T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[jostorres]

These days, watching David Warner bat to be boring rather than entertaining. In today's match against MI, Captain Warner once again produced a rusty knock, scoring 51 runs off 47 balls.

I'm not sure what is the intention of Warner, but it seems like he is playing for himself. Warner scored more than 200 runs by playing 4 matches in this season. But his strike rate is only 115 after the first four matches. The match became too close in the end, Delhi would have won the match if Mustafizur bowled well in the 19th over. Perhaps, Delhi Capitals will end this IPL journey by staying in the last position.

Even with his poor strike rate and bad time they have done decent job and bring their team at good target but their bad luck MI bowlers done amazing last two overs which allow them for having only 7 runs and lost of six wickets which give them big setback and this difference of 15 to 20 runs was main difference between these two teams, and they lost match after having flying start from Rohit Sharma and Kishan after having good start Mi batting also face some problems but at the end Tim David and Cameroon Green done good job and have first won for their team in this season even I have feeling they need to improve their performance if they want to have better results in coming matches because with this performance they can face backlash even they can stay out of the play-offs.

[noormcs5]

These days, watching David Warner bat to be boring rather than entertaining. In today's match against MI, Captain Warner once again produced a rusty knock, scoring 51 runs off 47 balls.

Not a fair total, as DC getting bowled out for 172 in 19.4 overs. However, thanks to Axar Patel's blistering knock, that helps to post a respectable total. Let's see if DC's bowlers will be able to successfully defend the total or not.

Cant believe its warner who has scored a fifty on 46 balls and no six in his entire innings. Thanks to Axar Patel blistering 50 runs towards the end of innings. In reply MI are very nicely placed as Mumbai need 56 runs in 42 balls with lots of batting to come. Rohit Sharma is leading from the front and so far he has scored 58 runs on 35 balls that include 4 sixes. The match is very much in favor of MI and they will taste there first victory tonight.

If only these guys could have scored quickly and made 10 to 15 more runs, it would have been impossible for the Mumbai Indians to chase this score. Big names lie David Warner is not doing anything good for the Delhi Capitals and that is the reason that they have still not managed to taste a single victory in this year's IPL and their points are still Zero until this point.

On the other hand, when we see Mumbai Indians, their opener and captain Rohit Sharma lead from the front and score 65 runs in only 45 balls. Compare this with David Warner's 51 runs in 47 balls and you will know the difference.

[Sithara007]

On the other hand, when we see Mumbai Indians, their opener and captain Rohit Sharma lead from the front and score 65 runs in only 45 balls. Compare this with David Warner's 51 runs in 47 balls and you will know the difference.

Delhi Capitals batsmen are out of form, and that was probably one reason why Warner has been cautious with the scoring rate. Manish Pandey was the only other top order batsmen who made a score of more than 20 yesterday. Everyone else failed, including Prithvi Shaw, Rovman Powell and Lalit Yadav. Axar Patel did some fireworks towards the end, and that enabled the Delhi Capitals to reach a decent total. And after a very good start, Mumbai Indians also went through a bit of wobble. Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma got out in quick succession and the run rate dipped.

[pakhitheboss]

SKY is the biggest example on how a good T20 talent gets destroyed because the selectors wanted him to play on all formats. He is now being branded as a batter who has earned the crown of Golden duck in 26 days. In the last six inning he has scored 0, 1, 15, 0, 0, 0. I do not know what will he do in ODI or test cricket but the format for which he is known as a player who can play 360 he is struggling to score a single run.

Can this be called as a bad patch/form or a pressure to play all three formats of the game placed by the Indian selectors.

[Litzki1990]

Mumbai Indians won by six wickets against Delhi Capitals and the win was not so easy for Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians had to wait till the last ball to win this match.  Mumbai Indians won this match very dramatically. 

When Delhi capitals set a target of 173 runs against Mumbai Indians, Mumbai Indians were batting smoothly to chase that target. No wicket fell for Mumbai Indians till the first seven overs. In these seven overs, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan collected 70 runs together. That means they needed 103 runs in 13 overs to win which was a very easy target for Mumbai Indians. 
But later, when Ishan Kishan was run out, Tilak Verma entered the field as the number three batsman. Despite the fall of wickets, Mumbai Indians' run average was going well.  But in the 15th over, Mustafizur Rahman came to bowl and changed the course of the match. Coming to bowl in the 15th over, Mustafizur Rahman cost only 2 runs. 
In the 17th over, Mustafizur came back to bowl, picking up the important wicket of Rohit Sharma as well as hitting four dot balls and he cost 8 runs in that over. 

