T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Afghanistan vs Pakistan, 2nd T20I
According to the current style of play on behalf of Pakistan, it can be predicted that they will lose to Afghanistan in the 2nd T20 match as well. Pakistan cricket collected 26 runs losing only 3 wickets. Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique went back to 0 in the top order. On the other Mohammad Haris went back to 15 runs. At this moment they need a big partnership. Otherwise there will be nothing to do but accept certain defeat if the situation happen like the 1st match.

To win Afghanistan need 60 runs off 52 balls - Gurbaz is on 38 and Ibrahim is on 23
They have been able to make 72 runs so far. Pakistani team is under pressure and it is obvious from their faces. Shadab has to calm down and give his best.

Only way to win this match is to take wickets that's all , Pakistan is struggling with balling and they are unable to put pressure on Afghan batsmen . Rahmanullah gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran maintained a sensible partnership,  they are playing very sensibly and cautiously.

[Theones]

Excellent performance by Afghanistan team. The team is close to winning the series against a big team like Pakistan. Pakistan team batted in 20 overs and they score a total of 130 by their broken team. 60 runs for Afghanistan with 1 wicket is enough. If they play in ODI format now, their victory in the match will be assured. Afghanistan is no ordinary team in T20 format anymore.

No - I disagree - Afg is not very good team they do perform well once in a while but for Pakistan they are doing a very different format by giving a chance to the young boys - which is commendable and challenging at the same time

[og kush420]

Excellent performance by Afghanistan team. The team is close to winning the series against a big team like Pakistan. Pakistan team batted in 20 overs and they score a total of 130 by their broken team. 60 runs for Afghanistan with 1 wicket is enough. If they play in ODI format now, their victory in the match will be assured. Afghanistan is no ordinary team in T20 format anymore.

If Pakistan cannot take wicket they must save as many runs as they could.
Afghanistan needs 51 runs off 38 balls. They are just trying to save runs and pushing them to the wall

[Theones]

Both teams have equal chances of winning. But personally, I like the performance of the Delhi Capital team. So I will expect Delhi Capitals to win and bet on them to win.

Agreed. Ishaque is the Indian player that I felt was the standout in this tournament and I feel that she could make a big difference in the final too.
Kaur vs Lanning! Both are experienced captains though Lanning achieved way more in comparison which is one of the key reasons why I am favoring DC over MI and I am hoping that I win my bet.

I feel like both teams are very well-equipped. It has to be a very good solo performance from someone to get her team to the winning margin. Of course, team performance is also going to be needed. But one player has to stand out.

The issue with Pakistan is that they have made a stunning decision of sending new team to play T20 series against Afghanistan. The second tier team of Pakistan badly collapsed in front of Afghanistan team. May be this is move to strengthen position of struggling Rizwan and Babar back in team. Nobody is appreciating PCB idea of sending such new and inexperienced team. Even if you trying to test new players test them in a team where majority are experienced players. Now there are chances of losing series 3-0.

I am actually not opposed to this idea. They can of course try to bring the young team and see how they are performing. But the way they performed in the last match was not satisfactory at all. Pakistan will have to improve their performance.

Pakistan is not a weak team either - all these young boys have performed very will in PSL and they have been amazing though out.
I hope they will be able to perform well in upcoming match  - Shadab Khan has been managing well  - after this match he will be surly calling Babar Bahi and asking for tips!

[teosanru]

^^ Damn some crazy hitting in this match. I was watching WPL and in mid-overs got the alert of WI vs SA.

Boy o boy! 100 runs in just the first 5 overs and Quinton de kock was going bonkers against Windies. Actually, every batter went berserk against the bowlers. Scorecard looks like they introduced bowling machines in this match.  

Fancode sub came to the rescue today.

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Lol Proteas did it, record run chase in T-20 history.

500 runs in a T20 match, i think this is the first match we see this record breaking of highest total runs in both innings. Quinton de Kock and Hendricks took the game away from the West Indies. They made almost 150 runs in the first 10 overs and made the platform from which the rest of the team can take them to victory.

This match would have been a nightmare for those who were betting. After the WI score of 250+ runs, many people would have placed the bet on WI thinking they would easily win today but not to be the day for them. Those who initially bet on SA would be killing themselves that they will lose today by half time, but South Africa won and saved their bets.

