T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[SATWAT]

Asif fell wicket and there was a tension in him and he could not accept Fareed's joke at that time. I think this issue made Asif angry with Fareed . And he takes initiative to vent his anger on Fareed.  But when Fareed wants to attack him back.  Asif then goes to hit Fareed with the bat . Do you think it was just a misunderstanding between the two or do you think it was intentional?

This is what I could find about this incident:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/watch-in-pakistans-thrilling-match-against-afghanistan-ugly-scene-mid-pitch-and-clashes-off-field/articleshow/94064827.cms?from=mdr

Fareed celebrated the wicket just in front of Asif, which angered the latter. In the previous ball, Asif had hit him for a six. I thought thta there was nothing wrong with the celebration. But then Asif went overboard that threatened to hit Fareed with the bat.

The commentators were also blaming Asif, saying that he should not resort to physical threats:

https://twitter.com/ManasGaur108/status/1567569945399291905

Afghanistan players as well as the fans were very disappointed. Some of them were sobbing.

Naseem clearly saying he abused Asif Ali but mostly Indians going against Pakistan, so you are also doing same thing it's not all about Asif Ali, Afghani must learn some better things if they want to play international cricket.
But this all is ok from them, and I am feeling Indians are going against Pakistan as they are frustrated with early exit of this Asia Cup.

[Hamza2424]

Many talks and controversial match as Indians celebrated the Wicket of Asif and then a drama happened between AFG and PAK that was extremely anointing i would say respect the Wicket player as well. But any way Pakistan proved their strength but the match AFG played never sceen such a perfect performance before. Naseem Shah was OP. I Just Tried to past late here as i don't want to be a part of fight on the forum.

[smartaction]

Asif fell wicket and there was a tension in him and he could not accept Fareed's joke at that time. I think this issue made Asif angry with Fareed . And he takes initiative to vent his anger on Fareed.  But when Fareed wants to attack him back.  Asif then goes to hit Fareed with the bat . Do you think it was just a misunderstanding between the two or do you think it was intentional?

This is what I could find about this incident:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/watch-in-pakistans-thrilling-match-against-afghanistan-ugly-scene-mid-pitch-and-clashes-off-field/articleshow/94064827.cms?from=mdr

Fareed celebrated the wicket just in front of Asif, which angered the latter. In the previous ball, Asif had hit him for a six. I thought thta there was nothing wrong with the celebration. But then Asif went overboard that threatened to hit Fareed with the bat.

The commentators were also blaming Asif, saying that he should not resort to physical threats:

https://twitter.com/ManasGaur108/status/1567569945399291905

Afghanistan players as well as the fans were very disappointed. Some of them were sobbing.

I also almost cried watching it myself like another fan of Afghanistan .  Asif was happy when he hit a six but his demeanor changed after he got out.  Changing behavior was not a problem.  But taking unfortunately decision of bodily harm was very unfortunate. Anyway hope everyone learns a lesson from this and we don't have to see such scenes again in future

[Haunebu]

This entire drama between India, Pakistan and Afghanistan is ridiculous considering the fact that this is just the Asia Cup which isn't the World freaking cup or anything and many fans haven't even heard of it before.

India played like crap and got knocked out while Pakistan played a bit better and got lucky. Afghanistan buckled under pressure even though they improved a lot recently while Sri Lanka improved a lot and made it to the top of the table.

Both Sri Lanka and Pakistan have 50-50 chances of winning the final at this point. Hoping for an entertaining finale.

[doomloop]

on the first video it is seen that Fareed Ahmad jokingly heads a bad sign towards Asif Ali . But Asif ali gets annoyed by it and has serious bad behavior with Fareed Ahmad.  And wants to hit him with a bat . Such behavior in the game is really hurtful . Both of them should have taken this as a joke and ended the matter there

That's what I thought as well. Fareed Ahmad, being an explosive and aggressive pace bowler was excited with the wicket of Asif and celebrated in a way which angered the latter. Naseem got involved as well. But there was no need for Asif to threaten Fareed with his bat. Verbal spat should be dealt verbally. What is the need to get involved physically? All that said, Afghanistan played like true heroes. Almost managed to defend such a low total. They have a lot of positives to take away from yesterday's match.

