T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Sithara007]

Quite one-sided match between India and Nepal so far at the Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal have added 54/0 for India after 4 overs, with the Nepal bowlers (Sompal Kami and Dipendra Singh Airee getting the stick). And this is going to be a difficult ground for the spinners to bowl, because of the smaller boundaries. India would be targeting somewhere around 250. This is the first quarter-final in the tournament. Other matches are: Pakistan vs Hong Kong, Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan and Bangladesh vs Malaysia.

[JSRAW]

Quite one-sided match between India and Nepal so far at the Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal have added 54/0 for India after 4 overs, with the Nepal bowlers (Sompal Kami and Dipendra Singh Airee getting the stick). And this is going to be a difficult ground for the spinners to bowl, because of the smaller boundaries. India would be targeting somewhere around 250. This is the first quarter-final in the tournament. Other matches are: Pakistan vs Hong Kong, Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan and Bangladesh vs Malaysia.

Hehe, not loving it?  

Nepali batters were doing the exact same thing to the opposition in group matches, please ask poor Mongolia and Maldives. Jaiswal is going berserk but Ruturaj Gaikwad looking a bit rusty and uncomfortable. The scorecard would've been very different if he was also timing from the other end.

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3 quick wickets and the run rate is now below 10. No more 250, i guess.

[Sithara007]

3 quick wickets and the run rate is now below 10. No more 250, i guess.

Well... run-rate has now dipped below 10 runs per over. But then, Yashasvi Jaiswal is now batting on 93, and we can expect even more fireworks from him once he complete his century. 5 overs are remaining. If India can score at 15 runs per over, then they will end up at 220-225. But the Nepali spinners are doing a decent job at this point. Not just Sandeep Lamichhane, but also the part-timers such as Rohit Paudel and Dipendra Singh Airee. That said, India has a lot of depth down the order, with Rinku Singh and Sai Kishore yet to bat.

[JSRAW]

3 quick wickets and the run rate is now below 10. No more 250, i guess.

Well... run-rate has now dipped below 10 runs per over. But then, Yashasvi Jaiswal is now batting on 93, and we can expect even more fireworks from him once he complete his century. 5 overs are remaining. If India can score at 15 runs per over, then they will end up at 220-225. But the Nepali spinners are doing a decent job at this point. Not just Sandeep Lamichhane, but also the part-timers such as Rohit Paudel and Dipendra Singh Airee. That said, India has a lot of depth down the order, with Rinku Singh and Sai Kishore yet to bat.

There is some purchase for the bowlers if they focus on their line and length.

Apart from Jaiswal, literally, everyone struggled to time the ball. Tilak and Dubey are big hitters but Tilak got undone by a slow pitch and the latter is scoring but not according to his reputation. At least Rinku clicked today, his cameo coming at the right time. Nepal's fielding looks meh in this game with lots of misfields.

[Sithara007]

There is some purchase for the bowlers if they focus on their line and length.

Apart from Jaiswal, literally, everyone struggled to time the ball. Tilak and Dubey are big hitters but Tilak got undone by a slow pitch and the latter is scoring but not according to his reputation. At least Rinku clicked today, his cameo coming at the right time. Nepal's fielding looks meh in this game with lots of misfields.

Yeah.. agreed on Nepal fielding. They were pathetic and conceded at least 15-20 extra runs. With such a huge target, Nepal has virtually zero chances of winning the match and qualifying for the semis. They are at 73/2 after 10 overs and need 13 runs per over from now. Kushal Malla is at the crease with 28 from 19 balls so far. He is the one who scored the lighting-fast century against Mongolia. At this point, both the batsmen are struggling against Indian spinners (Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar).

[jasonjm]

India won the match quite comfortably. Yashasvi Jaiswal batted brilliantly for his 100, and a bit of fireworks from Rinku Singh at the end of the innings gave India a respectable target to defend. The Nepal team's fielding was not up to mark. Nepal's batter did get the start but was not able to convert it to a big score and lost wickets at regular intervals. Bishnoi was brilliant with bowel. Arshdeep looked vague today. Overall, a good performance from India and some positives for the Nepal team.