Well played match by both the teams ,huge target given by West Indies and wonderfully chased by South Africa. 
Johnson Charles scored 118 runs in 46 balls with Strike rate of 256 and Quinton de Kock scored 100 in 44 balls what a performance by both players.

It was such a crazy match to see. I mean who would have imagined that someday batsmen would be able to chase 258 in just 19 overs in an international match. But i feel really bad for bowlers in these type of matches. I feel pitches shouldn't be made in this way where bowlers suffer such a bad fate. I think normally totals in T20 is around 160. We can deviate in few matches based on the conditions but this thing that happened today was just crazy. But Charles, De kock and Hendricks what a beauty.

[eaLiTy]

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It was such a crazy match to see. I mean who would have imagined that someday batsmen would be able to chase 258 in just 19 overs in an international match. But i feel really bad for bowlers in these type of matches. I feel pitches shouldn't be made in this way where bowlers suffer such a bad fate. I think normally totals in T20 is around 160. We can deviate in few matches based on the conditions but this thing that happened today was just crazy. But Charles, De kock and Hendricks what a beauty.

Even if we complaint about the pitches, the match was really entertaining, South Africa always provides surprising chases we never expect when the opponents score impossible target and that is one such instance in this match and props to the openers for giving South Africa a dream start for this big chase.
Afghanistan once again defeated Pakistan, if anyone thought that the first match was a fluke then it is not. I do understand that Pakistan is trying out their youngster but good to see Afghanistan taking these opportunity with both hands and won the series, probably the first against Pakistan.

[LDL]

Afghanistan once again defeated Pakistan, if anyone thought that the first match was a fluke then it is not. I do understand that Pakistan is trying out their youngster but good to see Afghanistan taking these opportunity with both hands and won the series, probably the first against Pakistan.

Pakistan failed to produce new players in the T20I series with Afghanistan which was meant to select new players.

Some new players in the Series against Afghanistan
Saim Ayub 17, 0
Tayyab Tahir 16, 13
Abdullah Shafique 0,0
Azam khan 0, 1
Mohamed Haris 6, 15
Judging by the run figures of the above players in the first two T20 matches, every player who played in PSL performed well but their performance against Afghanistan shows that PSL talent does not play a good role in player selection. Apart from Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan, it is doubtful whether any new talent will get a place for Pakistan in the upcoming World Cup.

[Unknown Op]

Pakistan once again in big trouble. They failed to produce competitive target in second T20I against Afghanistan. Abdullah Shafique has got 4th consecutive duck and along with him new and recalled batsmen failed to score runs once again. This performance clearly tells the story that PSL should not be the criteria to select a player in national team. PCB must have send some experienced players along with this new team. Meanwhile Afghanistan are looking in rush to chase Pakistan tiny target of 130 runs as they have scored 45 runs in 6 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is not allowing Pakistani batsmen to settle and Pakistan need his wicket asap to win the game.  

Pakistan may struggle in the second T20I against Afghanistan but there are still positives to be taken from their performance. The team bowling attack has been able to take early wickets and contain the Afghan batsmen to some extent. Shadab Khan captaincy and performance with the ball has been impressive leading the team well and taking important wickets. Pakistan fielding was also sharp with some excellent catches and saves on the boundary line. While the batting has struggled it is important to note that the team is relatively inexperienced with several new and recalled players.

[noormcs5]

I am actually not opposed to this idea. They can of course try to bring the young team and see how they are performing. But the way they performed in the last match was not satisfactory at all. Pakistan will have to improve their performance.

Of Course for PAkistan - this series is not very important - and Afghanistan is not a very strong team
So they thought they may test new players - and find some hidden talent before the world cup. But the plan is failing. But this is okie.

Don't give excuses that this series is not important for Pakistan and hence they are losing this one. The fact is that Pakistan has lost the series against Afghanistan and this is written in the books of cricket history.

The Pakistan batsmen again failed and only Imad Wasim made 64 runs due to which Pakistan managed to reach 13o runs but they were unable to defend it. The match went down to the last over and in the 19th over Naseem Shah gave away 17 runs and the match tilted in favor of Afghanistan.