This all started by Fareed Ahmad even he is young and aggressive then still he needs to learn manners he is not playing in streets of Peshawar of Afghanistan he is involved in an international match, and we have rules and respect for all others Pakistan also have history of many aggressive bowlers which were done more things than this led but never have attitude like this which create feud like this hopefully now Pakistani will learn their lessons from these things and pull them out of their country where they are eating and living for many decades.

Good thing every time when they started things like this they lost their temper and match as well we have four T20 between these two teams and every they were doing good and then suddenly lost same happen in last world cup as well where Imad Wasim give them good lesson but still they are really barbarians.

[JSRAW]

This is actually not the first time, I have seen a fair amount of fights between Afghanis and converted Punjabis from Pakistan ( mind you they never fight with Baloch or other ethnicities, it just restricted to Punjabis). And it is also not restricted to Cricket matches, in my experience, I felt that Afghans living abroad actually just look for any excuse to beat Pakistani and God knows how many many time Pakis tries to pass on as an Indian when something goes off.

[onecall123]

As of today, both Afghanistan and India have already been eliminated from the Asia Cup, but match day 5 is still scheduled. In the toss, Afghanistan elected to bowl first against India. There will be a fight between India and Afghanistan because it is necessary. Whoever wins or loses doesn't matter. I would like to see Afghanistan win today as a fan. With a win, they deserve to end the Asia Cup on a high note. Throughout the tournament, they played outstanding cricket especially against Pakistan in the last night.

[UmerIdrees]

As of today, both Afghanistan and India have already been eliminated from the Asia Cup, but match day 5 is still scheduled. In the toss, Afghanistan elected to bowl first against India. There will be a fight between India and Afghanistan because it is necessary. Whoever wins or loses doesn't matter. I would like to see Afghanistan win today as a fan. With a win, they deserve to end the Asia Cup on a high note. Throughout the tournament, they played outstanding cricket especially against Pakistan in the last night.

I hope no one is watching today's match between two useless teams and wasting their precious time.



Even though both will be playing for some pride but it should not matter if you lose all three matches in Super 4 or lose any two matches and still out of the finals.

[rojan]

As of today, both Afghanistan and India have already been eliminated from the Asia Cup, but match day 5 is still scheduled. In the toss, Afghanistan elected to bowl first against India. There will be a fight between India and Afghanistan because it is necessary. Whoever wins or loses doesn't matter. I would like to see Afghanistan win today as a fan. With a win, they deserve to end the Asia Cup on a high note. Throughout the tournament, they played outstanding cricket especially against Pakistan in the last night.

India seems to be batting very comfortably till now eight overs but in Afghanistan Bowlers could not put India under any pressure or take any wickets. And run rate is over 8.8 . Rahul and Virat kohli is already make a huge partnership I think today the winning probability of india is more than Afghanistan.  Today I am selected India for my betting.

India started the game very well.  Virat Kohli He started the game very well. Virat Kohli scored 50 runs off 32 balls.  I hope Virat Kohli will score 100 runs in this match.  KL Rahul scored 44 off 34 balls.  They both play a very good game.  I think if India plays well like this then Bharot will win this match.

[noormcs5]

As of today, both Afghanistan and India have already been eliminated from the Asia Cup, but match day 5 is still scheduled. In the toss, Afghanistan elected to bowl first against India. There will be a fight between India and Afghanistan because it is necessary. Whoever wins or loses doesn't matter. I would like to see Afghanistan win today as a fan. With a win, they deserve to end the Asia Cup on a high note. Throughout the tournament, they played outstanding cricket especially against Pakistan in the last night.

India seems to be batting very comfortably till now eight overs but in Afghanistan Bowlers could not put India under any pressure or take any wickets. And run rate is over 8.8 . Rahul and Virat kohli is already make a huge partnership I think today the winning probability of india is more than Afghanistan.  Today I am selected India for my betting.

I hope you place the bet on India before the start of the match as at that moment the odds were a little attractive to place the bet on India.
Right now it is no use to place the bet with odds at 1,06. Not worth taking the risk now.

