T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Minecache]

New Zealand women's team is in a bad state right now. New Zealand players performed very poorly in the ODI series against England Women. The New Zealand women's batting in particular was very weak. The team lost all the matches in the series. And today, New Zealand women's team is not playing well in the first T20 match against England women's team. Today we saw a bad performance by New Zealand women's bowlers.

New Zealand women's team won the toss and took the fielding decision. England collected 61 runs from the first wicket pair and England collected 82 runs from the second wicket pair. Opener Danni Wyatt scored 76 runs. Nat Sciver-Brunt was able to collect 47 runs off just 23 balls. New Zealand captain used 7 of his bowlers today. But none of the bowlers bowled well today. My guess is that New Zealand women will lose the match by at least 50 runs.

This pitch of Southampton is batting friendly. So today the batsmen of England women's team have been able to bat very well. The team has collected around 200. In women's cricket we usually see such big collections in very few matches.

I don't think the New Zealand women's team will win at such a big target. But since the pitch is batting friendly, the New Zealand women's batsmen have the potential to collect big if they bat responsibly. Opener Georgia Plimmer returned to the dressing room with just 1 run. But Suzie Bates is batting very well today. Suzie Bates remains unbeaten with 30 runs from 19 balls. New Zealand women's team managed to collect 42 runs in 5 overs.

[Swordsoffreedom]

No one could have imagined that the T20 world champions India will lose the T20 match against Zimbabwe.

IMO it's not a fair comparison because, for starters, this is a completely different squad. Not one player from this squad featured in WC winning 15 men's squad.

Zimbabwe were brilliant with the ball and towards the end, they were good in the field as well so props to them. Overall, I felt that Indian batters took this lightly and looked complacent with their shot selection. Washi also needs to learn how to bat tactically with the tail and learn to farm the strike because this is becoming his habit despite being a capable batter.

I know it very well, and I have also said that this is India's second tier squad. You probably didn't read my entire comment.

However, this is not India's World Cup winning squad. However, we all know that every player in this squad is very talented. In IPL we have seen Abhisek Sharma's aggressive batting. He has batted at a smart strike rate against experienced bowlers. Gill, Gaikwad, Parag, Rinku, Jurel and Washington Sundar which player can we call bad here? All are experienced batsmen. And in the last IPL, we saw quite a bit of good batting from them. Although this is India's second tier squad, this squad is also very strong. After all, this squad is more experienced and stronger than Zimbabwe's squad. Still India lost this match. No one was prepared to see such results. The Zimbabwe team is comparatively very weak.

[Farhan99]

India vs Zimbabwe

That is India tour to Zimbabwe. And they have 5 T20I matches series. And today they will playe their first match in Harare. This is one sided match. Because we know that how India plays. And how much India is stronger as compare to Zimbabwe team. So I believe that India will win today match easily. Because Zimbabwe is a small team. But we can't underestimate them because cricket is unpredictable. So anytime anything can happen. So let's who will win.

Bro you got wrong I think many of us really underestimate Zimbabwean team but I think they really showed that international duty experience really matter no matter how strong young un experienced team are you facing like we have seen in toady first T20 match of the series between indian and Zimbabwe. When Zimbabwe scored 115 I taught it gona be easily chased for a.sharma who really smashed top bowlers on thier home ground in IPL but surprisingly he got out on golden duck and here the momentum a bit shift to Zimbabwe but later the way top performers like gaikward , parag, Rinku the best performer of IPL got exposed really create difficulties for his lower middle order and his team and thus they unable to Handel pressure and lose first match of the tournament. Hope if Indian team didn't make things right then it will be a huge disaster for them

Congratulations to Zimbabwe for beat India in first t20 game. India after winning toss and bowls first Zimbabwe team made 115 runs from indian side Ravi bishnoi takes 4 wickets it seems like that target was very low and not enough to defend but Zimbabwe team did it. All credit goes to Zimbabwe bowlers who bowled out Indian team on 102 runs excellent bowling performance by Zimbabwe bowlers especially Tendai Chatara and skinder raza who took three three wickets. This is the first match of India team after world cup but no player was playing today from their t20 world cup squad except Shubman gill Rinku singh and Avash Khan who were also reserve players of World Cup squad so this is the B team of India was playing against Zimbabwe We could not such results consider an upset Zimbabwe team fought hard and won

[Mahdirakib]

Just Indian team won a World Cup and gave defeat to South Africa into the final match so what is Zimbabwe for them. There are still 50% chances of the Indian team winning, I know this time, the current run rate is down but later it will up, and the Indian team will manage to come back.

