T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

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Punjab Kings won by four wickets against Delhi Capitals in the second match of Indian Premier League today. Today's second match was a very tight match. In today's match, both the teams have given a very interesting match to the cricket lovers. I am very happy to enjoy this match today. However, if the bowlers of Delhi Capitals could have tried a little better in this match, then the result of this match could have turned around. In my opinion Delhi Capitals bowlers should have been more responsible to make something different in this match. Anyway congratulations to both teams for putting up a great match.

[JSRAW]

This is first time I saw wk talk this much, wow Rishabh Pant you are making DC feel lively. It's good to see passionate Punjab crowd as well.

I also have a question, I heard commentator saying something along the lines, "Kuldeep making batsman go for false shot" — what do they mean by that? And how does bowler do that?

It's more like a hit and miss case.

For example, if any batter tries any shot like cover drive, hook, pull etc and goes with his/her usual body motion but gets beaten by not picking bowlers or only manages to get an outside-inside edge to cover, slip etc. From a batting perspective, the fewer false percentage shots, the better. It's the opposite for bowlers, the more you make the batter to commit false shots against you, the better.

[libert19]

Quick meme idea the very moment I saw SRH team caps,

[MusaPk]

Finally IPL is underway and today is second day of IPL 2024. Kolkata Night Riders batting against Hyderabad at the moment and things not looking good for KKR. After end of 9 overs, KKR have scored 66 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. The opener Phil Salt is still on the crease, he has smashed three 6s so far. The score prediction for KKR is 170 runs but if they keep losing wickets like that then its unlikely that may cross 150 runs.

[Haunebu]

Punjab ended up comfortably winning against DC as expected though Livingstone got a life in between which ended up becoming the game-changing moment of the match if you ask me.

Also, SRH is fielding really well and taking wickets regularly, but they are giving away a lot of runs. Am still expecting them to win. Let's see what happens.

[Bitcoin Smith]

This is first time I saw wk talk this much, wow Rishabh Pant you are making DC feel lively. It's good to see passionate Punjab crowd as well.

I also have a question, I heard commentator saying something along the lines, "Kuldeep making batsman go for false shot" — what do they mean by that? And how does bowler do that?

It's more like a hit and miss case.

In IPL, most of the players are not really keen on reading the ball from the release or off the pitch they just want to slog it over the fence everytime. Some players get success too with this technique by dancing down the track and not letting the ball to speak while few masterclass spinners use this as an advantage to keep taking wickets. This is why Rashid khan is deadly bowler in T20 but less effective in longer formats of cricket.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Kolkata team collected 200+ runs for the first time in this year's IPL with Andre Russel's stormy innings. It seems incredible to me that Calcutta has such a large collection today. Because at the end of 15 overs, Kolkata's collection was only 123 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. I thought Kolkata would give a target of 160-170 maybe today.


Source: Espncricinfo

Apart from Phil Salt, the four batsmen in Kolkata's top order batted very badly. Salt collected 54 runs from 40 balls. Rashdeep Singh played an excellent innings of 35 off 17 balls. And Russell's innings was impressive. Russel was unbeaten by collecting 65 runs from just 25 balls. Russel hit 7 over boundaries. In the end, the Kolkata team managed to provide a target of 209 runs.

[Fuso.hp]

Kolkata Knight Riders quickly lost 6 wickets on the score board still runs are very less but Kolkata Knight Riders have no problem because Kolkata Knight Riders have Andre Russell. Since the beginning, this Caribbean star has been one of the mainstays of Kolkata Knight Riders and has been playing regularly for Kolkata Knight Riders as an auto choice. Today, when the team was in trouble and the runs were very few, the West Indies star played a devastating innings, scoring 68 runs from just 25 balls to take Kolkata's total to 208.  

While going from 170 runs to 180 runs was a difficult task for Kolkata, Kolkata reached the 2008 runs thanks to the brilliant batting of the Caribbean star. I hope that Kolkata will win the run that Kolkata has scored.

[tsaroz]

On the 2nd match of the IPL, Punjab Kings chased the target of 175 set by Delhi Capitals. The chase was close at it took them till the last over. Sam Curran singly made 63 for Punjab Kings making him the man of the match. And with this both match played on the IPL this season has ended up as a win for the chasing team.
The third one seems to be a difficult to chase though. Kolkata Knight Riders batting first set a target of 209 for Sunrisers Hyderabad, a first 200+ in this season. Phil Salt and Andre Russell made fifties for KKR. Andre Russel with a strike rate of over 250. A good bowling spell and he'll be the hero for KKR tonight.

[Out of mind]

In the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad match, the Kolkata team collected 208 runs by batting in the first innings. In today's match Kolkata team's batsmen two players have performed exceptionally well due to which they managed to get a huge score. Salt and Russell's superb half-centuries put Kolkata in the lead, and they have a chance to win today. But at the moment Sunrise Hyderabad are batting, and they are in great form and if they can hold on till the last minute then victory is possible. If Sunrise Hyderabad has not lost any wicket at that moment, then if they continue to play, they may be able to meet the target of 209 runs. And today's score made by Kolkata is very difficult for Hyderabad to meet this target, so they have to play well, otherwise victory is not possible. Abhishek Sharma and Mayank Agarwal are the two batsmen battling it out for Hyderabad, and they are having a great batting performance at the moment, still needing 187 runs to win.

