T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Nalain420]

in my opinion the series is not tied series was won by New Zealand because their B team is playing in Pakistan. New Zealand B-class team showed an outstanding performance in this series. Pakistan wins the last match due to the bowling performance of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usama Mir. Muhammad Amir quite a costly spell in this Match gave to much runs but at the last over they successfully defended the 12 runs and Pakistan won by just a few runs. Pakistan needs to improve its batting performance if they perform well in the next T20 World Cup.

Outstanding performance by New Zealand in this series. They made Pakistan work hard to level this series which was played on there home ground. Eight bowlers were used by Babar Azam to bowl 20 overs, only Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam didn't participated in bowling. Usama Mir finally had some impressive figures in T20I while Shaheen picked 4 wickets. Though series is levelled but Pakistan need to think why they were not able to beat New Zealand team who is without it's key players.

Shaheen Shah Afridi showcased an impressive bowling performance. Captaincy played a crucial role, and Afridi's bowling was leading Pakistan to victory. However, leveling the series against a New Zealand team without its key players isn't a significant achievement. Failing to secure a series win at home against a weakened opposition raises concerns for Pakistan. Throughout the series, this New Zealand's team posed challenges, exposing Pakistan's shortcomings, including a lack of batting depth, poor fielding, and a bowling unit that struggles under pressure.

I think not only Shaheen Afridi but the whole of the Pakistan team did a good show in yesterday's match. Here is how  

First of all, Babar Azam and Saim Ayub made a partnership but Saim Ayub was out early then Babar Azam started to make a partnership with Usman Khan and for sure Babar Azam said to him that stand with me we can make good runs because Usman Khan was taking singles or doubles and trying to hit balls and also giving chances to Babar Azam.

The first three balls of the over were played by Usman Khan and later Babar Azam played the last three balls of the over which helped to Pakistan very much because Babar Azam was hitting very good runs, but when Usman Khan was out then Babar Azam started to do the same with Fakhar Zaman. In short, it were small partnerships and Baber standing at one end, which help Pakistan made a good total.

Yup you are right. Pakistan won the match and this is the great achievement for Pakistan team. I think I have seen many times that Saim Ayub plays in a hurry and gets out.  But he is also a theoretically good batsman.  Babar Azam scored 69 runs off 44 balls and performed well.  And Usman scored 31 runs on 24 balls, Usman also did not perform so well.  But 31 runs were scored.  Pakistan has performed well this time.  And mostly in this the bowler has toiled and struggled.  Because the target of 178 for New Zealand was not that difficult.  But Pakistan's bowler worked hard and struggled to make this target difficult and won by 9 runs.  If only one New Zealand batsman was left, they could have won the match.  Because 9 runs were needed off 4 balls.  So they could make it.  But they failed in that.And the Pakistan team will hold their head high by winning this match.  There will be hope from the Pakistan team.  That they should perform well in the next matches like this match.

[FinePoine0]

Delhi Capitals team performed very poorly in this match, as the players of Kolkata Knight Riders team are very experienced. Usually under the pressure of the bowling they are performing badly, Kolkata Knight Riders team can easily win this match. In this match, Kolkata Knight Riders team is very ahead in terms of bowling, because of the bowling, Delhi Capitals team batting is facing a lot of wickets. With Delhi Capitals scoring 136 runs and 8 wickets in 17 overs so far, Kolkata Knight Riders will definitely be more likely to win this match. Because it will never be possible to keep the Kolkata Knight Riders team under pressure with a target of very few runs.

[JSRAW]

Delhi looks cooked tonight and it appears they already lost the match and might end up boosting KKR's run rate for the final run.

Atm their best bet would be to play their 20 overs quota and try reaching the 150 mark and if Dew is not there then hope, their spinners also get a similar purchase from the pitch as Chakaravarthy. 

[Haunebu]

Delhi looks cooked tonight and it appears they already lost the match and might end up boosting KKR's run rate for the final run.

