T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Rustam Meraj]

Exactly Pakistan played really well in this series. The first match disappointed me but after that there were two remaining matches and Pakistan make a strong comeback.
In short Ireland took the first turn and they made 178 runs here I appreciate the batting of Lorcan Tucker who made 73 runs for Ireland. And here one more hero Shaheen Shah Afridi was there he collected 3 wickets.
After that Pakistan started their turn and Babar Azam Played really well in this match but in the previous match he wasn't good at all. By the congratulations to Pakistan on their series win with 2-1.

I totally agree with you that Pakistan played really well in this series. They did great after losing the first game. They kept trying hard and won next two games. Lorcan Tucker was great at batting for Ireland but Shaheen Shah Afridi was amazing at bowling from Pakistan. It was also great to see Babar Azam do well again and help Pakistan to win the match. Pakistan definitely deserved to win the series and I'm happy to congratulate them on their 2-1 series win. I hope with this performance they will play well in the World Cup too. But they need more practice to face big teams.

[ThemePen]

I totally agree with you that Pakistan played really well in this series. They did great after losing the first game. They kept trying hard and won next two games. Lorcan Tucker was great at batting for Ireland but Shaheen Shah Afridi was amazing at bowling from Pakistan. It was also great to see Babar Azam do well again and help Pakistan to win the match. Pakistan definitely deserved to win the series and I'm happy to congratulate them on their 2-1 series win. I hope with this performance they will play well in the World Cup too. But they need more practice to face big teams.

@Rustam Meraj yes Pakistan played well in this series but if you will take a look on previous series with New Zealand although that series tied but the performance of Pakistan has no consistency.
Basically you said that Pakistan will play well in the World Cup and you said that they need more practice. So yes they need practice and Pakistan players have less consistency. They need to focus on it. For sure the bowling of Pakistan is good but in batting they need more practice. I hope that they will play well in future and try to fix the mistakes that they were making in the past.

[Fuso.hp]

BCB president yesterday announced the 15-member World Cup team ahead of the T20 World Cup where Nazmul Hossain Shanto was named as the captain and Taskin Ahmed as the assistant captain. Nazmul Hossain captaining the World Cup tournament with Shakib Al Hasan is a bit surprising to me. Another surprise is the lack of familiar faces in the World Cup squad. Why Mehidy Hasan Miraz is not in World Cup squad is a big question. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who was picked as a replacement, was not supposed to be included in the squad considering either his domestic leap performance, BPL performance or national team performance, but was still included in the squad. 

Before every World Cup, BCB makes such plays and by making plays, they announce the team as they wish. In this case, BCB does not feel the need to give any importance to which player will do well or which player can do well.

[libert19]

I can already feel the excitement for RCB vs CSK match, it's gonna have a good atmosphere. Eliminator for RCB, and two of biggest personalities in cricket, how can it be less than a carnival?

[synchronym]

BCB president yesterday announced the 15-member World Cup team ahead of the T20 World Cup where Nazmul Hossain Shanto was named as the captain and Taskin Ahmed as the assistant captain. Nazmul Hossain captaining the World Cup tournament with Shakib Al Hasan is a bit surprising to me. Another surprise is the lack of familiar faces in the World Cup squad. Why Mehidy Hasan Miraz is not in World Cup squad is a big question. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who was picked as a replacement, was not supposed to be included in the squad considering either his domestic leap performance, BPL performance or national team performance, but was still included in the squad.  

Before every World Cup, BCB makes such plays and by making plays, they announce the team as they wish. In this case, BCB does not feel the need to give any importance to which player will do well or which player can do well.

You are right that the drama of BCB is not ending. We have seen the drama of ODI World Cup BCB. The team announced by excluding Tamim. Again, it is a question of thousands of cricket fans. Our world best all rounder Shakib Al Hasan will perform in T20 World Cup of course he is an experienced player and BCB should have captained him while captain Shakib Al Hasan was in the team. Mehdi Hasan Miraz has performed very well in BPL, compared to that, Mehdi Hasan Miraz should have been allowed to play in the World Cup. Let's see if Bangladesh can perform well in T20 without maintaining the continuation of the bad performance they did in ODI World Cup then Tigers can finish the World Cup well. But the way Bangladesh team batting performance against Zimbabwe, it seems that they need to focus more on batting. Because they have batting weakness as they have to perform against big teams in World Cup so they have to perform well in both batting and bowling otherwise it will be a failed mission.

