T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[libert19]

I won't call it the best because we missed Super Over this season but the last 2 months were entertaining and had fun watching teams breaking record after record with the bat. Also, we hardly had any dead rubber because 3-4 teams were contesting for the last 2 spots. At half stage, I was expecting more dead rubber contests.

The final felt a bit dull though because everyone was expecting fireworks from the batters but it was dominated by bowlers.

Missed super overs too, but I still felt that it was the best season so far thanks to crazy explosive records, batters and bowlers dominating evenly across the season, high octane entertainment consistently, most competitive season etc.

The final was underwhelming for sure, but 1 bad match doesn't cancel out all of the pros that I stated. Best season so far for me.

I felt play-offs and finale both were rather mediocre, RCB vs CSK was last game with hype and with emotional involvement, was happy that RCB won there but once RCB lost in play-offs, it was end of IPL for me and had very little emotional connection with rest of teams.

SRH's poor performance both in qualifier and in the finale made it completely feel dry, this team performed exact opposite end of season compared to their performance start of season. KKR won the trophy like walk in the park, there was no fight from SRH.

[Unknown Op]

Canada vs Nepal

Nepal team has been in bad form for a long time.   I thought Nepal would do well in today's match against Canada.   But the team could not play well against Canada. Team Canada batted first and scored a massive total of 187.   I don't think Nepal will win by batting at such a big target.

Ravinderpal Singh played an excellent innings of 41 runs off just 17 balls. Nicholas Kirton also scored 52 runs.   Canada's batsmen batted better than I expected. On the other hand, Nepal's captain used his 7 bowlers, but none of them bowled well.
Nepal's two openers collected only 7 runs in 3 overs.   The Nepal team needs to collect 177 runs to win in 102 balls.

Nepal won the toss and decided to bowl first that a bad decision. Canada batted well and scored a huge total of 183 runs in a loss of 7 wickets in the first innings. Nepal current score is 81 runs in a loss of 4 wickets. Nepal needs 103 runs from 42 balls to win this match from Candia. it's very difficult for Nopal to chase down this huge total because they lost 4 quick wickets in low runs and they need more runs which seems like very difficult for now. Candia is now winning position and they will easily win this match if they locked one or two more wickets.

Yesterday warm up matches has been started of ICC Men's T20 World Cup Warm up Matches competition and many sqauds take part for playing this competition with also some international cricket squads like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, West indies, Australia, Afghanistan, Scotland, Ireland, Usa, Papua New Guinea, Oman, Canada Namibia, Nepal and Uganda. Yesterday total three warm up matches were played among different squads. In Canada against Nepal squad fight, Canada has begun this match first with batting inning and I surprised by the performance of Canada squad in batting inning I also know that against Sqaud Nepal is also not a weak squad, their sqaud also played many competitions and displayed high quality strength. But in yesterday match, Canada squad has collected 183 scores after playing 20 overs which seem very challenging and hard defeating target. Nepal squad just achieved 120 scores off 19.3 oners and whole members of their squad was wiped out. Nicholas Kirton made a amazing mid century off low deliveries and power hitting shots which was made this match more enjoyable. Dilon Heyliger bowler of Canada squad Also bowled impressively by picking up four batter wickets in just 2.3 overs. I think Canada squad has fully prepared for this competition and this competition is going to be quite interesting.

[Nalain420]

Canada vs Nepal

Nepal team has been in bad form for a long time.   I thought Nepal would do well in today's match against Canada.   But the team could not play well against Canada. Team Canada batted first and scored a massive total of 187.   I don't think Nepal will win by batting at such a big target.

Ravinderpal Singh played an excellent innings of 41 runs off just 17 balls. Nicholas Kirton also scored 52 runs.   Canada's batsmen batted better than I expected. On the other hand, Nepal's captain used his 7 bowlers, but none of them bowled well.
Nepal's two openers collected only 7 runs in 3 overs.   Nepal team needs to collect 177 runs to win in 102 balls.

Nepal was one of the very good teams.  I was very impressed with his performance.  But I am surprised to see his performance in this match.  Neither his bowling nor his batting was good in this match.  Canada batsmen have given a very good target.  Their performance will be good.  While their earlier performance was not so good.   And their bowlers and batsmen together gave Nepal a very bad defeat.  Nepal batting was very slow this time.Yes his performance has brought color in the match.  Nepal batsmen batted slowly and will be all outs.  Had they performed well from the start and put together a good run the target could have been achieved.  Their bowler has also excelled in bowling.  His bowling was very good he used to stop runs if he took wickets he would win the match by completing the easy target.  But this time Sun luck did not support him.

