T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[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.

[Publictalk792]

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.

Here can be the two reasons. First you can say that Delhi Capitals batsmen need more practice or you can say they were weak in batting line. And second we can say that Kolkata Knight Riders bowling line was really good. And they out 9 of the wickets of Delhi Capitals team. Because Varun bowled aggressively and collected 3 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav was playing well. A bowler was fulfilling the space of batsman but that wasn't enough to win. Delhi Capitals should focus on the mistakes to resolve them. I hope they will make a good comeback in the next match.

[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.

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.

You are right if the bowlers of Delhi Capitals could have bowled aggressively from the start against Kolkata then maybe Delhi Capitals would have won the match. However, due to lack of responsible batting by Delhi Capitals batsmen, Kolkata Knight Riders were given a target of just 154 runs which was very easy for Kolkata. Because Kolkata Knight Riders batting line is quite strong so to win the match against them must give a target of 200 plus runs otherwise it will not be possible to win the match against Kolkata. Because the batting line of Delhi Capitals is quite strong, but the bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders bowled well in yesterday's match. Due to their aggressive bowling from the start, Kolkata Knight Riders limited a strong team like Delhi Capitals to 153 runs in the allotted 20 overs. The Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen did not have much trouble to win the target of 154 runs as KKR won easily by seven wickets.

[FinePoine0]

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.

Here can be the two reasons. First you can say that Delhi Capitals batsmen need more practice or you can say they were weak in batting line. And second we can say that Kolkata Knight Riders bowling line was really good. And they out 9 of the wickets of Delhi Capitals team. Because Varun bowled aggressively and collected 3 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav was playing well. A bowler was fulfilling the space of batsman but that wasn't enough to win. Delhi Capitals should focus on the mistakes to resolve them. I hope they will make a good comeback in the next match.

How will the Delhi Capitals team players improve their batting performance, five wickets fall in the power play. The first five wickets are attacking batsmen, if they get out there are no players left to perform for long. Due to the dismissal of strong batsmen, Delhi captains team collected this small target of 153 runs. However, Kolkata Knight Riders won only because of the bowling performance of the team, and Salt, who played the most role, gave the best batting performance.

[CryptoBuds]

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.

Here can be the two reasons. First you can say that Delhi Capitals batsmen need more practice or you can say they were weak in batting line. And second we can say that Kolkata Knight Riders bowling line was really good. And they out 9 of the wickets of Delhi Capitals team. Because Varun bowled aggressively and collected 3 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav was playing well. A bowler was fulfilling the space of batsman but that wasn't enough to win. Delhi Capitals should focus on the mistakes to resolve them. I hope they will make a good comeback in the next match.

How will the Delhi Capitals team players improve their batting performance, five wickets fall in the power play. The first five wickets are attacking batsmen, if they get out there are no players left to perform for long. Due to the dismissal of strong batsmen, Delhi captains team collected this small target of 153 runs. However, Kolkata Knight Riders won only because of the bowling performance of the team, and Salt, who played the most role, gave the best batting performance.

We have seen poor performance from Delhi players in both the matches against Kolkata. After conceding a humiliating defeat in the first match I thought Delhi would play well in yesterday's match. Because the team was able to win against Mumbai and Gujarat in the last two matches. Even then Delhi batsmen could not bat well against Kolkata. I cannot call a target of 154 runs a good target on this pitch.

In the first match, Delhi lost four wickets in 6 overs of the power play, and in the second match, Delhi lost 5 wickets in the first 6 overs. After such a poor start one cannot expect big collections from the team. However, the win in this match saw Kolkata retain the second place in the points table. Kolkata's chances of losing the second place in the points table are very low.

[libert19]

Had Lizaad Williams taken that catch of Salt, match could have gotten bit interesting, he's backbone of KKR this season, if he's back to pavilion early, rest of team comes under huge pressure.

And for spin they have Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. Two world class bowlers, who are out of form at the moment.

