T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[noormcs5]

Afghanistan usually plays well against Pakistan and i guess today they have a best chance to start this series with 1-0 lead.

Afghanistan bowlers just destroyed Pakistani batting lineup. Pakistani batsmen have no clue what's happening in the center and result is Pakistan manage to score just 92 runs in 20 overs. Defiantly Afghanistan will win the game unless some miracle happens. Imad Wasim was top scorer who scored 18 runs but took 32 balls for that. 6 bowlers were used by Rashid khan and all of them got wikcets and conceded few runs. Overall its a top bowling from Afghanistan side.

Not just the Afghanistan bowlers destroyed Pakistan batsmen , i would say that the Afghanistan team just crushed the Pakistan team 

What a poor show by the Pakistan team as they were all out under 100 runs and Afghanistan achieved the target in 17 overs. Although i do not like the batting performance by Afghanistan too as they also struggled but thanks to Nabi who made 38 not out and held the innings together.

Pakistan new captain Shadab Khan has to think something out of the box in order to win the next match and level the series. Right now, the confidence of Pakistan relatively new team is shattered by the Afghanistan boys.

[impulse709]

In the very first match of the T20 series, the Pakistan cricket team played an unexpected game.  It is a shame for Pakistan not a single player of Pakistan cricket team played well.  Pakistan cricket team has done badly in both batting and bowling.  However, Afghanistan cricket team played very well in this match.  Afghanistan was very strong especially in bowling.  Afghanistan cricket team won by 6 wickets against Pakistan cricket team in this match.  Hope Afghanistan can present a better game to the cricket world in the upcoming matches

[coinerer]

In the very first match of the T20 series, the Pakistan cricket team played an unexpected game.  It is a shame for Pakistan not a single player of Pakistan cricket team played well.  Pakistan cricket team has done badly in both batting and bowling.  However, Afghanistan cricket team played very well in this match.  Afghanistan was very strong especially in bowling.  Afghanistan cricket team won by 6 wickets against Pakistan cricket team in this match.  Hope Afghanistan can present a better game to the cricket world in the upcoming matches

Pakistan is a much better team than Afghanistan but Pakistan lost this match badly.  A target of just 92 runs in a T20 match is ridiculous. this target can be given in T10 matches only lol. I did not expect such a game from Pakistan.  I always thought that no matter how Pakistan played they would win in the last but I didn't expect them to play so badly. None of Pakistan's players played well and could not collect good runs due to which they fell far behind in terms of runs

[noormcs5]

In the very first match of the T20 series, the Pakistan cricket team played an unexpected game.  It is a shame for Pakistan not a single player of Pakistan cricket team played well.  Pakistan cricket team has done badly in both batting and bowling.  However, Afghanistan cricket team played very well in this match.  Afghanistan was very strong especially in bowling.  Afghanistan cricket team won by 6 wickets against Pakistan cricket team in this match.  Hope Afghanistan can present a better game to the cricket world in the upcoming matches

Pakistan is a much better team than Afghanistan but Pakistan lost this match badly.  A target of just 92 runs in a T20 match is ridiculous. this target can be given in T10 matches only lol. I did not expect such a game from Pakistan.  I always thought that no matter how Pakistan played they would win in the last but I didn't expect them to play so badly. None of Pakistan's players played well and could not collect good runs due to which they fell far behind in terms of runs

After this result, i was thinking how many gamblers would have lost the bet on this match. Pakistan being the superior team out of the two, almost 90% of the bet would be in their favor of them. So after this unexpected loss, all of those gamblers who bet on the Pakistan team have lost the bet. That would be too much money lost by the gamblers.

However, few lucky people who risk their bet on Afghanistan team would have been rewarded with higher odds. 

[ene1980]

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Pakistan is a much better team than Afghanistan but Pakistan lost this match badly.  A target of just 92 runs in a T20 match is ridiculous. this target can be given in T10 matches only lol. I did not expect such a game from Pakistan.  I always thought that no matter how Pakistan played they would win in the last but I didn't expect them to play so badly. None of Pakistan's players played well and could not collect good runs due to which they fell far behind in terms of runs

If you would say that Pakistan has the most unpredictable team then there is truth to that. Afghanistan has some world class players in their ranks in T20 and i cannot find a top ranked player in the Pakistan team to make a claim that Pakistan is a much better team. Yes in papers you might say that because Afghanistan is not having the experience but on their day they will defeat any team in T20.

