T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[pakhitheboss]

KL Rahul is out of form and he is struggling to bat and the same is with Virat Kohli. Hardik Pandya, Panth, and Hooda were a disaster again.

I disagree about Pandya. He was the game-changer in several matches in recent times.

What is your point here? The only game that he played well in this tournament was with Pakistan and after that, he has been a failure. I do not understand why anyone would support him for his past achievements. What India needed was to defend its title but unfortunately because of the middle and the lower middle order's pathetic performance they are not able to give the opposing team a stiff target. 

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[UmerIdrees]

Last night's encounter also attracted enough eyeballs. I tuned in when there were like 12 Million live subs.

I reckon this is good for cricket overall, course correction is very much necessary atm. Only then Broadcasters and all other parties are going to be serious and focus on content like comm box etc.

So we can conservatively say that there are at least 20 million subscribers for Hotstar in India, who watch cricket regularly. Given their average subscription fee of $12 per year, it translates to $2.4 billion per year. On top of that, they get revenue from advertisements as well. For the South Asian and South East Asian regions, Hotstar claims to have a subscriber base of around 58 million, with a quarterly growth of close to 15% (8.3 million new subscribers in Q2 2022). Out of the entire pool of subscribers, at least one-third seems to be there primarily for cricket.

The point is that India Pakistan matches attracts lot of spectators and it gives an oppurtity for the advertisers and cricket board to earn a lot of money. But you can't control the series that both teams reach the final as strong teams like Srilanka will defeat weak teams like India.

So better arrange a bilateral series between the two counties in a neutral gound like Dubai. Don't argue that both teams can't agree on bilateral series between them. When they can play against each other in tournaments like Asia Cup or World cup, they can play series between them at neutral venues too.

[JSRAW]

KL Rahul is out of form and he is struggling to bat and the same is with Virat Kohli. Hardik Pandya, Panth, and Hooda were a disaster again.

I disagree about Pandya. He was the game-changer in several matches in recent times.

What is your point here? The only game that he played well in this tournament was with Pakistan and after that, he has been a failure. I do not understand why anyone would support him for his past achievements. What India needed was to defend its title but unfortunately because of the middle and the lower middle order's pathetic performance they are not able to give the opposing team a stiff target. 

After his back injury, he had to earn his place in the playing XI and he did in style so I think his name should be first on the roster when selecting the playing XI. Being on top of your game is an ongoing process and it's natural to face failure sometime but you have to look overall picture.

India didn't do anything wrong overall, all matches were close fights and it does happen in T-20 format. I won't even blame bowlers here as conditions in Dubai ridiculously favor the team bowling first. In the last 19 matches, only 2 times teams successfully defended the totals and the opponents were Netherland and Hongkong.

Having said that, it doesn't mean that there is no problem whatsoever. KL at the top, Pant in middle order looks the weakest point IMO, then there were some tactical calls from Rohit/Dravid like not bringing Hooda as 6th bowler or giving his fav position which is top 3.

KL and Pant are both talented individuals but both don't deserve their place in T-20 team at least their current batting order. KL clearly looks so much under pressure and just playing for his spot and it's freaking depressing to watch him struggle, less we talk about his SR the better ( seems like I time traveled back in the year 2018). I really love the Pant the batter but I guess he's not suitable for the Middle-order at all, if he's playing then he should open the inning for the team and give him license to go crazy, even if he fails. The same argument could be used for Shaw or another left-hander Kishan. It's not like that KL Rahul is an inferior batter but IMO he seriously lacks aggressive cricket in T-20 when batting at the top, he's an excellent bat at the middle order but IDK why everyone is hell-bent to make him open every time despite having 4-5 openers are warming the bench.   

Hooda should bat at the top and considering his form, I dare to say even Kohli would look like a joke when Hooda is on the song. This dude has a SR of 150 + and an average of 40-ish. Management ruining his career by using him as a floater or finisher, leave this job to Hardik and DK (he's a must in WC).

[SATWAT]

Pakistan won the toss and elect to field. Amazing stuff on here and social media as peoples are still sitting with calculators and trying to arrange final between Pakistan and India which is not possible as I am feeling most chances we are going to have Sri Lanka in final and now other teams decisions is also coming out after few hours s this match between Pakistan vs Afghanistan will end.