[BALIK]

Kolkata team collected 200+ runs for the first time in this year's IPL with Andre Russel's stormy innings. It seems incredible to me that Calcutta has such a large collection today. Because at the end of 15 overs, Kolkata's collection was only 123 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. I thought Kolkata would give a target of 160-170 maybe today.


Source: Espncricinfo

Apart from Phil Salt, the four batsmen in Kolkata's top order batted very badly. Salt collected 54 runs from 40 balls. Rashdeep Singh played an excellent innings of 35 off 17 balls. And Russell's innings was impressive. Russel was unbeaten by collecting 65 runs from just 25 balls. Russel hit 7 over boundaries. In the end, the Kolkata team managed to provide a target of 209 runs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad team is batting at a big target. But the pitch is completely batting friendly. Although the target is big, it is not impossible to win by batting on this target. And Hyderabad's two openers are playing to win.

Hyderabad's two openers Abhishek Sharma and Agarwal got off to a good start. Hyderabad collected 58 runs in 5 overs of power play without losing any wicket. Abhishek remained unbeaten with 23 runs from 12 balls and Agarwal with 30 runs from 18 balls. Hyderabad team needs to score 151 runs off 90 balls to win. Sunrisers Hyderabad can easily collect 151 runs in 90 balls if they do not lose quick wickets.

[wiss19]

Kolkata team collected 200+ runs for the first time in this year's IPL with Andre Russel's stormy innings. It seems incredible to me that Calcutta has such a large collection today. Because at the end of 15 overs, Kolkata's collection was only 123 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. I thought Kolkata would give a target of 160-170 maybe today.


Source: Espncricinfo

Apart from Phil Salt, the four batsmen in Kolkata's top order batted very badly. Salt collected 54 runs from 40 balls. Rashdeep Singh played an excellent innings of 35 off 17 balls. And Russell's innings was impressive. Russel was unbeaten by collecting 65 runs from just 25 balls. Russel hit 7 over boundaries. In the end, the Kolkata team managed to provide a target of 209 runs.

Third game of this season we are having good aggressive approach from the KKR with just two batsmen done good job, and we have first 200+ in this season with we have two winners those chase the target and win the match now hopefully we will have first game which is going to win by with having set target to chase.

Phil Salt done good job and give good foundation to team with at the end we have good response from the Andre Russell who hit 64 from the 25 balls and things gone favorable for the KKR in this first game now we have Michel Starc who is going to start proceedings for the KKR against the SRH hopefully we will have good entertaining cricket from these both teams after having good win for the Kings in early game of the day.

[Bd officer]

Namibia vs Zimbabwe

Mens African Games Final Match Namibia vs Zimbabwe. Namibia won the toss and elected to bat. Namibia collected 113 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted overs. A target of 113 runs in the T20 format was not enough to win. Zimbabwe easily won by 8 wickets in 14.5 overs. Tadiwanashe Marumani batted brilliantly for Zimbabwe, scoring 58 off 40 balls. Anyway Zimbabwe team won in the end with a great performance. Congratulations to the Zimbabwe team.

[Fuso.hp]

Kolkata team collected 200+ runs for the first time in this year's IPL with Andre Russel's stormy innings. It seems incredible to me that Calcutta has such a large collection today. Because at the end of 15 overs, Kolkata's collection was only 123 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. I thought Kolkata would give a target of 160-170 maybe today.


Source: Espncricinfo

Apart from Phil Salt, the four batsmen in Kolkata's top order batted very badly. Salt collected 54 runs from 40 balls. Rashdeep Singh played an excellent innings of 35 off 17 balls. And Russell's innings was impressive. Russel was unbeaten by collecting 65 runs from just 25 balls. Russel hit 7 over boundaries. In the end, the Kolkata team managed to provide a target of 209 runs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad team is batting at a big target. But the pitch is completely batting friendly. Although the target is big, it is not impossible to win by batting on this target. And Hyderabad's two openers are playing to win.

Hyderabad's two openers Abhishek Sharma and Agarwal got off to a good start. Hyderabad collected 58 runs in 5 overs of power play without losing any wicket. Abhishek remained unbeaten with 23 runs from 12 balls and Agarwal with 30 runs from 18 balls. Hyderabad team needs to score 151 runs off 90 balls to win. Sunrisers Hyderabad can easily collect 151 runs in 90 balls if they do not lose quick wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders have given the highest target to the opponent in all the matches of this season of IPL the target is 209 runs for Sunrisers Hyderabad. With a target of 209 runs, the way SRH are batting, it looks like they will reach the target with few overs in hand.At the end of the power play SRH managed to score 65 runs losing only 1 wicket. 65 runs in the first six overs is certainly a great start for any team. 
SRH has made such a great start. If the two batsmen who are currently on the wicket are able to bat in a more aggressive manner and put some more runs on the score board, Sunrisers Hyderabad will have a great chance of winning this match.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Russell the Musle posted a score that resembles the tag and he is been doing this in his franchise matches as well as for WI in the recent past.

