T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Zaka1221]

Are any of you watching the Caribbean Premier League CPL? Today Saint Lucia Kings won by four wickets. . They crossed the target of 202 runs set by Guyana Amazon Warriors with 11 balls to spare. In the first innings, Romario Shepherd gave a great innings of 73 runs off 34 balls for Guyana Amazon Warriors. Also, Ben McDermott gave a cameo innings of 30 runs off 18 balls and Pretorius gave a cameo innings of 18 runs towards the end. As a result, Guyana Amazon Warriors could score 202 runs in the first innings.
Chasing a target of 203 runs, Saint Lucia Kings lost their first wicket by 18 runs, then Seifert and Ackeem Augusta put up a great stand of 87 runs. These two basically made the Saint Lucia Kings win. In this match, Ackeem Augusta scored 73 runs off 35 balls. And he won the Man of the Match award.

This match was held on August 26, 2025 between Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Lucia Kings. In this match Guyana Amazon Warriors team gave a target of 202 runs. If we look at the wicket of their six players in this match then both teams are strong which is the team batting at the first place. A player named Romario Shepherd showed a good performance and scored 73 run but still they faced failure in this match. The second team which is better than them won this match. All their players gave a good response but the first team also did not let them win until the end but still their excellent batting brought them victory in this match and one of their players also scored the same as the first team player but the first player scored 73 runs off 34 ball and their batsman scored 73 run off 35 ball.

[hafiztalha]

Belgium tour of Austria tournament, 4th T20 game played and this match between Austria And  Belgium was played Velden Cricket Ground. Belgium won the toss and elected to batting first. Austria is a strong team and played fantastic match. Austria won the match by 4 wickets and 4 balls. Belgium set a record total runs for 144 and lost the match. Austria chased total runs for 146 only and won the match by 4 balls. The best batting performance in the Austria team was by Aqib Iqbal  scored 53 runs and 37 balls hitting 5 fours and 2 sixs. Congratulations to Austria

In Belgium tour of Austria competition, Austria completely whitewashed Belgium squad and this competition consisted 4 matches. Belgium was not able to win even a single match. In last T20 format match, Belgium squad was begun this last match first with batting inning and batters were managed to collect 144 scores after playing 20 overs inning with lost of 9 wickets. Their performance in batting inning was fantastic and gave big scores to Austria squad but saldy their bowlers was not much strong. Austria squad achieved full scores with 4 wickets and  deliveries. Ziaurahman Shinwari played key role in win and he picked up 2 important wickets. Aqib Iqbal played superb inning and he collected 53 scores off 37 deliveries. T20 format competition was finished wuth the status 4-0.

Austria won all of the matches and showed their dominance over Belgium. Belgium were very weak in their batting. In the final match, only three of their players including Walid Sahibzada, Shaheryar Butt and Saber Zakhil could only reach the double figures and rest all team were out before that. They could only make 144 runs and it was easily chased by the Austria  in the last over. Their captain, Aqib Iqbal, took the responsibility and made an unbeaten half-century, 53 to be exact. He won the man of the match due to this extraordinary performance as he took one wicket too in his three overs.

Austria is playing very strongly in this series. They have worked so hard in 4 matches so far that it is no less than a whitewash for the opposing team, but they will succeed by victory even one match. They have set a target of 150 in every match, which was actually a weakness and poor, but their bowling could have been tough and good for them to which they would have tried to succeed. They have scored 144 runs in this match, which was a very easy target, due to which the Austria batsmen also played well and achieved the target and victory the match, and this shows their strength and hard work very well and they will have to keep themselves strong to succeed in the same way.

Austria won all 4 games and washed out Belgium team completely and Austria team beated Belgium team 3 time by chasing target and one was won by big target. In last 4 th game, I thought that Belgium will win this game but unfortunately i was not correct this matter and Belgium again lost this game. Belgium played so well in batting and set 144 runs target in 20 overs by losing 9 wickets. Saber batted good and he made 40 runs for Belgium team but all his effort was useless because Belgium team lost this game by 4 wickets and 4 balls. Austria team did not win this game easily, they encountered problems in batting and openers batsmen played normal. Aqib helped a lot team to win this game and he scored 53 runs in 37 balls hitted five 4s and two 6s.