[n0ne]

I am actually not opposed to this idea. They can of course try to bring the young team and see how they are performing. But the way they performed in the last match was not satisfactory at all. Pakistan will have to improve their performance.

Of Course for PAkistan - this series is not very important - and Afghanistan is not a very strong team
So they thought they may test new players - and find some hidden talent before the world cup. But the plan is failing. But this is okie.

Don't give excuses that this series is not important for Pakistan and hence they are losing this one. The fact is that Pakistan has lost the series against Afghanistan and this is written in the books of cricket history.

The Pakistan batsmen again failed and only Imad Wasim made 64 runs due to which Pakistan managed to reach 13o runs but they were unable to defend it. The match went down to the last over and in the 19th over Naseem Shah gave away 17 runs and the match tilted in favor of Afghanistan.

Well said, there shouldn't be any excuses. Just scoring 130 runs, once after playing PSL. This will surely be controversial, because the PSL is aimed at improvement of the players performance on international cricket. The reality is completely upside down, they perform well for the franchise and they weren't able to perform good for the nation. They should've leveled the series and even if they've lost the third T20 this could've never been this bad.

[Vaskiy]

500 runs in a T20 match, i think this is the first match we see this record breaking of highest total runs in both innings. Quinton de Kock and Hendricks took the game away from the West Indies. They made almost 150 runs in the first 10 overs and made the platform from which the rest of the team can take them to victory.

What a match it was. Damn it bro!
517 Runs is a single T20I match. The Highest Run chase Win for team South Africa. Guys, be honest here. When West Indies Scored 258 Runs in the first innings, Who thought South Africa would chase it successfully? This match registered a couple of new records. The previous most run chase was 245/5 - Australia vs. New Zealand, Auckland, 2018. The highest match aggregates in Men’s T20s was 515 - Quetta Gladiators vs. Multan Sultans, Rawalpindi, 2023. Now, this match takes both places. People who placed bets for WI after the first innings got puzzled.

We can't compare the franchise cricket with the international cricket. This is true performance, because the players are from a particular nation and they've got the right coordination and communication than franchise cricket. Just see what is happening with Pakistan. Very bad performance from Pakistan, but they play good in PSL.

All of the sudden I thought it to be a ODI, then only saw this as an T20 match. Missed it, anyhow the complete match would've been like highlights. The best part chasing with 7 balls left when the target is 258 runs.

[Mr.corol]

Pakistan failed to produce new players in the T20I series with Afghanistan which was meant to select new players.

Some new players in the Series against Afghanistan
Saim Ayub 17, 0
Tayyab Tahir 16, 13
Abdullah Shafique 0,0
Azam khan 0, 1
Mohamed Haris 6, 15
Judging by the run figures of the above players in the first two T20 matches, every player who played in PSL performed well but their performance against Afghanistan shows that PSL talent does not play a good role in player selection. Apart from Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan, it is doubtful whether any new talent will get a place for Pakistan in the upcoming World Cup.

In two of their matches, the opening batting failed.The opener batting could not perform well. Mohammad Rizon and Babar Azam,who are 2 and 3 at the top of the world rankings,are not in the team.If they were two in the team, maybe Pakistan could have done better in the opening. They could have big scored more runs. Because Mohammad Rizon's average run rate is around 49. Babar Azam's average run rate is 41.Pakistan team cannot perform well without these two batting.

[romero121]

Pakistan failed to produce new players in the T20I series with Afghanistan which was meant to select new players.

Some new players in the Series against Afghanistan
Saim Ayub 17, 0
Tayyab Tahir 16, 13
Abdullah Shafique 0,0
Azam khan 0, 1
Mohamed Haris 6, 15
Judging by the run figures of the above players in the first two T20 matches, every player who played in PSL performed well but their performance against Afghanistan shows that PSL talent does not play a good role in player selection. Apart from Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan, it is doubtful whether any new talent will get a place for Pakistan in the upcoming World Cup.

In two of their matches, the opening batting failed.The opener batting could not perform well. Mohammad Rizon and Babar Azam,who are 2 and 3 at the top of the world rankings,are not in the team.If they were two in the team, maybe Pakistan could have done better in the opening. They could have big scored more runs. Because Mohammad Rizon's average run rate is around 49. Babar Azam's average run rate is 41.Pakistan team cannot perform well without these two batting.