[Sithara007]

Afghanistan  Vs Pakistan
The first T20 match will start today and we know that Pakistan is much better in cricket game than Afghanistan so definitely our prediction indicates that Pakistan will win the match. Do you think Pakistan will do well in today's match as usual and beat Afghanistan? Although Afghanistan is also not too weak in the game of cricket.  So can Pakistan beat Afghanistan very easily?I support Pakistan.  What is your prediction for this match?

Afghanistan defeated Pakistan, winning this match by 6 wickets. This is their first ever victory against Pakistan in an international match. Pakistan failed to even get to double digits after they were put in to bat, and made only 92/9 after 20 overs. None of the batsmen scored above 20. For Afghanistan, everyone chipped in, with Mohammad Nabi, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman taking 2 wickets each. Mujeeb in particular was impressive, as he gave away only 9 runs from 4 overs (remember that this is T20 format), to have figures of 4-0-9-2.

[JSRAW]

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 Am excited for DC vs MI match since it's the final market in one of my accumulators. It's very tough to predict who will win between them.

I just hope that it won't be a one sided contest since that would make a boring finale.

I am going to cheer for DC as it's my home team and also never got the opportunity to see the DC franchise in the finals lol (well, except one time).

Both teams are equally good and obviously in good nick so hard to predict and we can hope for a good contest but I believe Mumbai has an upper hand, not because they are superior but because as a franchise they are famous to seize the moment when it matters most.

[Rigon]

Pakistan is a much better team than Afghanistan but Pakistan lost this match badly.  A target of just 92 runs in a T20 match is ridiculous. this target can be given in T10 matches only lol. I did not expect such a game from Pakistan.  I always thought that no matter how Pakistan played they would win in the last but I didn't expect them to play so badly. None of Pakistan's players played well and could not collect good runs due to which they fell far behind in terms of runs

In the first T20 match yesterday, Pakistan felt the lack of Babar and Rizwan in batting. A strong team like Pakistan has collected only 92 runs in T20. Even though Pakistan's bowlers struggled with so few runs, Pakistan lost this match by just 6 wickets. Even with a target of 93 runs, Pakistan's bowlers made a lot of progress in the match. Pakistan took 4 wickets in the first 45 runs. But then Mohammad Nabi and Najibullah Zadran's partnership of 53 runs gave Afghanistan victory. This is Afghanistan's first win against Pakistan in international cricket. And with this victory, Afghanistan took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series.

[Patrol69]

Afghanistan  Vs Pakistan
The first T20 match will start today and we know that Pakistan is much better in cricket game than Afghanistan so definitely our prediction indicates that Pakistan will win the match. Do you think Pakistan will do well in today's match as usual and beat Afghanistan? Although Afghanistan is also not too weak in the game of cricket.  So can Pakistan beat Afghanistan very easily?I support Pakistan.  What is your prediction for this match?

Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets in the first match of the three-match T20I series against Pakistan. Batting first against Afghanistan, Pakistan managed to score just 92 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the scheduled twenty overs. 

With a target of 93 runs, Afghanistan reached their target in 17.5 overs.  And Afghanistan won the first T20 against Pakistan by six wickets. Congratulations to Afghanistan by winning this match, Afghanistan is one step ahead in winning the series.

[Iranus]

Afghanistan's bowling impressed me today. Pakistan was the favorite in this match. It was unimaginable to see them such a batting disaster. Pakistan scored only 92 runs in 20 overs. The pitch was bowling friendly. And so Pakistan's batting was weak from the beginning of the innings. Pakistan's two important batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are not in the squad for this match. Due to this, Pakistan's batting line-up was very weak.

Pakistan team management has given opportunities to some youngsters in this series. But they have failed to prove them in the first match. The condition of the pitch is in favour of the bowlers. Inexperienced batsmen of Pakistan weren't able to do well on that pitch. Afghanistan is too close to the victory now. The target would have been above 120 runs if there were experienced top order batsmen in Pakistan team.

First of all, the Afghanistan team is considered weak by Pakistan. But the Afghanistan team is not weak in the T20 format. Several players in the Afghanistan squad have been performing regularly in various franchise leagues. So Afghanistan team is quite strong in the T20 format. And so Pakistan should have formed their best XI in this series. Apart from Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, the performance of other batsmen of Pakistan is not regular. Pakistan's performance has been dependent on these two batsmen for a long time. If Babar and Rizwan were in the squad, the result of this match would probably have been in favor of Pakistan.