Congratulations Austria team win this series and won all games 4-0.

[virasog]

Muhammad Rizwan joins the CPL as he is not part of the Pakistan team in the current events and in the series, and by the way it is for the first time that Muhammad Rizwan is playing in the CPL.

He is playing for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and tomorrow is going to be their match against St Lucia Kings, I am excited to see Muhammad Rizwan here as he is suffering from his bad form and declined by PCB for T20 so it is a good chance for Muhammad Rizwan to make his comeback and may join the Pakistan T20 team too after the Asia Cup.

[noormcs5]

Well tomorrow it's first clash of tri series between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Sharjah, it's looking a tough fight as Afghanistan has announced thier best potential player compared to Pakistan it's combination of several young and unexperienced players. While mostly we have seen several times that Pakistan struggle to filled the required at Sharjah, not just against Afghanistan but several times, even they have rest of thier quality player at lineup. Now it's mostly likely may be if we imagine Pakistan lose both against them still they will meet at final for third because I don't think UAE can made difficulties for Green shirts. Let's see how Hassan nawaz, saim and Haris show his magic against thier pro spinners.

Tomorrow it is going to be the first game of the Tri-Nation series between Pakistan and Afghanistan, it is going to be a super exciting match as we all know the rivalry between both of the teams and Pakistan team confidence is also good as we can see in the latest interview of Pakistani players like Muhammad Haris and Haris Rauf.

PCB is renting the Dubai Stadium and letting their players practice. Also, before this series, there were two practice matches for the Pakistan team and now Pakistan should play in a good way and do something out of the way that may surprise everyone.

[MusaPk]

Muhammad Rizwan joins the CPL as he is not part of the Pakistan team in the current events and in the series, and by the way it is for the first time that Muhammad Rizwan is playing in the CPL.

He is playing for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and tomorrow is going to be their match against St Lucia Kings, I am excited to see Muhammad Rizwan here as he is suffering from his bad form and declined by PCB for T20 so it is a good chance for Muhammad Rizwan to make his comeback and may join the Pakistan T20 team too after the Asia Cup.

It's good decision by PCB to drop Muhammad Rizwan from T20 team because of his bad form and it's good opportunity for him to improve his cricket. We have that players doing good in T20 leagues are not able to do good in T20I because competition is tough in T20I compared to T20 leagues.

Babar Azam is also not included in T20I squad but he is stopped from playing CPL. There are news that selectors want him to remain available for Pakistan team. He is also not in good form and already availed so many chances, it's better to try new talent instead of him.   

[Jewan420]

Tomorrow it is going to be the first game of the Tri-Nation series between Pakistan and Afghanistan, it is going to be a super exciting match as we all know the rivalry between both of the teams and Pakistan team confidence is also good as we can see in the latest interview of Pakistani players like Muhammad Haris and Haris Rauf.

PCB is renting the Dubai Stadium and letting their players practice. Also, before this series, there were two practice matches for the Pakistan team and now Pakistan should play in a good way and do something out of the way that may surprise everyone.

I will not be confident about Pakistan, because they are not in good form at the moment. On the other hand, Afghanistan is a strong team which they have proven in the last T20 World Cup. I see a close fight between the two teams and I see very little chance of Pakistan winning. Because apart from Fakhar Zaman and Shaheenshah Afridi, none of the players in the Pakistan team are world class. Even I have doubts about them.

On the other hand, Afghanistan's spin department is very strong, especially the leg spinners. Even Fazlulhaq Farooqui and Jamatullah Amarzai are a big worry for the Pakistani batsmen. Afghanistan's big strength will be the number of all-rounders in their team and this is their reason for worry. Let's see how [Pakistan performs against a strong bowling lineup, even Afghanistan's batting lineup is great.

[virasog]

I will not be confident about Pakistan, because they are not in good form at the moment. On the other hand, Afghanistan is a strong team which they have proven in the last T20 World Cup. I see a close fight between the two teams and I see very little chance of Pakistan winning. Because apart from Fakhar Zaman and Shaheenshah Afridi, none of the players in the Pakistan team are world class. Even I have doubts about them.

