T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[YinShuiSiYuan]

CSK might reach something close to 175 thanks to Rayudu and Jadeja slowing down the scoring rate. GT has the upper hand unless they fall like dominoes against CSK's bowling lineup.

I want to change your prediction a little bit I want to see Mumbai Indians instead of LSG. Yes and CSK can clinch the trophy for the fifth time with a win against Mumbai Indians in the final match. This is entirely my own opinion.

This is another great prediction since it would basically imply battle of the legends. CSK vs MI always attracts a ton of attention globally which is why I wouldn't mind if these two teams played in the finals at all.

LSG is the dark horse throughout this season which is why I feel that they can make it to the finals somehow.

172 target given by Chennai Super Kings which is not a difficult one for teams life Gujarat Titans,  if Shubman Gill will stay longer on crease he'll chase this all Alone .CSK has to focus on their balling now if they want to continue their journey in IPL.

[Bitcoin_people]

Mumbai Indians finished the game and they scored 172 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. Excellent batting performance Mumbai Indians batsmen especially Ruturaj Gaikwad's style of play was very good. In today's match I thought Mumbai Indians will score 200 plus runs but it was not possible. Gujarat Titans bowlers bowled brilliantly and got wickets every one. In today's match, Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma both took two wickets and Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad and Darshan Nalkande took one wicket each. Both batting and bowling were to watch in today's match but now Gujarat Titans will start their innings. If Gujarat wins today's match, they must do well and score 173 runs to secure the semi-final.

[JSRAW]

So far not a good situation for Gujrat, they keep losing wickets and the required run rate only going up.

3d player Shankar and Ice man Tewatia are still there but 75 runs of 35 balls equation looks dicey.

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Lol Tewatia gone and i reckon match as well, unless some blinder inning comes to rescue in death overs.

[Tony116]

So far not a good situation for Gujrat, they keep losing wickets and the required run rate only going up.
3d player Shankar and Ice man Tewatia are still there but 75 runs of 35 balls equation looks dicey.
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Lol Tewatia gone and i reckon match as well, unless some blinder inning comes to rescue in death overs.

GT has only 2 wickets in hand. It is looking very hard for them to achieve a victory in this match against CSK. Right now they need 31 runs from 10 balls. That definitely seems impossible with only two wickets in hand.

CSK has performed reliably in this match so far. They would certainly like to close this match out with a comfortable win from now on. The target was not very big. The problem is GT has not been able to keep wickets in hand. They have lost wickets at regular intervals. And to be honest they technically only have one wicket left.

[romero121]

Qualifier 1 : Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans

Chennai Super Kings - 172/7
Gujarat Titans - 157

Chennai Super Kings won the match by 15 runs

GT won the toss and decided to bowl. CSK had good start, as the openers Gaikwad scored 60 runs and Conway scored 40 runs.
For Gujarat Titans Shami and Sharma took two wickets each with the best economy of 7 & 7.25 rpo.

With 172 as target Gujarat Titans started the innings. As usual it was Shubman Gill who scored 42 runs. Not much of runs came from batsman. At the end Rashid Khan was playing good and increased the pressure on CSK. Finally Deshpande took the wicket at 30 runs. Gujarat Titans ended the innings at 157 runs losing every wicket at the end of 20^th over.

[Litzki1990]

Today everyone's expectations were correct. CSK secured IPL 2023 final by defeating Gujarat Titans by 15 runs in today's match. How to win with a capital of only 172 runs is possible for Dhoni. Today I was watching Dhoni's captaincy in this match very carefully and he took wickets at the time when the team needed wickets through bowling changes.  The way he used the bowlers is undoubtedly commendable.  Those who watched today's complete match will surely appreciate Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy. Now it is to be seen which team will be the opponent of CSK. Three teams are still likely to be CSK's opponents in the final.

[Dimitri94]

Congratulations to Chennai Super Kings, as they reached the final with a win in Qualifier 1 and with this victory, the excitement among the IPL fans has also increased. Everyone had a different view of the team. MS Dhani didn't get more run today but under his leadership Chennai Super Kings once again made it to the final directly. There is a possibility of win IPL again to their name in this tournament.