[rojan]

Pakistan won the toss and elect to field. Amazing stuff on here and social media as peoples are still sitting with calculators and trying to arrange final between Pakistan and India which is not possible as I am feeling most chances we are going to have Sri Lanka in final and now other teams decisions is also coming out after few hours s this match between Pakistan vs Afghanistan will end.

Whoever plays well today has a good chance.  Since Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl, I think Pakistan took the right decision.  But we have seen that those who batted later won the matches.  And I think today that will be Pakistan's victory in this match. However, the game will be a very tight fight between the two teams, whichever team can do better will win the match.

[noormcs5]

Pakistan won the toss and elect to field. Amazing stuff on here and social media as peoples are still sitting with calculators and trying to arrange final between Pakistan and India which is not possible as I am feeling most chances we are going to have Sri Lanka in final and now other teams decisions is also coming out after few hours s this match between Pakistan vs Afghanistan will end.

Whoever plays well today has a good chance.  Since Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl, I think Pakistan took the right decision.  But we have seen that those who batted later won the matches.  And I think today that will be Pakistan's victory in this match. However, the game will be a very tight fight between the two teams, whichever team can do better will win the match.

The first thing that Pakistan is bowling first which is the first confirmation that their chances are high to win the match. Secondly, when we look at the odds, the gambling houses are also favoring Pakistan to win the match.

If you haven't placed the bet, still you can place bet at Pakistan and 1.38 is a decent odd right now.

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The first thing that Pakistan is bowling first which is the first confirmation that their chances are high to win the match. Secondly, when we look at the odds, the gambling houses are also favoring Pakistan to win the match.

If you haven't placed the bet, still you can place bet at Pakistan and 1.38 is a decent odd right now.

It's true that now Pakistan is most favourite team in asia cup 2022 but in my opinion nothing can be said that the who will win today's match . Because Afghanistan already doing great performance in the previous matches and now if you look at the current match their body language says that they can also be win . I think today's match is totally a unpredictable match. Afghanistan is now 38/1 in 4over  and run rate is over 9.

Yes I think you are right , this match is totally unpredictable. Afghanistan's starting so far I think is very good.  They got enough runs in four overs, I think they put the Pakistani bowlers under a lot of pressure early on. But let's see what happens to Pakistan, but playing   is just the beginning

[rojan]

The first thing that Pakistan is bowling first which is the first confirmation that their chances are high to win the match. Secondly, when we look at the odds, the gambling houses are also favoring Pakistan to win the match.

If you haven't placed the bet, still you can place bet at Pakistan and 1.38 is a decent odd right now.

It's true that now Pakistan is most favourite team in asia cup 2022 but in my opinion nothing can be said that the who will win today's match . Because Afghanistan already doing great performance in the previous matches and now if you look at the current match their body language says that they can also be win . I think today's match is totally a unpredictable match. Afghanistan is now 38/1 in 4over  and run rate is over 9.

Yes I think you are right , this match is totally unpredictable. Afghanistan's starting so far I think is very good.  They got enough runs in four overs, I think they put the Pakistani bowlers under a lot of pressure early on. But let's see what happens to Pakistan, but playing   is just the beginning

If Pakistan can keep Afghanistan under pressure, Afghanistan will not be able to score too many runs.  If Afghanistan can score above 190 runs today then this match will be lost in Pakistan's hands.  And if they can stop Afghanistan between 150 runs, the match will be a bone-headed fight. Now let's see if the Pakistan players can keep Afghanistan's batting under pressure.

[coinerer]

Pakistan won the toss and elect to field. Amazing stuff on here and social media as peoples are still sitting with calculators and trying to arrange final between Pakistan and India which is not possible as I am feeling most chances we are going to have Sri Lanka in final and now other teams decisions is also coming out after few hours s this match between Pakistan vs Afghanistan will end.

Whoever plays well today has a good chance.  Since Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl, I think Pakistan took the right decision.  But we have seen that those who batted later won the matches.  And I think today that will be Pakistan's victory in this match. However, the game will be a very tight fight between the two teams, whichever team can do better will win the match.