Kuldeep and Axar are good as they get, always taking crucial wickets in middle overs. Even in massacre against SRH, these two alone shined.

[bitcoin_mining]

Watching the IPL games, it seems that all the players playing in the IPL especially the bowlers are being tortured. International cricket does not take place in them, as the batsmen get a chance as well as the bowler can bowl well. The impact player rule in the IPL as well as making such wickets just for runs has gone against the bowlers. Due to such rules in the IPL, many bowlers have been seen speaking directly about these issues. BCCI should plan for the next season on these issues to maintain the quality of IPL.

[Haunebu]

Watching the IPL games, it seems that all the players playing in the IPL especially the bowlers are being tortured. International cricket does not take place in them, as the batsmen get a chance as well as the bowler can bowl well. The impact player rule in the IPL as well as making such wickets just for runs has gone against the bowlers. Due to such rules in the IPL, many bowlers have been seen speaking directly about these issues. BCCI should plan for the next season on these issues to maintain the quality of IPL.

What you stated makes sense from a technical perspective, but not from a financial perspective because BCCI is raking in the big bucks through rules like Impact Player etc since most people just want to see sixes and fours.

This is why I am afraid that they will keep favouring batsmen more and more over bowlers in the IPL thanks to the entertainment factor.

[B2Z]

Today Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants two teams will face each other but this match today is going to be a high voltage match. Because it is really difficult to predict which team will win.  Although Mumbai Indians in this IPL did not perform very well in the beginning but now Mumbai Indians have performed very well. Considering that, today's match may be very competitive. Lucknow Super Giants have won against Chennai Super Kings with a very good performance. If Lucknow Super Giants can maintain their consistency, Mumbai Indians will have a chance to win against Mumbai Indians. The game of cricket is a game of uncertainty and it is really difficult to predict which team will win but the team that performs well on the field will win. Finally we have to wait and see how well Lucknow Super Giants can perform against Mumbai Indians.

[libert19]

Knew something was off here [1]. Apparently, Harshit was fined 60% of match fees for giving flying kiss to Mayank Agarwal in one of KKR's prior matches, so he corrected himself soon here.

IMO, aggression makes the competition entertaining, this should be allowed.


[1] https://twitter.com/vishnu978sharma/status/1784957335108264027

[Popkon6]

Today Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants two teams will face each other but this match today is going to be a high voltage match. Because it is really difficult to predict which team will win.  Although Mumbai Indians in this IPL did not perform very well in the beginning but now Mumbai Indians have performed very well. Considering that, today's match may be very competitive.

Today the Mumbai Indians team is not that strong because the batting line of the Mumbai Indians team is strong but the bowling line is very weak. But the opposite team Lucknow Super Giants team is strong on both sides and they are occupying the fifth place in the points table, especially though Mumbai Indians team and want to win the matches in the future they will not enter the quarter finals. But in this case Lucknow Super Giants team has this chance as they have won five matches so far. But Lucknow Super Giants must win today's match as they have a chance to make it to the quarter finals if they work hard enough.

[WatChe]

Today the Mumbai Indians team is not that strong because the batting line of the Mumbai Indians team is strong but the bowling line is very weak. But the opposite team Lucknow Super Giants team is strong on both sides and they are occupying the fifth place in the points table, especially though Mumbai Indians team and want to win the matches in the future they will not enter the quarter finals. But in this case Lucknow Super Giants team has this chance as they have won five matches so far. But Lucknow Super Giants must win today's match as they have a chance to make it to the quarter finals if they work hard enough.

It's very important game for MI, they need to win this game to stay in the contest. If we see points table then LSG is at number 5th position while MI is at number 9th position. Both teams need a win today to get to higher position on points table. RR is almost through to next round but 3 others teams are not finalised yet. The group stage is about to end and teams now have 4 or 5 games left. It's time to give there full efforts in last matches to make it to next round.       