I think if Afghanistan would win tomorrow's game and it is not going to be a big deal for the team Afghanistan, as they already beat to Pakistan team once in 2023, so it would be easy and confident game for Afghanistan but the point is if Afghanistan beat Pakistan they would lead the series and then their chances will increase to win the Tri Nation series.

Mainly, it is Pakistan and Afghanistan nobody is talking about the UAE. There is no chance for them, and they are like free points for Afghanistan and Pakistan but if they do any upsets it would be good for them too.

[N.O]

This match was held on August 26, 2025 between Guyana Amazon Warriors and St Lucia Kings. In this match Guyana Amazon Warriors team gave a target of 202 runs. If we look at the wicket of their six players in this match then both teams are strong which is the team batting at the first place. A player named Romario Shepherd showed a good performance and scored 73 run but still they faced failure in this match. The second team which is better than them won this match. All their players gave a good response but the first team also did not let them win until the end but still their excellent batting brought them victory in this match and one of their players also scored the same as the first team player but the first player scored 73 runs off 34 ball and their batsman scored 73 run off 35 ball.

TKR is a strong team and wining the match of 14th and lost only one game out of 4. TKR team won game by 8 wickets and 8 balls. The 14th match between TKR and ABF was played at Brian Lara Stadium. TKR won the toss and elected fielding first. TKR is a very good team. They played all matches very well and and they gave a very good team performance. it is hoped that they will continue to play well in the upcoming matches. The best batting performance in TKR man team was played by Keacy Carty scored 60 runs 45 balls hitting 4 fours and 2 sixs. Congratulations to TKR for their upcoming matches.

[ZAINmalik75]

Muhammad Rizwan joins the CPL as he is not part of the Pakistan team in the current events and in the series, and by the way it is for the first time that Muhammad Rizwan is playing in the CPL.

That's vital opportunity with him to prove PCB decision wrong and make a remarkable comeback back at t20 squad for national team. PCB were currently focusing on some young new talented jem, but I don't think that's suitable decision to relay on such unexperienced player for a major tournament to face big jaint like India, hope PCB will regert on his decision to keep baber and Rizwan out.

I think if Afghanistan would win tomorrow's game and it is not going to be a big deal for the team Afghanistan, as they already beat to Pakistan team once in 2023, so it would be easy and confident game for Afghanistan but the point is if Afghanistan beat Pakistan they would lead the series and then their chances will increase to win the Tri Nation series.

Mainly, it is Pakistan and Afghanistan nobody is talking about the UAE. There is no chance for them, and they are like free points for Afghanistan and Pakistan but if they do any upsets it would be good for them too.

I don't think it make any sense that Afghanistan already beat them back at 2023 so it will not be a difficult challenge to repeat such results. While at the same time Pakistan also does several time too, so I believe it will totally dependent on current day performance and how better they will handle pressure situation. Morever both of them will face each other twice and may be for a third time in final if both of them qualify. so it's quite rare that Pakistan will lose rest of them and will allow Afghanistan to dominate the series.

[ThemePen]

Tomorrow it is going to be the first game of the Tri-Nation series between Pakistan and Afghanistan, it is going to be a super exciting match as we all know the rivalry between both of the teams and Pakistan team confidence is also good as we can see in the latest interview of Pakistani players like Muhammad Haris and Haris Rauf.

PCB is renting the Dubai Stadium and letting their players practice. Also, before this series, there were two practice matches for the Pakistan team and now Pakistan should play in a good way and do something out of the way that may surprise everyone.

This upcoming match which is between Pakistan and Afghanistan will be very exciting because of their strong rivalry. Confidence of Pakistani players like Muhammad Haris and Haris Rauf shows they are ready for tough game. PCB is also preparing team well by letting them practice at Dubai Stadium and play warm up matches. This careful planning along with team high spirits suggests we can expect great performance from them. It will be interesting to see what new things they do during match.

