T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Sithara007]

Two very important T20 matches are going to start in the next few minutes. In the first match, Multan Sultans will take on Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Karachi. Second match is between United Arab Emirates and Scotland, to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. PSL qualifier is perhaps the more important one out of these two. The match is going to be even-sided. I don't have much faith on the UAE and Scotland is likely to win the match easily.

[jasonjm]

Two very important T20 matches are going to start in the next few minutes. In the first match, Multan Sultans will take on Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Karachi. Second match is between United Arab Emirates and Scotland, to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. PSL qualifier is perhaps the more important one out of these two. The match is going to be even-sided. I don't have much faith on the UAE and Scotland is likely to win the match easily.

In the PSL qualifier, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and chose to bat first. Both the teams are very well balanced. I think Peshawar's bowling is weak and they should compensate for this by making an extra 20 or 30 runs. If Multan gets the wicket of Babar and Saim early in the inning, things will get difficult for Peshawar because the middle order of Zalmi is not performing up to their potential. If Peshawar gets to a total of 180 or above, they have a chance to win the match comfortably. If Peshawar gets the wickets of Usman Khan and Johnson Charles early, Multan won't be able to chase down the target because of qualifier pressure.

[Out of mind]

UAE vs Scotland is the third T20 match between the two teams and Scotland is batting in the first innings. Today's match will be very exciting as the two teams are currently tied with one goal each. Today's match is crucial for both the teams, and whoever succeeds in getting the win will go on to win the T20 series. UAE won the first T20I and Scotland won the second T20I, so today's match will be an exciting game between the two teams. Meanwhile, Scotland are batting brilliantly and if they manage to score 150 plus runs against the UAE then they are more likely to win. And in today's match if UAE can't do good bowling performance and can't improve its batting performance then maybe it will lose the match and lose the series. Scotland are currently 33 runs from 3 overs, the partnership between George Munsey and Brandon McMullen is great with the way they are batting and can produce huge scores.

[Sithara007]

There is an interesting article in Arabnews about the rising popularity of franchise T20 leagues.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2464696/amp

The most important observations are:

1. IPL remains the most popular league, with 505 million TV viewers across the globe
2. International League T20 has emerged as the second most popular one, surpassing BBL, CPL and PSL. 2024 edition attracted 161 million viewers
3. SA20 also managed to increase viewership in 2024. Majority of the viewers are from India.
4. For PSL, accurate numbers are not available

[Swordsoffreedom]

Two very important T20 matches are going to start in the next few minutes. In the first match, Multan Sultans will take on Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Karachi. Second match is between United Arab Emirates and Scotland, to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. PSL qualifier is perhaps the more important one out of these two. The match is going to be even-sided. I don't have much faith on the UAE and Scotland is likely to win the match easily.

In the PSL qualifier, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and chose to bat first. Both the teams are very well balanced. I think Peshawar's bowling is weak and they should compensate for this by making an extra 20 or 30 runs. If Multan gets the wicket of Babar and Saim early in the inning, things will get difficult for Peshawar because the middle order of Zalmi is not performing up to their potential. If Peshawar gets to a total of 180 or above, they have a chance to win the match comfortably. If Peshawar gets the wickets of Usman Khan and Johnson Charles early, Multan won't be able to chase down the target because of qualifier pressure.

Multan Sultans team has lost only 3 matches this season, but interestingly, they lost both of those matches against Peshawar Zalmi. Zalmi won the first match by 5 runs and Zalmi won the second match by just 4 runs. And in today's match also Zalmi won the toss and decided to bat. As Zalmi won by batting first in the last two matches against Multan Sultans.



But Peshawar Zalmi couldn't start well today, Peshawar Zalmi lost the wicket of Saim Ayub in the first over. Ayub returned to the dressing room after collecting only 1 run. After 3 overs Peshawar Zalmi collected 24 runs. Babar Azam and Mohammad Haris are batting now. Both are experienced batsmen of Pakistan national team. I guess Peshawar Zalmi team will give more than 180 target today.