[libert19]

India T20I world cup squad announced: BCCI

Rohit (C), Hardik (VC), Jaiswal, Kohli, Surya, Pant, Samson, Dube, Jadeja, Axar, Kuldeep, Chahal, Arshdeep, Siraj, Bumrah

Travelling reserves:

Rinku, Gill, Khaleel, Avesh.

Opinion:

Pant! Looooolllll!

Arshdeep, who misses his line under pressure. Why?

Siraj, what else can be done except hoping that he gets his form back?

Rinku not in squad — hopefully someone gets injured and he makes it to the squad. I'm sorry for such sadist hope.

Hopefully, never need arises for Avesh  

I'm glad Dube got in, India needs proper spin basher in middle overs.


Overall I would rate this squad 7/10.

[B2Z]

Today Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants two teams will face each other but this match today is going to be a high voltage match. Because it is really difficult to predict which team will win.  Although Mumbai Indians in this IPL did not perform very well in the beginning but now Mumbai Indians have performed very well. Considering that, today's match may be very competitive.

Today the Mumbai Indians team is not that strong because the batting line of the Mumbai Indians team is strong but the bowling line is very weak. But the opposite team Lucknow Super Giants team is strong on both sides and they are occupying the fifth place in the points table, especially though Mumbai Indians team and want to win the matches in the future they will not enter the quarter finals. But in this case Lucknow Super Giants team has this chance as they have won five matches so far. But Lucknow Super Giants must win today's match as they have a chance to make it to the quarter finals if they work hard enough.

The captain of Lucknow Super Giants decided to bowl first after winning the toss to see how well Lucknow Super Giants bowlers can use this decision. Lucknow Super Giants performed very well against Chennai Super Kings and won both the matches against Chennai by performing well in both batting and bowling. Mumbai Indians batsmen will be under a lot of pressure if they can bowl aggressively from the start against Mumbai Indians today. Now let's see how aggressively bowling Lucknow Super Giants bowlers can restrict Mumbai Indians to within how many runs.

[libert19]

MI once again in trouble as Rohit and Surya both gone for cheap. Surya isn't having much success with his leg side shots these days, instead of going for boundaries he gets out trying to hit those.

Pressure on young middle order again, Tilak and Nehal, will these two help MI give good total again? Ishan still on crease, he has opportunity to prove himself too, iirc he has played one 50+ inning so far this season, MI needs more from him.

[noormcs5]

Today the Mumbai Indians team is not that strong because the batting line of the Mumbai Indians team is strong but the bowling line is very weak.

Today Mumbai Indians batting is not looking good either and they have lost 2 wickets only for 21 runs. Rohit Sharma, who was expected to make big runs, was out only making 4 runs while Suryakumar Yadav got out making 10 runs only. He was a big hitter and if he had stayed on the crease for a long time, it could helped Mumbai Indians scored big runs.


Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians - MI lose Rohit and Suryakumar early

But the opposite team Lucknow Super Giants team is strong on both sides and they are occupying the fifth place in the points table, especially though Mumbai Indians team and want to win the matches in the future they will not enter the quarter finals. But in this case Lucknow Super Giants team has this chance as they have won five matches so far. But Lucknow Super Giants must win today's match as they have a chance to make it to the quarter finals if they work hard enough.

Lucknow Super Giants are a stronger team and I expect them to win today. Right now both the opening bowlers Marcus Stoinis and  Mohsin Khan  took one wicket each. This match is being played at Lucknow and therefore i guess their team and crowd will be happy with the scorecard at the moment.

[libert19]

Knew something was off here [1]. Apparently, Harshit was fined 60% of match fees for giving flying kiss to Mayank Agarwal in one of KKR's prior matches, so he corrected himself soon here.

IMO, aggression makes the competition entertaining, this should be allowed.


[1] https://twitter.com/vishnu978sharma/status/1784957335108264027

LOL! Harshit Rana fined 100% of match fees, and banned for 1 match for that... half assed celebration?

https://twitter.com/cricbuzz/status/1785279703118438552

If there is more than what meets the eye then ok, otherwise this is abysmal.