T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[pakhitheboss]

What a interesting match it was!Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Night Risers, RR won by 7 runs only.RR scored 207 runs in total 1st innings then Kolkata didn’t chess it.They didn’t finished as well.RR players Josh Buttler got 100* he is most talented T-20 batsman right now.RR fans happy with this interesting victory.

Indeed it was an interesting match. I do agree that Josh Butler played brilliantly but you cannot ignore the fact that it was a batting wicket. The real game-changer for RR was Chahal, he took 5 wickets and you cannot ignore the fact that at one point KKR was controlling the match. If Chahal had not bowled this wonderful spell then the match would have been won by KKR.

[JSRAW]

Despite giving Rajasthan a huge target of 218 runs, Kolkata were on the verge of victory very easily due to the responsible batting of Finch and Iyer. But the batting of all the other players on the team was very weak. The team's run collection of 7 batsmen was below 10. And four batsmen returned to the dressing room with zero runs. With players like Cummins and Narine batting a little more responsibly, Kolkata could have easily won today.

As we have already seen till now, one-man armies are no longer effective and teams that are overdependent on one or two players have fared poorly so far in the IPL. The same goes for KKR as well. Shreyas Iyer and Aaron Finch took them to the brink of victory, but none of the other players offered any support for them. And once Shreyas got out, it was all over for the KKR. In particular, I am disturbed with the lack of form from Venkatesh Iyer. He's one of the most promising allrounders and considered by many as a good replacement for Hardik Pandya. And apart from one match, Pat Cummins has also not performed up to his calibre.

Not only Venkatesh Iyer but Ruturaj Gaikwad, Paddikal, Nitish Rana, Mayank Aggarwal etc are also struggling with the bat and similarly Varun Chakaravarthy etc struggling with the ball. Each one of em took IPL by surprise in previous seasons but losing their marbles so far. New local and uncapped talent is filling the gap in both department, which is exciting to watch.

Match up is kinda important in T-20 due to its nature. Pat Cummins is clean striker when playing against pace but he always struggle against spin, not just IPL but in international matches too.

[blatchcorn]

Indeed it was an interesting match. I do agree that Josh Butler played brilliantly but you cannot ignore the fact that it was a batting wicket. The real game-changer for RR was Chahal, he took 5 wickets and you cannot ignore the fact that at one point KKR was controlling the match. If Chahal had not bowled this wonderful spell then the match would have been won by KKR.

Pitches in IPL are mostly batting tracks with little support for bowlers. But in T20 format, bowling is entirely on luck you can get wicket on even a bad bowl. The last game revolve around batting of Butler and bowling of Chahal.
The tournament is prolonged for unnecessary reason, now we are having one match per day. More matches can be scheduled per day to finish the tournament in short time.

[laurenB7742]

The tournament is prolonged for unnecessary reason, now we are having one match per day. More matches can be scheduled per day to finish the tournament in short time.

I agree with you. Unnecessary reasons IPL management has extended the time of IPL. At least two matches could be held every day. I don't know why IPL management did it. The IPL will be held for about two months seasons this season. It will become very boring. There was a need to focus on this aspect of management.

[Iranus]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru   :   Lucknow Super Giants

Today's only match will be between Bangalore vs Lucknow. Both teams are very strong. And both of them have won 4 out of 6 matches. Those who win today's match will be able to rise above the points table. The batting lineup of both the teams is very strong but the bowling lineup is a bit weak. So the result of today's match will depend on the performance of the bowlers. But personally, I like the Lucknow team. So I'm interested in betting on this team. What is your choice?

[blatchcorn]

The tournament is prolonged for unnecessary reason, now we are having one match per day. More matches can be scheduled per day to finish the tournament in short time.

I agree with you. Unnecessary reasons IPL management has extended the time of IPL. At least two matches could be held every day. I don't know why IPL management did it. The IPL will be held for about two months seasons this season. It will become very boring. There was a need to focus on this aspect of management.

It will be more exciting and fun to watch a 20 days or a month long IPL then 2 months long IPL. Even world  cup won't take that much duration. For 2 months all international cricket is stopped for IPL, icc must have a look on that aspect also.

[Juggy777]

The tournament is prolonged for unnecessary reason, now we are having one match per day. More matches can be scheduled per day to finish the tournament in short time.

I agree with you. Unnecessary reasons IPL management has extended the time of IPL. At least two matches could be held every day. I don't know why IPL management did it. The IPL will be held for about two months seasons this season. It will become very boring. There was a need to focus on this aspect of management.

It will be more exciting and fun to watch a 20 days or a month long IPL then 2 months long IPL. Even world  cup won't take that much duration. For 2 months all international cricket is stopped for IPL, icc must have a look on that aspect also.