[onecall123]

Two very important T20 matches are going to start in the next few minutes. In the first match, Multan Sultans will take on Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Karachi. Second match is between United Arab Emirates and Scotland, to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. PSL qualifier is perhaps the more important one out of these two. The match is going to be even-sided. I don't have much faith on the UAE and Scotland is likely to win the match easily.

In the PSL qualifier, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and chose to bat first. Both the teams are very well balanced. I think Peshawar's bowling is weak and they should compensate for this by making an extra 20 or 30 runs. If Multan gets the wicket of Babar and Saim early in the inning, things will get difficult for Peshawar because the middle order of Zalmi is not performing up to their potential. If Peshawar gets to a total of 180 or above, they have a chance to win the match comfortably. If Peshawar gets the wickets of Usman Khan and Johnson Charles early, Multan won't be able to chase down the target because of qualifier pressure.

Both teams have strong captains, so it should be an exciting match. The contest will mainly be between Babar Azam and Saim versus Rizwan and Usman. Usman Khan is the key player for Multan Sultans' top order as he has been performing consistently. With his power-hitting, Multan Sultans have a good chance of reaching their 4th PSL final.

Unfortunately, Saim Ayub dismissed early. However, Babar and Haris seem confident. Multan Sultans' bowlers need to stop them early to make control over them.

[Sithara007]

Scotland got themselves to a good start, but they wasted it. Charlie Tear is playing in test mode and so far he has scored 9 runs from 21 balls (that too in a T20I match). Reminds me of test legends such as Rahul Dravid, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Trevor Gripper. Those who tried to step up the scoring rate are back in the pavilion by now (George Munsey, Brandon McMullen and Richie Berrington). Oh.. just now Michael Leask was nabbed by Basil Hameed and that means that Scotland are in deep trouble at 59/4. 

[Cheema02]

UAE vs Scotland is the third T20 match between the two teams and Scotland is batting in the first innings. Today's match will be very exciting as the two teams are currently tied with one goal each. Today's match is crucial for both the teams, and whoever succeeds in getting the win will go on to win the T20 series. UAE won the first T20I and Scotland won the second T20I, so today's match will be an exciting game between the two teams. Meanwhile, Scotland are batting brilliantly and if they manage to score 150 plus runs against the UAE then they are more likely to win. And in today's match if UAE can't do good bowling performance and can't improve its batting performance then maybe it will lose the match and lose the series.

In Final T20 match United Arab Emirates won the toss and decided to bowl first Scotland are very difficult conditions lost thier4 wickets in just 59 runs in 11th over of the match. United Arab Emirates bowling performance is amazing in this match especially Basil Hameed who picked 2 important wickets by just giving only 9 runs. I think its very difficult for Scotland to score a big total after lossing 4 wickets.

[CryptoBuds]

Two very important T20 matches are going to start in the next few minutes. In the first match, Multan Sultans will take on Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Karachi. Second match is between United Arab Emirates and Scotland, to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. PSL qualifier is perhaps the more important one out of these two. The match is going to be even-sided. I don't have much faith on the UAE and Scotland is likely to win the match easily.

In the PSL qualifier, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and chose to bat first. Both the teams are very well balanced. I think Peshawar's bowling is weak and they should compensate for this by making an extra 20 or 30 runs. If Multan gets the wicket of Babar and Saim early in the inning, things will get difficult for Peshawar because the middle order of Zalmi is not performing up to their potential. If Peshawar gets to a total of 180 or above, they have a chance to win the match comfortably. If Peshawar gets the wickets of Usman Khan and Johnson Charles early, Multan won't be able to chase down the target because of qualifier pressure.

Multan Sultans team has lost only 3 matches this season, but interestingly, they lost both of those matches against Peshawar Zalmi. Zalmi won the first match by 5 runs and Zalmi won the second match by just 4 runs. And in today's match also Zalmi won the toss and decided to bat. As Zalmi won by batting first in the last two matches against Multan Sultans.



