T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[YinShuiSiYuan]

It was actually good to see Ireland trying to achieve something from that match, they actually batted well. Really well if we consider the level of both teams. But it was a good performance only from 1 batsman as it is expected to happen with low level teams. Generally, only 1-2 players play really well. But that is no matter for a team like India, they won the match comfortably. I am also happy that the matches are not ODI , it would have been boring. And I also think if Ireland can make some surprises it is going to be on the t20 format.

Edit: oh, I just missed it, yes Stake is spreading all over the world gradually. It really gave me an amazing feeling when I saw the Stake's logo on the stamps.

From Ireland side only Harry Tector was the one who scored runs and helped Ireland in reaching a total of 108 runs in 12 overs. Rest of the players not contributed much if few more players have joined Harry Tector then score would be around 150 and result will be different.

[S A KHAIR]

ICC does not have any governance on domestic cricket therefore ICC cannot ask for any money from BCCI. Other boards can still schedule their international matches when IPL is played but the question is that will those players play for their country or will they play for the franchise. Let the players decide.

Most of the players run after the money and they do not care for the country even though it's their country that brought them to this level.

In simple words you mean to say money is more important for a player over his country. If IPL allows Pakistan player now, they will leave their countries game to play for IPL. The problem here is that India will not allow Pakistani players till this ruling party is defeated in election.
Now, PCB can scream but ICC will not hear it unless there are other big boards. Which will never happen unless they generate huge revenue.  Therefore IPL will win but bilateral matches will lose somewhat similar to EPL.

ICC is always going to look for money. they are going to look for places where they will be able to generate better money e instead of thinking about what is best for the game.  and it is true that unless the Pakistan cricket board starts making more money or at least close to the amount of money that BCCI generates,  ICC will probably never hear them.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

ICC is always going to look for money. they are going to look for places where they will be able to generate better money e instead of thinking about what is best for the game.  and it is true that unless the Pakistan cricket board starts making more money or at least close to the amount of money that BCCI generates,  ICC will probably never hear them.

While all small boards are looking for there individual benefits this will continue to happen. Today its happening with PCB tomorrow it will happen to some other boards also. Small boards must get United and fight for there collective rights otherwise ICC and big 3 will Continue to rule and abuse small boards.

[dezoel]

In simple words you mean to say money is more important for a player over his country. If IPL allows Pakistan player now, they will leave their countries game to play for IPL. The problem here is that India will not allow Pakistani players till this ruling party is defeated in election.

Now, PCB can scream but ICC will not hear it unless there are other big boards. Which will never happen unless they generate huge revenue.  Therefore IPL will win but bilateral matches will lose somewhat similar to EPL.

Surely this is poor mindset from Indian fans that they can do everything with their money because if ICC will favor things like this then surely we are going to have some big tactical things in coming days and this can ruin this game cricket even BCCI is big and now IPL is having big profit for all B-3 but still they need to care about all boards and their concerns which are better for game and better future of this game.

And every time you are crying about Pakistani players are no in IPL it has never been issue because we all know hate and things going in India so in current situation no Pakistani player like to play in India for money even they are giving huge amount, so please stop this and just try to talk some positive things because every time crying about one thing is never been suitable that Pakistani's are not allowed, so they are doing these things in first IPL Pakistani's were completely on lead so after this we were aware about this now they will never allow them because rightwing Hindu parties never like this again.

[Vaskiy]

ICC is always going to look for money. they are going to look for places where they will be able to generate better money e instead of thinking about what is best for the game.  and it is true that unless the Pakistan cricket board starts making more money or at least close to the amount of money that BCCI generates,  ICC will probably never hear them.

While all small boards are looking for there individual benefits this will continue to happen. Today its happening with PCB tomorrow it will happen to some other boards also. Small boards must get United and fight for there collective rights otherwise ICC and big 3 will Continue to rule and abuse small boards.