[Sithara007]

Nepal was one of the very good teams.  I was very impressed with his performance.  But I am surprised to see his performance in this match.  Neither his bowling nor his batting was good in this match.  Canada batsmen have given a very good target.  Their performance will be good.  While their earlier performance was not so good.   And their bowlers and batsmen together gave Nepal a very bad defeat.  Nepal batting was very slow this time.Yes his performance has brought color in the match.  Nepal batsmen batted slowly and will be all outs.  Had they performed well from the start and put together a good run the target could have been achieved.  Their bowler has also excelled in bowling.  His bowling was very good he used to stop runs if he took wickets he would win the match by completing the easy target.  But this time Sun luck did not support him.

Nepal entirely depends on native players, and perhaps as a result they are one of the least favored teams for the ICC. The absence of Sandeep Lamichhane (due to visa issues) impacted them negatively, while the young batsmen have not yet properly got themselves adjusted to the conditions in USA and West Indies. But I have a lot of hope for them. They will improvise as the tournament goes on, and this time a minimum of 4 matches are guaranteed for each team in the group phase.

[JSRAW]

Nepal entirely depends on native players, and perhaps as a result they are one of the least favored teams for the ICC. The absence of Sandeep Lamichhane (due to visa issues) impacted them negatively, while the young batsmen have not yet properly got themselves adjusted to the conditions in USA and West Indies. But I have a lot of hope for them. They will improvise as the tournament goes on, and this time a minimum of 4 matches are guaranteed for each team in the group phase.

Why is Lamichhane's visa being rejected again? I thought the court had acquitted him or was it because he was on the radar of Interpol a few years back due to his hideout and overstay in the US?

I hope they make a strong statement in this WC, maybe an upset team or two. It would be some fun for sure.   

[Nanga Parbat]

Canada vs Nepal

Nepal team has been in bad form for a long time.   I thought Nepal would do well in today's match against Canada.   But the team could not play well against Canada. Team Canada batted first and scored a massive total of 187.   I don't think Nepal will win by batting at such a big target.

Nepal has got momentum few months ago and at that time they were giving tough time to any strong opponent but now it's look like they lose thier grip and now continuously losing critical matches against weak opponent and yesterday they have same story by facing weak or fair opponent and lose against them by huge margin of 60+ runs , I know they are cricketing rich nation and they way fans showed Thier craze and love it's difficult to accept such bad performance from his beloved team and player but it's reality currently they facing one of the worst form with a major mistake from thier mian players. As currently from score board thier middle order collapse cause the main reason of thier defeat.

I was not expecting that kind of  match. I was expecting, Nepal team will handle the pressure and they will win this match . But in last match ,the Canadian team moral was very high and they gave an excellent target of 184 runs and then they defend very well and in the end, they won the match by 63 runs. Nepal seven batsmans can't enter in double figures  and the highest run maker was Malla who made 37 runs in 30 balls and the bowling performance of Nepal team was also poor. In the other hand , Canadian team batters played well , especially Kirton who made 50 for his country and R. Singh also played good in the death overs and he made 41 runs in 17 balls.

[marii awan]

West Indies  vs   South Africa
I am disappointed with the performance of South African players against West Indies.   I thought I would see a better performance from South Africa in the upcoming T20 World Cup

It's really disappointing for any south African team fan because they lose consecutive three matches of the series and not only lose the series but they were being whitewashed too by the underestimate west indies who were unfortunately not even qualified for ICC T20 World cup previous year too but at this year they really show Thier magic and strength right before the world which will really raised Thier confidence and also they have edge of home ground so things will be under control for them.  While looking at West indies recent performance show how huge Thier have developed thier both bowling and batting side through which they brutally crushed thier strong opponent. Anyway congratulations to West Indies for phenomenal victory and hope south Africa will recovered after getting his fully strength squad

We know that West Indies team is strong in T20 format.   But it is really difficult to accept that a renowned team like South Africa will not be able to win a single match in the series against the West Indies.

South African players are talented as well as experienced. Even then the team was not able to perform well against the West Indies. The South African team did not get the expected performance from the three South African batsmen Ryan Rickelton, Matthew Breetzke and Adriaan Mulder. The performances of these three players were erratic. South Africa could not do well against West Indies due to batting weakness. South Africa will not be able to qualify for the semi-finals if the batsmen perform this erratically in the next World Cup as well.