The first thing that Pakistan is bowling first which is the first confirmation that their chances are high to win the match. Secondly, when we look at the odds, the gambling houses are also favoring Pakistan to win the match.

If you haven't placed the bet, still you can place bet at Pakistan and 1.38 is a decent odd right now.

The calculation of cricket does not take long time to change. Which we understood very well in yesterday match between Sri Lanka vs India. It seems that Sri Lanka won the match after some times the match towards India but the end went to Sri Lanka again. Afghanistan and Pakistan would be nothing unusual. But generally, Pakistan is a very reliable team and they will try to win all the remaining matches.

[tami40]

Pakistan bowlers put Afghanistan under a lot of pressure, Afghanistan players are very confused to play Afghanistan 81 for 3 in 12 overs Afghanistan are very weak due to Jazai wicket falling Afghanistan can have a chance to win if the rest of the players can turn the game around

[MatthewLM]

The first thing that Pakistan is bowling first which is the first confirmation that their chances are high to win the match. Secondly, when we look at the odds, the gambling houses are also favoring Pakistan to win the match.

If you haven't placed the bet, still you can place bet at Pakistan and 1.38 is a decent odd right now.

It's true that now Pakistan is most favourite team in asia cup 2022 but in my opinion nothing can be said that the who will win today's match . Because Afghanistan already doing great performance in the previous matches and now if you look at the current match their body language says that they can also be win . I think today's match is totally a unpredictable match. Afghanistan is now 38/1 in 4over  and run rate is over 9.

Yes I think you are right , this match is totally unpredictable. Afghanistan's starting so far I think is very good.  They got enough runs in four overs, I think they put the Pakistani bowlers under a lot of pressure early on. But let's see what happens to Pakistan, but playing   is just the beginning

From the look of the game now, it doesn't look like Afghanistan can score above 160 runs. But Pakistan players have started the game well. Looks like Afghanistan can score 150 runs.  Pakistan has 90% chance to win this match let's see the rest.

[Mahdirakib]

Arshdeep Singh after India vs Pakistan controversy was the costliest bowler. I hope the selectors do not drop him in the upcoming T20WC.
India will not play the final for sure as I am confident Pakistan will win against Afghanistan.

Arshdeep was costly, but he was able to made the final over interesting. He can continously deliver ball in yorker length. Perhaps, selectors will keep him in the T20 world cup squad if they don't take his dropped catch very seriously (Against Pakistan).

Afghanistan has given the target of 130 runs only. I don't see any possibilities for Afghanistan to win this match. The final will be between Pakistan and Sri Lanka if Pakistan win this match by chasing this easy target.

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Arshdeep Singh after India vs Pakistan controversy was the costliest bowler. I hope the selectors do not drop him in the upcoming T20WC.
India will not play the final for sure as I am confident Pakistan will win against Afghanistan.

Arshdeep was costly, but he was able to made the final over interesting. He can continously deliver ball in yorker length. Perhaps, selectors will keep him in the T20 world cup squad if they don't take his dropped catch very seriously (Against Pakistan).

Afghanistan has given the target of 130 runs only. I don't see any possibilities for Afghanistan to win this match. The final will be between Pakistan and Sri Lanka if Pakistan win this match by chasing this easy target.

I also think that this target is not big deal for Pakistan. But Afghanistan's bowlers are not less. If I talk about their spinners, they will be among the top few bowlers in the world. Moreover, Farooqui took a wicket in the first over as a pacer. Even then I think Pakistan's Rizwan and Zaman if they bat carefully I think both of them can win Pakistan.

[CryptoBuds]

Yes you are right they also didn't touch 160 . They stuck at 129/6 against Pakistani bowlers. I think this is a very good come back from bowing side of Pakistan . I'm also thought that the way Afghanistan Start the match they can make a huge run at this point Pakistani bowlers were successfully done their job and they didn't give chance to make more run .

Afghanistan's collection in the first 10 overs was 72 runs for the loss of two wickets. As their batsmen performed well in Asia Cup matches. So I thought Afghanistan would be able to give at least more than 160/170 targets. But they collected only 129 runs. At least they should have collected 140 runs.