[Compromise me]

Since the Asia Cup matches will be T20s, there is a little doubt that India will be the champion this time. Because in T20s, no team is a hot favorite. If two or three batsmen of a team can perform well in a match, then the match is tilted towards that team. Yes, we have to admit that the performance of the players in other teams is not that good compared to those who have great players in the Indian team. But we know that cricket is a game of glorious uncertainty. Even though Oman, Emirates, Hong Kong are weak teams, I think India will have to win in the second round with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka.
As cricket lovers, we always want the match to end in a tight manner, no matter which team wins. Let's see how the teams perform when the Asia Cup starts and which team can become the champion.

You are absolutely right. Pak team could win the tournament of they play with confidence because that is time to build up team but India cricket team has balanced team because they performed well in several tournaments and they won the last World Cup. No double Rohit Sharma is retired from T20 cricket but India cricket has best batters and bowlers in the back and quality players are available in all area of India. Sri Lankan team should establish because their last matches performance is not good.India cricket board selected best players for the country and that is reason they are winning most of the matches . Bangladesh gas low ranking on the table and has no possibility to win the cup

[WatChe]

This upcoming match which is between Pakistan and Afghanistan will be very exciting because of their strong rivalry. Confidence of Pakistani players like Muhammad Haris and Haris Rauf shows they are ready for tough game. PCB is also preparing team well by letting them practice at Dubai Stadium and play warm up matches. This careful planning along with team high spirits suggests we can expect great performance from them. It will be interesting to see what new things they do during match.

Afghanistan is no more a weak team rather it's as strong as Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh teams are. Pakistan had to work hard to win matches against Afghanistan and that's mainly because Pakistan is new side without experienced players while Afghanistan has players that are playing for quite a while now. Also it's a good opportunity for UAE to improve their game as they have to face two good teams of T20 format.

[Sithara007]

Afghanistan is no more a weak team rather it's as strong as Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh teams are. Pakistan had to work hard to win matches against Afghanistan and that's mainly because Pakistan is new side without experienced players while Afghanistan has players that are playing for quite a while now. Also it's a good opportunity for UAE to improve their game as they have to face two good teams of T20 format.

Anyway, it is good to see associate nations getting opportunities to play against full member nations (especially outside the multi-nation tournaments such as Asia Cup). United Arab Emirates is playing in a tri-series along with Afghanistan and Pakistan, while tomorrow Bangladesh is scheduled to participate in a 3-match T20I series against the Netherlands. Next month, Nepal has a T20I series scheduled against West Indies. And in October, South Africa will play against Namibia at Windhoek. Overall, a busy season for the associates.

[CryptoYar]

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You are right that Pakistan success depends on their confidence as they are talented but mostly inconsistent team. India team is indeed very balanced and strong with history of great performances and recent World Cup win. But Rohit Sharma has retired from T20 cricket India still has plenty of high quality players. As for Sri Lanka their recent struggles show they are in rebuilding phase and Bangladesh uphill battle to compete at highest level due to their lower ranking. And good analysis you captured key strengths and weaknesses of these four teams.

[Bd officer]

As far as I know Afghanistan has not been playing T20 matches for a long time, maybe Afghanistan played the last T20 series in December 2024, after which they did not play any international T20 matches. So the current performance of the Afghanistan team is not understood, so we should wait to watch the first match and see which team can do well. Pakistan played two series a few days ago, lost the series against Bangladesh but turned around against West Indies and won the series. However, Afghanistan are ahead in the head-to-head record, so Afghanistan cannot be considered weak. Afghanistan's spin bowling line is very strong, bowlers like Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad can become aggressive at any moment. However, hopefully today's match will be very competitive. But let's see how Pakistan batsmen perform against Afghanistan's strong bowling line.

[noormcs5]

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You are right that Pakistan success depends on their confidence as they are talented but mostly inconsistent team. India team is indeed very balanced and strong with history of great performances and recent World Cup win. But Rohit Sharma has retired from T20 cricket India still has plenty of high quality players. As for Sri Lanka their recent struggles show they are in rebuilding phase and Bangladesh uphill battle to compete at highest level due to their lower ranking. And good analysis you captured key strengths and weaknesses of these four teams.