[AirtelBuzz]

BCB president yesterday announced the 15-member World Cup team ahead of the T20 World Cup where Nazmul Hossain Shanto was named as the captain and Taskin Ahmed as the assistant captain. Nazmul Hossain captaining the World Cup tournament with Shakib Al Hasan is a bit surprising to me. Another surprise is the lack of familiar faces in the World Cup squad. Why Mehidy Hasan Miraz is not in World Cup squad is a big question. Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who was picked as a replacement, was not supposed to be included in the squad considering either his domestic leap performance, BPL performance or national team performance, but was still included in the squad.  

Before every World Cup, BCB makes such plays and by making plays, they announce the team as they wish. In this case, BCB does not feel the need to give any importance to which player will do well or which player can do well.

You are right that the drama of BCB is not ending. We have seen the drama of ODI World Cup BCB. The team announced by excluding Tamim. Again, it is a question of thousands of cricket fans. Our world best all rounder Shakib Al Hasan will perform in T20 World Cup of course he is an experienced player and BCB should have captained him while captain Shakib Al Hasan was in the team. Mehdi Hasan Miraz has performed very well in BPL, compared to that, Mehdi Hasan Miraz should have been allowed to play in the World Cup. Let's see if Bangladesh can perform well in T20 without maintaining the continuation of the bad performance they did in ODI World Cup then Tigers can finish the World Cup well. But the way Bangladesh team batting performance against Zimbabwe, it seems that they need to focus more on batting. Because they have batting weakness as they have to perform against big teams in World Cup so they have to perform well in both batting and bowling otherwise it will be a failed mission.

Maybe we shouldn't talk about the captaincy issue because they have given the captaincy to whoever they think is deserving.But one thing that seems most surprising is that the Bangladesh Cricket Board did not select Mehdi Hasan's Mirage in the squad for the World Cup.Mehdi Hasan Miraj is a great all-rounder and we have seen proof that he can play in any position in the last few matches.Even though he is currently in great form, BCB did not pick him in the squad which may have been unfair to him.I have seen Mehdi Hasan Miraj as an opening batsman, one down batsman, even batting in the lower order and besides, he does great bowling as well as great fielding. When such a really good player is not included in the team, there is real hatred towards the cricket board of that country as it happened before the ODI World Cup.

[LDL]

I can already feel the excitement for RCB vs CSK match, it's gonna have a good atmosphere. Eliminator for RCB, and two of biggest personalities in cricket, how can it be less than a carnival?

Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore will basically be as exciting as the final. The winning team will qualify and the losing team will be eliminated. Defeated at the start, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost six consecutive matches in this year's IPL, but later won five consecutive matches to keep themselves a contender in the playoff competition so far. Although Royal Challenger Bangalore has only one more match left, Royal Challenger Bangalore must win this match. Although Chennai Super Kings lost by 6 wickets last time out, it remains to be seen if they can avenge that 6 wicket defeat this time.

[UmerIdrees]

Bowling was lethal for the Pakistan which is now turned into weak point as they are conceding too many runs and also fail to create problems for the opponents they need to be fixed this before it's going to be worst for them in coming months because right now situation is not good, and their technique is also not good for this format.

The way Rizwan was out in yesterday’s match was not good because he was out on a yorker. He must have practiced to play on back shoot which means have to practice to play scoop shot too.
Also, if he just touches the ball then still, he could go up and make more runs because at that time, there were many balls left and if he does left that ball so it is not considered a mistake.

By the way, in Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam batting, there is one common thing, they both cannot be hit on scoop means on the back foot which is why I think they have to practice on it or avoid it totally (so they do not get out on that shot),

[Nalain420]

In the third T20I, Ireland scored 178 runs, batting first, I think that's a huge score. However, if Pakistan team can give a good batting performance in today's match, then surely there is a possibility to win this t20 match and win the series. We have seen the games between the two teams that have ended with both teams winning one match each, so we don't know what the equation is going to be today. As Pakistan team batting to meet the target of 179 runs, if they can perform well in batting today then it is definitely possible to win the series. And I think Pakistan will try their best in today's match to win the match and win the series. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam two experienced batsmen are still batting brilliantly if they can make big score for the team then victory is possible today. And to win the series in today's match, the Pakistan team needs to collect 133 runs from only 93 balls.