Afghanistan may not be able to win with a target of only 130 runs. But they have some experienced bowlers in their squad. Even if not able to win, Afghanistan's bowlers have the ability to fight in this match. Lets enjoy the match.

[smartaction]

Arshdeep Singh after India vs Pakistan controversy was the costliest bowler. I hope the selectors do not drop him in the upcoming T20WC.
India will not play the final for sure as I am confident Pakistan will win against Afghanistan.

Arshdeep was costly, but he was able to made the final over interesting. He can continously deliver ball in yorker length. Perhaps, selectors will keep him in the T20 world cup squad if they don't take his dropped catch very seriously (Against Pakistan).

Afghanistan has given the target of 130 runs only. I don't see any possibilities for Afghanistan to win this match. The final will be between Pakistan and Sri Lanka if Pakistan win this match by chasing this easy target.

I also think that this target is not big deal for Pakistan. But Afghanistan's bowlers are not less. If I talk about their spinners, they will be among the top few bowlers in the world. Moreover, Farooqui took a wicket in the first over as a pacer. Even then I think Pakistan's Rizwan and Zaman if they bat carefully I think both of them can win Pakistan.

Afghanistan played very badly today the runs they scored were is not a big deal for Pakistan . But Afghanistan are bowling very well and Pakistan have already lost two wickets for 20 runs, if they can't keep their wickets then it will be difficult for them to beat Afghanistan. And if Pakistan can keep their wicket then they will beat Afghanistan very easily with that target

[fuguebtc]

Arshdeep Singh after India vs Pakistan controversy was the costliest bowler. I hope the selectors do not drop him in the upcoming T20WC.
India will not play the final for sure as I am confident Pakistan will win against Afghanistan.

Arshdeep was costly, but he was able to made the final over interesting. He can continously deliver ball in yorker length. Perhaps, selectors will keep him in the T20 world cup squad if they don't take his dropped catch very seriously (Against Pakistan).
Afghanistan has given the target of 130 runs only. I don't see any possibilities for Afghanistan to win this match. The final will be between Pakistan and Sri Lanka if Pakistan win this match by chasing this easy target.

I also think that this target is not big deal for Pakistan. But Afghanistan's bowlers are not less. If I talk about their spinners, they will be among the top few bowlers in the world. Moreover, Farooqui took a wicket in the first over as a pacer. Even then I think Pakistan's Rizwan and Zaman if they bat carefully I think both of them can win Pakistan.

Afghanistan played very badly today the runs they scored were is not a big deal for Pakistan . But Afghanistan are bowling very well and Pakistan have already lost two wickets for 20 runs, if they can't keep their wickets then it will be difficult for them to beat Afghanistan. And if Pakistan can keep their wicket then they will beat Afghanistan very easily with that target

However, Pakistan lost both wickets very quickly. Even then they will not have any problem winning this match. Pakistan squad has several hard-hitting batsmen. Even if Babar Azam and Rizwan don't play well, other players have the ability to give Pakistan a win on such a low target.
At the end of 10 overs, Pakistan collected only 52 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan at the crease now should not waste the ball. If they cannot maintain a run rate of more than 7 in the next 5 overs then it will be risky for Pakistan to win the match.

[JohnBitCo]

Arshdeep Singh after India vs Pakistan controversy was the costliest bowler. I hope the selectors do not drop him in the upcoming T20WC.
India will not play the final for sure as I am confident Pakistan will win against Afghanistan.

Arshdeep was costly, but he was able to made the final over interesting. He can continously deliver ball in yorker length. Perhaps, selectors will keep him in the T20 world cup squad if they don't take his dropped catch very seriously (Against Pakistan).
Afghanistan has given the target of 130 runs only. I don't see any possibilities for Afghanistan to win this match. The final will be between Pakistan and Sri Lanka if Pakistan win this match by chasing this easy target.

I also think that this target is not big deal for Pakistan. But Afghanistan's bowlers are not less. If I talk about their spinners, they will be among the top few bowlers in the world. Moreover, Farooqui took a wicket in the first over as a pacer. Even then I think Pakistan's Rizwan and Zaman if they bat carefully I think both of them can win Pakistan.