The opening order failed, further someone could've maintained better runrate to reach atleast 160+ runs. What the team have done is very bad. The same score is being reached by Afghanistan team at the 20th over and they've lost just three wickets. The openers who weren't part of the match have got good average, and this means the team is dependent on specific players. This isn't going to be the team performance. Atleast after the first T20 loss Pakistan should've planned well and done things better.

[Cryptock]

I am actually not opposed to this idea. They can of course try to bring the young team and see how they are performing. But the way they performed in the last match was not satisfactory at all. Pakistan will have to improve their performance.

Of Course for PAkistan - this series is not very important - and Afghanistan is not a very strong team
So they thought they may test new players - and find some hidden talent before the world cup. But the plan is failing. But this is okie.

Don't give excuses that this series is not important for Pakistan and hence they are losing this one. The fact is that Pakistan has lost the series against Afghanistan and this is written in the books of cricket history.

The Pakistan batsmen again failed and only Imad Wasim made 64 runs due to which Pakistan managed to reach 13o runs but they were unable to defend it. The match went down to the last over and in the 19th over Naseem Shah gave away 17 runs and the match tilted in favor of Afghanistan.

I disagree with you - its not an  excuses had that series been so important Pakistan would not have sent the freshers to compete
Relax and enjoy your weekend. Let Afghanistan enjoy their victory after long time

[Theones]

I am actually not opposed to this idea. They can of course try to bring the young team and see how they are performing. But the way they performed in the last match was not satisfactory at all. Pakistan will have to improve their performance.

Of Course for PAkistan - this series is not very important - and Afghanistan is not a very strong team
So they thought they may test new players - and find some hidden talent before the world cup. But the plan is failing. But this is okie.

Don't give excuses that this series is not important for Pakistan and hence they are losing this one. The fact is that Pakistan has lost the series against Afghanistan and this is written in the books of cricket history.

The Pakistan batsmen again failed and only Imad Wasim made 64 runs due to which Pakistan managed to reach 13o runs but they were unable to defend it. The match went down to the last over and in the 19th over Naseem Shah gave away 17 runs and the match tilted in favor of Afghanistan.

Well said, there shouldn't be any excuses. Just scoring 130 runs, once after playing PSL. This will surely be controversial, because the PSL is aimed at improvement of the players performance on international cricket. The reality is completely upside down, they perform well for the franchise and they weren't able to perform good for the nation. They should've leveled the series and even if they've lost the third T20 this could've never been this bad.

I think it is foolishly said and the way you are supporting the earlier comment you look more foolish
Its not an excuse - that is an opinion - we don't enter the ground win or loose and then then give excuse. we are ordinary people sitting on couch with fat bellies and acting as if we are the biggest sportsmen of all time

[og kush420]

I am actually not opposed to this idea. They can of course try to bring the young team and see how they are performing. But the way they performed in the last match was not satisfactory at all. Pakistan will have to improve their performance.

Of Course for PAkistan - this series is not very important - and Afghanistan is not a very strong team
So they thought they may test new players - and find some hidden talent before the world cup. But the plan is failing. But this is okie.

Don't give excuses that this series is not important for Pakistan and hence they are losing this one. The fact is that Pakistan has lost the series against Afghanistan and this is written in the books of cricket history.

The Pakistan batsmen again failed and only Imad Wasim made 64 runs due to which Pakistan managed to reach 13o runs but they were unable to defend it. The match went down to the last over and in the 19th over Naseem Shah gave away 17 runs and the match tilted in favor of Afghanistan.

Well said, there shouldn't be any excuses. Just scoring 130 runs, once after playing PSL. This will surely be controversial, because the PSL is aimed at improvement of the players performance on international cricket. The reality is completely upside down, they perform well for the franchise and they weren't able to perform good for the nation. They should've leveled the series and even if they've lost the third T20 this could've never been this bad.

I am not a team captain - where I would come up with excuses that this has been the reason my team has not been able to perform well.
Everyone has their opinion and dont be harsh on other - just respect other person opinion and give your opinion. I agree with other comments PCB has done a big experiment - they would not do it in Asia cup world cup.
Being respectful won't hurt.
Have a nice day!