At the end, Mustafizur Rahman could not maintain his economic rate. In the last two overs, Mumbai Indians need 20 runs to win. When Mustafizur Rahman was brought in to bowl in the 19th over, he spent 15 runs with two sixes in that over  That's when Mumbai Indians went a long way to win.  But in the 20th over everyone had to wait until the last ball due to Nortje's brilliant bowling. Two runs were required off the last ball. The last ball was also excellent but if the fielder could have thrown properly then the match would have been a super offer. 

Mumbai Indians picked up their first win in IPL against Delhi.

[BobK71]

These days, watching David Warner bat to be boring rather than entertaining. In today's match against MI, Captain Warner once again produced a rusty knock, scoring 51 runs off 47 balls.

I'm not sure what is the intention of Warner, but it seems like he is playing for himself. Warner scored more than 200 runs by playing 4 matches in this season. But his strike rate is only 115 after the first four matches. The match became too close in the end, Delhi would have won the match if Mustafizur bowled well in the 19th over. Perhaps, Delhi Capitals will end this IPL journey by staying in the last position.

Even with his poor strike rate and bad time they have done decent job and bring their team at good target but their bad luck MI bowlers done amazing last two overs which allow them for having only 7 runs and lost of six wickets which give them big setback and this difference of 15 to 20 runs was main difference between these two teams, and they lost match after having flying start from Rohit Sharma and Kishan after having good start Mi batting also face some problems but at the end Tim David and Cameroon Green done good job and have first won for their team in this season even I have feeling they need to improve their performance if they want to have better results in coming matches because with this performance they can face backlash even they can stay out of the play-offs.

On the one hand, the Delhi Capitals Top Oder's strike rate was very low, on the other when they need to accelerate the score, fall of consecutive wickets they failed to enlarge the score any more in that match. Delhi Capitals had to accept their defeat in four matches. According to their condition there is no doubt to say this season is not good for them. If they do not come back to the next matches, they may be eliminate from their desired goals. Opposition team Mumbai Indians confirmed their first win by losing Delhi Capitals yesterday.

[Swordsoffreedom]

These days, watching David Warner bat to be boring rather than entertaining. In today's match against MI, Captain Warner once again produced a rusty knock, scoring 51 runs off 47 balls.

I'm not sure what is the intention of Warner, but it seems like he is playing for himself. Warner scored more than 200 runs by playing 4 matches in this season. But his strike rate is only 115 after the first four matches. The match became too close in the end, Delhi would have won the match if Mustafizur bowled well in the 19th over. Perhaps, Delhi Capitals will end this IPL journey by staying in the last position.

Even with his poor strike rate and bad time they have done decent job and bring their team at good target but their bad luck MI bowlers done amazing last two overs which allow them for having only 7 runs and lost of six wickets which give them big setback and this difference of 15 to 20 runs was main difference between these two teams, and they lost match after having flying start from Rohit Sharma and Kishan after having good start Mi batting also face some problems but at the end Tim David and Cameroon Green done good job and have first won for their team in this season even I have feeling they need to improve their performance if they want to have better results in coming matches because with this performance they can face backlash even they can stay out of the play-offs.

On the one hand, the Delhi Capitals Top Oder's strike rate was very low, on the other when they need to accelerate the score, fall of consecutive wickets they failed to enlarge the score any more in that match. Delhi Capitals had to accept their defeat in four matches. According to their condition there is no doubt to say this season is not good for them. If they do not come back to the next matches, they may be eliminate from their desired goals. Opposition team Mumbai Indians confirmed their first win by losing Delhi Capitals yesterday.

Delhi's top order players, especially Warner, batted a bit slowly. Even then they managed to collect 85 runs in the first 10 overs. It wasn't a bad collection. If the middle order and finisher batsmen play well, Delhi could have set a target of around 200. But due to the poor performance of the middle order batsmen, Delhi's innings did not last long. A score of 172 was enough to fight, but not good enough to win.
The first three batsmen of Mumbai Indians' top order have batted responsibly. Rohit Sharma returned to form and managed to play an inning of 65 runs. The reason for Delhi's defeat was not only their slow batting, but also the performance of their bowlers was very poor.

[rojan]

The 17th match of Indian Premier League is going to start after some time. However, I am a little worried about how the match will be played today because I have been seeing the IPL matches for a few days now. Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan.  I still don't know which team will win the Royals. But I think we can enjoy a very peaceful match between the two teams. Both teams have very good quality bowling and batting. So the match will be very good.

[lixer]

Cant believe its warner who has scored a fifty on 46 balls and no six in his entire innings. Thanks to Axar Patel blistering 50 runs towards the end of innings. In reply MI are very nicely placed as Mumbai need 56 runs in 42 balls with lots of batting to come. Rohit Sharma is leading from the front and so far he has scored 58 runs on 35 balls that include 4 sixes. The match is very much in favor of MI and they will taste there first victory tonight.

