T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

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Indonesia's Rohmalia set a world record on debut by picking up 7 wickets with 0 runs.

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We usually see different records in the game of cricket but this time cricket world and it saw different records. The record I am talking about is Indonesia's off-spin bowler Rohmalia who took Mongolia's seven wickets for nil on his debut. Rohmalia achieved the feat in the fifth T20 match between Indonesia and Mongolia. On the day of his incredible feat, his team Indonesia amassed 151 for 5 but were bundled out for 24 runs when his Mongolian team came out to bat. The Mongolian batsmen collected 20 runs for two wickets in 10 overs and Rohmalia's bowling rampage started from then on. We wish him a bright future so that he can give better performances in the future and even keep up his good bowling performance.

[libert19]

Guess SRH batters lost motivation to perform this time because they couldn't have outperform themselves since there was definite target to chase.

Also, people are celebrating RCB's win over SRH a lot more than say there is substance in it. Imagine if RCB were to actually were to win the trophy, these people gonna go crazy.

LOL.. RCB winning the trophy? Are you serious about this?

Read the word, "imagine".

[MusaPk]

NZ batsmen have done a good job and now there bowlers are doing good job. Pakistan in deep trouble as they have lost three key wickets in power play and score is 48. NZ are very much in control of the match at the moment and Pakistan need someone to bat exceptionally well to get team out of this troubled situation. Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are batting at the moment and all eyes on this pair to perform something for the country.

From the start of the match, I was thinking about why Shadab Khan was not doing the bowling in today’s match, he did only fielding in this innings, maybe he could have got a chance to be bat in this innings and this is what happened 

I think instead of Usama Mir, he has to play. By the way, Usama Mir is the most poorest player ever, I don’t know how he made his place into the World Cup 2023 but I think that was his first and the last World Cup because till now his performance is not like that he comes in the squad of the World Cup 2024 which would be played into 20 overs format.

It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.

[noormcs5]

It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.

Yesterday, if Imad Wasim had done something good then today we are saying that Pakistan won last night's match and at that time, I remembered an inning of Imad Wasim where the situation was like this.

On that occasion he was on strike while Afghanistan bowler present on the opposite side and Imad Wasim already decided to give them lose, and until the last ball my hope were the same but when the bowler released the ball from his hands and Imad Wasim tried to hit on the offside but in that ball, nobody can be hit six instant of Roman Powell. Only he had the ability to be play that type of ball out of the ground.

I think it was difficult to blame the batsmen's fault for this loss as no batsman in the world can hit a sure shot six on the last ball. It's just a game of chance at that time. The team should have batted well before so they don't have to face this last ball six runs required situation.

[Sithara007]

Guess SRH batters lost motivation to perform this time because they couldn't have outperform themselves since there was definite target to chase.

Also, people are celebrating RCB's win over SRH a lot more than say there is substance in it. Imagine if RCB were to actually were to win the trophy, these people gonna go crazy.

LOL.. RCB winning the trophy? Are you serious about this?

Read the word, "imagine".

LOL.. I noticed it. What I am saying is that it is even difficult to imagine (the scenario where Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifting the trophy at Indian Premier League. They were the runners up three times, if I am not wrong. But I think they will never become the champions as long as Virat Kohli is there. He is the ultimate panauti, both for his franchise and also for the Indian national team. Their women's team have already lifted the WPL trophy. But even after one and half decades the men's team simply can't become the champions even once.

[virasog]

LOL.. I noticed it. What I am saying is that it is even difficult to imagine (the scenario where Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifting the trophy at Indian Premier League. They were the runners up three times, if I am not wrong. But I think they will never become the champions as long as Virat Kohli is there. He is the ultimate panauti, both for his franchise and also for the Indian national team. Their women's team have already lifted the WPL trophy. But even after one and half decades the men's team simply can't become the champions even once.

I also do not know what needs to be changed in Royal Challengers Bengaluru team so that they may perform better in the next IPL season, Maybe the problem is at the management end, at the player's end or something is wrong with the team selection. We do not have the exact idea of the problem as the players playing in Royal Challengers Bengaluru, play best cricket when not play IPL, that is in the International matches etc, So defiantly it is not that Royal Challengers Bengaluru have selected poor performing cricketers. Not all all.