But Peshawar Zalmi couldn't start well today, Peshawar Zalmi lost the wicket of Saim Ayub in the first over. Ayub returned to the dressing room after collecting only 1 run. After 3 overs Peshawar Zalmi collected 24 runs. Babar Azam and Mohammad Haris are batting now. Both are experienced batsmen of Pakistan national team. I guess Peshawar Zalmi team will give more than 180 target today.

Peshawar Zalmi provided big targets against Multan Sultans in the previous two matches. The team set a target of 180 runs in the first match and 205 runs in the second match. Even then Peshawar Zalmi won by a very narrow margin.

Peshawar Zalmi batsmen batting very slow in today's match. They cannot bat well. Peshawar Zalmi's collection is only 88 runs in 12 overs. Their average collection is less than 7 per over. Babar Azam remains unbeaten with 41 runs from 37 balls. He is batting very slow. I would say Peshawar Zalmi will not win today's match if they give a target of less than 170. Multan Sultans batting order is quite strong. Rizwan and Usman Khan are in good form.

[Popkon6]

Two very important T20 matches are going to start in the next few minutes. In the first match, Multan Sultans will take on Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Karachi. Second match is between United Arab Emirates and Scotland, to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. PSL qualifier is perhaps the more important one out of these two. The match is going to be even-sided. I don't have much faith on the UAE and Scotland is likely to win the match easily.

In the PSL qualifier, Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and chose to bat first. Both the teams are very well balanced. I think Peshawar's bowling is weak and they should compensate for this by making an extra 20 or 30 runs. If Multan gets the wicket of Babar and Saim early in the inning, things will get difficult for Peshawar because the middle order of Zalmi is not performing up to their potential. If Peshawar gets to a total of 180 or above, they have a chance to win the match comfortably. If Peshawar gets the wickets of Usman Khan and Johnson Charles early, Multan won't be able to chase down the target because of qualifier pressure.

Multan Sultans team has lost only 3 matches this season, but interestingly, they lost both of those matches against Peshawar Zalmi. Zalmi won the first match by 5 runs and Zalmi won the second match by just 4 runs. And in today's match also Zalmi won the toss and decided to bat. As Zalmi won by batting first in the last two matches against Multan Sultans.



But Peshawar Zalmi couldn't start well today, Peshawar Zalmi lost the wicket of Saim Ayub in the first over. Ayub returned to the dressing room after collecting only 1 run. After 3 overs Peshawar Zalmi collected 24 runs. Babar Azam and Mohammad Haris are batting now. Both are experienced batsmen of Pakistan national team. I guess Peshawar Zalmi team will give more than 180 target today.

Peshawar Zalmi provided big targets against Multan Sultans in the previous two matches. The team set a target of 180 runs in the first match and 205 runs in the second match. Even then Peshawar Zalmi won by a very narrow margin.

Peshawar Zalmi batsmen batting very slow in today's match. They cannot bat well. Peshawar Zalmi's collection is only 88 runs in 12 overs. Their average collection is less than 7 per over. Babar Azam remains unbeaten with 41 runs from 37 balls. He is batting very slow. I would say Peshawar Zalmi will not win today's match if they give a target of less than 170. Multan Sultans batting order is quite strong. Rizwan and Usman Khan are in good form.

Babar Azam entered the field as the opening batsman and he is still performing well in the field. Although he stands at the crease and has three fielders as his partnership, three players are out. So the number of wickets was high at the start of the game but now the current partnership, Babar Azam and Kohler Cadmore are performing very well. Since in the matches, Peshwar Zalmi has won, so today's message is very likely to win. Multan Sultan team players are not led by skillful players, but Babur Azam can lead his team to the winning end with the right direction.

[Nalain420]

Two very important T20 matches are going to start in the next few minutes. In the first match, Multan Sultans will take on Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Karachi. Second match is between United Arab Emirates and Scotland, to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. PSL qualifier is perhaps the more important one out of these two. The match is going to be even-sided. I don't have much faith on the UAE and Scotland is likely to win the match easily.