[|MINER|]

Today India's batting much good from the previous matches. Currently 15 is over and their run rate is also almost 9 and they lost only 2 wicket yet . Today Virat Kohli is playing like non stoppable .  I also think that India can easily brings a huge run target for Afghanistan today in their pocket. Now let's see how they bowl, if they can keep the bowling site right, India's victory is guaranteed today.

[onecall123]

Today India's batting much good from the previous matches. Currently 15 is over and their run rate is also almost 9 and they lost only 2 wicket yet . Today Virat Kohli is playing like non stoppable .  I also think that India can easily brings a huge run target for Afghanistan today in their pocket. Now let's see how they bowl, if they can keep the bowling site right, India's victory is guaranteed today.

Virat Kohli scores his 71st century after nearly three years. Never underestimate Kohli's talent. Today, Kohli played some incredible cricket shots all around the ground. This looks like what Kohli's batting looked like in 2018. As well as attacking Afghanistan's fast bowling, Virat also attacked its spin bowling. It was the fielders who dropped catches in today's match that I blame, not the bowlers. 212 runs were scored against Afghanistan.

[|MINER|]

Today India's batting much good from the previous matches. Currently 15 is over and their run rate is also almost 9 and they lost only 2 wicket yet . Today Virat Kohli is playing like non stoppable .  I also think that India can easily brings a huge run target for Afghanistan today in their pocket. Now let's see how they bowl, if they can keep the bowling site right, India's victory is guaranteed today.

Virat Kohli scores his 71st century after nearly three years. Never underestimate Kohli's talent. Today, Kohli played some incredible cricket shots all around the ground. This looks like what Kohli's batting looked like in 2018. As well as attacking Afghanistan's fast bowling, Virat also attacked its spin bowling. It was the fielders who dropped catches in today's match that I blame, not the bowlers. 212 runs were scored against Afghanistan.

Yes but this is his 1st century in T-20 format. There is no question about his outstanding performance today . Congress to virat for this. 212 score against India Actually this is gonna be huge for Afghanistan. All ready they went into bat and lost two big wickets in two overs and their runs were just 7.  I see India's win percentage above 90 because Afghanistan Looks under  pressure at firstly.

[WatChe]

Yes but this is his 1st century in T-20 format. There is no question about his outstanding performance today . Congress to virat for this. 212 score against India Actually this is gonna be huge for Afghanistan. All ready they went into bat and lost two big wickets in two overs and their runs were just 7.  I see India's win percentage above 90 because Afghanistan Looks under  pressure at firstly.

Afghanistan has lost 5 wickets in power play and only able to score 1 boundary in power play. The game is very much over for Afghanistan they started the tournament very well by beating both Srilanka and Bangladesh but in super 4 they were not able to win any game. Yesterday Afghanistan went close to victory but couldn't grab it.

[tami40]

Looking at Afghanistan's game trend, Afghanistan are losing the match today to India. Another wicket of Afghanistan has fallen by Mohammad Nabi. They have scored only 21 runs for 6. Nabi can only score seven runs. Afghanistan are not able to hold their wickets.  It is very confusing to play

[smartaction]

Yes but this is his 1st century in T-20 format. There is no question about his outstanding performance today . Congress to virat for this. 212 score against India Actually this is gonna be huge for Afghanistan. All ready they went into bat and lost two big wickets in two overs and their runs were just 7.  I see India's win percentage above 90 because Afghanistan Looks under  pressure at firstly.

Afghanistan has lost 5 wickets in power play and only able to score 1 boundary in power play. The game is very much over for Afghanistan they started the tournament very well by beating both Srilanka and Bangladesh but in super 4 they were not able to win any game. Yesterday Afghanistan went close to victory but couldn't grab it.

Afghanistan is playing a very ugly game today . They have taken only 26 runs for 7.4 overs and have already lost 6 wickets . I have never seen such an ugly game in my life before. Their play looks like that of some kids playing Cricket he he. Today India will win unopposed .