I agree with you’ll and I wasn’t happy when the schedule was announced, but I wonder if it’s been kept this way so player’s don’t get exhausted or was it covid fears that played a factor in this decision. Lastly I’m no longer watching full matches these days, and I might only watch full matches when the semis kick in so anyone else doing the same or you’ll are actually watching full matches daily?.

[KennyR]

Five players from Delhi Capitals have tested positive for covid-19. Now the match have got shifted to Mumbai from Pune to avoid travel. Other than allrounder Mitchell Marsh and four other players everyone tested negative on four rounds of Rt-PCR testing. Initially the physio of Delhi Capitals got positive, followed with regular tests done on every player of Delhi Capitals. So, the early identification of covid-19 has taken place.

[BALIK]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru   :   Lucknow Super Giants

Today's only match will be between Bangalore vs Lucknow. Both teams are very strong. And both of them have won 4 out of 6 matches. Those who win today's match will be able to rise above the points table. The batting lineup of both the teams is very strong but the bowling lineup is a bit weak. So the result of today's match will depend on the performance of the bowlers. But personally, I like the Lucknow team. So I'm interested in betting on this team. What is your choice?

The Super Giants won the toss and elected to field. And after going down to bat, Rasab goes after misery in the first over. In the first over, they lost the wickets of two destructive players like Anuj Rawat and Virat Kohli. Lucknow's batting is strong so they need to be given a big target today. It will be difficult to win the target of 160-180 runs.

At the end of 6 overs, Bangalore lost 3 wickets for 47 runs. Glenn Maxwell returned with 23 runs off 11 balls. du Plessis and Prabhudessai are at the crease. The outcome of the match in Bangalore will depend on the performance of these two batsmen.

[Iranus]

du Plessis and Prabhudessai are at the crease. The outcome of the match in Bangalore will depend on the performance of these two batsmen.

Both of these two players played well. Captain du Plessis was dismissed for 96 off 64 balls. With the help of these extraordinary innings, Bangalore has given a target of 182 runs. Although the collection of 182 runs is big enough, though I don't think it is enough to win. Lucknow has a lot of talented batsmen on the team. Lucknow can easily win if openers Rahul and de Kock play well.

[minairia3]

du Plessis and Prabhudessai are at the crease. The outcome of the match in Bangalore will depend on the performance of these two batsmen.

Both of these two players played well. Captain du Plessis was dismissed for 96 off 64 balls. With the help of these extraordinary innings, Bangalore has given a target of 182 runs. Although the collection of 182 runs is big enough, though I don't think it is enough to win. Lucknow has a lot of talented batsmen on the team. Lucknow can easily win if openers Rahul and de Kock play well.

RCB posted a total of 181 in their allotted 20 overs. I think as long as LSG  has the wickets in hand they are in for a good run chase. At the moment things do not look really good for LSG because they have only got 17 runs and as I was writing they have just lost a wicket also. that has certainly made things a lot difficult for them right now.

[Minecache]

The tournament is prolonged for unnecessary reason, now we are having one match per day. More matches can be scheduled per day to finish the tournament in short time.

I agree with you. Unnecessary reasons IPL management has extended the time of IPL. At least two matches could be held every day. I don't know why IPL management did it. The IPL will be held for about two months seasons this season. It will become very boring. There was a need to focus on this aspect of management.

It will be more exciting and fun to watch a 20 days or a month long IPL then 2 months long IPL. Even world  cup won't take that much duration. For 2 months all international cricket is stopped for IPL, icc must have a look on that aspect also.

I agree with you’ll and I wasn’t happy when the schedule was announced, but I wonder if it’s been kept this way so player’s don’t get exhausted or was it covid fears that played a factor in this decision. Lastly I’m no longer watching full matches these days, and I might only watch full matches when the semis kick in so anyone else doing the same or you’ll are actually watching full matches daily?.

I think that the recent coronavirus situation might be a problem and also a cause for the Tournament to get prolonged. We all know IPL is a very important aspect of the whole cricketing world and I really think it is absolutely dumb for IPL to be played for that long.

Because obviously, that affects international cricket a lot. and if they are thinking that people are not watching two matches in a day for full and keeping one match a day is going to help I think they are making a mistake.

[Vaskiy]

du Plessis and Prabhudessai are at the crease. The outcome of the match in Bangalore will depend on the performance of these two batsmen.

Both of these two players played well. Captain du Plessis was dismissed for 96 off 64 balls. With the help of these extraordinary innings, Bangalore has given a target of 182 runs. Although the collection of 182 runs is big enough, though I don't think it is enough to win. Lucknow has a lot of talented batsmen on the team. Lucknow can easily win if openers Rahul and de Kock play well.

RCB posted a total of 181 in their allotted 20 overs. I think as long as LSG  has the wickets in hand they are in for a good run chase. At the moment things do not look really good for LSG because they have only got 17 runs and as I was writing they have just lost a wicket also. that has certainly made things a lot difficult for them right now.