Atm their best bet would be to play their 20 overs quota and try reaching the 150 mark and if Dew is not there then hope, their spinners also get a similar purchase from the pitch as Chakaravarthy. 

Yeah. It looks like they will end up going above 150 which actually seems pretty good on this bowler friendly pitch. Loving the fact that bowlers finally are in an advantageous position over batsmen for a change.

If DC bowls really well like in recent matches, I think KKR could be in trouble. Entertaining match overall!

[fuguebtc]

Delhi looks cooked tonight and it appears they already lost the match and might end up boosting KKR's run rate for the final run.

Atm their best bet would be to play their 20 overs quota and try reaching the 150 mark and if Dew is not there then hope, their spinners also get a similar purchase from the pitch as Chakaravarthy. 

The Delhi team was also badly defeated in the first match against Kolkata. Delhi lost by perhaps 106 runs. So I don't expect a very good performance from Delhi in today's match. I bet on Kolkata to win. But I thought the match would be competitive. Because Delhi squad also has some talented players.



Delhi team managed to collect 153 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. I can't call it a good collection on this pitch. Moreover Kolkata batsmen are in very good form now. In the previous match too, the Kolkata team had collected a huge score of 261 runs. So I don't think Kolkata will have much problem to win today's match. Calcutta will win easily. If the two openers get off to a good start, the Kolkata team will reach the target of victory before 15 overs.

[Unknown Op]

Delhi Capitals are going to bat in the first innings and with their batting performance today, it might be difficult for them to score 140 runs. Although Kolkata Knight Riders are currently bowling well which has put Delhi Capitals under pressure, Kolkata are more likely to win today's match. The way Delhi Capitals are losing wickets at the moment, they might be all out very soon. Having lost 7 wickets for just 101 runs, they don't have the batsmen to hold the game in their hands, that's why I think their performance in today's match is zero. Although comparatively Delhi Capitals are still at par with Kolkata Knight Riders in terms of points, but due to today's game, Delhi are much worse. The players of Kolkata Knight Riders are bowling great in the match, their bowling line is great today. And I can confirm that Kolkata Knight Riders will be able to win today's match very easily and win by a huge margin and increase the points.

Correct buddy, Delhi Capitals squad is playing their batting inning with full of pressure of great bowling inning from Kolkata Knight Rider squad and which seem that Delhi Capitals squad is not collect good scores also they played 19 overs almost. One more overs behind for play and then their first inning goes to complete and from my experience, Delhi Capitals squad will collect 10 more scores in last over and final Defeating target will give 155 scores. Kolkata Knight Rider squad not only batting inning performance is incredible but also bowling strength also have same potential and same good performance. Varun Chakravarthy bowler picked up 3 main batter wickets Kumar Kushagra, Tristan Stubbs and Rishabh Pant after bowled 4 overs. Both Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora also wiped out same amount of wickets in match.

Kolkata Knight Rider squad is strong squad and also have great potential in competition and they can get a victory very simply by achieving defeating target which was made by DC squad.

[JSRAW]

Delhi looks cooked tonight and it appears they already lost the match and might end up boosting KKR's run rate for the final run.

Atm their best bet would be to play their 20 overs quota and try reaching the 150 mark and if Dew is not there then hope, their spinners also get a similar purchase from the pitch as Chakaravarthy. 

Yeah. It looks like they will end up going above 150 which actually seems pretty good on this bowler friendly pitch. Loving the fact that bowlers finally are in an advantageous position over batsmen for a change.

If DC bowls really well like in recent matches, I think KKR could be in trouble. Entertaining match overall!

If Kuldeep and Axar can tackle the Dew issue then they could seriously trouble the KKR's batters as they are quality spinners but at the same time KKR's batting lineup is packed with some spin bashers so it should be a contest.

Hope, they don't make a mockery of this chase and finish the match within 15 overs lol. I'd prefer some collapse and nail biting contest because low scoring chase are fun to watch.