[Sithara007]

I also do not know what needs to be changed in Royal Challengers Bengaluru team so that they may perform better in the next IPL season, Maybe the problem is at the management end, at the player's end or something is wrong with the team selection. We do not have the exact idea of the problem as the players playing in Royal Challengers Bengaluru, play best cricket when not play IPL, that is in the International matches etc, So defiantly it is not that Royal Challengers Bengaluru have selected poor performing cricketers. Not all all.

The answer lies in team balance. They do have world class batsmen such as Kohli, du Plessis and Maxwell. But what about the bowling? They have Siraj and he is the only experienced guy in their squad who can bowl. Ferguson is simply not suitable for T20 format. Too wayward and expensive. Then they have Yash Dayal, who is yet to recover from the thrashing that he received during last season. Alzarri Joseph was a huge disappointment so far in this season. And then they don't have a quality spin bowler.

[synchronym]

RCB win by 35 runs against mighty Sunrise Hyderabad RCB got their first win in this IPL. rcb has some great batsmen and bowlers but this is the condition of rcb team not to improve their performance if batsman and bowlers can perform regularly responsible performance then definitely win with any team. As soon as RCB got their first win in the match yesterday, Virat Kohli's smile has touched the hearts of thousands of Virat fans. Rising to bat against the target of 207 runs given by RCB, Sunrise Hyderabad was under a lot of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning. But I thought to myself that maybe Sunrise Hyderabad will beat RCB very easily. Again proof is that cricket is a game of uncertainty that can win against any team at any time  bowling from the start.171 runs in just 20 overs Sunrise Hyderabad has done it.

[onecall123]

NZ batsmen have done a good job and now there bowlers are doing good job. Pakistan in deep trouble as they have lost three key wickets in power play and score is 48. NZ are very much in control of the match at the moment and Pakistan need someone to bat exceptionally well to get team out of this troubled situation. Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are batting at the moment and all eyes on this pair to perform something for the country.

From the start of the match, I was thinking about why Shadab Khan was not doing the bowling in today’s match, he did only fielding in this innings, maybe he could have got a chance to be bat in this innings and this is what happened 

I think instead of Usama Mir, he has to play. By the way, Usama Mir is the most poorest player ever, I don’t know how he made his place into the World Cup 2023 but I think that was his first and the last World Cup because till now his performance is not like that he comes in the squad of the World Cup 2024 which would be played into 20 overs format.

It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.

First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.

[B2Z]

Today Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings will face each other this match today definitely I will put Kolkata Knight Riders ahead, Kolkata Knight Riders are performing very well in this IPL and are at number two in the points table. In today's match, Kolkata Knight Riders will surely perform some great performances against Punjab Kings. Especially the opener of Kolkata Knight Riders, Sulin Narayani, we will definitely see some great batting from his batting in today's match. It is expected that Kolkata Knight Riders will easily defeat Punjab Kings in today's match.

[noormcs5]

First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.

In the last ball, Imad Wasim could have been hit six (and things could have been different) but the bowler was too much clever and gave the ball onto the offside which caused if Imad Wasim hit on the edge on the bat of the bottom side then the ball might be going for six otherwise there has no chance to hit six on that ball.
Imad Wasim also tried to play that same shot but the one player is back and forth which was the reason of not hitting the six in that ball and Pakistan lost the match. Before that ball, the crowd was very excited to see the last ball but they didn’t get the result in their favor.

Now that Pakistan can't win this series, but they are very close to losing this series with New Zealand B or C team if they lose the last match, Even if they win, the series will be a draw and New Zealand will be happy with the results.

[Popkon6]

NZ batsmen have done a good job and now there bowlers are doing good job. Pakistan in deep trouble as they have lost three key wickets in power play and score is 48. NZ are very much in control of the match at the moment and Pakistan need someone to bat exceptionally well to get team out of this troubled situation. Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are batting at the moment and all eyes on this pair to perform something for the country.

From the start of the match, I was thinking about why Shadab Khan was not doing the bowling in today’s match, he did only fielding in this innings, maybe he could have got a chance to be bat in this innings and this is what happened 

I think instead of Usama Mir, he has to play. By the way, Usama Mir is the most poorest player ever, I don’t know how he made his place into the World Cup 2023 but I think that was his first and the last World Cup because till now his performance is not like that he comes in the squad of the World Cup 2024 which would be played into 20 overs format.