No it wasn't even that big a score.  Because the Pakistan team is not that weak.  If their batsmen perform well they score a lot of runs.  Their batsmen work hard and struggle in this match.  His team has won 2 out of 3 matches.  Their batsmen have scored 181 runs in 17 overs to win the match.  Congratulations on their performance.  If Ireland batsmen had scored 200 runs and the bowlers had bowled well they could have won the match.  Because if their bowlers put pressure on them they could have won the match.  Rizwan scored 78 runs in the second match as well.  And Rizwan has perform well in this match as well.  Pakistan has improve its performance in the match.  Due to which they will win 2 matches.  If they work hard they can win the series too.Ireland should focus on their performance so that they too can win this series.

[noormcs5]

Bowling was lethal for the Pakistan which is now turned into weak point as they are conceding too many runs and also fail to create problems for the opponents they need to be fixed this before it's going to be worst for them in coming months because right now situation is not good, and their technique is also not good for this format.

The way Rizwan was out in yesterday’s match was not good because he was out on a yorker. He must have practiced to play on back shoot which means have to practice to play scoop shot too.
Also, if he just touches the ball then still, he could go up and make more runs because at that time, there were many balls left and if he does left that ball so it is not considered a mistake.

By the way, in Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam batting, there is one common thing, they both cannot be hit on scoop means on the back foot which is why I think they have to practice on it or avoid it totally (so they do not get out on that shot),

When Rizwan was out in the match then after him always Fakhar Zaman arrived but today instead of Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam called Azam Khan and it was a good decision by him because, in the last match, he also played well so have to see that this performance is just for one match or now he is getting some things that are present inside a good player.

I think there must be a chance for Azam Khan to allow him to play some matches because now slowly he is becoming a good player. At this time, Azam Khan has to focus on his diet because with his health he cannot do fielding and if by chance it would be a part of the World Cup, then Rizwan would do wicket keeping then he cannot run fast on fielding due to his diet.

Shaheen, Babar and Rizwan outclass Ireland as Pakistan seal series win

[Haunebu]

RR vs Punjab underway! Rajasthan are on a 3 match losing streak which I am expecting to break in this particular match despite Buttler being absent which isn't exactly a big loss if you ask me.

They need to score something over 210 to try and ensure victory. On the other hand, Punjab is simply trying to screw other teams in their remaining matches.

[hafiztalha]

It is proof that Pakistan team players have performed aggressive batting, Ireland team performed very well. Pakistan team player Babar Azam did not perform well in the second match but he performed the best in the third match.
Before the end of 20 overs, Pakistan team won the match, Babar Azam and Rizwan are the most and their role is the most to win this match. Meanwhile on the bowling side both Shaheen Afridi and Abbas Afridi have performed very well and are exceptional bowlers. 
So Pakistan team has proved that they are strong by winning the last two matches by a wide margin.

Yesterday in 3 rd game of Pakistan vs Ireland team, Ireland team was performed very well in first bat lineup and their target was also very good. Pakistan team won toss and they had good opportunity to take good decision and also they did it. Ireland won team made 178 big runs target in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets. L. Tucker batsman again showed very brilliant effort as he performed in 2 nd game. He scored 73 runs in 41 balls and he hitted thirteen 4s and one 6s. But in bowl lineup, Ireland team did not break the batsman of Pakistan team and Pakistan Batsman easily chased down the target and won game. B.Azam was proved best Batsman in third game and he scored 75 runs in 42 balls ane he hitted six 4s and five 6s. He brilliantly hitted four 6s in one by one and I really liked his effort. S.Afridi got a player of game award due to her good effort and he took down again 3 wickets in 4 overs and 14 runs.

Congratulations Pakistan team

[libert19]

RR trying to do reverse RCB, like how tamed down they are in last few matches, if you play with 6-7 RR how do you expect to give good total? Jaiswal is also complete opposite of his form in last season.

Dead rubber this match is but if this continues to be their performance they are out of the competition in play-offs.

