 17th over and I think he was out.

Edit- 7/1 Westindies, India is going for a whitewash.

West Indies has already lost two wickets in 3 overs and scored 32 runs. The run rate is ok in my opinion but the problem is they are losing wickets which they cannot at the moment.
By the looks of it, I think India might win this match. Westindies need more than 9 runs per over and I do not believe that they are going to be able to do it.

[laurenB7742]

India - West Indies

Yadav and Iyer's superb batting skills helped India to a huge target of 185 runs. This is a good enough target to win against this team of West Indies. My guess is that India will easily win today. They will win by at least 20 runs.
West Indies scored 34 runs in 3.3 overs, but they lost two wickets. They managed to collect good enough runs but lost two important wickets.

[JSRAW]

India VS Westindies

The third and the final T20 match is scheduled for today. India are the favourite for this match but after seeing the last performance of the WI team I think today's match will be very close. WI will try their level best to win the last match of this tour. Virat Kohli has been rested I am not sure why he is being rested for the third match. He did score more than 50 runs in the last match and this match could have helped him to regain his form.

Win-Lose doesn't much atm but they won't complain if they end series with the clean sweep.

They are more interested in trying new combination and its good to see they gave Pant-Kohli much needed rest before the SL series and included Ruturaj Gaikwad and Avesh Khan (Debut).

It's actually nice to see that they are trying out new combinations and giving new players chances to prove themselves. And I am really interested to see how the debutante plays in the match. Probably another interesting aspect of Indian bowling. I am interested to see the skills of the right arm fast bowler.

Indeed.

Gaikwad and Avesh looked off color but they need a long rope. Some positives are SKY and Venkatesh Iyer in the middle order. Ishan and Iyer did okay too, Harshal Patel and  Ravi Bishnoi were also impressive with the ball.

As of now match is going down to the wire.

[ReiMomo]

Surya Kumar and Iyer played well and released Ind from pressure. The score went up at the last overs. Both were on fire and yes Iyer continued his best play with his bowling taking 2 wickets at the crucial moment. Poorna's consecutive 50s should be noted. Ind bowlers had chances to take a wicket each at the least. Today fast bowlers were lucky enough to take wickets. When Deepak Chahar was injured taking 2 main wickets, other bowlers really challenged the batsmen with their best overs. India own now. 3rd win. Snatched the Paytm cup.

[eaLiTy]

India playing with a young team in the third T20 against West Indies and still winning the match by a good margin. I was watching the first 8 overs of the match and i did not expect them to score above 180 runs but Suryakumar Yadav played a really great innings along with Venkatesh Iyer and the young talents are showing up every now and then and hopefully they will get matches consistently rather than once in a full moon.

[galambo]

In PSL today, Islamabad United today made 105/7 in 20 overs. Just when they needed good NRR to qualify for semis they made this small total. It will be interesting to see what there NRR will be after the game as Islamabad and Quetta both have same points. Liam Dawson is the only man performing well from Islamabad side he was second top scorer with bat and also took wickets but his hard work will be in vain as Multan need 18 runs on 26 balls.

[romero121]

India playing with a young team in the third T20 against West Indies and still winning the match by a good margin. I was watching the first 8 overs of the match and i did not expect them to score above 180 runs but Suryakumar Yadav played a really great innings along with Venkatesh Iyer and the young talents are showing up every now and then and hopefully they will get matches consistently rather than once in a full moon.

It was the same decision from West Indies as the previous match to bowl first after winning the toss. In the previous match it had the highest chance of winning, because they've lost only three wickets. This time the wicket loss has taken place continuously. Same as the previous match Pooran and Powell kept the match alive for some time. Should've been a winning match for West Indies. Anyhow this series looks like a practice session for West Indies to face England by the upcoming month.

[StLucifer]

India playing with a young team in the third T20 against West Indies and still winning the match by a good margin. I was watching the first 8 overs of the match and i did not expect them to score above 180 runs but Suryakumar Yadav played a really great innings along with Venkatesh Iyer and the young talents are showing up every now and then and hopefully they will get matches consistently rather than once in a full moon.

It was the same decision from West Indies as the previous match to bowl first after winning the toss. In the previous match it had the highest chance of winning, because they've lost only three wickets. This time the wicket loss has taken place continuously. Same as the previous match Pooran and Powell kept the match alive for some time. Should've been a winning match for West Indies. Anyhow this series looks like a practice session for West Indies to face England by the upcoming month.

Yes pooran start of fast but he slowed down alot in the middle of the innings which took the asking rate very high and later when he started to increase the run rate he got out and left westindies tailainders which finish the match which was always very diffucult  and in the end india won this match very comfortably by 17 runs.