[onecall123]

DC scored 153/9 today, not many big hits.

DC won the toss and opted to bat first at Eden Gardens. Unfortunately, their decision didn't work out as they were bundled out for just 153 runs! The top order failed, but Kuldeep's contributions helped Delhi put up a fight with the ball. It was impressive to see Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers perform well, restricting Delhi Capitals to a low score. Now, Kolkata needs 154 runs to win. KKR seems to have the upper hand.

[Swordsoffreedom]

DC scored 153/9 today, not many big hits.

DC won the toss and opted to bat first at Eden Gardens. Unfortunately, their decision didn't work out as they were bundled out for just 153 runs! The top order failed, but Kuldeep's contributions helped Delhi put up a fight with the ball. It was impressive to see Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers perform well, restricting Delhi Capitals to a low score. Now, Kolkata needs 154 runs to win. KKR seems to have the upper hand.

A target of 153 runs is not a big target for a team like Kolkata. Kolkata batsmen are in very good form. In almost every match the team is able to play well and score high. I thought today we might not see good bowling from the Kolkata bowlers. But Kolkata bowlers bowled well today. Delhi's innings stopped at just 152 runs.

Varun Chakrawarthy and Sunil Narine bowled very well today. Narine took only 1 wicket. But he gave only 24 runs in 4 overs. On the other hand, Varun conceded 16 runs in 4 overs, and picked up three important wickets.

At the end of 2 overs, Kolkata collected 27 runs. However, Kolkata collected 23 runs in the first over. Delhi bowlers will lose today's match very badly if they don't pick up quick wickets. In the first match too, the Delhi team was defeated by a margin of 100+ runs against Kolkata.

[AirtelBuzz]

DC scored 153/9 today, not many big hits.

DC won the toss and opted to bat first at Eden Gardens. Unfortunately, their decision didn't work out as they were bundled out for just 153 runs! The top order failed, but Kuldeep's contributions helped Delhi put up a fight with the ball. It was impressive to see Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers perform well, restricting Delhi Capitals to a low score. Now, Kolkata needs 154 runs to win. KKR seems to have the upper hand.

Today Delhi Capitals face Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground in Kolkata. Delhi Capitals have put up a very simple equation in front of Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match. Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 153 runs in the 47th match of IPL, which Kolkata Knight Riders will easily overcome and reach the port of victory. Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers played well against Delhi Capitals batsmen today. Varun Chakraborty bowled brilliantly today, he bowled four overs and took three wickets against Delhi Capitals with four economy rate.

Kolkata Knight Riders' 2 opening batsmen have already entered the crease and they have been batting aggressively from the start. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine both come in to open the innings let's see how far they can take their team.

[noormcs5]

Saim Ayub has been given too many chances in T20I and he is yet to score a fifty despite the fact he came as an opener. In his fifteen T20I innings, he has scored 219 runs with an average of 14.60. It's time for Pakistan team to let him play domestic cricket and try some new opener who can score runs for the team. T20 World Cup is coming up and if Pakistan can't beat New Zealand second-tier team then what they will go against full strength teams.   

Just on a side note New Zealand's jersey for the World Cup has been ready and we will see them wear a blue shirt in the World Cup of 2024 which will start after a month in June.

By the way, in the latest seasons after 2021, New Zealand jerseys are just as good as the World Cup jersey of 2023, their jersey was not good and before 2021, they had a very good type of jersey.
I think the most iconic jersey was the jersey of 2020 but at that time, we were not able to see them wear that jersey in that  World Cup as the World Cup did not happen in that year due to COVID-19 however this current jersey is too much simple.

 

[Crypto Library]

Today Delhi Capitals face Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground in Kolkata. Delhi Capitals have put up a very simple equation in front of Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match. Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 153 runs in the 47th match of IPL, which Kolkata Knight Riders will easily overcome and reach the port of victory. Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers played well against Delhi Capitals batsmen today. Varun Chakraborty bowled brilliantly today, he bowled four overs and took three wickets against Delhi Capitals with four economy rate.