The small boards won't unite together and go for a claim. For now if the ICC haven't done anything for the small boards then it is arguable. But, the board have taken decision without taking the suggestions of cricket board. With the big three the suggestions will be heard and this is all about the money. In my understanding for some time period this is going to continue, because it is quite difficult to take position and stand against BCCI in terms of money and power.

[Webetcoins]

India won the first match against Ireland pretty easily even though the match was reduced to 12 overs a side and this is the trend i am expecting in this series, unless Ireland proves otherwise .

Thank god that the India-Ireland series consists of only two T20 matches, otherwise we might have to watch the boring matches between the two team which have no competition between them. The 2nd and the final match between these two teams will be played tomorrow and surely, India will win this series by 2-0  

Absolutely correct! No comparison between both the sides. It was an easy win for India yesterday. What made me happy was to see Stake.com advertising their platform in this match. Intelligent way to promote a gambling platform in India.  I also think Ireland do not have a proper cricket stadium and as usual the crowd was full of Indian expats.

Ireland is having good talent just because of this now they are in all three formats and mostly their players are involved in English counties which is the biggest advantage for them, but sadly they personally have nothing for promoting game in their country they depend on England and their counties so here they need to do some better work if they want some more intention even it's very difficult for them due too geographically.

This same problem is going to happen in other few countries like Scotland and Netherlands because they are also having domestic set up issues and all depended on English Counties.

If they have proper stadiums then surely it's going to be good for them having full of Indian fans and good money with this all.

[Theones]

India won the first match against Ireland pretty easily even though the match was reduced to 12 overs a side and this is the trend i am expecting in this series, unless Ireland proves otherwise .

Thank god that the India-Ireland series consists of only two T20 matches, otherwise we might have to watch the boring matches between the two team which have no competition between them. The 2nd and the final match between these two teams will be played tomorrow and surely, India will win this series by 2-0  

Absolutely correct! No comparison between both the sides. It was an easy win for India yesterday. What made me happy was to see Stake.com advertising their platform in this match. Intelligent way to promote a gambling platform in India.  I also think Ireland do not have a proper cricket stadium and as usual the crowd was full of Indian expats.

Ireland is having good talent just because of this now they are in all three formats and mostly their players are involved in English counties which is the biggest advantage for them, but sadly they personally have nothing for promoting game in their country they depend on England and their counties so here they need to do some better work if they want some more intention even it's very difficult for them due too geographically.

This same problem is going to happen in other few countries like Scotland and Netherlands because they are also having domestic set up issues and all depended on English Counties.

If they have proper stadiums then surely it's going to be good for them having full of Indian fans and good money with this all.

Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland are very weak teams as compared to India, England, Pakistan, Australia and Sri Lanka.
I think they will only play to give other big team big rating and ranking. But at least we can support them they are competing against beasts of cricket.

[Sithara007]

Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland are very weak teams as compared to India, England, Pakistan, Australia and Sri Lanka.
I think they will only play to give other big team big rating and ranking. But at least we can support them they are competing against beasts of cricket.

Ireland and Scotland, are at this point far ahead of Netherlands. The first two are growing in terms of cricket, while the Netherlands is a declining team (along with their neighbors Danmark). But the problem for all these teams is that their best players will get stolen by England. On the outside, losing one or two best players may not sound that difficult. But Ireland without Eoin Morgan is what Bangladesh is without Shakib al Hasan, or Pakistan without Babar Azam. It can be crippling for these small teams. Already, most of their players are refusing to appear for national duty, as the county championship is going on.

[savetheFORUM]

Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland are very weak teams as compared to India, England, Pakistan, Australia and Sri Lanka.
I think they will only play to give other big team big rating and ranking. But at least we can support them they are competing against beasts of cricket.

As we all know there are many flaws in ICC rules and their mindset is never been good for better and positive run of this game, so we have some good gape of quality between teams here they need to act in better way and try to keep very few test playing nations because it needs some good skills and technique and for T-20 it's never been like test format so supporting these teams for this format is surely ideal and can bring some healthy changes and competition for all teams.