Today match is the between Peshawar zalmi and Quetta gladitors. Peshawar zalmi won the toss and elected batting. Quetta gladitors bowler out the Peshawar zalmi batsman in the last ball of the 1 over. This is the first achievement for Quetta gladitors bowler. This is the bad started for Peshawar zalmi batsman. Peshawar zalmi batsman makes 24 run in 3 over and 1 out. Once time again Quetta gladitors bowler out the Peshawar zalmi batsman in the last ball of the 6 over. This is the second achievement for Quetta gladitors bowler. Peshawar zalmi batsman makes 57 run in 8 over and 3 outs. Peshawar zalmi batsman are not working hard and struggle and can not make run. Now let's see how many runs Peshawar Zalmi's batsmen can score and let's see if Quetta Gladiators' batsmen can achieve this target or not.

[Swordsoffreedom]

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Babar Azam entered the field as the opening batsman and he is still performing well in the field. Although he stands at the crease and has three fielders as his partnership, three players are out. So the number of wickets was high at the start of the game but now the current partnership, Babar Azam and Kohler Cadmore are performing very well. Since in the matches, Peshwar Zalmi has won, so today's message is very likely to win. Multan Sultan team players are not led by skillful players, but Babur Azam can lead his team to the winning end with the right direction.

I was very disappointed with the batting of Peshawar Zalmi batsmen today. I expected to see a big score in today's match. But from the beginning of the innings, the batsmen of Peshawar Zalmi were very slow. Babar Azam collected 46 runs but his strike rate was only 109. Besides, no other batsman can bat well.


Source: Espncricinfo

Peshawar Zalmi gave the target only 146 runs in 20 overs. Peshawar Zalmi collected only 3 runs in the last over. I don't expect to see such bad batting today. It cannot be called a big target. Peshawar Zalmi's batsmen batted better in the last two matches against Multan Sultans. However, Peshawar Zalmi still has a chance to win if the bowlers bowl well. But at the moment Multan Sultans have the highest chances of winning.

[hafiztalha]

Today match is the between Peshawar zalmi and Quetta gladitors. Peshawar zalmi won the toss and elected batting. Quetta gladitors bowler out the Peshawar zalmi batsman in the last ball of the 1 over. This is the first achievement for Quetta gladitors bowler. This is the bad started for Peshawar zalmi batsman. Peshawar zalmi batsman makes 24 run in 3 over and 1 out. Once time again Quetta gladitors bowler out the Peshawar zalmi batsman in the last ball of the 6 over. This is the second achievement for Quetta gladitors bowler. Peshawar zalmi batsman makes 57 run in 8 over and 3 outs. Peshawar zalmi batsman are not working hard and struggle and can not make run. Now let's see how many runs Peshawar Zalmi's batsmen can score and let's see if Quetta Gladiators' batsmen can achieve this target or not.

Very poor batting lineup of Peshawar Zalmi team in this 1 st qualifier team and their lineup was ended recently and all overs were batted and total gave 146 runs target by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. This game was held on National Stadium Karachi and Peshawar Zalmi team won toss and they chose bat first and gave a bowling chance to Multan Sultan team. First Opener batsman S.Ayub showed very disappointing effort and from his side this effort was not expected. S.Ayyub made only one run. Other opener batsman B.Azam batted well and scored 46 runs in 42 balls with five 4s. T.Cadmore also scored 24 runs and this effort was better than other players effort. Now, Multan Sultan batting is continuing and their players made 9 runs in 1 st over and they started this game very good effort.

[ZAINmalik75]

United Arab Emirates vs Scotland

The previous day we discussed the second match between UAE and Scotland, today we are going to discuss the third i.e. the last T20 match between these two teams. We saw that in the second T20 match UAE wanted to bat with the target, which is why they sent Scotland in to bat first. Scotland did not score many runs in that match but they defeated the UAE by just nine runs due to their brilliant bowling performance which leveled the series 1-1.