[WatChe]

Yes the way Afghanistani's batsmen are playing is very disappointing.  Currently they lost 6 wickets and the run is 26 in 8 over . Bhuvneshwar Kumar get 5 wicket and gives only 4 runs . This is one of the best bowling record on his career. And Afghanistan is now at only 43/6 in 11 overs and the Current run rate is below 4 and the required run rate is over 20. Now I think this is quite impossible for Afghanistan to win today's match. I think they won't be able to cross 80 runs today .

Cant believe its the same Afghanistan they played so good against Pakistan. Today they allowed India to score 212 runs and in reply at the moment they are 67 for 7 in 15 overs. Afghanistan always do such kind of performance i.e. play too good against Pakistan and give worst performance against India.

[|MINER|]

Yes but this is his 1st century in T-20 format. There is no question about his outstanding performance today . Congress to virat for this. 212 score against India Actually this is gonna be huge for Afghanistan. All ready they went into bat and lost two big wickets in two overs and their runs were just 7.  I see India's win percentage above 90 because Afghanistan Looks under  pressure at firstly.

Afghanistan has lost 5 wickets in power play and only able to score 1 boundary in power play. The game is very much over for Afghanistan they started the tournament very well by beating both Srilanka and Bangladesh but in super 4 they were not able to win any game. Yesterday Afghanistan went close to victory but couldn't grab it.

Yes the way Afghanistani's batsmen are playing is very disappointing.  Currently they lost 6 wickets and the run is 26 in 8 over . Bhuvneshwar Kumar get 5 wicket and gives only 4 runs . This is one of the best bowling record on his career. And Afghanistan is now at only 43/6 in 11 overs and the Current run rate is below 4 and the required run rate is over 20. Now I think this is quite impossible for Afghanistan to win today's match. I think they won't be able to cross 80 runs today .

The required run rate is now over 33 and Afghanistan  is now 73 and they have only 3wicket and only 4 overs is available . And There is 0% of come back in game for Afghanistan today.
Todays match is really going for one sided match. None of Afghanistan's bowlers and batsmen performed well today. On the others hand Indian bowlers are also doing really  good today  but sad for india that they are already out from asia cup.  

[virasog]

What was the reason for all the drama between Asif Ali and Fareed Ahmad?

https://twitter.com/saifooqui/status/1567570933845737472

And then things got ugly in the stands and there was a big fight between the Afghan fans and Pakistani fans:

https://twitter.com/AsYouNotWish/status/1567595597997436929

Actually I feel bad about fans from both the sides. Rules in the UAE are very strict. Those who indulge in vandalism will be identified, jailed and then deported. So many cameras inside the stadium and no one can escape.

Where is the sportsmen's spirit here? Win and losses are part of the game but first the players inside the ground and then the spectators in the stadium got messed up and these were really bad scenes.

Yes the way Afghanistani's batsmen are playing is very disappointing.  Currently they lost 6 wickets and the run is 26 in 8 over . Bhuvneshwar Kumar get 5 wicket and gives only 4 runs . This is one of the best bowling record on his career. And Afghanistan is now at only 43/6 in 11 overs and the Current run rate is below 4 and the required run rate is over 20. Now I think this is quite impossible for Afghanistan to win today's match. I think they won't be able to cross 80 runs today .

Poor performance by the Afghanistan team. They had back-to-back matches and it seems that they have not recovered from yesterday's loss against Pakistan. Today they did not look to play as a team and i think they never played to win today's match.

[WatChe]

What was the reason for all the drama between Asif Ali and Fareed Ahmad?

https://twitter.com/saifooqui/status/1567570933845737472

And then things got ugly in the stands and there was a big fight between the Afghan fans and Pakistani fans:

https://twitter.com/AsYouNotWish/status/1567595597997436929

Actually I feel bad about fans from both the sides. Rules in the UAE are very strict. Those who indulge in vandalism will be identified, jailed and then deported. So many cameras inside the stadium and no one can escape.

Its not something new after every loss Afghanistan fans do such kind of things. See today they are very much calm after 101 runs defeat against India. Meanwhile ICC has punished Asif Ali and Fareed by deducting 25% of there match fee, no match suspension for both players. Clearly its Fareed who provoked Asif Ali and the row started.