Tomorrow's match is very important where two good teams Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians will fight. Can't say anyone can be the 2023 champion from two.

[Mahdirakib]

CSK has performed reliably in this match so far. They would certainly like to close this match out with a comfortable win from now on. The target was not very big. The problem is GT has not been able to keep wickets in hand. They have lost wickets at regular intervals. And to be honest they technically only have one wicket left.

Gujarat hasn't lost the match for continuously losing their wickets only. The top-order batsman played slowly, their strike rate wasn't enough to chase the target. Rashid Khan and Vijay Shankar (impact player) were the last hope for GT, but there was no hope for GT when their partnership was broken. Gujarat Titans had started this IPL season by winning against CSK, then they played like a king in the group stage matches. But they couldn't confirm the entry for the final yet by losing the first playoff against CSK.

[Popkon6]

Too bad for Gujarat Titans as the top of the points table lost the qualifier match. I think Chennai Super Kings went down as the opening batsmen but there was a chance of 1 wicket fall for 5 runs but due to Noball and Chennai Super Kings having the best batsman the wicket survived the fall. As a result, Chennai Super Kings managed to score more runs and Ruturaj managed to score the most runs in this match. Gujarati Titans felt failed in this place and the fall of wickets was high from the start due to which Gujarati Titans lost this match. And Chennai Super Kings enter the final with the chance to take on another third-placed team, Gujarat Titans.

[Tony116]

CSK has performed reliably in this match so far. They would certainly like to close this match out with a comfortable win from now on. The target was not very big. The problem is GT has not been able to keep wickets in hand. They have lost wickets at regular intervals. And to be honest they technically only have one wicket left.

Gujarat hasn't lost the match for continuously losing their wickets only. The top-order batsman played slowly, their strike rate wasn't enough to chase the target. Rashid Khan and Vijay Shankar (impact player) were the last hope for GT, but there was no hope for GT when their partnership was broken. Gujarat Titans had started this IPL season by winning against CSK, then they played like a king in the group stage matches. But they couldn't confirm the entry for the final yet by losing the first playoff against CSK.

fantastic , CSK was able to win the match by 15 runs in the end. I always thought that in this tournament GT is going to have the best chance of winning the IPL title. But now that has certainly changed. Right now I am thinking that CSK is the best team in this IPL season and they are going to win the IPL trophy.

I have to say that I agree with you on the fact that GT did not keep up with the required run rate. Only the strike rate of Rashid Khan was good in this match. Other than That everyone was average in this match from GT.

[fuguebtc]

Qualifier 1 : Chennai Super Kings vs Gujarat Titans
Chennai Super Kings - 172/7
Gujarat Titans - 157
Chennai Super Kings won the match by 15 runs

GT won the toss and decided to bowl. CSK had good start, as the openers Gaikwad scored 60 runs and Conway scored 40 runs.
For Gujarat Titans Shami and Sharma took two wickets each with the best economy of 7 & 7.25 rpo.

With 172 as target Gujarat Titans started the innings. As usual it was Shubman Gill who scored 42 runs. Not much of runs came from batsman. At the end Rashid Khan was playing good and increased the pressure on CSK. Finally Deshpande took the wicket at 30 runs. Gujarat Titans ended the innings at 157 runs losing every wicket at the end of 20^th over.

This was a little unexpected. That target was not certainly something that was not achievable by GT. If they started to keep up with the run rate I think they could have actually got the win. They actually have a good setup because if they can continue performing well from the top order they can rely on Rashid Khan to smash some in the end. But they have just put a little too much to do for the late order batsmen. And of course, they did not win. I will say this was actually a careless performance from Gujarat.

[Sithara007]

This was a little unexpected. That target was not certainly something that was not achievable by GT. If they started to keep up with the run rate I think they could have actually got the win. They actually have a good setup because if they can continue performing well from the top order they can rely on Rashid Khan to smash some in the end. But they have just put a little too much to do for the late order batsmen. And of course, they did not win. I will say this was actually a careless performance from Gujarat.

