T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Bluedrem]

The first match of Asia Cup 2025 has started. In today's league, two teams are seen working hard. Let's see which team will make a step in this Asia Cup. AFG took the first step towards success by winning the toss and gave HK a chance to field. With the brilliant performance of AFG, they scored 106 runs in 14 overs and. Due to the excellent performance of HK's brave players, four batsmen of AFG died. A very interesting match is going on between the two teams. And both teams are showing enthusiasm to win the match.

Afghanistan batted brilliantly in the last seven overs. They scored 93 runs in the last seven overs. When Afghanistan scored 95 runs for the loss of four wickets in 13 overs, it seemed that Afghanistan might not be able to score even 150 runs. But when Azmatullah Omarzai came to the crease after Mohammad Nabi was dismissed, the whole scenario changed. He batted brilliantly in this match and scored 53 runs in 21 balls at a strike rate of over 250 before being dismissed, due to which Afghanistan was able to set a healthy score of 188 runs in front of Hong Kong. While Afghanistan was losing wickets one after another, another opening batsman of Afghanistan, Sediqullah Atal, batted brilliantly by keeping one end in front and in the end he was unbeaten on 73 runs from 52 balls.
In the middle, the Afghan batsmen were able to do their job properly, now it is the turn of the bowlers to perform. We all know that Afghanistan is one of the best bowling teams. If they can bowl well today, then it can be said that Afghanistan is going to win against Hong Kong in the first match of the Asia Cup.

[virasog]

Afghanistan batted brilliantly in the last seven overs. They scored 93 runs in the last seven overs. When Afghanistan scored 95 runs for the loss of four wickets in 13 overs, it seemed that Afghanistan might not be able to score even 150 runs. But when Azmatullah Omarzai came to the crease after Mohammad Nabi was dismissed, the whole scenario changed. He batted brilliantly in this match and scored 53 runs in 21 balls at a strike rate of over 250 before being dismissed, due to which Afghanistan was able to set a healthy score of 188 runs in front of Hong Kong. While Afghanistan was losing wickets one after another, another opening batsman of Afghanistan, Sediqullah Atal, batted brilliantly by keeping one end in front and in the end he was unbeaten on 73 runs from 52 balls.
In the middle, the Afghan batsmen were able to do their job properly, now it is the turn of the bowlers to perform. We all know that Afghanistan is one of the best bowling teams. If they can bowl well today, then it can be said that Afghanistan is going to win against Hong Kong in the first match of the Asia Cup.

Hong Kong already lost a single wicket on the first over but also scored good 11, they should maintain the run rate as per the required run rate and don't let it fall behind even if they lose wickets.

Right now Babar Hayat is on the batting and he is just tipping the ball and he should play long shots or staying on the wicket is also enough but at the end of the day play in a free mood to keep the team fresh, meanwhile with no pressure. But on the other hand, Zeeshan is trying to play slow shots and looking for boundaries, or I think if it is not possible to go for a boundary, at least run between the wickets.

[JunaidAzizi]

Hong Kong already lost a single wicket on the first over but also scored good 11, they should maintain the run rate as per the required run rate and don't let it fall behind even if they lose wickets.

Right now Babar Hayat is on the batting and he is just tipping the ball and he should play long shots or staying on the wicket is also enough but at the end of the day play in a free mood to keep the team fresh, meanwhile with no pressure. But on the other hand, Zeeshan is trying to play slow shots and looking for boundaries, or I think if it is not possible to go for a boundary, at least run between the wickets.

It is a bit difficult for Hong Kong to win the ongoing match. They have now scored 19 runs and lost 3 wickets. They are doing well in terms of runs, but their batsmen are going down one by one. Two were bowled, and one was run out. The Afghanistan team posted a massive score, and their bowling is also strong. If Hong Kong really wants to win, they have to maintain the run rate and keep their wickets intact. As I see it, they will be out before they can reach the target, they can't even hold onto their wickets properly.