Sometimes the behavior of the players seems as if someone has tied up them. It is true that players like Warrier do not usually play with such a strike rate. Maybe from the beginning they tried to play by keeping the wicket and that is why the run rate has decreased. The Mumbai Indians team is also trying to play carefully. They are playing seriously. As only one wicket have fallen, Mumbai Indians' victory in this match is only a matter of time. Rohit Sharma is batting well, maybe he will stay on the pitch until the match is owned.

What you can expect from a 36 years old player which is having 140 strike rate at his peak and now having trouble to score like he has done few years back but still done decent job helps Axar Patel who done amazing job to bring his team at decent target but now if DC wants to have better results they need to change their strategy with having some firepower because after playing 4 matches they fail to win anyone which is big setback for them and with this now most chances they could be going to end this season below which is never been ideal they have good bowling, but their batsmen are not giving enough support which is surely problem hopefully in coming matches we will have better performance from them.

[JSRAW]

SKY is the biggest example on how a good T20 talent gets destroyed because the selectors wanted him to play on all formats. He is now being branded as a batter who has earned the crown of Golden duck in 26 days. In the last six inning he has scored 0, 1, 15, 0, 0, 0. I do not know what will he do in ODI or test cricket but the format for which he is known as a player who can play 360 he is struggling to score a single run.

Can this be called as a bad patch/form or a pressure to play all three formats of the game placed by the Indian selectors.

It happens to every player, look at Harry Brook. He's too having a bad time in the IPL and struggling badly. A couple of weeks back he was scoring tons for fun.

They both are champion players so give it time. I am sure both Brook and SKY will bounce back and produce some beautiful innings for their respective franchises.

[Iranus]

Cant believe its warner who has scored a fifty on 46 balls and no six in his entire innings. Thanks to Axar Patel blistering 50 runs towards the end of innings. In reply MI are very nicely placed as Mumbai need 56 runs in 42 balls with lots of batting to come. Rohit Sharma is leading from the front and so far he has scored 58 runs on 35 balls that include 4 sixes. The match is very much in favor of MI and they will taste there first victory tonight.

Sometimes the behavior of the players seems as if someone has tied up them. It is true that players like Warrier do not usually play with such a strike rate. Maybe from the beginning they tried to play by keeping the wicket and that is why the run rate has decreased. The Mumbai Indians team is also trying to play carefully. They are playing seriously. As only one wicket have fallen, Mumbai Indians' victory in this match is only a matter of time. Rohit Sharma is batting well, maybe he will stay on the pitch until the match is owned.

What you can expect from a 36 years old player which is having 140 strike rate at his peak and now having trouble to score like he has done few years back but still done decent job helps Axar Patel who done amazing job to bring his team at decent target but now if DC wants to have better results they need to change their strategy with having some firepower because after playing 4 matches they fail to win anyone which is big setback for them and with this now most chances they could be going to end this season below which is never been ideal they have good bowling, but their batsmen are not giving enough support which is surely problem hopefully in coming matches we will have better performance from them.

India's former star player Sehwag told Warner that if he is batting slowly like this, he does not need to come to play in the IPL. And we don't waste time watching matches to watch slow batting. I totally agree with Sehwag. Warner is now 36. And if he can't bat well. So what does he need to come to play in the IPL? IPL is always very exciting and competitive. I think Warner's bad batting is spoiling the excitement of the IPL. I'm not a Warner hater. I like Warner very much. But his performance seems very boring this season.

[DainSLane]

Delhi's top order players, especially Warner, batted a bit slowly. Even then they managed to collect 85 runs in the first 10 overs. It wasn't a bad collection. If the middle order and finisher batsmen play well, Delhi could have set a target of around 200. But due to the poor performance of the middle order batsmen, Delhi's innings did not last long. A score of 172 was enough to fight, but not good enough to win.
The first three batsmen of Mumbai Indians' top order have batted responsibly. Rohit Sharma returned to form and managed to play an inning of 65 runs. The reason for Delhi's defeat was not only their slow batting, but also the performance of their bowlers was very poor.

This match was decent but not very thrilling. The real excitement in IPL matches comes when a team scores over 200 run as it creates suspense when a team batting first sets a target of over 200 runs. The hopes of winning are often high for the team chasing such a target and when they successfully chase it the suspense increases even more. You're right if Delhi had performed a little better and set a higher trget the match would have been more exciting. One thing is for sure when Dhawan and Shaw open for Delhi  they rarely lose their wickets, but sometimes luck doesn't favor them as was the case this time with DC's run rate not being enough to put pressure on MI.

In the ongoing matches of IPL  targets of 150 or 170 runs are considered ordinary considering the pitch conditions. The match between KKR and RR is expected to be thrilling, especially with Ambati Rayudu being my favorite in CSK. I am eagerly looking forward to it and I won't miss watching it even if there are any surprises in store.