What a win by the Windies against the Proteas it is a comprehensive win and defeated the world's best team by 3-0. Windies strike an alarming bell for every other team that they are favorites for the up coming World cup and no offense they are the strongest side in t20.

[Haunebu]

New head coach of India situation is seriously getting out of control currently. BCCI actually received fake applications from the likes of Modi, Tendulkar etc which completely left me in splits.

Seems like Gambhir might be the new coach on a more serious note which would be epic since that dude is a proven strategist.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Pakistan team is going through a very bad time.   I haven't seen a good performance from this team for a long time.   The first T20 match was played against England. England won the second match quite easily. The England team had given a target of 184 runs.

Today the two teams will meet in the third match of the series.   As it is a 4 match series. So Pakistan still has a chance to win the series.   But the batting of Pakistani batsmen is very erratic. I don't think it will be possible to beat a team like England with such erratic batting. In today's match as well, I consider England as the favorite.   Since Pakistan's players are not in good form, England's victory is more likely.

[Popkon6]

Canada vs Nepal

Nepal team has been in bad form for a long time.   I thought Nepal would do well in today's match against Canada.   But the team could not play well against Canada. Team Canada batted first and scored a massive total of 187.   I don't think Nepal will win by batting at such a big target.

Nepal has got momentum few months ago and at that time they were giving tough time to any strong opponent but now it's look like they lose thier grip and now continuously losing critical matches against weak opponent and yesterday they have same story by facing weak or fair opponent and lose against them by huge margin of 60+ runs , I know they are cricketing rich nation and they way fans showed Thier craze and love it's difficult to accept such bad performance from his beloved team and player but it's reality currently they facing one of the worst form with a major mistake from thier mian players. As currently from score board thier middle order collapse cause the main reason of thier defeat.

Team Canada performed very well from the start, managing to score 183 runs. Which was a big target for Nepal team, Nepal team failed to meet the target of 183 runs by losing wickets. Nepal team scored only 120 runs and lost all wickets, Canada team bowling Dillon Heyliger he took 2.3 and gave 20 runs and collected four wickets. Which is the best performance for today's game and the most role to win. In particular, the number of offensive batting failures of the Nepalese team was high due to which they had to lose by 63 runs in this match.

[noormcs5]

England vs Pakistan

Pakistan cricket team and England cricket team are playing T20 series against each other as a preparation before the World Cup. The first T20 match of the T20 series between these two teams was interrupted due to rain, after which Pakistan lost to England in the second T20 match.The third T20 match between them will be played today. Today's match is important for both the teams especially for Pakistan because if they lose today then England will be able to win the series. As the England team has already won the second T20 match and lead the series by one nil. We are waiting to see if Pakistan will be able to win against England today.

Today is the match between Pakistan and England, after some time, this match will begin and a great match will start, this time the Pakistan team must have to play as well as they can because this match is the last match that allows to Pakistan to come back in this series once again otherwise if they lose today’s match then the chances of Pakistan wins will be finished.  

Let’s see who will win today’s match, this match is such an important match for Pakistan. I hope and think this match will be an awesome match and both teams play well.

[libert19]

New head coach of India situation is seriously getting out of control currently. BCCI actually received fake applications from the likes of Modi, Tendulkar etc which completely left me in splits.

Indians! Fake applications shouldn't surprise you. How legit can these fake applications get, that's what I wonder.

[JSRAW]

New head coach of India situation is seriously getting out of control currently. BCCI actually received fake applications from the likes of Modi, Tendulkar etc which completely left me in splits.

Seems like Gambhir might be the new coach on a more serious note which would be epic since that dude is a proven strategist.

It would be more fun if BCCI post the list publicly, to troll themselves. With this act, they might earn some respect among all cricket fans.

The list would be epic for sure and possibly could break an Indian Twitter trend for a day or two, can imagine Bunty-Bubli, Ranga-Billa, Tamij wali galiyan etc kinds of usernames.

[UmerIdrees]

England vs Pakistan

Pakistan cricket team and England cricket team are playing T20 series against each other as a preparation before the World Cup. The first T20 match of the T20 series between these two teams was interrupted due to rain, after which Pakistan lost to England in the second T20 match.The third T20 match between them will be played today. Today's match is important for both the teams especially for Pakistan because if they lose today then England will be able to win the series. As the England team has already won the second T20 match and lead the series by one nil. We are waiting to see if Pakistan will be able to win against England today.