SRH is looking very strong unit with the batting and they also started with 10 runs and over which is on par with the required run.

But chasing big target always has its thing, so just enjoy the pure entertainment of the remaining overs.

[rojan]

In the final match of the Mens African Games, Zimbabwe won the title with an eight-wicket win over Namibia. In today's final match, Namibia won the toss and batted first and gave the Zimbabwe team a target of 114 runs after completing the game of 20 overs. I think the target of 114 runs was not reliable for Namibia to win against Zimbabwe in this final match. One can never expect to win a match with such a small target. Still, Zimbabwe is a much stronger team than Namibia and to compete with a stronger team, Namibia should have set a bigger run target. If Namibia could have given the Zimbabwe team a bigger target and if the bowling line could have performed better, this final match would have been a tough contest.

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Russell the Musle posted a score that resembles the tag and he is been doing this in his franchise matches as well as for WI in the recent past.

SRH is looking very strong unit with the batting and they also started with 10 runs and over which is on par with the required run.

But chasing big target always has its thing, so just enjoy the pure entertainment of the remaining overs.

The guy Andre Russell is a monster And today he showed his strength against Sunrisers Hyderabad. But it seems sunrisers Hyderabad are also doing good after 8 over they  took 78 run and there current rate is 9.48 and the required run rate  is over 11. If you look at the run worm then we will find that sunrisers Hyderabad is doing good from Kolkata Knight riders. If the continue like this I think in this match the winner will be sunrisers Hyderabad.

[Minor Miner]

Russell the Musle posted a score that resembles the tag and he is been doing this in his franchise matches as well as for WI in the recent past.

SRH is looking very strong unit with the batting and they also started with 10 runs and over which is on par with the required run.

But chasing big target always has its thing, so just enjoy the pure entertainment of the remaining overs.

The guy Andre Russell is a monster And today he showed his strength against Sunrisers Hyderabad. But it seems sunrisers Hyderabad are also doing good after 8 over they  took 78 run and there current rate is 9.48 and the required run rate  is over 11. If you look at the run worm then we will find that sunrisers Hyderabad is doing good from Kolkata Knight riders. If the continue like this I think in this match the winner will be sunrisers Hyderabad.

At the end of 10 overs, Kolkata's collection was 77 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. Kolkata could not start the innings well. Kolkata's top order players did not perform well. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad's top order is batting very well. At the end of 10 overs, Hyderabad collected 99 runs with the loss of 2 wickets.

Hyderabad's squad is quite strong. They have several talented batsmen in their squad. Rahul Tripathi and Marakram are batting now. Also Klaasen, Samad, Shabaz and Cummins are capable of batting well. I would say the match is in Hyderabad's control so far. Hyderabad need to collect 110 runs in 10 overs. An average of 11 runs must be collected per over.

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At the end of 10 overs, Kolkata's collection was 77 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. Kolkata could not start the innings well. Kolkata's top order players did not perform well. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad's top order is batting very well. At the end of 10 overs, Hyderabad collected 99 runs with the loss of 2 wickets.

Hyderabad's squad is quite strong. They have several talented batsmen in their squad. Rahul Tripathi and Marakram are batting now. Also Klaasen, Samad, Shabaz and Cummins are capable of batting well. I would say the match is in Hyderabad's control so far. Hyderabad need to collect 110 runs in 10 overs. An average of 11 runs must be collected per over.

You are right that's why I have said that sunrisers Hyderabad seems in a good condition. It's really huge run what they are take now they have more it wicket their current rate is 103 after 10 over 4 ball. Even then there required and it is higher now from the current run rate but their performance is going amazing. They have enough we get for winning this match. I think sunrisers Hyderabad will definitely on this match as they are performance going on.

[Unknown Op]

In the final match of the Mens African Games, Zimbabwe won the title with an eight-wicket win over Namibia. In today's final match, Namibia won the toss and batted first and gave the Zimbabwe team a target of 114 runs after completing the game of 20 overs. I think the target of 114 runs was not reliable for Namibia to win against Zimbabwe in this final match. One can never expect to win a match with such a small target. Still, Zimbabwe is a much stronger team than Namibia and to compete with a stronger team, Namibia should have set a bigger run target. If Namibia could have given the Zimbabwe team a bigger target and if the bowling line could have performed better, this final match would have been a tough contest.

Along with Final match African games competition has also come to en end and today another match of this same competition also finished and this was the play off match among Uganda squad against Kenya squad this match was very thrilling. But in today final match, Namibia squad was not displayed a best performance and could not manage a strong defeating target which their squad got a victory. Namibia squad set just 113 scores after playing all overs and this target was not a satisfying and good defeating target and Zimbabwe squad bowling performance was really impressive than batting Inning performance. Zimbabwe squad also played their batting Inning without any pressure and achieved all target in 14.5 overs. Tadiwanashe Marumani batter played good inning because he completed 58 scores target.