[cryptoWODL]

It is proof that Pakistan team players have performed aggressive batting, Ireland team performed very well. Pakistan team player Babar Azam did not perform well in the second match but he performed the best in the third match.
Before the end of 20 overs, Pakistan team won the match, Babar Azam and Rizwan are the most and their role is the most to win this match. Meanwhile on the bowling side both Shaheen Afridi and Abbas Afridi have performed very well and are exceptional bowlers.  
So Pakistan team has proved that they are strong by winning the last two matches by a wide margin.

Yesterday in 3 rd game of Pakistan vs Ireland team, Ireland team was performed very well in first bat lineup and their target was also very good. Pakistan team won toss and they had good opportunity to take good decision and also they did it. Ireland won team made 178 big runs target in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets. L. Tucker batsman again showed very brilliant effort as he performed in 2 nd game. He scored 73 runs in 41 balls and he hitted thirteen 4s and one 6s. But in bowl lineup, Ireland team did not break the batsman of Pakistan team and Pakistan Batsman easily chased down the target and won game. B.Azam was proved best Batsman in third game and he scored 75 runs in 42 balls ane he hitted six 4s and five 6s. He brilliantly hitted four 6s in one by one and I really liked his effort. S.Afridi got a player of game award due to her good effort and he took down again 3 wickets in 4 overs and 14 runs.

Congratulations Pakistan team

Pakistan team must be congratulated as they deserve to be congratulated. After Pakistan lost the first match against Ireland, they bounced back well and won two consecutive T20Is to clinch the series win. In the third T20I, Ireland batted first and amassed a mammoth total of 172 runs, with Lorcan Tucker playing a cameo innings of 72 off 41 balls. Batting on the target given by Ireland, the batsmen of the Pakistan team batted very well, especially Md Rezwan and Babar Azam's innings was very good. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan put on an unbroken partnership of 139 off 74 balls against Ireland. Basically this pair between them took Pakistan to the brink of victory.

Pakistan's Shahensha Afridi has been adjudged Man of the Match for his outstanding bowling performance in the third T20I.Shahensha Afridi has taken seven wickets in these three matches against Ireland and may be a worthy contender for Man of the Series.

[JSRAW]

RR trying to do reverse RCB, like how tamed down they are in last few matches, if you play with 6-7 RR how do you expect to give good total? Jaiswal is also complete opposite of his form in last season.

Dead rubber this match is but if this continues to be their performance they are out of the competition in play-offs.

These guys need to win at least 1 one of their remaining matches, otherwise, they'll slip into 3rd or maybe 4th position because their NRR is inferior when compared to Chennai and SRH.

Considering their trajectory and performance in the last leg, they are not in the mood to win any game though.

[tsaroz]

RR trying to do reverse RCB, like how tamed down they are in last few matches, if you play with 6-7 RR how do you expect to give good total? Jaiswal is also complete opposite of his form in last season.

Dead rubber this match is but if this continues to be their performance they are out of the competition in play-offs.

Indeed, RCB and RR both are on different sides of extreme. RCB have a 5 win streak and if RR lose today, they'll have a 5 lose streak. CSK and Sunrisers Hyderabad could give RR a challenge for the 2nd place and if RR is pushed to eliminator, they could lose considering their form and the performance of other qualifying team.
Punjab is currently the lowest ranked team yet RR are not able to bat against them properly. RR winning the toss chose to bat but every of its batsmen failed to perform. At the end of 18th over, they are 130/7 and in my guess getting a 20 in 2 overs would be tough for them. A target below 150 and Punjab would chase it without catching breath.

[Compromise me]

In the third T20I, Ireland scored 178 runs, batting first, I think that's a huge score. However, if Pakistan team can give a good batting performance in today's match, then surely there is a possibility to win this t20 match and win the series. We have seen the games between the two teams that have ended with both teams winning one match each, so we don't know what the equation is going to be today. As Pakistan team batting to meet the target of 179 runs, if they can perform well in batting today then it is definitely possible to win the series. And I think Pakistan will try their best in today's match to win the match and win the series. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam two experienced batsmen are still batting brilliantly if they can make big score for the team then victory is possible today. And to win the series in today's match, the Pakistan team needs to collect 133 runs from only 93 balls.

