T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[wd1]

South Africa and India both have won their matches in a dominant fashion. They have done a great favor to their net run rate too. Pakistan would be hoping to achieve something similar too when they face Zimbabwe a little later today.

[BobK71]

What a shitty performance from the Bongbros. I feel for Bangladeshi fans, they are passionate about their cricket team and that's what they get in return every single time.

Virtually no fightback whatsoever and also they just got lucky against the Netherlands.

Yes, I also think their performance has been very bad lately. They have done so badly that is why they climb down ‍any of the world cup team. But really they were lucky to get the win against Ireland. I made a prediction before the start of the World Cup where I felt that Bangladesh might not win any of the matches. That would have been if they had lost with Ireland.

[wd1]

Zimbabwe have won the toss in their match with Pakistan. They have opted to bat first.

[impulse709]

Against the Netherlands, India scored 179-2(20) thanks to three fifties from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suraiya Kumar Yadav. In response, the Netherlands fell into a batting disaster at the beginning of batting. Netherlands managed to score only 123 runs for 9 wickets at the end of 20 overs. So, after beating the Netherlands by 56 runs, India are at the top of the group stage points table with their second straight win.

[Naficopa]

Pakistan 🇵🇰 🆚 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first.
After 8 overs they are on 53 runs 2 wickets.  They started really well with bat but these back to back fall of 2 wickets they lost their momentum.  Let's see how much they will score . Approximate run prediction is 140 .

[n0ne]

What a shitty performance from the Bongbros. I feel for Bangladeshi fans, they are passionate about their cricket team and that's what they get in return every single time.

Virtually no fightback whatsoever and also they just got lucky against the Netherlands.

Bangladesh is one of the two countries whose performance declined after being awarded the test status (other being Zimbabwe). Today, they were pathetic. South Africa made a total of 200 plus, despite the fact that quota product Bavuma wasted an entire over at the beginning. Rilee Rossouw and Quinton de Kock were just ruthless. And then Anrich Nortje finished off the things with his bowling. Hopefully the CSA will not proceed with their new transformation policy (4 players on merit in the playing XI) after witnessing the performance today.

At the beginning and at the depth overs South Africa didn't make big score. A comfortable win for South Africa. I believed Bangladesh will play hard and even the loss will happen in a close margin. Here it is completely one sided. South Africa on the other side have performed well, but in the very next game it could loss very badly. This is how things have happened for South Africa over the years on world cup matches.

[pakhitheboss]

The fact is Babar Azam and Rizwan are completely out of form. These two have been getting out in a cheeky way. Both look clueless in this T20WC. The performance of Shaheen Afridi is not up to the mark. I feel he has not yet completely recovered. He has been bowling within 150km in this tournament. Another issue with the Pakistani team is the middle order. They want to go after the bowlers rather  forming a partnership or rotating the strike or getting those ones & twos.

[Vaskiy]

Pakistan 🇵🇰 🆚 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first.
After 8 overs they are on 53 runs 2 wickets.  They started really well with bat but these back to back fall of 2 wickets they lost their momentum.  Let's see how much they will score . Approximate run prediction is 140 .

Zimbabwe batting first gave Pakistan a target of 131 runs. Now batting Pakistan scored 80 runs in 13 overs. And Pakistan lost 3 wickets. Mohammad Rizwan did not score much runs in this match. But if Pakistan can play well then Pakistan will win this match.

Looks like Zimbabwe will win the match. Pakistan is at 88/5 after 14 overs. Pakistan have begun to experience the pressure. The runrate isn't disturbed, but losing one or two more wickets in the falling overs will make it an easy winning for Zimbabwe. Pakistan need very small runs to be scored. For this reason the win probability is found equal for both the teams.