Today is the match between Pakistan and England, after some time, this match will begin and a great match will start, this time the Pakistan team must have to play as well as they can because this match is the last match that allows to Pakistan to come back in this series once again otherwise if they lose today’s match then the chances of Pakistan wins will be finished.  

Let’s see who will win today’s match, this match is such an important match for Pakistan. I hope and think this match will be an awesome match and both teams play well.

I also want to see the Pakistan team as the winner of today’s match because if they won today’s match then there would be an exciting series ahead. After all, when one match is won by England and one by Pakistan, then there will be pressure on the last match (it would be a like final match or a decider) but if England wins today’s match then all excitement of the last match will be finished. Today is the second last match of this series and if England win this match then England won the series or have a chance to whitewash Pakistan in this series. (most likely this scenario will happen).

[onecall123]

Canada vs Nepal

Nepal team has been in bad form for a long time.   I thought Nepal would do well in today's match against Canada.   But the team could not play well against Canada. Team Canada batted first and scored a massive total of 187.   I don't think Nepal will win by batting at such a big target.

Nepal has got momentum few months ago and at that time they were giving tough time to any strong opponent but now it's look like they lose thier grip and now continuously losing critical matches against weak opponent and yesterday they have same story by facing weak or fair opponent and lose against them by huge margin of 60+ runs , I know they are cricketing rich nation and they way fans showed Thier craze and love it's difficult to accept such bad performance from his beloved team and player but it's reality currently they facing one of the worst form with a major mistake from thier mian players. As currently from score board thier middle order collapse cause the main reason of thier defeat.

I was not expecting that kind of  match. I was expecting, Nepal team will handle the pressure and they will win this match . But in last match ,the Canadian team moral was very high and they gave an excellent target of 184 runs and then they defend very well and in the end, they won the match by 63 runs. Nepal seven batsmans can't enter in double figures  and the highest run maker was Malla who made 37 runs in 30 balls and the bowling performance of Nepal team was also poor. In the other hand , Canadian team batters played well , especially Kirton who made 50 for his country and R. Singh also played good in the death overs and he made 41 runs in 17 balls.

Canada registered an easy win following their T20 World Cup warm-up match against Nepal. Canada played superbly, while Nepal flopped as usual. It was a completely one-sided match, which I didn't expect like others. The game lacked competitive performance, and it seems certain that Nepal will struggle in its main matches. Despite having a deep batting line-up, none of the batsmen showed confidence. It's rare to see Nepali batters face the last ball of the last over, including in this match. The Nepal team still isn't mature enough for international play and seems to be learning.

[tsaroz]

Canada vs Nepal

Nepal team has been in bad form for a long time.   I thought Nepal would do well in today's match against Canada.   But the team could not play well against Canada. Team Canada batted first and scored a massive total of 187.   I don't think Nepal will win by batting at such a big target.

Nepal has got momentum few months ago and at that time they were giving tough time to any strong opponent but now it's look like they lose thier grip and now continuously losing critical matches against weak opponent and yesterday they have same story by facing weak or fair opponent and lose against them by huge margin of 60+ runs , I know they are cricketing rich nation and they way fans showed Thier craze and love it's difficult to accept such bad performance from his beloved team and player but it's reality currently they facing one of the worst form with a major mistake from thier mian players. As currently from score board thier middle order collapse cause the main reason of thier defeat.

Team Canada performed very well from the start, managing to score 183 runs. Which was a big target for Nepal team, Nepal team failed to meet the target of 183 runs by losing wickets. Nepal team scored only 120 runs and lost all wickets, Canada team bowling Dillon Heyliger he took 2.3 and gave 20 runs and collected four wickets. Which is the best performance for today's game and the most role to win. In particular, the number of offensive batting failures of the Nepalese team was high due to which they had to lose by 63 runs in this match.

Nepal initially had a controlled bowling but Ravinderpal Singh came to bat, he changed the pace of game with his 4 sixes and 1 four. Nepal struggled batting against Canada. The start was not that bad but the lower order collapsed completely. 7 of the 11 Nepali batsmen were not able to get a double score.
The warm up match between the non-test playing teams are wild and unpredictable. Among them Scotland is currently the highest ranking T20 team but considering the nature of group stage and qualification to super 8, I don't see any non-test playing teams qualifying to super 8.

[Minecache]

Pakistan team is going through a very bad time.   I haven't seen a good performance from this team for a long time.   The first T20 match was played against England. England won the second match quite easily. The England team had given a target of 184 runs.