[Popkon6]

Where Azmat Ullah has dismissed the attacking batsmen, Hong Kong's batsmen are undoubtedly showing signs of losing this match. Because the Hong Kong team has scored only 30 runs after the loss of 4 wickets in 8 overs, if they continue to lose wickets like this, the Hong Kong team will not be able to score 100 plus runs. Because the top batsmen have already been dismissed, now the last hope of the Hong Kong team is Hayat and Kinchit Sha, these two batsmen have formed a partnership.
If Hayat is dismissed, the downfall of the Hong Kong team's trusted batsmen will end, and I think it would be foolish for the Hong Kong team to expect victory over the Parvati batsmen.

[laspol65]

Where Azmat Ullah has dismissed the attacking batsmen, Hong Kong's batsmen are undoubtedly showing signs of losing this match. Because the Hong Kong team has scored only 30 runs after the loss of 4 wickets in 8 overs,

The Hong Kong team is currently performing very poorly, because the bowling pressure of the Afghanistan team has squeezed the Hong Kong team. The key wickets have fallen where the Hong Kong team no longer has players to perform well. Gamblers are basically able to win this match comfortably, there is a huge difference between these two teams where the Afghanistan team has scored 188 runs. To meet the target of 188 runs, the Hong Kong team will have to be more aggressive from the start, but in that case the Hong Kong team is moving towards failure.
The players of the Afghanistan team are creating more bowling pressure, as a result, the fans of the Afghanistan team are shouting and celebrating for a sure victory in the gallery and waiting for an all-out.

[noormcs5]

Afghanistan just concluded their innings by scoring 188 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The spotlight of Afghanistan inning is Azmatullah Omarzai innings of 53 runs that include five sixes. Sediqullah Atal was not out on 73 runs. Hong Kong bowlers did fair job but were not able to contain Omarzai and Atal. Hong Kong team now need to bat well and try to get as close to target as possible. Afghanistan has good bowling squad and it won't be easy for new Hong Kong team to score runs against them.  

Hong Kong were doing so good until unless they did not cross to the 10th over, before Hong Kong got three wickets of Afghanistan at the end of the 10th over but then Afghanistan got power hitters as Sediqullah Atal opener, he was trying to built partnership early but soon when the wickets were continually losing then he started to hit long shorts and at the end, he scored about 70, due to his wonderful innings, Afghanistan got the lead and they became confident and motivated in the game.

[Jewan420]

Hong Kong were doing so good until unless they did not cross to the 10th over, before Hong Kong got three wickets of Afghanistan at the end of the 10th over but then Afghanistan got power hitters as Sediqullah Atal opener, he was trying to built partnership early but soon when the wickets were continually losing then he started to hit long shorts and at the end, he scored about 70, due to his wonderful innings, Afghanistan got the lead and they became confident and motivated in the game.

Hong Kong bowled well for the first 16 overs and kept Afghanistan under pressure. But Sadiqullah Atal's fighting innings and Azmatullah Amarzai's attacking innings helped Afghanistan score big runs. After 15 overs, my prediction for Afghanistan's batting innings was 150-160 runs, as they were still playing slowly. But Azmatullah Amarzai's 53 off 21 balls changed all the calculations. Although I did not expect Hong Kong to win and that was probably a fair expectation, I wanted to see some good cricket from them and they managed to live up to some expectations. Barring the last 4 overs, they bowled well.

[tsaroz]

Afghanistan just concluded their innings by scoring 188 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The spotlight of Afghanistan inning is Azmatullah Omarzai innings of 53 runs that include five sixes. Sediqullah Atal was not out on 73 runs. Hong Kong bowlers did fair job but were not able to contain Omarzai and Atal. Hong Kong team now need to bat well and try to get as close to target as possible. Afghanistan has good bowling squad and it won't be easy for new Hong Kong team to score runs against them.  

Hong Kong were doing so good until unless they did not cross to the 10th over, before Hong Kong got three wickets of Afghanistan at the end of the 10th over but then Afghanistan got power hitters as Sediqullah Atal opener, he was trying to built partnership early but soon when the wickets were continually losing then he started to hit long shorts and at the end, he scored about 70, due to his wonderful innings, Afghanistan got the lead and they became confident and motivated in the game.

On the first match of the T20 Asia Cup, Afghanistan clearly over powered Hong Kong. Afghanistan were just out of a tri-series where they won against Pakistan and are in a great shape while Hong Kong's entry to the Asia Cup was lucky and are possibly the weakest side, even weaker than UAE or Oman. Hong Kong unexpectedly won the third position match against Nepal in 2024 ACC Premier Cup giving them a ticket. I'd have loved Nepal at this stage which surely is a stronger team. Azmatullah Omarzai's explosive 53 of 21 was the talk of the show but it seems unneeded as Sediqullah Atal's contribution of 72 out of 52 would already have been enough.