[LDL]

United Arab Emirates was once home venue for Pakistan. Pakistan used to play all its cricket matches in the United Arab Emirates when the venues were banned by the International Cricket Council. But watching yesterday's match I was surprised that Pakistani cricket fans were shocked by the poor performance of every player who participated in the recently concluded Pakistan Super League yesterday.
But another thing is very important that Pakistan's full member team was not formed yesterday due to which the lack of balance in Pakistan's batting line is considered as one of the main reasons for the batting disaster. The team has lost full balance due to the absence of one of the key players Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.
But as a cricket fan, I cannot accept that a strong T20 team like Pakistan will lose to Afghanistan despite having two experienced players in Saadab Khan and Imad Wasim.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

United Arab Emirates was once home venue for Pakistan. Pakistan used to play all its cricket matches in the United Arab Emirates when the venues were banned by the International Cricket Council. But watching yesterday's match I was surprised that Pakistani cricket fans were shocked by the poor performance of every player who participated in the recently concluded Pakistan Super League yesterday.
But another thing is very important that Pakistan's full member team was not formed yesterday due to which the lack of balance in Pakistan's batting line is considered as one of the main reasons for the batting disaster. The team has lost full balance due to the absence of one of the key players Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.
But as a cricket fan, I cannot accept that a strong T20 team like Pakistan will lose to Afghanistan despite having two experienced players in Saadab Khan and Imad Wasim.

Pakistan performance in 1st T20I was disastrous,  they literally bat horribly infront of Afghanistan ballers , not a single player scored any runs and the players you are calling experienced just wasted balls imad wasim was playing under so pressure and shadab Khan as usual got out because of catch .

[lixer]

After this result, i was thinking how many gamblers would have lost the bet on this match. Pakistan being the superior team out of the two, almost 90% of the bet would be in their favor of them. So after this unexpected loss, all of those gamblers who bet on the Pakistan team have lost the bet. That would be too much money lost by the gamblers.

However, few lucky people who risk their bet on Afghanistan team would have been rewarded with higher odds. 

I do not think so because now punters are not dafar as they put their money on a team which is having not big name and quality player because I have few friends from Pakistan on social media and mostly were feeling not good about this series as mostly were feeling PCB needs to pull out of this series because this is just going to play after Australia refuse to play against Afghanistan and players were not ready for this with just ended PSL and with this all we have no big name all new youngsters which perform good in PSL were in this team which is never been ideal to place a bet I am also having place my bet on Afghanistan with odds were only@2.3 which is also clearly indicating bookies were also aware about this match and result, so they not give juicy odds to punters now I personally have feeling Afghanistan can win by the score of 3 - 0.

[Sithara007]

Pakistan performance in 1st T20I was disastrous,  they literally bat horribly infront of Afghanistan ballers , not a single player scored any runs and the players you are calling experienced just wasted balls imad wasim was playing under so pressure and shadab Khan as usual got out because of catch .

Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan are regular members of the senior team, but they are not very experienced. Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan are the experienced Pakistani players and none of them were included in the playing XI for the series against Afghanistan. PCB didn't gave any importance to this series and they decided to give opportunities to some of the younger players. Four Pakistani players made their debut in this match - Ihsanullah, Saim Ayub, Tayyab Tahir and Zaman Khan. And as a result Afghanistan took a 1-0 lead, with a win during the first match.

[UmerIdrees]

Pakistan performance in 1st T20I was disastrous,  they literally bat horribly infront of Afghanistan ballers , not a single player scored any runs and the players you are calling experienced just wasted balls imad wasim was playing under so pressure and shadab Khan as usual got out because of catch .

Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan are regular members of the senior team, but they are not very experienced. Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan are the experienced Pakistani players and none of them were included in the playing XI for the series against Afghanistan. PCB didn't gave any importance to this series and they decided to give opportunities to some of the younger players. Four Pakistani players made their debut in this match - Ihsanullah, Saim Ayub, Tayyab Tahir and Zaman Khan. And as a result Afghanistan took a 1-0 lead, with a win during the first match.

I really do not understand how come PCB take such a step to test all the new players all at once and rest the senior players. This is not how new players are given a chance.

The right way is to go with your full-strength team and give chance to only one or two new faces in a match. In this way, the team also not loses the match and also new players also get international exposure.

However, the way PCB tested them will not do them any good as they will lose confidence only. After playing yesterday's match all of these players are under pressure as they not only be able to perform well but also Pakistan lost to a weak Afghanistan team.

[BobK71]

Pakistan performance in 1st T20I was disastrous,  they literally bat horribly infront of Afghanistan ballers , not a single player scored any runs and the players you are calling experienced just wasted balls imad wasim was playing under so pressure and shadab Khan as usual got out because of catch .

Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan are regular members of the senior team, but they are not very experienced. Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Rizwan are the experienced Pakistani players and none of them were included in the playing XI for the series against Afghanistan. PCB didn't gave any importance to this series and they decided to give opportunities to some of the younger players. Four Pakistani players made their debut in this match - Ihsanullah, Saim Ayub, Tayyab Tahir and Zaman Khan. And as a result Afghanistan took a 1-0 lead, with a win during the first match.