[Jateng]

India won the match quite comfortably. Yashasvi Jaiswal batted brilliantly for his 100, and a bit of fireworks from Rinku Singh at the end of the innings gave India a respectable target to defend. The Nepal team's fielding was not up to mark. Nepal's batter did get the start but was not able to convert it to a big score and lost wickets at regular intervals. Bishnoi was brilliant with bowel. Arshdeep looked vague today. Overall, a good performance from India and some positives for the Nepal team.

India qualifies for the Semis but Great fight by Nepal, Such a competitive team. Ruturaj Dube Tilak combined score was 52 which is a fine Contribution for his team. India posted 202/4 in 20 overs and won by 23 runs but let's not diminish the brave and courageous display by Nepal. Well played Nepal, Scoring 179/9 against strong team like india is a good achievement for Nepal. Avesh Khan shines with the ball 3/32 in four over and win for India. Nepal played good cricket in Asian games i think Nepal Bright future ahead and Great win for India.

[Vaskiy]

India won the match quite comfortably. Yashasvi Jaiswal batted brilliantly for his 100, and a bit of fireworks from Rinku Singh at the end of the innings gave India a respectable target to defend. The Nepal team's fielding was not up to mark. Nepal's batter did get the start but was not able to convert it to a big score and lost wickets at regular intervals. Bishnoi was brilliant with bowel. Arshdeep looked vague today. Overall, a good performance from India and some positives for the Nepal team.

India qualifies for the Semis but Great fight by Nepal, Such a competitive team. Ruturaj Dube Tilak combined score was 52 which is a fine Contribution for his team. India posted 202/4 in 20 overs and won by 23 runs but let's not diminish the brave and courageous display by Nepal. Well played Nepal, Scoring 179/9 against strong team like india is a good achievement for Nepal. Avesh Khan shines with the ball 3/32 in four over and win for India. Nepal played good cricket in Asian games i think Nepal Bright future ahead and Great win for India.

It doesn't look like an easy win for India. Nepal could've chased the target and won the match, if India have scored around 160-180 runs. India had the best batting line-up, from the opening order it was the players who had performed great in the IPL. Nepal competed well scoring 179/9 and no solid performance from the batters, but the scoring is good. Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi bowled well giving break at the right time. Anyhow Nepal team is going to be a tougher one in the upcoming big tournaments.

[Insanity]

India won the match quite comfortably. Yashasvi Jaiswal batted brilliantly for his 100, and a bit of fireworks from Rinku Singh at the end of the innings gave India a respectable target to defend. The Nepal team's fielding was not up to mark. Nepal's batter did get the start but was not able to convert it to a big score and lost wickets at regular intervals. Bishnoi was brilliant with bowel. Arshdeep looked vague today. Overall, a good performance from India and some positives for the Nepal team.

India qualifies for the Semis but Great fight by Nepal, Such a competitive team. Ruturaj Dube Tilak combined score was 52 which is a fine Contribution for his team. India posted 202/4 in 20 overs and won by 23 runs but let's not diminish the brave and courageous display by Nepal. Well played Nepal, Scoring 179/9 against strong team like india is a good achievement for Nepal. Avesh Khan shines with the ball 3/32 in four over and win for India. Nepal played good cricket in Asian games i think Nepal Bright future ahead and Great win for India.

You are right, it was not an easy task for Nepal to score 179 runs against the mighty India. It is clear from this match that how much the players of Nepal team have been able to change themselves. It is expected that there will be many more changes in front of the players of Nepal team and like other, other strong teams, Nepal team will also become a popular team at some point. In this match, however, the Nepalese team lost against the strong Indian team. Still I will say that Nepal team has performed well and showed a lot of courage in this match

[Sithara007]

It doesn't look like an easy win for India. Nepal could've chased the target and won the match, if India have scored around 160-180 runs. India had the best batting line-up, from the opening order it was the players who had performed great in the IPL. Nepal competed well scoring 179/9 and no solid performance from the batters, but the scoring is good. Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi bowled well giving break at the right time. Anyhow Nepal team is going to be a tougher one in the upcoming big tournaments.