[BobK71]

Both Pakistan and Zimbabwe have almost equal strength. Winning the toss and batting, the Zimbabwean team performed well in the beginning. But after a while when the wicket of Zimbabwe fell, the game turned around. Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf brought Zimbabwe's batting into slow motion in a flash. Zimbabwe made 130 for 8 in 20 overs, giving Pakistan a target of 131 runs. So far Pakistan has collected 71 runs by losing 3 wickets in 12 overs. There is intense tension in this match

I couldn't agree with you. Pakistan and Zimbabwe can never be the same or approximately same. There will be big distance between the two teams. Pakistan belongs to one of the big teams in cricket and the other has been surviving for a long time in the game. So two teams can never be equal. Pakistan took an easy win against Zimbabwe.

[Rigon]

Both Pakistan and Zimbabwe have almost equal strength. Winning the toss and batting, the Zimbabwean team performed well in the beginning. But after a while when the wicket of Zimbabwe fell, the game turned around. Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf brought Zimbabwe's batting into slow motion in a flash. Zimbabwe made 130 for 8 in 20 overs, giving Pakistan a target of 131 runs. So far Pakistan has collected 71 runs by losing 3 wickets in 12 overs. There is intense tension in this match

Even if both the teams are equal in strength, the field of play will prove who will win and who will lose.  In this match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe today, Zimbabwe batted first and collected 130 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Playing on the target of 130 runs, Pakistan has so far collected 102 runs in 17 overs in 6 wkts. Pakistan need 24 runs from 16 balls right now to win. Which is not too difficult for Pakistan team.

[virasog]

Both Pakistan and Zimbabwe have almost equal strength. Winning the toss and batting, the Zimbabwean team performed well in the beginning. But after a while when the wicket of Zimbabwe fell, the game turned around. Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf brought Zimbabwe's batting into slow motion in a flash. Zimbabwe made 130 for 8 in 20 overs, giving Pakistan a target of 131 runs. So far Pakistan has collected 71 runs by losing 3 wickets in 12 overs. There is intense tension in this match

I couldn't agree with you. Pakistan and Zimbabwe can never be the same or approximately same. There will be big distance between the two teams. Pakistan belongs to one of the big teams in cricket and the other has been surviving for a long time in the game. So two teams can never be equal. Pakistan took an easy win against Zimbabwe.

Yeah, the two teams have no comparison but if we see the current match its even for both teams. This means that in this match Zimbabwe has shown some great performances. Regardless of whether they win or lose today, the Zimbabwe guys are trying their best to make a match out of it. Really nice bowling by Zimbabwe to not let Pakistan make 130 runs easily.
Pakistan may win this match now, but they should have won by a big margin. They need 11 runs from the last over. Anything is still possible.

[Vaskiy]

More unexpected results coming out of every match. Today something unexpected have happened. Zimbabwe won the match by a run. Pakistan unable to score 130 runs is really bad performance. The bowling from Zimbabwe was really awesome, and there were few drops, but Pakistan weren't able to make it as a chance to move towards win.

Sikander Raza is the key player who turned the match at the right time.

[pakhitheboss]

Biggest Upset in T20WC - 2022

First of all I would like to humbly say one word for Pakistan team OVER CONFIDENCE . Getting defeated by Zimbabwe is the most humiliating event happened to them after getting their win  snatched  by India.

This is hilarious in my opinion as the important player of the Zimbabwe side named Sikander Raza was not at all productive today. I was accepting Pakistan to win this match but as always they are dependent on the opening pair.

Getting into semifinals is no more easy for Pakistan after what happened today. This defeat should make the Pakistani side understand that all mighty will never help you unless you work on the basic.

What an amazing moment is for the Zimbabwe team. They were an underdog but after this win they have become a contender to win this tournament.

[noormcs5]

Pakistan may win this match now, but they should have won by a big margin. They need 11 runs from the last over. Anything is still possible.

Zimbabwe wins the match and Pakistan could not make 11 runs in the last over. Zimbabwe held their nerves and won this match. Celebration and party for Zimbabwe team and Zimbabwe nation. I could not believe that a team like Pakistan could lose to Zimbabwe. Remember Pakistan needed 4 runs from 4 balls and they failed to get them.

Sikandar Raza took three wickets and was the player of this match. I would say the credit goes to the whole Zimbabwe team for this win. Everyone played their part.