Afghanistan played very badly today the runs they scored were is not a big deal for Pakistan . But Afghanistan are bowling very well and Pakistan have already lost two wickets for 20 runs, if they can't keep their wickets then it will be difficult for them to beat Afghanistan. And if Pakistan can keep their wicket then they will beat Afghanistan very easily with that target

However, Pakistan lost both wickets very quickly. Even then they will not have any problem winning this match. Pakistan squad has several hard-hitting batsmen. Even if Babar Azam and Rizwan don't play well, other players have the ability to give Pakistan a win on such a low target.
At the end of 10 overs, Pakistan collected only 52 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan at the crease now should not waste the ball. If they cannot maintain a run rate of more than 7 in the next 5 overs then it will be risky for Pakistan to win the match.

The match has entered into a very interesting situation as Pakistan has lost a few quick wickets. But since the required runs are not so much, Pakistan should win this match provided they are not all out.
I like the way the Afghanistan team is fighting hard to defend the small total and not giving up easily.

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Arshdeep Singh after India vs Pakistan controversy was the costliest bowler. I hope the selectors do not drop him in the upcoming T20WC.
India will not play the final for sure as I am confident Pakistan will win against Afghanistan.

Arshdeep was costly, but he was able to made the final over interesting. He can continously deliver ball in yorker length. Perhaps, selectors will keep him in the T20 world cup squad if they don't take his dropped catch very seriously (Against Pakistan).
Afghanistan has given the target of 130 runs only. I don't see any possibilities for Afghanistan to win this match. The final will be between Pakistan and Sri Lanka if Pakistan win this match by chasing this easy target.

I also think that this target is not big deal for Pakistan. But Afghanistan's bowlers are not less. If I talk about their spinners, they will be among the top few bowlers in the world. Moreover, Farooqui took a wicket in the first over as a pacer. Even then I think Pakistan's Rizwan and Zaman if they bat carefully I think both of them can win Pakistan.

Afghanistan played very badly today the runs they scored were is not a big deal for Pakistan . But Afghanistan are bowling very well and Pakistan have already lost two wickets for 20 runs, if they can't keep their wickets then it will be difficult for them to beat Afghanistan. And if Pakistan can keep their wicket then they will beat Afghanistan very easily with that target

However, Pakistan lost both wickets very quickly. Even then they will not have any problem winning this match. Pakistan squad has several hard-hitting batsmen. Even if Babar Azam and Rizwan don't play well, other players have the ability to give Pakistan a win on such a low target.
At the end of 10 overs, Pakistan collected only 52 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan at the crease now should not waste the ball. If they cannot maintain a run rate of more than 7 in the next 5 overs then it will be risky for Pakistan to win the match.

The match has entered into a very interesting situation as Pakistan has lost a few quick wickets. But since the required runs are not so much, Pakistan should win this match provided they are not all out.
I like the way the Afghanistan team is fighting hard to defend the small total and not giving up easily.

Yes I think Afghanistan push to Pakistan in a good under pressure now . Pakistan loose their 8 wicket already . Afghanistan fast bowlers giving so hard yourcut and Pakistani Batmens could not face that.So the match is already returned to Afghanistan. Pakistan does not have any good batsman to deal with this situation. I think Afghanistan will won today.

[UmerIdrees]

This is Pakistan 🇵🇰💚,  Ladies and babies

Naseem Shah hit two sixes to shatter the dreams of Indians and destroyed Afghanistan.

Thank you, Naseem Shah. Thank you Team Pakistan !!!

What a finish. I have no words right now. Too much excitement  

[kro55]

In the end Pakistan won the match. But it was very difficult for them to win this match. Pakistan needed 21 runs off the last 12 balls. And they lost 7 wickets. Pakistan also lost two wickets in the 19th over. Pakistan needed 11 runs to win in the last over. Pakistan won thanks to Naseem Shah's brilliant batting of 14 runs off 4 balls.

The performance of the Afghanistan bowlers was exceptional. Mujeeb did not get a wicket but conceded only 12 runs in 4 overs. For Mujeeb I would say the match was under Afghanistan's control. Fazalhaq Farooqi managed to pick up 3 wickets but he gave away a lot of runs.