It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.

First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.

A few batsmen are enough for the Pakistan team to lose, mainly Sadab Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Osman Khan and Babar Azam are the four batsmen of the attacking batsmen of the Pakistan team. They did not perform well due to which they lost this match. Especially in terms of bowling, Pakistan team performed well but not in batting, and New Zealand team performed very well in terms of bowling. The last ball was a boundary, of course there was a chance but he tried hard enough but it was not possible.

[Bitcoinsummoner]

NZ batsmen have done a good job and now there bowlers are doing good job. Pakistan in deep trouble as they have lost three key wickets in power play and score is 48. NZ are very much in control of the match at the moment and Pakistan need someone to bat exceptionally well to get team out of this troubled situation. Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are batting at the moment and all eyes on this pair to perform something for the country.

From the start of the match, I was thinking about why Shadab Khan was not doing the bowling in today’s match, he did only fielding in this innings, maybe he could have got a chance to be bat in this innings and this is what happened 

I think instead of Usama Mir, he has to play. By the way, Usama Mir is the most poorest player ever, I don’t know how he made his place into the World Cup 2023 but I think that was his first and the last World Cup because till now his performance is not like that he comes in the squad of the World Cup 2024 which would be played into 20 overs format.

It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.

First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.

A few batsmen are enough for the Pakistan team to lose, mainly Sadab Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Osman Khan and Babar Azam are the four batsmen of the attacking batsmen of the Pakistan team. They did not perform well due to which they lost this match. Especially in terms of bowling, Pakistan team performed well but not in batting, and New Zealand team performed very well in terms of bowling. The last ball was a boundary, of course there was a chance but he tried hard enough but it was not possible.

Agreed. Not only the said batsman is responsible for losing the match, but the whole team is responsible. A team win means all team players win. It is seen by all that New Zealand won both matches due to poor performance. Sadab Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Osman Khan, and Babar Azmara performed poorly in the last match. Pakistan needs to play better. In particular, all Pakistan players need to play well. And what about New Zealand, New Zealand is already a very strong team. But unfortunately, such a strong team went to the World Cup and was eliminated from the semi-finals. In fact, the World Cup is not on New Zealand's forehead.

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NZ batsmen have done a good job and now there bowlers are doing good job. Pakistan in deep trouble as they have lost three key wickets in power play and score is 48. NZ are very much in control of the match at the moment and Pakistan need someone to bat exceptionally well to get team out of this troubled situation. Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman are batting at the moment and all eyes on this pair to perform something for the country.

From the start of the match, I was thinking about why Shadab Khan was not doing the bowling in today’s match, he did only fielding in this innings, maybe he could have got a chance to be bat in this innings and this is what happened  

I think instead of Usama Mir, he has to play. By the way, Usama Mir is the most poorest player ever, I don’t know how he made his place into the World Cup 2023 but I think that was his first and the last World Cup because till now his performance is not like that he comes in the squad of the World Cup 2024 which would be played into 20 overs format.

It's a strange strategy by Pakistan to go with two all-rounders, i.e. Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim. Both are spinners and not very effective bowlers. Shadab was not given bowl because Imad Wasim was bowling. Abbas Afridi was good with the bowl as he picked 3 wickets while rest of bowlers struggle to get wickets and gave away too many runs. Pakistan have to win last match to level the series.

First, there were issues in the middle order, and now the opening order problem is growing in the Pakistani team. Captain Babar isn't scoring, and despite having Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, who were heroes in the PSL, they couldn't perform against New Zealand's second-string team on their home turf. Their failure to capitalize on home advantage resulted in poor outcomes. Credit to the Blackcaps for their strong performance. With a 2-1 lead, they have the upper hand to win the series.

A few batsmen are enough for the Pakistan team to lose, mainly Sadab Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Osman Khan and Babar Azam are the four batsmen of the attacking batsmen of the Pakistan team. They did not perform well due to which they lost this match. Especially in terms of bowling, Pakistan team performed well but not in batting, and New Zealand team performed very well in terms of bowling. The last ball was a boundary, of course there was a chance but he tried hard enough but it was not possible.