[Emitdama]

In PSL today, Islamabad United today made 105/7 in 20 overs. Just when they needed good NRR to qualify for semis they made this small total. It will be interesting to see what there NRR will be after the game as Islamabad and Quetta both have same points. Liam Dawson is the only man performing well from Islamabad side he was second top scorer with bat and also took wickets but his hard work will be in vain as Multan need 18 runs on 26 balls.

Suddenly due to some injuries and now many foreign players are going back due to their national selections few teams suffering very badly and Islamabad United is also one of them their regular captain Shadab Khan is also out with injury and Alex Hales and few more players already gone back, so they are facing some serious troubles but still most chances they will qualify for next round because Quetta is also having same issue, and now they are already lost early match just because of this they are at 5th with very bad NRR.

Four teams Multan, Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad done for next round which is going to be very exciting with all four teams capable of having very good tempo and some inform players but here I favored Lahore Qalanders because they are special team and can win this year's title.

[Theones]

Suddenly due to some injuries and now many foreign players are going back due to their national selections few teams suffering very badly and Islamabad United is also one of them their regular captain Shadab Khan is also out with injury and Alex Hales and few more players already gone back, so they are facing some serious troubles but still most chances they will qualify for next round because Quetta is also having same issue, and now they are already lost early match just because of this they are at 5th with very bad NRR.

Four teams Multan, Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad done for next round which is going to be very exciting with all four teams capable of having very good tempo and some inform players but here I favored Lahore Qalanders because they are special team and can win this year's title.

A moment of relief for Islamabad united fans as Islamabad finally qualified for the semifinals. They have better run rate then Quetta. For Quetta the set back was sudden departure of James Faulkner. All teams have won PSL once except Lahore Qalandars. There best performance was in 2020 PSL when they finished runner up. This time Lahore Qalanders under Shaheen captaincy have performed exceptionally well.

[teosanru]

India playing with a young team in the third T20 against West Indies and still winning the match by a good margin. I was watching the first 8 overs of the match and i did not expect them to score above 180 runs but Suryakumar Yadav played a really great innings along with Venkatesh Iyer and the young talents are showing up every now and then and hopefully they will get matches consistently rather than once in a full moon.

It was the same decision from West Indies as the previous match to bowl first after winning the toss. In the previous match it had the highest chance of winning, because they've lost only three wickets. This time the wicket loss has taken place continuously. Same as the previous match Pooran and Powell kept the match alive for some time. Should've been a winning match for West Indies. Anyhow this series looks like a practice session for West Indies to face England by the upcoming month.

Yes pooran start of fast but he slowed down alot in the middle of the innings which took the asking rate very high and later when he started to increase the run rate he got out and left westindies tailainders which finish the match which was always very diffucult  and in the end india won this match very comfortably by 17 runs.

I would blame the loss more on Pollard, Holder & Chase. This is the lower order that West Indies trusts and expects them to take away the game. But no one really gave strength to Pooran in the death overs. The game-changing moment was obviously the wicket of Pooran for India. He was playing with a slow strike rate so had to improve it but really fell in the very first time when he tried to do it. Even though India knew in their mind that these series are going to be a clean sweep for them but it would be so easy no one really thought of it. Next is the Sri Lanka tour and I am sure even that also is not being seen as a great challenge by BCCI, they have rested some big players for the series.

[7788bitcoin]

I would blame the loss more on Pollard, Holder & Chase. This is the lower order that West Indies trusts and expects them to take away the game. But no one really gave strength to Pooran in the death overs. The game-changing moment was obviously the wicket of Pooran for India. He was playing with a slow strike rate so had to improve it but really fell in the very first time when he tried to do it. Even though India knew in their mind that these series are going to be a clean sweep for them but it would be so easy no one really thought of it.

I expected a much better performance from West Indies in T20 but they disappointed with their pathetic performance, India was not having their best bowlers and they were experimenting the team with young players and yet West Indies could not make any impact in the series.

Next is the Sri Lanka tour and I am sure even that also is not being seen as a great challenge by BCCI, they have rested some big players for the series.

India have the team strength to defeat any team and they have the luxury to rotate the team members every series and yet they are performing well.

[Sithara007]

Today is the last round of group matches for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A. Ireland looks to be in a very difficult position, as they are right now at the third spot in their group. But their match for today is against a weak Germany. The top two teams would be facing each other - United Arab Emirates and Bahrain (represented by a bunch of foreigners from India and Pakistan). There is a chance that even if Ireland wins today, they won't progress to the semi-finals. And in case they manage to get to semi-finals, then they will be facing a strong Nepal.