Kolkata Knight Riders' 2 opening batsmen have already entered the crease and they have been batting aggressively from the start. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine both come in to open the innings let's see how far they can take their team.

Unfortunately I miss this match today. I have seen this match about till that time when Delhi capitals lose their 5 wickets. But there run rate was good. Unfortunately I have also missed to place bet on this match. Maybe if I had placed some bucks earlier in today's match, some money would have been earned.
Before the start of this match, I thought that today's match will be won by none other than Kolkata. The performance of Delhi Capitals is not looking very good and for that their performance is going as bad as the last Indian Premier League.

[B2Z]

DC scored 153/9 today, not many big hits.

DC won the toss and opted to bat first at Eden Gardens. Unfortunately, their decision didn't work out as they were bundled out for just 153 runs! The top order failed, but Kuldeep's contributions helped Delhi put up a fight with the ball. It was impressive to see Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers perform well, restricting Delhi Capitals to a low score. Now, Kolkata needs 154 runs to win. KKR seems to have the upper hand.

Today Delhi Capitals face Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground in Kolkata. Delhi Capitals have put up a very simple equation in front of Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match. Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 153 runs in the 47th match of IPL, which Kolkata Knight Riders will easily overcome and reach the port of victory. Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers played well against Delhi Capitals batsmen today. Varun Chakraborty bowled brilliantly today, he bowled four overs and took three wickets against Delhi Capitals with four economy rate.

Kolkata Knight Riders' 2 opening batsmen have already entered the crease and they have been batting aggressively from the start. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine both come in to open the innings let's see how far they can take their team.

The bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders bowled aggressively from the beginning, due to which the batsmen of Delhi Capitals could not bat very well. Delhi Capitals collected 153 runs in the scheduled 20 overs. Batsmen in Delhi Capitals did not bat that well. Kuldeep Yadav scored 35 runs off 26 balls for Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals lost the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match because of their poor batting. Delhi Capitals batsmen should have done more responsible batting because Kolkata batting line is very strong to win against them Delhi Capitals must give a target of 200 runs and controlled bowling only then victory against Kolkata Knight is possible. Kolkata Knight Riders did not have much problem to win the target of 154 runs given by Delhi Capitals. Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets against Delhi Capitals. Congratulations to Kolkata Knight Riders for a great win.

[ZAINmalik75]

Unfortunately I have also missed to place bet on this match. Maybe if I had placed some bucks earlier in today's match, some money would have been earned.
Before the start of this match, I thought that today's match will be won by none other than Kolkata. The performance of Delhi Capitals is not looking very good and for that their performance is going as bad as the last Indian Premier League.

I think you should feel lucky, as at the same time instead winning few bucks you can get empty hands because the way Dehli show intend and strength in his previous match by scoring more than 200 runs as a target and won the important match against strong side as same can possibly be done against KKR too as mostly when team got momentum they get his way at any difficult situation, so to be honest I wasn't in favour of anyone I believe 50/50 for both side as both can divert results in thier favour. Anyway come to results where just like usually Kolkata get the important points  and demolish his opponent not just through his bowler but through his vital batting performance of especially thier top order. Hope the highest paid pacer will deliver impactful delivery soon as currently he is a bit off colour

[Publictalk792]

The bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders bowled aggressively from the beginning, due to which the batsmen of Delhi Capitals could not bat very well. Delhi Capitals collected 153 runs in the scheduled 20 overs. Batsmen in Delhi Capitals did not bat that well. Kuldeep Yadav scored 35 runs off 26 balls for Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals lost the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match because of their poor batting. Delhi Capitals batsmen should have done more responsible batting because Kolkata batting line is very strong to win against them Delhi Capitals must give a target of 200 runs and controlled bowling only then victory against Kolkata Knight is possible. Kolkata Knight Riders did not have much problem to win the target of 154 runs given by Delhi Capitals. Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets against Delhi Capitals. Congratulations to Kolkata Knight Riders for a great win.