[onecall123]

More unexpected results coming out of every match. Today something unexpected have happened. Zimbabwe won the match by a run. Pakistan unable to score 130 runs is really bad performance. The bowling from Zimbabwe was really awesome, and there were few drops, but Pakistan weren't able to make it as a chance to move towards win.

Sikander Raza is the key player who turned the match at the right time.

WHAT AN OUTSTANDING MATCH  

The World Cup continues to produce unexpected results. Zimbabwe made an outstanding effort. In the end, they pulled off a sensational one-run victory by battling until the final bowl. I think Zimbabwe played really well, but it was Sikander Raza's over that changed the game for Zimbabwe. As far as Zimbabwe is concerned, it never gives up commitment. We are definitely in for an unpredictable World Cup this year.

[BobK71]

Both Pakistan and Zimbabwe have almost equal strength. Winning the toss and batting, the Zimbabwean team performed well in the beginning. But after a while when the wicket of Zimbabwe fell, the game turned around. Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf brought Zimbabwe's batting into slow motion in a flash. Zimbabwe made 130 for 8 in 20 overs, giving Pakistan a target of 131 runs. So far Pakistan has collected 71 runs by losing 3 wickets in 12 overs. There is intense tension in this match

Even if both the teams are equal in strength, the field of play will prove who will win and who will lose.  In this match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe today, Zimbabwe batted first and collected 130 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Playing on the target of 130 runs, Pakistan has so far collected 102 runs in 17 overs in 6 wkts. Pakistan need 24 runs from 16 balls right now to win. Which is not too difficult for Pakistan team.

I can't believe what happened? What did Pakistan do? If they perform like this how they dream to play in the World Cup and deserve to the final? Most of the gamblers today already lost huge money. The condition of T20 cricket cannot be predicted until the last ball is delivered. As it is game anything can happen but Pakistani supporters don't expect such a situation.

[kro55]

Both Pakistan and Zimbabwe have almost equal strength. Winning the toss and batting, the Zimbabwean team performed well in the beginning. But after a while when the wicket of Zimbabwe fell, the game turned around. Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf brought Zimbabwe's batting into slow motion in a flash. Zimbabwe made 130 for 8 in 20 overs, giving Pakistan a target of 131 runs. So far Pakistan has collected 71 runs by losing 3 wickets in 12 overs. There is intense tension in this match

Even if both the teams are equal in strength, the field of play will prove who will win and who will lose.  In this match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe today, Zimbabwe batted first and collected 130 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Playing on the target of 130 runs, Pakistan has so far collected 102 runs in 17 overs in 6 wkts. Pakistan need 24 runs from 16 balls right now to win. Which is not too difficult for Pakistan team.

I can't believe what happened? What did Pakistan do? If they perform like this how they dream to play in the World Cup and deserve to the final? Most of the gamblers today already lost huge money. The condition of T20 cricket cannot be predicted until the last ball is delivered. As it is game anything can happen but Pakistani supporters don't expect such a situation.

We are seeing strange things in this World Cup. England team was in great form before the World Cup and they won the series with a great performance against Australia. But yesterday they lost against Ireland. It was a completely unexpected result. And I think many gamblers lost their money in this match.
Pakistan lost today's match against a relatively weak team like Zimbabwe. Although Pakistan's bowlers performed well, Pakistan could not win despite batting at a target of only 131 runs. We do not expect such bad batting from Pakistani players.

[Rana590]

Both Pakistan and Zimbabwe have almost equal strength. Winning the toss and batting, the Zimbabwean team performed well in the beginning. But after a while when the wicket of Zimbabwe fell, the game turned around. Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf brought Zimbabwe's batting into slow motion in a flash. Zimbabwe made 130 for 8 in 20 overs, giving Pakistan a target of 131 runs. So far Pakistan has collected 71 runs by losing 3 wickets in 12 overs. There is intense tension in this match

Even if both the teams are equal in strength, the field of play will prove who will win and who will lose.  In this match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe today, Zimbabwe batted first and collected 130 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Playing on the target of 130 runs, Pakistan has so far collected 102 runs in 17 overs in 6 wkts. Pakistan need 24 runs from 16 balls right now to win. Which is not too difficult for Pakistan team.