As you already know, these are weak teams and need better support, so giving them good matches in this format is helpful for all teams. Sticking with Test format for high quality teams and now not giving any test cap to any new team is more helpful.

[kro55]

India VS Ireland

India will play the second and final T20 match against Ireland today. Although Ireland lost the first match, their performance was good. Ireland gave a target of 109 runs in 12 overs. It was not easy to score 109 runs against India's experienced bowlers. Herry Tector scored 64 off 33 balls. Ireland's team is slowly strengthening themself. Even today, the Irish players may not allow India to win easily.

[JSRAW]

I guess UAE is also coming up with new league soon and it's clashing with the PSL's window directly.

At this point, we have more than a dozen franchise T20 leagues around the world. And I don't think that this number is sustainable. I would like cricket to try the model of trans-national leagues like Ice Hockey. The National Hockey League have teams from US as well as Canada. It's main competitor is the Russia based KHL (Kontinental Hockey League), which is having teams from Belarus, Kazakhstan and China in addition to Russia. I don't think that Nepal or Afghanistan have the finances to set up their own league. If they participate in the PSL, it will be mutually beneficial for all the sides.  

Sustainable or not but we've to admit that these shorts of tourney helping players financially and exposure in a big way.

JohnBitco posted this good article. Players now have more choice and it's up to them where they want to play. It could work for smaller boards/associate nations.

UAE T20 league announces early-2023 window, set for clash of dates with BBL, BPL and CSA league

[UmerIdrees]

PCB has every right to raise this issue, why should they stop playing international cricket during IPL? Props to PCB and Rambo as they are just trying to secure their cricket board's interest, that's their main job but at the same time BCCI is also entitled to secure their product.

Do you think that BCCI product IPL is not secured and still they need to block it for 3 months?  If this is how it works, I suggest extending the tournament for full 12 months  
Remember the lengthier the tournament, people will lose interest.

ICC does not have any governance on domestic cricket therefore ICC cannot ask for any money from BCCI. Other boards can still schedule their international matches when IPL is played but the question is that will those players play for their country or will they play for the franchise. Let the players decide.

Most of the players run after the money and they do not care for the country even though it's their country that brought them to this level.

In simple words you mean to say money is more important for a player over his country. If IPL allows Pakistan player now, they will leave their countries game to play for IPL. The problem here is that India will not allow Pakistani players till this ruling party is defeated in election.

Yes, even if Pakistani players are offered to play IPL they will prefer to join league to make more money and quit the national games. That's a bitter truth.
I think the Asian players are more greedy as compared to other parts of the world. The tension between the two countries would never end and hence we cannot dream of seeing the Pakistani players being auctioned in IPL. However if this miracle happens, Baber Azam will be the most expensive player of the IPL  

[Tony116]

Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland are very weak teams as compared to India, England, Pakistan, Australia and Sri Lanka.
I think they will only play to give other big team big rating and ranking. But at least we can support them they are competing against beasts of cricket.

As we all know there are many flaws in ICC rules and their mindset is never been good for better and positive run of this game, so we have some good gape of quality between teams here they need to act in better way and try to keep very few test playing nations because it needs some good skills and technique and for T-20 it's never been like test format so supporting these teams for this format is surely ideal and can bring some healthy changes and competition for all teams.
As you already know, these are weak teams and need better support, so giving them good matches in this format is helpful for all teams. Sticking with Test format for high quality teams and now not giving any test cap to any new team is more helpful.

The problem is ICC is very much happy with the number of teams that are playing cricket regularly and I don’t think they have any big plans to help the smaller teams get better. Obviously, there is also some amount of pressure from the big teams so ICC does not do that. With a bigger number of teams trying to play cricket regularly they are always a chance for the bigger teams will be beaten and really humiliated by the smaller teams and I think the bigger teams not wanting that is a big problem why ICC really doesn’t want to make any problems with the bigger team lose those revenues. But if ICC was able to impose authority on the bigger teams I think the revenue board has been much bigger and also a lot more teams would have been playing cricket very regularly so by now.