Nepal can blame themselves. They conceded at least 10-15 runs from their misfields. Without this many runs, the Indian total would have been much smaller. And India was 179 at the end of 19th over. In the last over, Abinash Bohara conceded 23 runs. All these added up and resulted in a close defeat for them. If they want to catch the attention from the ICC, then they need to win against full member nations. Close defeats won't serve the purpose. I feel bad for Nepal players, but the truth is that they wasted an excellent opportunity today to get an upset win.

[Compromise me]

Asian Games men's T20 International 2nd quater final is being played between Pakistan and Hong Kong. Pakistan is playing is very well. Pakistan is strongest. If semi final will not play between India and Pakistan. There are most chances, the final of Asian Games will be between India and Pakistan. Now, Pakistan is playing well and  Pakistan score is 119 with fall of 7 wickets. Omair yousaf made 21 runs  with 21 balls. Asif Ali made 25 runs with 21 balls. Arafat made 23 runs in only 15 balls. If Pakistan give a target of 135 runs it will be very difficult for Hong Kong to chase this score. Pakistan bowling line up is very good and Pakistan can defend this score. Mohammed Ghuzanfer took 2 wickets by giving 13 runs in 3 overs.

[ThemePen]

Pakistan vs Hong Kong

Pakistan already played its turn and gave 161 runs target to Hong Kong team and Hong Kong is playing its turn and made 47 runs in 8 overs and lost 2 wickets and the current run rate is 5.87 and the require run rate is high that is 9.54. Hong Kong needs 112 runs on 68 balls. Situation is saying that Hong Kong will lose this match. Let's see.

[Juggy777]

Pakistan vs Hong Kong

Pakistan already played its turn and gave 161 runs target to Hong Kong team and Hong Kong is playing its turn and made 47 runs in 8 overs and lost 2 wickets and the current run rate is 5.87 and the require run rate is high that is 9.54. Hong Kong needs 112 runs on 68 balls. Situation is saying that Hong Kong will lose this match. Let's see.

@ThemePen Hong Kong played poorly and now they’ll lose this game and I sincerely felt that they had a slim chance of winning this game but they didn’t really take it. Also even though Pakistan will win this game I personally feel that they didn’t perform as per their usual standards and thus I hope that they’ll work on improving their performance for the upcoming games in this tournament.

[hafiztalha]

Pakistan vs Hong Kong

Pakistan already played its turn and gave 161 runs target to Hong Kong team and Hong Kong is playing its turn and made 47 runs in 8 overs and lost 2 wickets and the current run rate is 5.87 and the require run rate is high that is 9.54. Hong Kong needs 112 runs on 68 balls. Situation is saying that Hong Kong will lose this match. Let's see.

Now match is almost end few overs are left. This is there second quarter final match between Pakistan and Hong Kong. Hong Kong won toss and chose to bowl first. Pakistan batting performance was commendable and they give good target to Hong Kong team. Pakistan scored 160 runs in 20 overs by losing all wickets. Aamer Jamal show good performance and he scored 41 runs in 16 balls ( 2 fours and 4 sixes) and from bowler inning Khushdil Shah also give his best performance and took 3 wickets of Hong Kong team. All team of Hong Kong got out at 92 runs and few balls are remaining. Congratulations Pakistan won this match by 68 runs and also reached in Semi final of Asian Games series.

[Sithara007]

Two of the quarter-finals are now complete, and the other two are scheduled for tomorrow. The good news is that rain has stayed out for now. In the semis, India will be facing the winner from Bangladesh vs Malaysia match, while Pakistan will be facing the winner of Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan match. If India and Pakistan win their respective semi-final matches, then these two teams will face each other in the final match (scheduled for 7th October, at the Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field in Hangzhou). Just a reminder - Indian women have already won the gold medal in their category.

[cozytrade]

Pakistan team qualified for the semi-finals after winning by 68 runs against Hong Kong. Pakistan is a stronger team than Hong Kong. So the victory of this quarter final 2 matches belonged to the deserving Pakistan team. I think in this quarter final match Pakistan team performed better in bowling than batting. The bowlers of the Pakistan team put serious pressure on the batsmen of the Hong Kong team. The batsmen of the Hong Kong team were struggling to play the tough balls of the Pakistan team. The most surprising thing is that the bowlers of the Pakistan team did not allow any batsman of the Hong Kong team to cross 30 runs

[JSRAW]

There is some purchase for the bowlers if they focus on their line and length.