Pakistan won the toss and they decided to bat first, it is a bit good decision. It would boost their confidence, it is like practice for Pakistan and Afghanistan as well that how they perform in the upcoming event Asia Cup. Everybody is just looking for it and to carry the trophy, however Fakhar Zaman will open the game for sure and let's see what will happen.

To be honest, the Pakistan team batting lineup is really good as Fakahr Zaman, Saim Ayub, Farhan and Hassan Nawaz , full of power hitting and the middle order with Salman Agha, Faheem Ashraf and Muhammad Haris.

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Pakistan won the toss and they decided to bat first, it is a bit good decision. It would boost their confidence, it is like practice for Pakistan and Afghanistan as well that how they perform in the upcoming event Asia Cup. Everybody is just looking for it and to carry the trophy, however Fakhar Zaman will open the game for sure and let's see what will happen.
To be honest, the Pakistan team batting lineup is really good as Fakahr Zaman, Saim Ayub, Farhan and Hassan Nawaz , full of power hitting and the middle order with Salman Agha, Faheem Ashraf and Muhammad Haris.

And Pakistan were starting well but I think they were a little too hasty in increasing the score which resulted in their first wicket already falling, Sahibzada Farhan could have kept himself a little more cool and scored now so that he wouldn't have lost wickets so quickly.
Although I had doubts about how Pakistan's batsmen would perform against the strong bowlers in Afghanistan, you have a positive batting line-up here, it confuses me. And Pakistan team is currently performing almost the same; they have scored 35 runs in the last over, if we calculate the run rate, then it is 8.75, which is really good. If they can continue this, I can say Pakistan can set a good score target forthe  Afghanistan team.

[virasog]

And Pakistan were starting well but I think they were a little too hasty in increasing the score which resulted in their first wicket already falling, Sahibzada Farhan could have kept himself a little more cool and scored now so that he wouldn't have lost wickets so quickly.
Although I had doubts about how Pakistan's batsmen would perform against the strong bowlers in Afghanistan, you have a positive batting line-up here, it confuses me. And Pakistan team is currently performing almost the same; they have scored 35 runs in the last over, if we calculate the run rate, then it is 8.75, which is really good. If they can continue this, I can say Pakistan can set a good score target forthe  Afghanistan team.

Sahibzada Farhan really made a big mistake, he got out early but still he scored good and played an important innings. He scored 21 off 10 balls then Fakhar Zaman came. At the end of the second over, Pakistan were on 33/1.

But only if you think from the point of view of Farhan he was trying to take the team score high in the power play but then his wicket made quite pressure in the team, the next players as Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman were starting the next overs in defensive mode and not looking for big shots, yeah Saim Ayub was trying but not with that potential he was being afraid that they may not lose another wicket.

[Popkon6]

The players of the Pakistan team have been very aggressive, but the loss of wickets has been comparatively much higher. At present, the Pakistan team is under a lot of wicket pressure, the top batsmen are already getting out. If the Pakistan team continues to score runs like this, there will be a high chance of losing, because if they cannot throw a high score at the Afghanistan team, then there will be a high chance of losing.
Although the Pakistan team is much stronger than the Afghanistan team, the Pakistan team should pay more attention to scoring runs. So far, the Pakistan team has scored 76 runs in 10 overs, losing three wickets.

[DanWalker]

The players of the Pakistan team have been very aggressive, but the loss of wickets has been comparatively much higher. At present, the Pakistan team is under a lot of wicket pressure, the top batsmen are already getting out. If the Pakistan team continues to score runs like this, there will be a high chance of losing, because if they cannot throw a high score at the Afghanistan team, then there will be a high chance of losing.

Rashid khan and agha salman at the toss

Pakistan scored 48 runs in the first 5 overs. But now Pakistan's batting is a bit slow. At the end of 12 overs, Pakistan managed to score 9 runs and lost 4 wickets. The top order batsmen tried to bat well enough. However, Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz batted like fools. They should have batted at least 100 strike rate. But Hasan Nawaz batted at 69 and Ayub at 87 strike rate. Now there are two experienced batsmen like Agha Salman and Mohammad Nawaz at the crease. Both of them have the ability to play big innings. If these two batsmen can survive at the crease till the end, Pakistan will be able to score big.