Pakistan has improve its performance in the match.  Due to which they will win 2 matches.  If they work hard they can win the series too.Ireland should focus on their performance so that they too can win this series.

So Pakistan won this series , Pakistan won this series thanks to Babar Azam and Rizwan. Babar Azam faltered in his second match and could not bat due to which he was dismissed for zero runs . And in this match he performed well and proved that he is a good batsman as well as the captain of the Pakistan team .
But the reward of this Match goes to Shaheen Afridi because he got three wickets deep for Ireland with his great bowling which was the big batsman of Ireland.And A Afridi aslo bowled well and took two wickets.

[libert19]

RR trying to do reverse RCB, like how tamed down they are in last few matches, if you play with 6-7 RR how do you expect to give good total? Jaiswal is also complete opposite of his form in last season.

Dead rubber this match is but if this continues to be their performance they are out of the competition in play-offs.

These guys need to win at least 1 one of their remaining matches, otherwise, they'll slip into 3rd or maybe 4th position because their NRR is inferior when compared to Chennai and SRH.

Oh! I was just looking at play-offs scenario, completely forgot that being in first two ranks gives second chance at qualifying.

Inning ends at 144-8, tuk-tuk does no good, might as well play aggressive?

Or they could be playing psychological tricks for opponents to underrestimate them in qualifiers, don't quote me on this though 

[Rustam Meraj]

So Pakistan won this series , Pakistan won this series thanks to Babar Azam and Rizwan. Babar Azam faltered in his second match and could not bat due to which he was dismissed for zero runs . And in this match he performed well and proved that he is a good batsman as well as the captain of the Pakistan team .
But the reward of this Match goes to Shaheen Afridi because he got three wickets deep for Ireland with his great bowling which was the big batsman of Ireland.And Abbas Afridi aslo bowled well and took two wickets.

I completely agree that Pakistan victory in this series was largely due to exceptional performances of Babar Azam and Rizwan. Babar Azam comeback in final match was impressive and he proved himself to be skilled batsman and a capable captain. However I also think real hero of match was Shaheen Afridi who took three crucial wickets and dismantled Ireland with his outstanding bowling. Afridi performance was instrumental in Pakistan win and he deserves highest praise. Overall it was team effort but Shaheen Shah Afridi bowling was deciding factor in this match.

[noormcs5]

It is proof that Pakistan team players have performed aggressive batting, Ireland team performed very well. Pakistan team player Babar Azam did not perform well in the second match but he performed the best in the third match.
Before the end of 20 overs, Pakistan team won the match, Babar Azam and Rizwan are the most and their role is the most to win this match. Meanwhile on the bowling side both Shaheen Afridi and Abbas Afridi have performed very well and are exceptional bowlers. 
So Pakistan team has proved that they are strong by winning the last two matches by a wide margin.

Yesterday in 3 rd game of Pakistan vs Ireland team, Ireland team was performed very well in first bat lineup and their target was also very good. Pakistan team won toss and they had good opportunity to take good decision and also they did it. Ireland won team made 178 big runs target in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets. L. Tucker batsman again showed very brilliant effort as he performed in 2 nd game. He scored 73 runs in 41 balls and he hitted thirteen 4s and one 6s. But in bowl lineup, Ireland team did not break the batsman of Pakistan team and Pakistan Batsman easily chased down the target and won game. B.Azam was proved best Batsman in third game and he scored 75 runs in 42 balls ane he hitted six 4s and five 6s. He brilliantly hitted four 6s in one by one and I really liked his effort. S.Afridi got a player of game award due to her good effort and he took down again 3 wickets in 4 overs and 14 runs.

Congratulations Pakistan team

Most of the time, in yesterday's match Azam Khan was not hitting on the easy balls, but it was good because he had an idea that if he hit then he could be out that is why he waited for the ball to come to him except on the middle and in gap then he hit a shot otherwise he took single or double or drop the ball which was very good but not for all time because sometimes, the game is fixed in a situation where the batsmen must have to hit the sixes or fours and as finisher he must have to hit boundaries in every ball but according to today’s situation, it was very good.

Remember that it was Azam Khan who played just 6 balls and scored 18 runs. Pakistan must be hoping if he can continue this form in the England tour and then in the upcoming T20 World Cup of course.