I can't believe what happened? What did Pakistan do? If they perform like this how they dream to play in the World Cup and deserve to the final? Most of the gamblers today already lost huge money. The condition of T20 cricket cannot be predicted until the last ball is delivered. As it is game anything can happen but Pakistani supporters don't expect such a situation.

It is true that huge number of people have lost their money but a lot of people have earned a lot from this match. Odd was high for Zimbabwe and many people used it for huge profit and finally they had have done it. It is world cup and anything is possible in t20 match. But it is really unexpected from a team like Pakistan.

[Vaskiy]

Both Pakistan and Zimbabwe have almost equal strength. Winning the toss and batting, the Zimbabwean team performed well in the beginning. But after a while when the wicket of Zimbabwe fell, the game turned around. Pakistan bowler Haris Rauf brought Zimbabwe's batting into slow motion in a flash. Zimbabwe made 130 for 8 in 20 overs, giving Pakistan a target of 131 runs. So far Pakistan has collected 71 runs by losing 3 wickets in 12 overs. There is intense tension in this match

Even if both the teams are equal in strength, the field of play will prove who will win and who will lose.  In this match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe today, Zimbabwe batted first and collected 130 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Playing on the target of 130 runs, Pakistan has so far collected 102 runs in 17 overs in 6 wkts. Pakistan need 24 runs from 16 balls right now to win. Which is not too difficult for Pakistan team.

I can't believe what happened? What did Pakistan do? If they perform like this how they dream to play in the World Cup and deserve to the final? Most of the gamblers today already lost huge money. The condition of T20 cricket cannot be predicted until the last ball is delivered. As it is game anything can happen but Pakistani supporters don't expect such a situation.

It is true that huge number of people have lost their money but a lot of people have earned a lot from this match. Odd was high for Zimbabwe and many people used it for huge profit and finally they had have done it. It is world cup and anything is possible in t20 match. But it is really unexpected from a team like Pakistan.

I expected better performance from Zimbabwe, but they didn't achieve a score of 160+ runs. This made me disappointed and found Pakistan to have the upper hands as the score is just 130 runs. But, Zimbabwe bowlers proved that they're no low to Pakistan team. I predicted a close fight and Pakistan to win the match, but it was Zimbabwe to win in a heroic way.

[Iranus]

What a shitty performance from the Bongbros. I feel for Bangladeshi fans, they are passionate about their cricket team and that's what they get in return every single time.
Virtually no fightback whatsoever and also they just got lucky against the Netherlands.

Bangladesh is one of the two countries whose performance declined after being awarded the test status (other being Zimbabwe). Today, they were pathetic. South Africa made a total of 200 plus, despite the fact that quota product Bavuma wasted an entire over at the beginning. Rilee Rossouw and Quinton de Kock were just ruthless. And then Anrich Nortje finished off the things with his bowling. Hopefully the CSA will not proceed with their new transformation policy (4 players on merit in the playing XI) after witnessing the performance today.

They are again n again making a strong case for striping their full test status.
Proteas were good but having said that they need to take some hard decisions regarding Buvama, he's looking like a freeloader and as some experts pointed out Captaincy is a privilege, not a right.

I really don't know what to say. I am so freaking disappointed in Bangladesh. The batting lineup of Bangladesh is so terrible, it's really unbelievable. When your top order is missing straight balls you know that you have a problem and they do not deserve to be your openers or top-order batsmen. Shakib Al Hasan was unlucky in this match, both in batting and bowling. And how does a keeper not recognize that he cannot move backward when the bowler is running up to deliver the ball!! It doesn't matter how hard you try, if you don't know the basics you are not able to go far.

At the same time, Bangladesh does not have fast bowlers who can consistently bowl at over 145 km per hour speed. Overall, Bangladesh had a poor performance. I hope they will be able to do better in the next one.