Yep, Zimbabwe is a very weak team against India or any other opponents. But you shouldn't address them in this way. India is playing this series with their secondary squad as the main squad is on rest after the T20 world cup. Still, they were completely favourite in against Zimbabwe. The result of today's match was completely unexpected, but it has happened. Indian squad is filled with the top performers of IPL 2024 who weren't in T20 world cup. Hopefully they will win the remaining four matches.

[Bd officer]

Zimbabwe vs India

I didn't think Zimbabwe would beat a strong team like India. Zimbabwe surprised everyone by beating India. India won the toss and decided to bowl. Zimbabwe batted first and collected 115 runs, a target of 116 runs was not a big enough target. Chasing the target of 116 runs in T20 format was very easy. But India went down to chase the target and were all out for 102 runs. Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel, their performance was very bad, if they all could have done well then India would have won. Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chatara both bowled brilliantly. Congratulations to the Zimbabwe team for defeating a strong team India.

[Popkon6]

Zimbabwe vs India

I didn't think Zimbabwe would beat a strong team like India. Zimbabwe surprised everyone by beating India. India won the toss and decided to bowl. Zimbabwe batted first and collected 115 runs, a target of 116 runs was not a big enough target. Chasing the target of 116 runs in T20 format was very easy. But India went down to chase the target and were all out for 102 runs. Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel, their performance was very bad, if they all could have done well then India would have won. Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chatara both bowled brilliantly. Congratulations to the Zimbabwe team for defeating a strong team India.

India lost this match today, because they had a high wicket fall at the end. I never imagined that the Indian team will perform so badly, Shubman Gill has led the new team in today's match. How he led this match and lost with Zimbabwe is certainly mysterious. Do you think Shubman Gill is suitable for captain? 
Shubman Gill definitely suits me as the captain. But the unique batsmen got out very easily, this is where the Indian team failed. The Zimbabwean team did the best in terms of bowling performance, as India beat the team by a huge margin.

[Haunebu]

Damn. Didn't expect this promising Indian team to get such a harsh reality check. Zimbabwe ended up comfortably winning against India primarily thanks to excellent bowling while the batting was below average.

Gill keeps proving again and again that he isn't a great captain which is why I feel that they should experiment with some other players in the captaincy department.

[JSRAW]

No one could have imagined that the T20 world champions India will lose the T20 match against Zimbabwe.

IMO it's not a fair comparison because, for starters, this is a completely different squad. Not one player from this squad featured in WC winning 15 men's squad.

Zimbabwe were brilliant with the ball and towards the end, they were good in the field as well so props to them. Overall, I felt that Indian batters took this lightly and looked complacent with their shot selection. Washi also needs to learn how to bat tactically with the tail and learn to farm the strike because this is becoming his habit despite being a capable batter.

I know it very well, and I have also said that this is India's second tier squad. You probably didn't read my entire comment.

However, this is not India's World Cup winning squad. However, we all know that every player in this squad is very talented. In IPL we have seen Abhisek Sharma's aggressive batting. He has batted at a smart strike rate against experienced bowlers. Gill, Gaikwad, Parag, Rinku, Jurel and Washington Sundar which player can we call bad here? All are experienced batsmen. And in the last IPL, we saw quite a bit of good batting from them. Although this is India's second tier squad, this squad is also very strong. After all, this squad is more experienced and stronger than Zimbabwe's squad. Still India lost this match. No one was prepared to see such results. The Zimbabwe team is comparatively very weak.

Fair point.

I've read it tho but to me, it felt like the comment's focus was more on the initial statement because after the loss, that's a popular narrative running around, hence I responded to that only and not their existing capabilities, which everybody is aware of.

Having said that, I'd say that In T-20I only Washi is more experienced and so far even the likes of Gill or Ruthu were used as a filler. IPL experience does count but International clashes are different ball games. Also, I strongly believe that complacency played a big role tonight and they didn't respect conditions enough. 

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Damn. Didn't expect this promising Indian team to get such a harsh reality check. Zimbabwe ended up comfortably winning against India primarily thanks to excellent bowling while the batting was below average.

Gill keeps proving again and again that he isn't a great captain which is why I feel that they should experiment with some other players in the captaincy department.

Have you lost your bet today ? I am sure if you have placed bet for today then you face lost and most of the gambler as also in same way because no one couldn't expect that the recent t20 cup champion will gonna lose this low target matchs. Anyway hats off to the west Indies team they did a brilliant bowling today.

[Nrcewker]

There is no competition between Indian (whether young or otherwise) and Zimbabwe, so personally there is not much interest for watching this series except for getting regular cricket fill.

Unexpected thing happened: this small team has defeated the word champions. Zimbabwe has beat India and is now leading in the series. No one from the Indian team did the good batting. Does this mean after Rohit and Virat the team is losing its dominance? How the team will go from now on. Zimbabwe didn’t qualify for the World Cup, and now they beat India. This proves how much the team was dependent on Ro-Ko. Maybe it will be wiser to make Sanju Samson the captain instead of Gill.