I think Delhi Capitals lost because their batters did not play well against Kolkata Knight Riders. Even though Kolkata bowlers were tough it was up to Delhi batters to score more runs but KKR has some excellent bowlers like Varun, Harshit and Arora. They bowled really well especially Varun who collected 3 wickets. And just due to this DC only got 153 runs in 20 overs which was not enough to beat Kolkata. Like we can see how Phil Salt made the match full salty by making 68 runs. After him Shreyas was playing good but they chased while he made 33 runs. Congratulations to KKR.

[B2Z]

The bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders bowled aggressively from the beginning, due to which the batsmen of Delhi Capitals could not bat very well. Delhi Capitals collected 153 runs in the scheduled 20 overs. Batsmen in Delhi Capitals did not bat that well. Kuldeep Yadav scored 35 runs off 26 balls for Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals lost the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match because of their poor batting. Delhi Capitals batsmen should have done more responsible batting because Kolkata batting line is very strong to win against them Delhi Capitals must give a target of 200 runs and controlled bowling only then victory against Kolkata Knight is possible. Kolkata Knight Riders did not have much problem to win the target of 154 runs given by Delhi Capitals. Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets against Delhi Capitals. Congratulations to Kolkata Knight Riders for a great win.

I think Delhi Capitals lost because their batters did not play well against Kolkata Knight Riders. Even though Kolkata bowlers were tough it was up to Delhi batters to score more runs but KKR has some excellent bowlers like Varun, Harshit and Arora. They bowled really well especially Varun who collected 3 wickets. And just due to this DC only got 153 runs in 20 overs which was not enough to beat Kolkata. Like we can see how Phil Salt made the match full salty by making 68 runs. After him Shreyas was playing good but they chased while he made 33 runs. Congratulations to KKR.

Batting line of Delhi Capitals is also strong but against Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Capitals batsmen could not bat that well due to which the match was lost by 7 wickets against Kolkata Nice Riders. However, against Delhi Capitals, the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders bowled aggressively from the start due to which no batsman of Delhi Capitals could bat responsibly. This was the worst performance of Delhi Capitals in IPL. Delhi Capitals performed fairly well but we did not see their old performance against Kolkata. But Kolkata Knight Riders have to be praised because the Kolkata bowlers are on fire. Bowled very well due to which the Kolkata batsmen did not have to work very hard. They won easily against Delhi Capitals.

[Popkon6]

DC scored 153/9 today, not many big hits.

DC won the toss and opted to bat first at Eden Gardens. Unfortunately, their decision didn't work out as they were bundled out for just 153 runs! The top order failed, but Kuldeep's contributions helped Delhi put up a fight with the ball. It was impressive to see Kolkata Knight Riders' bowlers perform well, restricting Delhi Capitals to a low score. Now, Kolkata needs 154 runs to win. KKR seems to have the upper hand.

Today Delhi Capitals face Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground in Kolkata. Delhi Capitals have put up a very simple equation in front of Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match. Batting first, Delhi Capitals scored 153 runs in the 47th match of IPL, which Kolkata Knight Riders will easily overcome and reach the port of victory. Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers played well against Delhi Capitals batsmen today. Varun Chakraborty bowled brilliantly today, he bowled four overs and took three wickets against Delhi Capitals with four economy rate.

Kolkata Knight Riders' 2 opening batsmen have already entered the crease and they have been batting aggressively from the start. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine both come in to open the innings let's see how far they can take their team.

The bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders bowled aggressively from the beginning, due to which the batsmen of Delhi Capitals could not bat very well. Delhi Capitals collected 153 runs in the scheduled 20 overs. Batsmen in Delhi Capitals did not bat that well. Kuldeep Yadav scored 35 runs off 26 balls for Delhi Capitals. Delhi Capitals lost the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in today's match because of their poor batting. Delhi Capitals batsmen should have done more responsible batting because Kolkata batting line is very strong to win against them Delhi Capitals must give a target of 200 runs and controlled bowling only then victory against Kolkata Knight is possible. Kolkata Knight Riders did not have much problem to win the target of 154 runs given by Delhi Capitals. Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets against Delhi Capitals. Congratulations to Kolkata Knight Riders for a great win.

Delhi Capitals had a high number of wickets falling, with players falling from the start. Although they ended up with 153 runs, this 153 runs would be impossible for Kolkata Knight Riders to ever challenge. Because I have seen the previous games Delhi Capital team can not perform well in terms of bowling. Basically, they bowled Axar Patel in the last minute, he was the only one who performed well, but the rest of the players of the Delhi Capitals team did not perform well in terms of bowling. Losing this match the Delhi Capitals team moved to the sixth position in the points table, if Axar Patel and the rest of the bowlers could have performed well then the Delhi Capitals team would have won.

[JahriMeayer]

Babar Azam was playing yesterday night with aggression because, at any time, he would not hit the boundary on the shot or cannot make double to single then he was showing aggression and it seemed like Babar Azam wanted to hit the century but he wanted to make 100 just because in the last some matches of this series, he was not playing that is why he was playing fast yesterday but he played very well.

Babar azam played good at last match, even tried to do well in others matches too. But it seems, his luck supported him to do best in 5th match.even his fans were expected from him to make a century but unfortunately he did 69 from 44 balls. Even it is hard to make century from T20. Besides Fakhar Zaman also played well. But there was a man whom we can't ingore, is Shaheen Afridi! He showed his talent in every matches, even destroyed New Zealand within 90 runs in 2nd match. And in 5th match, he did great contribution to make his team win. Cause new Zealand had opportunity to made more runs but due to lack of wickets, they failed. This man really impressed everyone and become selected as Man of the match and player of the series both.

[Sithara007]

Delhi Capitals had a high number of wickets falling, with players falling from the start. Although they ended up with 153 runs, this 153 runs would be impossible for Kolkata Knight Riders to ever challenge. Because I have seen the previous games Delhi Capital team can not perform well in terms of bowling. Basically, they bowled Axar Patel in the last minute, he was the only one who performed well, but the rest of the players of the Delhi Capitals team did not perform well in terms of bowling. Losing this match the Delhi Capitals team moved to the sixth position in the points table, if Axar Patel and the rest of the bowlers could have performed well then the Delhi Capitals team would have won.

A few seasons ago, Delhi Capitals had one of the best bowling lineups for any team in the Indian Premier League. They had strike bowlers such as Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje, who formed a formidable pair. But once Rabada left the franchise, Nortje was defanged. On Rabada's place now they have Khaleel Ahmed and Rasikh Salam, who are simply not having the same skill set. And for spin they have Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. Two world class bowlers, who are out of form at the moment.

[ThemePen]

Babar azam played good at last match, even tried to do well in others matches too. But it seems, his luck supported him to do best in 5th match.even his fans were expected from him to make a century but unfortunately he did 69 from 44 balls. Even it is hard to make century from T20. Besides Fakhar Zaman also played well. But there was a man whom we can't ingore, is Shaheen Afridi! He showed his talent in every matches, even destroyed New Zealand within 90 runs in 2nd match. And in 5th match, he did great contribution to make his team win. Cause new Zealand had opportunity to made more runs but due to lack of wickets, they failed. This man really impressed everyone and become selected as Man of the match and player of the series both.

Yes you are right. Just due to this. I will give winning credit to three players of the team. That are Babar Azam Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usama Mir. Babar Azam pull the score and made enough target for New Zealand team. Usama Mir collected 2 crucial wickets and Shaheen Shah Afridi also collected 4 wickets. So over all there were an example of team work. And that was an important match for Pakistan and they won the match and tie the series.