I have to agree. Hardik Pandya and the rest of the Gujarat players became a bit complacent after they managed to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 172/7. Perhaps they were expecting to chase a total of 180-200, and were surprised when they managed to pick some quick wickets towards the end. Gujarat Titans started quite slowly, and apart from Shubman Gill no one made any significant contributions. At the end of 10th over, the required run rate had already climbed to more than 10 runs per over. And the selection policy was confusing for GT. I don't understand why Dasun Shanaka was selected ahead of Josh Little. 

[pakhitheboss]

I have to agree. Hardik Pandya and the rest of the Gujarat players became a bit complacent after they managed to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 172/7. Perhaps they were expecting to chase a total of 180-200, and were surprised when they managed to pick some quick wickets towards the end. Gujarat Titans started quite slowly, and apart from Shubman Gill no one made any significant contributions. At the end of 10th over, the required run rate had already climbed to more than 10 runs per over. And the selection policy was confusing for GT. I don't understand why Dasun Shanaka was selected ahead of Josh Little. 

Pandya, Miller and Tewatia were the biggest flop yesterday. Each of them contributed a single digit to the scoreboard. 172 was not that easy under those humid condition to chase. Pandya after winning the toss got overconfident and choose to bowl first. In my opinion they should have batted first and defended the target. They still have a another chance but if MI win today then I won't be surprised if GT loses the match against them.

[Sithara007]

Pandya, Miller and Tewatia were the biggest flop yesterday. Each of them contributed a single digit to the scoreboard. 172 was not that easy under those humid condition to chase. Pandya after winning the toss got overconfident and choose to bowl first. In my opinion they should have batted first and defended the target. They still have a another chance but if MI win today then I won't be surprised if GT loses the match against them.

The rot started with the openers. They were too slow to begin with. None of the top-5 batsmen had a strike rate of more than 115, which was way below the required rate. In the end Rashid Khan tried to boost the scoring rate, but then it was too late. It surprises me that a team such as Gujarat, which tops the points table during the group phase struggled to score runs against ordinary bowlers like Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande and Maheesh Theekshana. Ravindra Jadeja had figures of 4-0-18-2, with an economy rate of 4.50.

[JSRAW]

Pandya, Miller and Tewatia were the biggest flop yesterday. Each of them contributed a single digit to the scoreboard. 172 was not that easy under those humid condition to chase. Pandya after winning the toss got overconfident and choose to bowl first. In my opinion they should have batted first and defended the target. They still have a another chance but if MI win today then I won't be surprised if GT loses the match against them.

Not sure if overconfident was the main reason as no one takes CSK that lightly. It was just a complete batting failure at a crucial time.

We all know Gujrat is a batting powerhouse and balanced team so call it an off day with the bat and it came against the Champion team.

[Sithara007]

Pandya, Miller and Tewatia were the biggest flop yesterday. Each of them contributed a single digit to the scoreboard. 172 was not that easy under those humid condition to chase. Pandya after winning the toss got overconfident and choose to bowl first. In my opinion they should have batted first and defended the target. They still have a another chance but if MI win today then I won't be surprised if GT loses the match against them.

Not sure if overconfident was the main reason as no one takes CSK that lightly. It was just a complete batting failure at a crucial time.

We all know Gujrat is a batting powerhouse and balanced team so call it an off day with the bat and it came against the Champion team.

It was surprising to see the top ranking team imploding against a sub-standard bowling attack being led by inexperienced youngsters such as Pathirana, Deshpande and Deepak Chahar. And I don't understand the point in sustaining with the 38-year old Wriddhiman Saha. He has scored a grand total of 26 runs in his last 4 innings. Ideally they should replace him with Srikar Bharat. And in case they can find another overseas slot, then Matthew Wade is going to be an excellent option. Bharat didn't got a single match in this season of the IPL so far.

[Bitcoin_people]

Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians, Eliminator match will be held at ma chidambaram stadium Chennai. The team that can win this match will go to the final match and they will play the final match against CSK. Mumbai Indians are the most likely to win today's match they can win the match. Today's match will see enough fight between both the very strong LSG and MI teams. And today's match will be confirmed only in the final. The betting rate of today's match is Lucknow Super Giants ×2.20 and Mumbai Indians ×1.67 so Mumbai Indians have more chance to win today's match.