Anyway hats off to the west Indies team they did a brilliant bowling today.

The match was against Zimbabwe mate. From where West Indies came here?

[Crypto Library]

Have you lost your bet today ? I am sure if you have placed bet for today then you face lost and most of the gambler as also in same way because no one couldn't expect that the recent t20 cup champion will gonna lose this low target matchs. Anyway hats off to the west Indies team they did a brilliant bowling today.

May be you are right because I think no one thought that West Indies Zimbabwe will gonna win this match. Because the West Indies team is weaker than the India team, moreover they are the champions of the last ICC World, so it is natural to think that India will win this match.  And on the other hand West Indies Zimbabwe team took only 115 runs which is an easy target for all teams in T20 format.
More over as you mentioned I will also say that West Indies Zimbabwe team bowler really did awesome performance specially the guy Sikandar Raza and the Tendai Chatara these two bowler make huge wicket and that the give credit for this win if West Indies.

[libert19]

Complacency against weaker side is Indian mindset (unless/until you are experienced and don't take anyone lightly) and this match is no way reflection of skill in the squad. Team will certainly come back strong after this defeat.

[Swordsoffreedom]

No one could have imagined that the T20 world champions India will lose the T20 match against Zimbabwe.

IMO it's not a fair comparison because, for starters, this is a completely different squad. Not one player from this squad featured in WC winning 15 men's squad.

Zimbabwe were brilliant with the ball and towards the end, they were good in the field as well so props to them. Overall, I felt that Indian batters took this lightly and looked complacent with their shot selection. Washi also needs to learn how to bat tactically with the tail and learn to farm the strike because this is becoming his habit despite being a capable batter.

I know it very well, and I have also said that this is India's second tier squad. You probably didn't read my entire comment.

However, this is not India's World Cup winning squad. However, we all know that every player in this squad is very talented. In IPL we have seen Abhisek Sharma's aggressive batting. He has batted at a smart strike rate against experienced bowlers. Gill, Gaikwad, Parag, Rinku, Jurel and Washington Sundar which player can we call bad here? All are experienced batsmen. And in the last IPL, we saw quite a bit of good batting from them. Although this is India's second tier squad, this squad is also very strong. After all, this squad is more experienced and stronger than Zimbabwe's squad. Still India lost this match. No one was prepared to see such results. The Zimbabwe team is comparatively very weak.

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Having said that, I'd say that In T-20I only Washi is more experienced and so far even the likes of Gill or Ruthu were used as a filler. IPL experience does count but International clashes are different ball games. Also, I strongly believe that complacency played a big role tonight and they didn't respect conditions enough. 

You are right.The players in this Indian squad are not very experienced in international cricket. But I feel bad because every one of these players we have seen perform well in IPL. I had higher expectations especially from Abhishek, Gaikwad and Gill. After playing so well in the IPL, if they cannot play well against a weak team like Zimbabwe in the national team jersey, then these players will not get a place in the Indian national team in the future.
The way I saw Abhishek Sharma perform in the IPL, I expected him to become a regular player in the Indian national team. Abhishek should be more diligent and practice.

Zimbabwe won this match because of excellent bowling by their bowlers. Indian bowlers also bowled well. It is already assumed that bowlers will do well on bowling friendly pitches.

[Jateng]

Complacency against weaker side is Indian mindset (unless/until you are experienced and don't take anyone lightly) and this match is no way reflection of skill in the squad. The team will certainly come back strong after this defeat.

you're right, big teams often fail against weak teams because they take them too lightly. This is a brand new Indian team that is inexperienced and that's why they failed against a weak team in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe even didn't qualify for the World Cup but India is the World Cup winner team So that defeat will teach a lesson

[Minor Miner]

New Zealand women's team is in a bad state right now. New Zealand players performed very poorly in the ODI series against England Women. The New Zealand women's batting in particular was very weak. The team lost all the matches in the series. And today, New Zealand women's team is not playing well in the first T20 match against England women's team. Today we saw a bad performance by New Zealand women's bowlers.

New Zealand women's team won the toss and took the fielding decision. England collected 61 runs from the first wicket pair and England collected 82 runs from the second wicket pair. Opener Danni Wyatt scored 76 runs. Nat Sciver-Brunt was able to collect 47 runs off just 23 balls. New Zealand captain used 7 of his bowlers today. But none of the bowlers bowled well today. My guess is that New Zealand women will lose the match by at least 50 runs.

Your guess is pretty much right. New Zealand women's team lost by 59 runs today. However, I don't expect a better performance from the New Zealand women's batsmen. Because in ODI format matches we have seen that scoring 150 runs in 50 overs is also difficult for New Zealand women's batsmen. There was no chance of this team winning the target of 198 runs in the T20 format.