Today the two teams will meet in the third match of the series.   As it is a 4 match series. So Pakistan still has a chance to win the series.   But the batting of Pakistani batsmen is very erratic. I don't think it will be possible to beat a team like England with such erratic batting. In today's match as well, I consider England as the favorite.   Since Pakistan's players are not in good form, England's victory is more likely.

I am not expecting much from Pakistan team in today's match as well.   Pakistan team has been performing badly for a long time.   I thought after PSL maybe Pakistani players will return to form. But even after PSL Pakistan players are not able to perform well. And the team's performance so far has been erratic. Pakistan team also lost the home series against New Zealand.   Pakistan could not play well against the second row team of New Zealand.

For the England team, this series is like a warm up match before the World Cup.   So England will definitely try their best to perform well. And to get the players back into shape.   I wouldn't be surprised at all if England win all the matches in this series.

[ibuddy122505]

I also want to see the Pakistan team as the winner of today’s match because if they won today’s match then there would be an exciting series ahead. After all, when one match is won by England and one by Pakistan, then there will be pressure on the last match (it would be a like final match or a decider) but if England wins today’s match then all excitement of the last match will be finished. Today is the second last match of this series and if England win this match then England won the series or have a chance to whitewash Pakistan in this series. (most likely this scenario will happen).

Jos Buttler will miss the third T20 match, which is a big relief for Pakistan since he always scores well against them. Pakistan should take advantage of his absence and try to level the four-match series by winning today. Even without Buttler, England is a strong team and knows the conditions well. They can still compete and win the match. Let's hope it doesn't rain again today. Today I just want to see Pakistan can save the series, making it more interesting.

[UmerIdrees]

I am not expecting much from Pakistan team in today's match as well.   Pakistan team has been performing badly for a long time.   I thought after PSL maybe Pakistani players will return to form. But even after PSL Pakistan players are not able to perform well. And the team's performance so far has been erratic. Pakistan team also lost the home series against New Zealand.   Pakistan could not play well against the second row team of New Zealand.

For the England team, this series is like a warm up match before the World Cup.   So England will definitely try their best to perform well. And to get the players back into shape.   I wouldn't be surprised at all if England win all the matches in this series.

This time the Pakistan team must be prepared for Jos Buttler because as we have seen in the last match, he has scored very high which wasn’t good for Pakistan and the Pakistan team lost the match so I think this time the Pakistan team has to prepare every bowler.
Last time Jos Buttler hit to every bowler but Haris Rauf out him so this time also have to notice on Jos Buttler that not only Haris Rauf out him, every bowler has to put pressure on him. Hopefully, today the Pakistan cricket team will perform well and defeat the England cricket team.
Even if they lose, it should be a close match and not a one-sided loss by the Pakistan team. 

[noormcs5]

I am not expecting much from Pakistan team in today's match as well.   Pakistan team has been performing badly for a long time.   I thought after PSL maybe Pakistani players will return to form. But even after PSL Pakistan players are not able to perform well. And the team's performance so far has been erratic. Pakistan team also lost the home series against New Zealand.   Pakistan could not play well against the second row team of New Zealand.

For the England team, this series is like a warm up match before the World Cup.   So England will definitely try their best to perform well. And to get the players back into shape.   I wouldn't be surprised at all if England win all the matches in this series.

This time the Pakistan team must be prepared for Jos Buttler because as we have seen in the last match, he has scored very high which wasn’t good for Pakistan and the Pakistan team lost the match so I think this time the Pakistan team has to prepare every bowler.
Last time Jos Buttler hit to every bowler but Haris Rauf out him so this time also have to notice on Jos Buttler that not only Haris Rauf out him, every bowler has to put pressure on him. Hopefully, today the Pakistan cricket team will perform well and defeat the England cricket team.
Even if they lose, it should be a close match and not a one-sided loss by the Pakistan team.  

I guess you have missed this news that Jos Buttler set to miss Cardiff T20I on paternity leave. He is happy to become a parent (this will be his third child) and also Pakistan would be happy to know that he is not playing.

Will the Pakistan team be able to take advantage of this or does England have enough players who can back up in the absence of a major player? This will test the England team as to how they will tackle this situation.




Again I believe and maybe you don’t have an idea that today Jos Buttler can miss the match because he said, he wants to spend some time with his new born baby and now he shall come back direct for England in the World Cup but also he is in the form that he doesn’t have to do much practice. He can easily take a leave.

Now, I think it could be an advantage for the Pakistan team because as many people believes he was like a storm for Pakistani bowlers but this time, the Pakistani bowlers would be calm in today’s match.