[CryptoBuds]

India VS Ireland

India will play the second and final T20 match against Ireland today. Although Ireland lost the first match, their performance was good. Ireland gave a target of 109 runs in 12 overs. It was not easy to score 109 runs against India's experienced bowlers. Herry Tector scored 64 off 33 balls. Ireland's team is slowly strengthening themself. Even today, the Irish players may not allow India to win easily.

Indian captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat. But they lost the wicket of Ishan Kishan by only 13 runs. However, at the end of 10 overs, India's collection is 97/1. They are playing ver responsibly, I think they are more likely to give a target of 200-210 runs today. I don't think Ireland will win the match, but I'd be happy if the match was competitive.

[GigaBit]

India VS Ireland

India will play the second and final T20 match against Ireland today. Although Ireland lost the first match, their performance was good. Ireland gave a target of 109 runs in 12 overs. It was not easy to score 109 runs against India's experienced bowlers. Herry Tector scored 64 off 33 balls. Ireland's team is slowly strengthening themself. Even today, the Irish players may not allow India to win easily.

Indian captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat. But they lost the wicket of Ishan Kishan by only 13 runs. However, at the end of 10 overs, India's collection is 97/1. They are playing ver responsibly, I think they are more likely to give a target of 200-210 runs today. I don't think Ireland will win the match, but I'd be happy if the match was competitive.

Agree, India is one most prominent country in the cricket world and their ranking is also the top position. Ireland is not prominent but they have the ability to defend any team in their home ground cricket. Today we are looking such type of match where lower may win the match. Already Ireland collect 72 runs form first 5.4 over and lost 1 wicket. This is really a good start for the Ireland. As 15.2 over left so lets see what will happen. in the meantime one another wicket is gone. India getting upward. Now winning chance is more on behalf of india.

[Minor Miner]

India VS Ireland

India will play the second and final T20 match against Ireland today. Although Ireland lost the first match, their performance was good. Ireland gave a target of 109 runs in 12 overs. It was not easy to score 109 runs against India's experienced bowlers. Herry Tector scored 64 off 33 balls. Ireland's team is slowly strengthening themself. Even today, the Irish players may not allow India to win easily.

Indian captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat. But they lost the wicket of Ishan Kishan by only 13 runs. However, at the end of 10 overs, India's collection is 97/1. They are playing ver responsibly, I think they are more likely to give a target of 200-210 runs today. I don't think Ireland will win the match, but I'd be happy if the match was competitive.

Agree, India is one most prominent country in the cricket world and their ranking is also the top position. Ireland is not prominent but they have the ability to defend any team in their home ground cricket. Today we are looking such type of match where lower may win the match. Already Ireland collect 72 runs form first 5.4 over and lost 1 wicket. This is really a good start for the Ireland. As 15.2 over left so lets see what will happen. in the meantime one another wicket is gone. India getting upward. Now winning chance is more on behalf of india.

India has given a huge target of 226 runs. Samson scored 77 off 42 balls and Deepak Hooda 104 off 57 balls. Besides, no other batsman of the team could play well. Even 3 batsmen returned to the dressing room with zero runs. However, the interesting thing is that Ireland managed to score 81 runs in 7.2 overs. Ireland may not win. However, they may be able to collect 170/180 runs.

[romero121]

India VS Ireland

India will play the second and final T20 match against Ireland today. Although Ireland lost the first match, their performance was good. Ireland gave a target of 109 runs in 12 overs. It was not easy to score 109 runs against India's experienced bowlers. Herry Tector scored 64 off 33 balls. Ireland's team is slowly strengthening themself. Even today, the Irish players may not allow India to win easily.