Sarah Glenn bowled very well in today's match. He picked up 3 wickets for just 16 runs in 4 overs. For New Zealand opener Suzie Bates scored 43 runs and Jess Kerr scored 38 runs. Besides, no other batsman's performance was good.

[Insanity]

Complacency against weaker side is Indian mindset (unless/until you are experienced and don't take anyone lightly) and this match is no way reflection of skill in the squad. The team will certainly come back strong after this defeat.

you're right, big teams often fail against weak teams because they take them too lightly. This is a brand new Indian team that is inexperienced and that's why they failed against a weak team in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe even didn't qualify for the World Cup but India is the World Cup winner team So that defeat will teach a lesson

As you mentioned here, a strong team often fails due to neglect of the weak "team". I would say that no matter how weak the opposing team is, they should never be underestimated. Because no matter how strong a team is, if they play undervalued in terms of competition, it is not unusual for the outcome of the game to be reversed. As it "happened" in the case of India against Zimbabwe in this match. However, in this match, the Indian team has come under a lot of criticism after losing against Zimbabwe. In the game of this match, it is clear that due to the batting weakness of the Indian team, the Indian team lost the match against Zimbabwe by 13 runs. It is a big shame for the Indian team to lose the match against a weak team like Zimbabwe.

[Publictalk792]

Zimbabwe vs India

I didn't think Zimbabwe would beat a strong team like India. Zimbabwe surprised everyone by beating India. India won the toss and decided to bowl. Zimbabwe batted first and collected 115 runs, a target of 116 runs was not a big enough target. Chasing the target of 116 runs in T20 format was very easy. But India went down to chase the target and were all out for 102 runs. Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel, their performance was very bad, if they all could have done well then India would have won. Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chatara both bowled brilliantly. Congratulations to the Zimbabwe team for defeating a strong team India.

I was also not expecting such kind of performance by Indian team Basically this is a new squad. They are not the some old players. So they didn't win. Indian team bowling was better but their batting was nil. So they need more practice. But the opponent was Zimbabwe so I was not expecting that. The target was not high but Indian team didn't able to chase such a small target. By the cricket is unpredictable so we can't say anything because here in cricket anything can happen at anytime. Target was just 116 runs but Indian team only made 102 runs. Disgusting.

[Rustam Meraj]

Zimbabwe vs India

I didn't think Zimbabwe would beat a strong team like India. Zimbabwe surprised everyone by beating India. India won the toss and decided to bowl. Zimbabwe batted first and collected 115 runs, a target of 116 runs was not a big enough target. Chasing the target of 116 runs in T20 format was very easy. But India went down to chase the target and were all out for 102 runs. Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh, Dhruv Jurel, their performance was very bad, if they all could have done well then India would have won. Sikandar Raza and Tendai Chatara both bowled brilliantly. Congratulations to the Zimbabwe team for defeating a strong team India.

What the hell Indian team did yesterday. I was not expecting this. Zimbabwe is not a big team. They just made 115 runs in 20 overs. And Indian was not able to chase that target.
I think India is picking up new talents. They are giving chances to new players and after that some good players will be picked up for the big teams and for the World Cups too. Therefore this team has the new players and they were not able to give their best. May be the international playing pressure. May be they will show their power in today match.

[Nanga Parbat]

The Zimbabwean team has been on a good bowling performance so far, as they have already lost 8 wickets to the Indian team. Sikandar Raja has done the best bowling performance for Zimbabwe team in this match today. Thus if the Indian team continues to lose wickets then there is definitely a possibility of losing, because the wicket is almost at the end. 

Washington Sundar and Khaleel Ahmed are the two remaining at the crease. On them alone the victory of the Indian team depends, Washington Sundar is the only hope if he can persevere patiently then the chances of victory.

Zimbabwe team won the match against Indian third class team because Indian full strength team is on rest and they are judging the players. Players of Zimbabwe team are thought they are winners because they won against India. But Indian club team is playing against Zimbabwe and they are checking the performance of players. And after that when he big players will come in the team selectors will provide opportunity to  good players . Because present team of India is that team that played well in domestic level or in IPL and they want opportunity to show their abilities and that is good for them to show abilities and I think in next match Indian team will be fully prepared and they will win the next match and series will be level of 1-1.

[Sithara007]

Anyone watching Major League Cricket? I really don't know what the organizers are thinking. The matches start at 1am Indian time. Given the fact that India is the largest market for cricket, this is something that seems illogical for me. They can schedule the matches at morning time in the US, which would be like prime time in India. But they doesn't seems to be interested in doing this. With all the star-studded lineups and glitzy arrangements, MLC could have raked in a large share of revenue from India if they had slightly changed the schedule.