[savetheFORUM]

CSK has performed reliably in this match so far. They would certainly like to close this match out with a comfortable win from now on. The target was not very big. The problem is GT has not been able to keep wickets in hand. They have lost wickets at regular intervals. And to be honest they technically only have one wicket left.

Gujarat hasn't lost the match for continuously losing their wickets only. The top-order batsman played slowly, their strike rate wasn't enough to chase the target. Rashid Khan and Vijay Shankar (impact player) were the last hope for GT, but there was no hope for GT when their partnership was broken. Gujarat Titans had started this IPL season by winning against CSK, then they played like a king in the group stage matches. But they couldn't confirm the entry for the final yet by losing the first playoff against CSK.

There is no doubt target was chase able but sadly GT batsmen were overconfident, and they lost wickets regularly which hurt them for achieving this at the end they lost this match by 15 runs Just Shubman Gill have better performance but here we must appreciate CSK bowling as well because they never allow GT batsmen to play freely or hit aggressively which also creates pressure on them Jadeja and Theekshana both were on target and keep things under control.

Rashid Khan tries again but sadly not able to hit the ball around the ground as he has done previously now they need to be calm and have better strategy for the next qualifier if they want to play the final second time in a row which is still possible.

[romero121]

CSK has performed reliably in this match so far. They would certainly like to close this match out with a comfortable win from now on. The target was not very big. The problem is GT has not been able to keep wickets in hand. They have lost wickets at regular intervals. And to be honest they technically only have one wicket left.

Gujarat hasn't lost the match for continuously losing their wickets only. The top-order batsman played slowly, their strike rate wasn't enough to chase the target. Rashid Khan and Vijay Shankar (impact player) were the last hope for GT, but there was no hope for GT when their partnership was broken. Gujarat Titans had started this IPL season by winning against CSK, then they played like a king in the group stage matches. But they couldn't confirm the entry for the final yet by losing the first playoff against CSK.

There is no doubt target was chase able but sadly GT batsmen were overconfident, and they lost wickets regularly which hurt them for achieving this at the end they lost this match by 15 runs Just Shubman Gill have better performance but here we must appreciate CSK bowling as well because they never allow GT batsmen to play freely or hit aggressively which also creates pressure on them Jadeja and Theekshana both were on target and keep things under control.

Rashid Khan tries again but sadly not able to hit the ball around the ground as he has done previously now they need to be calm and have better strategy for the next qualifier if they want to play the final second time in a row which is still possible.

It doesn't look like the team is over confident. It was the captaincy of MSD that made CSK win the match. In yesterday's match for each ball Dhoni used to give suggestions on the bowling point. It was Jadeja who exactly bowled on the point where Dhoni indicates. After 15 overs Gujarat Titans were 102/6 and the come back came from Rashid Khan's performance. Required 38 runs from 18 balls. Pathirana bowled really well and took the wicket of Rashid Khan which is the moment CSK got its pressure down. Until then the match was in favour of Gujarat Titans. A big win for CSK, because in the four matches played between the two this is the first match won by CSK.

[elevates]

Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians, Eliminator match will be held at ma chidambaram stadium Chennai. The team that can win this match will go to the final match and they will play the final match against CSK. Mumbai Indians are the most likely to win today's match they can win the match. Today's match will see enough fight between both the very strong LSG and MI teams. And today's match will be confirmed only in the final. The betting rate of today's match is Lucknow Super Giants ×2.20 and Mumbai Indians ×1.67 so Mumbai Indians have more chance to win today's match.

No, the team that wins today goes on to play with the loser of yesterday's match. In this case, the winner will have to play with GT on the 26th of this month. CSK is the only team that has secured its berth in the final. In total three teams LSG, MI & GT are still trying to secure their position in the finals. MI has started this season badly due to the poor form of their star batters. At the moment except for Rohit Sharma, every other batter is back in form. As usual a T20 match is hard to predict the same applies for this match too.