I really do not understand how come PCB take such a step to test all the new players all at once and rest the senior players. This is not how new players are given a chance.

The right way is to go with your full-strength team and give chance to only one or two new faces in a match. In this way, the team also not loses the match and also new players also get international exposure.

However, the way PCB tested them will not do them any good as they will lose confidence only. After playing yesterday's match all of these players are under pressure as they not only be able to perform well but also Pakistan lost to a weak Afghanistan team.

This situation is happening frequently in cricket which has raised the question in the mind of many gamblers whether these matches are abused or not. Although all these are purely sentimental, there have been more such incidents in recent times. Such as England's big loss against Bangladesh, India's loss against Australia and Pakistan's loss against Afghanistan. In these few matches, each team lost by a big margin. But these are part of cricket, there is no chance to think anything different. But their selection committee responsible for Pakistan cricket in today's match they did not keep senior players in the squad to play against Afghanistan.

[wiss19]

United Arab Emirates was once home venue for Pakistan. Pakistan used to play all its cricket matches in the United Arab Emirates when the venues were banned by the International Cricket Council. But watching yesterday's match I was surprised that Pakistani cricket fans were shocked by the poor performance of every player who participated in the recently concluded Pakistan Super League yesterday.
But another thing is very important that Pakistan's full member team was not formed yesterday due to which the lack of balance in Pakistan's batting line is considered as one of the main reasons for the batting disaster. The team has lost full balance due to the absence of one of the key players Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.
But as a cricket fan, I cannot accept that a strong T20 team like Pakistan will lose to Afghanistan despite having two experienced players in Saadab Khan and Imad Wasim.

For the correction of your record Pakistan was not banned by ICC they were not able to play home match in Pakistan due to security reason which is now settled with the second thing if you are able to check Pakistan is not having any regular player in this team which is mostly consisted of players which have some good performance in the last PSL season which ended just few days back with this all Pakistan fans are not shocked with this defeat because mostly were expecting result like this with T20i is unpredictable, and any team can win on his day same happen to Afghanistan in this match Pakistan young batting line completely fail to give any impression for having better thing.

This tour is happening just because of Australian rejected to visit UAE for their proposed tour, so this is just for the replacement of this just because of this PCB send their young team for some experience but still their performance was below the expectations because no one was thinking they will be lost this match like this.

[Unknown Op]

United Arab Emirates was once home venue for Pakistan. Pakistan used to play all its cricket matches in the United Arab Emirates when the venues were banned by the International Cricket Council. But watching yesterday's match I was surprised that Pakistani cricket fans were shocked by the poor performance of every player who participated in the recently concluded Pakistan Super League yesterday.
But another thing is very important that Pakistan's full member team was not formed yesterday due to which the lack of balance in Pakistan's batting line is considered as one of the main reasons for the batting disaster. The team has lost full balance due to the absence of one of the key players Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.
But as a cricket fan, I cannot accept that a strong T20 team like Pakistan will lose to Afghanistan despite having two experienced players in Saadab Khan and Imad Wasim.

Pakistan have a strong T20 team and their recent loss to Afghanistan may have come as a surprise to many fans. it is important to remember that every team can have an off day and the absence of key players like Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam can definitely affect the balance of the team. It is also worth noting that the Pakistan Super League is a domestic T20 tournament and it provides a platform for young but it does not necessarily reflect the true strength of the national team. As far as the change of venue from the United Arab Emirates is concerned it is important to remember that cricket is a global game and different countries have the opportunity to host matches and tournaments. Pakistan have played their home matches in UAE before it is important for them to be able to play on their home turf as well.

[Haunebu]

Both teams are equally good and obviously in good nick so hard to predict and we can hope for a good contest but I believe Mumbai has an upper hand, not because they are superior but because as a franchise they are famous to seize the moment when it matters most.

Agreed. I feel that it will be a tight contest, but DC will most probably emerge victorious since they have many consistent players in their team while MI has fewer consistent players in comparison in my opinion.

Wong, Kapp, Lanning, Ishaque, Norris, Bhatia, Matthews and Sciver are the key players to look out for.

[cozytrade]

West Indies tour of South today's 1st T20 match between these two teams has already started. But today's match was supposed to be played in 20 overs but this game will be played in 11 overs. Rain has shortened the over. South Africa now come out to bat. 61 runs in 6.2 overs.  South Africa have lost 4 wickets. They still have 6 wickets left. It seems South Africa team batsmen are under pressure. West Indies bowling is starting to perform well.