Well I taught it gona be tough match and United arab emirates will show thier strength but unfortunately they really gonna this important match, to be honest I am really shocked with UAE performance because they lose eighth wicket on 48 runs with a 5 golden duck 🦆 (OMG) dismissal and the more important batters from thier lineup giveaway his wickets before adding significant contribution which is quite disappointed, this defeat will not only damage them in current match but in entire series because thier opponent Scotland will get dominance over them after got victory and will take a lead by 2-1. Anyway UAE should work on Thier weak zone inorder to level thier opponent and survive in cricket world

[Nalain420]

Scotland got themselves to a good start, but they wasted it. Charlie Tear is playing in test mode and so far he has scored 9 runs from 21 balls (that too in a T20I match). Reminds me of test legends such as Rahul Dravid, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Trevor Gripper. Those who tried to step up the scoring rate are back in the pavilion by now (George Munsey, Brandon McMullen and Richie Berrington). Oh.. just now Michael Leask was nabbed by Basil Hameed and that means that Scotland are in deep trouble at 59/4. 

Scotland batsmen could not work hard and struggle and could not score runs and give difficult targets.  Their batsmen did not play the match with interest and did not perform well.  Their batsmen gave a target of just 94 in their 20 over innings.  Which is a very easy target.  UAE team needs 47 runs off 47 balls to win the match.  Their batsmen are also not performance well.  In the end let's see what the result is.I think so.  That today's match will be won by the Scottish team.  Because their bowlers are working hard and struggle.

[Bd officer]

Scotland got themselves to a good start, but they wasted it. Charlie Tear is playing in test mode and so far he has scored 9 runs from 21 balls (that too in a T20I match). Reminds me of test legends such as Rahul Dravid, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Trevor Gripper. Those who tried to step up the scoring rate are back in the pavilion by now (George Munsey, Brandon McMullen and Richie Berrington). Oh.. just now Michael Leask was nabbed by Basil Hameed and that means that Scotland are in deep trouble at 59/4. 

Scotland batsmen could not work hard and struggle and could not score runs and give difficult targets.  Their batsmen did not play the match with interest and did not perform well.  Their batsmen gave a target of just 94 in their 20 over innings.  Which is a very easy target.  UAE team needs 47 runs off 47 balls to win the match.  Their batsmen are also not performance well.  In the end let's see what the result is.I think so.  That today's match will be won by the Scottish team.  Because their bowlers are working hard and struggle.

United Arab Emirates could not chase down an easy target of 95 runs due to the failure of the batsmen. In this case, the bowling of both the teams did very well, but the batsmen of both the teams could not do well. Scotland were all out for 94 runs. 95 from 120 balls was very easy, but United Arab Emirates were all out for 62 runs. If the UAE batsmen could have been patient and batted till the end, they could have won. Scotland's bowlers performed very well, dismissing the UAE batsmen quickly and putting them under pressure. Scotland's bowlers are truly admirable. In the end, United Arab Emirates could not win the series at their home ground. Congratulations to Scotland for winning the series.

[ZAINmalik75]

Peshawar Zalmi gave the target only 146 runs in 20 overs. Peshawar Zalmi collected only 3 runs in the last over. I don't expect to see such bad batting today. It cannot be called a big target. Peshawar Zalmi's batsmen batted better in the last two matches against Multan Sultans. However, Peshawar Zalmi still has a chance to win if the bowlers bowl well. But at the moment Multan Sultans have the highest chances of winning.

Peshawar zalmi has shown worst batting performance and I think early dismissal of thier oppner game changer Saim Ayub become the Turing point of Peshawar zalmi because mostly saim done huge damage especially in power play that release huge pressure from thier partner baber Azam and provide him little bit room so that he can show his magic while execute huge pressure on Thier opponent bowler. Anyway pitch were quite tricky and provide huge turn that's why most of classy batters feel trouble while facing and that's why unfortunately they unable to hit 200 mark which will be I think decent target for thier bowling. While if we have a look at opponent score board where Yasir khan give them perfect start and then later the way iftikhar chachu finish the game was phenomenal. Hope Peshawar will manage thier way to the final to face Multan again and took his revenge

[DanWalker]