[onecall123]

I would blame the loss more on Pollard, Holder & Chase. This is the lower order that West Indies trusts and expects them to take away the game. But no one really gave strength to Pooran in the death overs. The game-changing moment was obviously the wicket of Pooran for India. He was playing with a slow strike rate so had to improve it but really fell in the very first time when he tried to do it. Even though India knew in their mind that these series are going to be a clean sweep for them but it would be so easy no one really thought of it.

I expected a much better performance from West Indies in T20 but they disappointed with their pathetic performance, India was not having their best bowlers and they were experimenting the team with young players and yet West Indies could not make any impact in the series.

A remarkable achievement by the team of young players against the West Indies. Who would have thought they'd win this way and complete a clean sweep? Watching the series, it's understandable that the West Indies play against India to lose. They don't want to win, either. Similarly, India had no goal for this series. The team simply tested its bench strength.

[BALIK]

The top two teams would be facing each other - United Arab Emirates and Bahrain (represented by a bunch of foreigners from India and Pakistan).

Bahrain's performance surprised me. I have seen UAE's performance in previous T20 World Cups. They are a team that is enough. But Azek Bahrain batted first and gave a huge target of 17.3 runs. UAE will start batting after a while. I don't think they will be able to win by batting on such a big target. However, if the top order batsmen can play well, maybe UAE will be able to win

[jostorres]

Today is the last round of group matches for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier A. Ireland looks to be in a very difficult position, as they are right now at the third spot in their group. But their match for today is against a weak Germany. The top two teams would be facing each other - United Arab Emirates and Bahrain (represented by a bunch of foreigners from India and Pakistan). There is a chance that even if Ireland wins today, they won't progress to the semi-finals. And in case they manage to get to semi-finals, then they will be facing a strong Nepal.

I just check details about these matches and now feeling you check some wrong table because currently Ireland is at second position and if they won against Germany which is almost possible then they will stay at second and have chance for qualifying into semi-final.

In second group, we have Nepal as leaders and Canada and Oman other teams from these most chances Oman will qualify for semi-final, and they will play against the UAE and Nepal will go against Ireland. With eight teams are here five from Asia two from Europe and one from North America mean mostly subcontinent players are dominating in these teams, and they have some good career in these all teams until ICC bring some stick law for this which is not possible in next one decade.

Bahrain vs UAE was going good in favour of the UAE but in last two overs very attacking batting from David Mathias and Haidar Butt give them good runs on board now target is 173 for the UAE which is not easy. In other match Germany score 107/7 mean easy win for Ireland with good run rate they know they can claim top position if UAE lost, and they won with good margin.

[CDC AP]

The top two teams would be facing each other - United Arab Emirates and Bahrain (represented by a bunch of foreigners from India and Pakistan).

Bahrain's performance surprised me. I have seen UAE's performance in previous T20 World Cups. They are a team that is enough. But Azek Bahrain batted first and gave a huge target of 17.3 runs. UAE will start batting after a while. I don't think they will be able to win by batting on such a big target. However, if the top order batsmen can play well, maybe UAE will be able to win

UAE are 56-2 in 9 overs so I dont think they will able to chase 173 runs in 20 overs. Already the required run rate is over 11 runs per over whereas their current run rate is just above 6. I was also very surprised with Bahrain performance as I saw UAE play before but this is the first time I saw Bahrain play and they are looking much better than UAE in this match.

[UmerIdrees]

It is obvious now that Multan, Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar have qualified for the playoffs for this year PSL. There is one match left between Lahore and Peshawar which will be played today. The result of this match can only change the position but the top 4 teams will remain unchanged. After this match, I will share the final points table and also will share the play-off schedules so no one misses these finals matches of the best league PSL.  

[CryptoBuds]

The top two teams would be facing each other - United Arab Emirates and Bahrain (represented by a bunch of foreigners from India and Pakistan).

Bahrain's performance surprised me. I have seen UAE's performance in previous T20 World Cups. They are a team that is enough. But Azek Bahrain batted first and gave a huge target of 17.3 runs. UAE will start batting after a while. I don't think they will be able to win by batting on such a big target. However, if the top order batsmen can play well, maybe UAE will be able to win

UAE are 56-2 in 9 overs so I dont think they will able to chase 173 runs in 20 overs. Already the required run rate is over 11 runs per over whereas their current run rate is just above 6. I was also very surprised with Bahrain performance as I saw UAE play before but this is the first time I saw Bahrain play and they are looking much better than UAE in this match.

UAE lost by just 2 runs. They also played enough. The target was big enough. It is really difficult to win by batting against such a target. UAE was able to collect 170 runs thanks to Aravind's innings of 84 off 52 balls. I like Bahrain's batting very much today. The performance of all the subsequent batsmen except the first batsmen was remarkable.