The match was on the side of Lucknow Super Giants. Even after early wickets LSG managed to play well and maintain the required run rate. At some point after the wicket of Krunal Pandya the run rate didn't got maintained. This increased the pressure and batsmen started to focus on scoring. At the end LSG wasn't able to reach the target. Finally with this win RCB reached second position on the points table.

[wiss19]

The match was on the side of Lucknow Super Giants. Even after early wickets LSG managed to play well and maintain the required run rate. At some point after the wicket of Krunal Pandya the run rate didn't got maintained. This increased the pressure and batsmen started to focus on scoring. At the end LSG wasn't able to reach the target. Finally with this win RCB reached second position on the points table.

Change of captaincy having very good impact on RCB and now with today win they are second in league table with ten points from seven games which is amazing start but sadly their star Kohli is still not in good touch as he needs to be for his team in last few matches he is giving poor performance which is not good as he is already in good criticism for his tactics. Today RCB done very good batting and give very healthy total for chase, but sadly they completely fail to achieve this and face their third defeat of this season with this now they can lose their fourth spot and dropped to sixth or seven as now few teams are giving their best for having good spot.

Now, on Wednesday we have another very interesting match between Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings even both teams are struggling badly but here Punjab Kings needs win which give them some good jump into league table and good confidence for rest of this season.

[Sithara007]

182 was not a huge target and ideally Lucknow Super Giants should have chased it down. But none of their batsmen could get to a half century. It was Krunal Pandya who top-scored with 42. If you look at their top and middle order, it is studded with star players like de Kock, Rahul, Pandey and Pandya. But for some unknown reason, they have performed below the expectation so far. And I don't know the reason why Marcus Stoinis is pushed so down the order. He needs to bat either at no.5 or no.6. Yesterday he came at no.7.

[coinism]

182 was not a huge target and ideally Lucknow Super Giants should have chased it down. But none of their batsmen could get to a half century. It was Krunal Pandya who top-scored with 42. If you look at their top and middle order, it is studded with star players like de Kock, Rahul, Pandey and Pandya. But for some unknown reason, they have performed below the expectation so far. And I don't know the reason why Marcus Stoinis is pushed so down the order. He needs to bat either at no.5 or no.6. Yesterday he came at no.7.

!82 in IPL is not a big deal but T20 is all about luck and LSG were out of luck yesterday. I feel for Faf du Plessis as he missed his century by just 4 runs after all the hard work he has done. Apart from Faf du Plessis there is nothing noticeable among RCB batting also. I still feel that Faf du Plessis was sold at very cheap price of just 7 crore.

[BALIK]

182 was not a huge target and ideally Lucknow Super Giants should have chased it down. But none of their batsmen could get to a half century. It was Krunal Pandya who top-scored with 42. If you look at their top and middle order, it is studded with star players like de Kock, Rahul, Pandey and Pandya. But for some unknown reason, they have performed below the expectation so far. And I don't know the reason why Marcus Stoinis is pushed so down the order. He needs to bat either at no.5 or no.6. Yesterday he came at no.7.

I knew the batsmen of Lucknow Super Giants were talented enough and they were in good form. They have proved their mettle in past matches. But their performance in yesterday's match was very disappointing. We have seen their weak batting from the beginning of the match. And I don't see any tendency to win this match in the whole match among the players of Lucknow.

[ibuddy122505]

Today is April 20, no 32 match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings of the IPL 2022 will be held in Mumbai, which previously scheduled to happen in Pune. Match setting changed as Delhi Capitals players were tested Covid positive. Delhi Capitals squads should be cleared the RTPCR test following the further action. At least 12 players should be negative for match.

[7788bitcoin]

Today is April 20, no 32 match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings of the IPL 2022 will be held in Mumbai, which previously scheduled to happen in Pune. Match setting changed as Delhi Capitals players were tested Covid positive. Delhi Capitals squads should be cleared the RTPCR test following the further action. At least 12 players should be negative for match.

Thank you for the information, i was planning to place a bet on this match and lucky that i found this update. So there is a possibility that the match would be cancelled or the entire tournament getting paused if the situation spreads to other team members as well. The tournament was getting interesting and i am waiting for the final announcement whether the match will proceed tonight or not.

[JSRAW]

Today is April 20, no 32 match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings of the IPL 2022 will be held in Mumbai, which previously scheduled to happen in Pune. Match setting changed as Delhi Capitals players were tested Covid positive. Delhi Capitals squads should be cleared the RTPCR test following the further action. At least 12 players should be negative for match.

Not sure if numbers are that big as 12-ish. I think this number tally include coaching staff too? As per confirmed sources Mitchell March and Tim Seifert has tested positive.

Latest reports are coming that match is going ahead as majority of the DC's players are fine and available for the selection.