Today match is the between Peshawar zalmi and Quetta gladitors. Peshawar zalmi won the toss and elected batting. Quetta gladitors bowler out the Peshawar zalmi batsman in the last ball of the 1 over. This is the first achievement for Quetta gladitors bowler. This is the bad started for Peshawar zalmi batsman. Peshawar zalmi batsman makes 24 run in 3 over and 1 out. Once time again Quetta gladitors bowler out the Peshawar zalmi batsman in the last ball of the 6 over. This is the second achievement for Quetta gladitors bowler. Peshawar zalmi batsman makes 57 run in 8 over and 3 outs. Peshawar zalmi batsman are not working hard and struggle and can not make run. Now let's see how many runs Peshawar Zalmi's batsmen can score and let's see if Quetta Gladiators' batsmen can achieve this target or not.

Very poor batting lineup of Peshawar Zalmi team in this 1 st qualifier team and their lineup was ended recently and all overs were batted and total gave 146 runs target by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. This game was held on National Stadium Karachi and Peshawar Zalmi team won toss and they chose bat first and gave a bowling chance to Multan Sultan team. First Opener batsman S.Ayub showed very disappointing effort and from his side this effort was not expected. S.Ayyub made only one run. Other opener batsman B.Azam batted well and scored 46 runs in 42 balls with five 4s. T.Cadmore also scored 24 runs and this effort was better than other players effort. Now, Multan Sultan batting is continuing and their players made 9 runs in 1 st over and they started this game very good effort.

In the end, it was an easy win for Multan Sultan. The target was not big and they were able to reach the target quite easily and with time to spare. They won by 7 wickets in hand and they also had 9 balls left. Babar Azam needed to score a lot more quicker than he did. If a could get 60 with the same amount of balls it could have created a butterfly effect with which they could have ended up getting a bigger score. But that did not happen. Multan Sultan did not have any problem reaching the target and in the end, Iftikhar Ahmed finished things off in style. This puts Multan Sultan in the 1st position and Peshawar on 2nd

[ThemePen]

Peshawar zalmi has shown worst batting performance and I think early dismissal of thier oppner game changer Saim Ayub become the Turing point of Peshawar zalmi because mostly saim done huge damage especially in power play that release huge pressure from thier partner baber Azam and provide him little bit room so that he can show his magic while execute huge pressure on Thier opponent bowler. Anyway pitch were quite tricky and provide huge turn that's why most of classy batters feel trouble while facing and that's why unfortunately they unable to hit 200 mark which will be I think decent target for thier bowling. While if we have a look at opponent score board where Yasir khan give them perfect start and then later the way iftikhar chachu finish the game was phenomenal. Hope Peshawar will manage thier way to the final to face Multan again and took his revenge

Yes you are right Peshawar Zalmi didn't do well in batting during last match. When Saim Ayub got out earlier it really affected team. Saim Ayub was good in previous matches especially in beginning of match. Pitch conditions were tough which made it hard for good batters to score much runs. By the way it will be interesting to see if Peshawar Zalmi will come back and reach final to play against Multan again. So let's see.

[Fuso.hp]

United Arab Emirates won the first T20I to take the series, but Scotland won the second T20I by nine runs to level the series at 1-1. Although the target was 122 runs for UAE, they could not chase down this easy target to win. Against Scotland, the United Arab Emirates were bowled out for just 112 runs, which resulted in the defeat of the United Arab Emirates after coming very close to winning this match. The third and final T20 match of the series is the final match and series decider for the two teams. The team that wins the last match will win the T20 series.

In my point of view the United Arab Emirates missed a great opportunity to win the T20 series against Scotland by failing to chase down a relatively low target of 122 runs. It was really disappointing to see them fall short in such a crucial match after coming so close to victory. And in the final match I really hope they will bounce back and try to win the series.  They should learn from their mistakes and should come back stronger in the final match.

In the third and final T20 match, UAE performed worse against Scotland and in the last match, UAE lost the series to Scotland with the worst performance. Scotland scored 90 plus runs against UAE in the first innings and got all out at that time it seemed that UAE would win easily but in the second innings we saw the opposite. United Arab Emirates were bowled out for just 62 runs as the Middle Eastern nation lost the T20 series against Scotland in a comfortable match.