[LDL]

Don't give excuses that this series is not important for Pakistan and hence they are losing this one. The fact is that Pakistan has lost the series against Afghanistan and this is written in the books of cricket history.

Pakistan cricket team announced the squad against Afghanistan but in that squad several new talents of Pakistan have been placed, Saim Ayub, Tayyab Tahir, Ihsanullah, Azam khan, Zaman Khan, all these new talents have been tested against Afghanistan to see how much they can serve the Pakistan cricket team. But they failed miserably in the first two T20s as usual but this series defeat will not witness this experimental approach for Pakistan in the cricket history books but Afghanistan defeating Pakistan in the T20 series will be written in the history books.

[pakhitheboss]

Another significant setback for Pakistan cricket. They lost the series to Afghanistan and this is the first time that Afghanistan has won a series against Pakistan. I personally never expected Pakistan to lose the series. I understand that almost every player in this team is a talent they found during the PSL but unfortunately, they are no match for a weak Afghan side.

This proves the level of competitiveness in PSL is no match to international cricket. It also proves that the quality of local players playing in PSL is not up to the international mark. PCB needs to rework its talent pool. Now PSL looks more like a domestic league than an International league. Unfortunately, the gamble that PCB made in this series did not quite work out as they planned and I am pretty confident they would face heavy backlash from Pakistani fans.

[Patrol69]

Another significant setback for Pakistan cricket. They lost the series to Afghanistan and this is the first time that Afghanistan has won a series against Pakistan. I personally never expected Pakistan to lose the series. I understand that almost every player in this team is a talent they found during the PSL but unfortunately, they are no match for a weak Afghan side.

This proves the level of competitiveness in PSL is no match to international cricket. It also proves that the quality of local players playing in PSL is not up to the international mark. PCB needs to rework its talent pool. Now PSL looks more like a domestic league than an International league. Unfortunately, the gamble that PCB made in this series did not quite work out as they planned and I am pretty confident they would face heavy backlash from Pakistani fans.

Pakistan lost by 6 wickets in the previous match and lost by 7 wickets in this match.

In the recently concluded Pakistan Super League (PSL) where 200 plus runs were scored in every match and especially the Pakistani batsmen who dominated the runs in PSL are now doing nothing in international cricket. Then who will blame PSL management. Only their home matches produced low-quality pitches where the batsmen got the maximum advantage. One-and-a-half months every player got used to playing on that low-quality batting pitch due to which they failed to score runs on normal pitches at the international level. 
Pakistan's new wicket keeper batsman Azam Khan was brilliant in the Pakistan Super League but was a total flop against Afghanistan. I bet for Pakistan two matches in a row where I lost both matches badly. Confidence has gone from Pakistan. I still don't know how long it will take for them to come back.

[rojan]

Pakistan failed to produce new players in the T20I series with Afghanistan which was meant to select new players.

Some new players in the Series against Afghanistan
Saim Ayub 17, 0
Tayyab Tahir 16, 13
Abdullah Shafique 0,0
Azam khan 0, 1
Mohamed Haris 6, 15
Judging by the run figures of the above players in the first two T20 matches, every player who played in PSL performed well but their performance against Afghanistan shows that PSL talent does not play a good role in player selection. Apart from Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan, it is doubtful whether any new talent will get a place for Pakistan in the upcoming World Cup.

In two of their matches, the opening batting failed.The opener batting could not perform well. Mohammad Rizon and Babar Azam,who are 2 and 3 at the top of the world rankings,are not in the team.If they were two in the team, maybe Pakistan could have done better in the opening. They could have big scored more runs. Because Mohammad Rizon's average run rate is around 49. Babar Azam's average run rate is 41.Pakistan team cannot perform well without these two batting.

Pakistan lost so badly due to the absence of these two batsmen, Mohammad Rizon and Babar Azam. However, the target of runs that Pakistan batted first was not the right run to win. Pakistan gave the target of 130 runs to Afghanistan team in 20 overs. Afghanistan team 2nd innings.  Came to the field and won the match easily by crossing this run. Fazalhaq Farooqi of Afghanistan performed very well. He took 2 wickets with 19 runs in 4 overs.