Apart from Jaiswal, literally, everyone struggled to time the ball. Tilak and Dubey are big hitters but Tilak got undone by a slow pitch and the latter is scoring but not according to his reputation. At least Rinku clicked today, his cameo coming at the right time. Nepal's fielding looks meh in this game with lots of misfields.

Yeah.. agreed on Nepal fielding. They were pathetic and conceded at least 15-20 extra runs. With such a huge target, Nepal has virtually zero chances of winning the match and qualifying for the semis. They are at 73/2 after 10 overs and need 13 runs per over from now. Kushal Malla is at the crease with 28 from 19 balls so far. He is the one who scored the lighting-fast century against Mongolia. At this point, both the batsmen are struggling against Indian spinners (Ravi Bishnoi and Washington Sundar).

Minus the fielding, their batting is undoubtedly improving. I did see some familiar faces so I guess they went with almost the same team as the Asia Cup.

Also, the pitch was okay-ish but the grounds are not good for international matches. At times boundaries felt way too small especially the square boundaries were like women's cricket level. They should have pushed the boundaries a bit, they had a fair amount of space so it wasn't the issue here.

[Webetcoins]

Pakistan team qualified for the semi-finals after winning by 68 runs against Hong Kong. Pakistan is a stronger team than Hong Kong. So the victory of this quarter final 2 matches belonged to the deserving Pakistan team. I think in this quarter final match Pakistan team performed better in bowling than batting. The bowlers of the Pakistan team put serious pressure on the batsmen of the Hong Kong team. The batsmen of the Hong Kong team were struggling to play the tough balls of the Pakistan team. The most surprising thing is that the bowlers of the Pakistan team did not allow any batsman of the Hong Kong team to cross 30 runs

Today we had both easy matches for the big giants of Asia with Pakistan beats minor Hong Kong and India beats Nepal which done good job with their batting which creates some good entertainment for the fans even ground conditions were not good for the game but now tomorrow we will have two more good matches with Bangladesh vs Malaysia and Sri Lanka going to face Afghanistan which could be good entertaining match for the fans.

With most chances we will have another India vs Pakistan final for the Gold Medal and for me India is favorite to win this competition because they have well-balanced side which can do much better against any team in this competition.

[Maheshkumar_Hrangkhawl]

There is a good chance that the final will be between India and Pakistan. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have sent second tier squads to the Asian Games, as the ODI World Cup is ongoing. For India and Pakistan, even their second tier squads are of good quality. But that is not the case with other teams. As things stand now, I believe that India will get the gold medal and Pakistan may end up with the silver medal.

[Cheema02]

Pakistan vs Hong Kong

Pakistan already played its turn and gave 161 runs target to Hong Kong team and Hong Kong is playing its turn and made 47 runs in 8 overs and lost 2 wickets and the current run rate is 5.87 and the require run rate is high that is 9.54. Hong Kong needs 112 runs on 68 balls. Situation is saying that Hong Kong will lose this match. Let's see.

Pakistan beat hong Kong by 68 runs and qualify for Semi final. Pakistan 160 runs in loss of all 10 wickets in 20 overs against Hong Kong Aamer Jamal 41 runs in just 16 balls, Arafat 25 also played a outstanding innings and Asif Ali 25 runs in 21 balla. Then Pakistan will able to set a 160 target. Hong Kong bowling is good Ayush picked up 4 wickets by giving 49 runs in 4 over and Ghazanfar Picked 3 wickets by giving 26 runs and Anas also bowling well picked up 2 important wicktes.
while chasing down the target Hong kong all out in 92 runs in 18.5 overs. Pakistan bowlers  bowling very well and get a convincing 68 runs victory for Pakistan courtesy of their spin attack claiming all 10 Hong Kong wickets. Khushdil Shah bowling amazing picked up 3 wicket by give only 10 runs in 3 overs making his mark as a bowler. If Pakistan continues this form surely they will win final of Asian Games.