Indian captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat. But they lost the wicket of Ishan Kishan by only 13 runs. However, at the end of 10 overs, India's collection is 97/1. They are playing ver responsibly, I think they are more likely to give a target of 200-210 runs today. I don't think Ireland will win the match, but I'd be happy if the match was competitive.

Agree, India is one most prominent country in the cricket world and their ranking is also the top position. Ireland is not prominent but they have the ability to defend any team in their home ground cricket. Today we are looking such type of match where lower may win the match. Already Ireland collect 72 runs form first 5.4 over and lost 1 wicket. This is really a good start for the Ireland. As 15.2 over left so lets see what will happen. in the meantime one another wicket is gone. India getting upward. Now winning chance is more on behalf of india.

Ireland is one among the best team in the bottom order that is growing with full potential. If this team gets opportunity to play against the top teams at specific time interval, surely it'll move it's position from the bottom. India is strong, but Ireland used to be much more strong in their home ground. Ireland is maintaining the run rate above 11 runs. In 9 overs Ireland have scored 100 runs losing 2 wickets. This is going to be a tough match for India considering the present situation.

[Sithara007]

Such an entertaining innings by Paul Stirling, but he got out when Ireland needed him to stay. Balbirnie is struggling out there and if the remaining Irish batsmen can't score runs quickly, then the match will rapidly drift out of their control. But still, during the initial powerplay, Ireland scored a massive 73 runs in 6 overs. Now they lost another wicket, as Gareth Delany got out trying for a single that was never there. Ireland need to convert their good starts to good finishes. Else they will remain at the second tier test system for infinite amount of time.

Edit: Balbirnie hits 50, after struggling a lot.

[JohnBitCo]

Such an entertaining innings by Paul Stirling, but he got out when Ireland needed him to stay. Balbirnie is struggling out there and if the remaining Irish batsmen can't score runs quickly, then the match will rapidly drift out of their control. But still, during the initial powerplay, Ireland scored a massive 73 runs in 6 overs. Now they lost another wicket, as Gareth Delany got out trying for a single that was never there. Ireland need to convert their good starts to good finishes. Else they will remain at the second tier test system for infinite amount of time.

Edit: Balbirnie hits 50, after struggling a lot.

225 runs chase will never going to be easy for Ireland. They did play a few very good overs but to keep the pace for full 20 overs is difficult for a small team like Ireland. Now they need almost 12 runs per over for the next 9-10 overs which is quite an impossible task for the Ireland batsmen. Both the openers Paul Stirling and Andy Balbirnie are out and two new batsmen at the crease now make the task more difficult against the Indian bowlers.

[JSRAW]

Such an entertaining innings by Paul Stirling, but he got out when Ireland needed him to stay. Balbirnie is struggling out there and if the remaining Irish batsmen can't score runs quickly, then the match will rapidly drift out of their control. But still, during the initial powerplay, Ireland scored a massive 73 runs in 6 overs. Now they lost another wicket, as Gareth Delany got out trying for a single that was never there. Ireland need to convert their good starts to good finishes. Else they will remain at the second tier test system for infinite amount of time.

Edit: Balbirnie hits 50, after struggling a lot.

225 runs chase will never going to be easy for Ireland. They did play a few very good overs but to keep the pace for full 20 overs is difficult for a small team like Ireland. Now they need almost 12 runs per over for the next 9-10 overs which is quite an impossible task for the Ireland batsmen. Both the openers Paul Stirling and Andy Balbirnie are out and two new batsmen at the crease now make the task more difficult against the Indian bowlers.

Its a big score but they are fighting really hard tho.

They need 34 runs in 14 balls and it's possible in T-20. I felt that they are only relying on sixes, boundaries but not successfully rotating the strike it happened with the Irish openers specially Balbirnie and rest of the batters also doing the same. This is okay in small ground like this one but not successful strategy overall.

29 off 11 now so it's going down the wire.

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Uff so close, hard luck for Irish team and big relief for youngster Malik.