[elevates]

It happens to every player, look at Harry Brook. He's too having a bad time in the IPL and struggling badly. A couple of weeks back he was scoring tons for fun.

They both are champion players so give it time. I am sure both Brook and SKY will bounce back and produce some beautiful innings for their respective franchises.

Yeah, it is just a phase that every batter has to go through. Still, a lot of IPL is left and I am sure SKY would be able to come back to his original form.

India's former star player Sehwag told Warner that if he is batting slowly like this, he does not need to come to play in the IPL. And we don't waste time watching matches to watch slow batting. I totally agree with Sehwag. Warner is now 36.

Age is just a number! Looking at his fitness I think Warner can still go on. Look at MSD he is 41 and can still play a few more seasons. The problem with Warner is that he does not have any batters down the order to rely on. Look at the scores of other batters they are hardly getting any runs. Axar Patel does not always bats the way he did yesterday. This is why the SR of Warner is so low in this season of IPL.

[Haunebu]

It happens to every player, look at Harry Brook. He's too having a bad time in the IPL and struggling badly. A couple of weeks back he was scoring tons for fun.

They both are champion players so give it time. I am sure both Brook and SKY will bounce back and produce some beautiful innings for their respective franchises.

True. I expected so much from Harry Brook when he was selected by SRH in his first IPL season and he turned out to be such a royal disappointment. SRH keeps trying to tweak his batting position, but the results were the same.

On the other hand, Sky's recent form is horrendous though I am expecting him to go back to his 360 ways pretty soon.

[JSRAW]

@elevates @ Haunebu exactly! Nothing much to add, hope fans (not talking about you pakhitheboss but casual fans) cut some slack to these players, these guys are not machines.

Paddikal was doing badly and was struggling as well, although it was due to his batting number but look at him tonight. He's back to his usual business.

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Shit, I jinxed it. 

[Sithara007]

Did anyone noticed that David Warner is now the second highest run-scorer of this season? He has 209 runs to his name, second only to Shikhar Dhawan. But he has been under a lot of fire, due to his very low strike rate (114.83). But IMO Delhi Capitals would have done a lot worse without him. Apart from Warner, the next highest scorer for DC has been Axar, who has just 108 runs to his name. None of the other DC batsmen has got even 50 runs to their name from the 4 completed matches. Still it is Warner who is being criticized.

[eaLiTy]

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Yeah, it is just a phase that every batter has to go through. Still, a lot of IPL is left and I am sure SKY would be able to come back to his original form.

Suryakumar Yadav is struggling a lot, he is gone for a golden duck in four instance, 3 in ODI and now in the IPL, so he needs to think about building his partnership and rotate the strike before breaking free rather than throwing away the wicket in the very first ball.
CSK still need 54 runs to win from 18 balls but MSD is not yet showing any urgency yet, trying to rotate the strike rather than going for the big hit. If he takes the team to victory from this stage it will be an incredible game plan, if not it will be a blunder.

[JSRAW]

F&ck why are these guys keep producing the last ball finish? Are they trying to give a heart attack to punters and fans or what? 

This is ridiculous! Absolutely loving it adrenaline rush towards the end. This edition produced some crackers in the initial phase, normally these sorts of close matches come in the later part of the tournament.

[Sithara007]

CSK still need 54 runs to win from 18 balls but MSD is not yet showing any urgency yet, trying to rotate the strike rather than going for the big hit. If he takes the team to victory from this stage it will be an incredible game plan, if not it will be an blunder.

40 runs were needed from the last 12 balls and in the end Chennai Super Kings lost by 3 runs. The slow start from both Ravindra Jadeja and Mahendra Singh Dhoni probably cost them the match. They should have shown a bit more urgency. Dhoni and Jadeja waited till the very end, and by that time the advantage was with Rajasthan. And all credit to Sandeep Sharma. He conceded two sixes (second and third balls), but then came back strongly. 7 runs were needed from 3 balls and CSK could manage only three singles.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

CSK still need 54 runs to win from 18 balls but MSD is not yet showing any urgency yet, trying to rotate the strike rather than going for the big hit. If he takes the team to victory from this stage it will be an incredible game plan, if not it will be an blunder.

40 runs were needed from the last 12 balls and in the end Chennai Super Kings lost by 3 runs. The slow start from both Ravindra Jadeja and Mahendra Singh Dhoni probably cost them the match. They should have shown a bit more urgency. Dhoni and Jadeja waited till the very end, and by that time the advantage was with Rajasthan. And all credit to Sandeep Sharma. He conceded two sixes (second and third balls), but then came back strongly. 7 runs were needed from 3 balls and CSK could manage only three singles.

A good match between RR and CSK  the target was a good one not difficult to chase but chennai super kings couldn't chase it due to RR balling  . They lost at the last minute due to weakness in their batting.