Agreed. Not only the said batsman is responsible for losing the match, but the whole team is responsible. A team win means all team players win. It is seen by all that New Zealand won both matches due to poor performance. Sadab Khan, Iftekhar Ahmed, Osman Khan, and Babar Azmara performed poorly in the last match. Pakistan needs to play better. In particular, all Pakistan players need to play well. And what about New Zealand, New Zealand is already a very strong team. But unfortunately, such a strong team went to the World Cup and was eliminated from the semi-finals. In fact, the World Cup is not on New Zealand's forehead.

I agree with you that Pakistan batsmen are not only responsible for Pakistan losing match against New Zealand but equally responsible here. If the New Zealand opener could have broken the pair very quickly, then maybe New Zealand would not have given such a big target to Pakistan. The Pakistani bowlers failed to put pressure on the New Zealand batsmen from the start which allowed the New Zealand batsmen to set Pakistan a target of 179 runs. Batsmen in Pakistan were under a lot of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning of the target of 179 runs given by New Zealand. Fakhar Zaman batting responsibly for Pakistan. But if the Pakistani batsmen could have batted well in the last over, they might not have lost the match against New Zealand by four runs.  

[noormcs5]

Muhammad Amir and Imad Wasim would be play together today after such a long time.

Without Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, Muhammad Amir is nothing because he is also in need of a good partner so that pressure is maintained at the other end. If one bowler give lose balls and the other bowler gave the ball with high speed with a swing and the two good bowlers were resting for sure Pakistan would lose the match.

If you realize that Pakistan cannot win any other match after the first match then see this analysis because only in the first match (the 2nd one indeed as the first was no play because of rain), Babar Azam decided to play such a good playing 11 that New Zealand team under 100 score. Also, there was Rizwan and now the Pakistan team have to say goodbye to Rizwan for one month and maybe for the next series.

[libert19]

Lol, KKR really sit out Starc, should have done same to Venkatesh and given his place to maybe Nitish. Expecting a entertaining game today cause Punjab is going to chase.

LOL.. I noticed it. What I am saying is that it is even difficult to imagine (the scenario where Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifting the trophy at Indian Premier League. They were the runners up three times, if I am not wrong. But I think they will never become the champions as long as Virat Kohli is there. He is the ultimate panauti, both for his franchise and also for the Indian national team. Their women's team have already lifted the WPL trophy. But even after one and half decades the men's team simply can't become the champions even once.

I don't think there is anything wrong with Virat being in RCB or in the Indian team, for RCB to become competitor for the trophy all they need is consistency from the whole team.

[JSRAW]

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for RCB to become competitor for the trophy all they need is consistency from the whole team.

What's that supposed to mean? Are you trying to say that they are not consistent enough?

These guys are big dogs in the IPL along with Mumbai and Chennai and IMHO they are the most consistent team in the IPL. After all, they shat the bed in the last 16 seasons and counting.

[synchronym]

The captain of Punjab Kings has won the toss and decided to bowl first, the bowlers of Punjab Kings are not able to use this decision properly. Kolkata Knight Riders opener pair Sunil Narine and Phil Salt are batting great. Sunil Narine is batting very well and is the reliable batsman of Kolkata Knight Riders in this IPL. But in the beginning of IPL this Sunil Narine used to bat at number seven but he has become a reliable batsman when he came to play IPL in India. Current score of Kolkata Knight Riders 100 runs for 0 wickets in eight overs game going on Kolkata Knight Riders current game situation looks like Kolkata Knight Riders can give a target of around 230 runs to Punjab Kings. If Punjab Kings are given a target of 230 runs then there will be no chance for Punjab Kings to win against Kolkata. Kolkata Knight Riders will easily win the match against Punjab Kings.

[Haunebu]

Punjab seriously tried their best to not get Narine and Salt out thanks to which they ended up scoring 70s each propelling KKR to a score of around 240 as long as beasts like Russell keep banging the bowlers.

Expected KKR to win and it looks like they will win quite comfortably pushing them closer to the playoffs and pretty much knocking Punjab out of the playoffs race.

[Sithara007]

With almost 5 overs remaining, Kolkata Knight Riders have raced to 200 plus total. In all probability they will end up with a total of 250 plus, but I will not rule out another 270 plus total. At the moment, two of the most destructive batsmen are out there - Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer. And then they have plenty of depth in their middle and lower order batting, with players such as Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh yet to come. Among the Punjab bowlers, only Rahul Chahar has an economy of less than 10 runs per over.