[Cheema02]

Afghanistan just concluded their innings by scoring 188 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The spotlight of Afghanistan inning is Azmatullah Omarzai innings of 53 runs that include five sixes. Sediqullah Atal was not out on 73 runs. Hong Kong bowlers did fair job but were not able to contain Omarzai and Atal. Hong Kong team now need to bat well and try to get as close to target as possible. Afghanistan has good bowling squad and it won't be easy for new Hong Kong team to score runs against them.  

Yes, Afghanistan show impressive performance in the opening match of the Asia Cup and won their first match by huge 94 runs margin against Hong kong. While chasing down a huge total hong kong only managed to score 94 runs and lost match badly. I had said before that Hong Kong is the weakest team in Group B. The real competition matches in this group will be between Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The man of The Match is Azmatullah Omarzai for his amazing all round batting and bowling performance in batting they added important 53 runs from just 21 balls and also picked one important wickets by just giving only four runs and assited Afghanistan to win this match easily.

[Jaksonhard]

The first match of T20 Asia Cup Hong Kong and Afghanistan was held today. However, I could not enjoy this game due to some of my personal work. Especially I could not enjoy the game of Hong Kong team very well so far which is why I was very much looking forward to watching today's game. However, I was surprised to see their scoreboard, where Afghanistan lost 6 wickets in 20 overs and set a target of 186 runs, Hong Kong could not stand up to Afghanistan's bowling performance due to which they were able to save only 94 runs for their team losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. However, it is very unfortunate that they lost by a large margin, but anyway, their team needs more and better performance, I hope they will try to do better in the next matches.

[Ricardo11]

Afghanistan just concluded their innings by scoring 188 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The spotlight of Afghanistan inning is Azmatullah Omarzai innings of 53 runs that include five sixes. Sediqullah Atal was not out on 73 runs. Hong Kong bowlers did fair job but were not able to contain Omarzai and Atal. Hong Kong team now need to bat well and try to get as close to target as possible. Afghanistan has good bowling squad and it won't be easy for new Hong Kong team to score runs against them.  

Hong Kong were doing so good until unless they did not cross to the 10th over, before Hong Kong got three wickets of Afghanistan at the end of the 10th over but then Afghanistan got power hitters as Sediqullah Atal opener, he was trying to built partnership early but soon when the wickets were continually losing then he started to hit long shorts and at the end, he scored about 70, due to his wonderful innings, Afghanistan got the lead and they became confident and motivated in the game.

Yes, Sediqullah Atal played really well, because of their great performance they were able to give a good target, Azmatullah Omarzai also played very well, overall Afghanistan was great in batting, the target of 188 runs is definitely a good target, and Afghanistan was really the best in terms of bowling performance, Azmatullah Omarzai bowled 2 overs and gave away only 4 runs, Allah Ghazanfar bowled the same 2 overs and gave away only 4 runs, Gulbadin Naib bowled 3 overs and gave away only 8 runs and took 2 wickets, each of them had the best bowling performance, due to which Hong Kong could not do well in batting at all, they were able to collect only 94 runs in total, and in the end, Afghanistan won the match by a huge margin of 94 runs with a great performance.

[Compromise me]

You are right that Sri Lanka comeback after poor game was clear sign of their determination. Winning partnership between Kusal Perera and Kamil Mishara was key to their chase and you correctly noted that their success was helped by Zimbabwe struggling bowlers. Winning both ODI and T20 series is huge accomplishment and will give Sri Lanka much of confidence going forward.

Sri Lanka International cricket team performance was at top and that team did brilliant in this match and  chased the target with getting easy in this match but score was very big according to the Zimbabwe team because they gave their best to give good target in this match but they could not defend the score and we saw one sided match. Mishara was top scorer of this match because he made good runs for the team and he was not out in this match. Perera was also in form Batsman and he made match for the team.Marumani did well in this match but end was very poor and that was also the reason behind the success of the team . Many players could not enter in 30s .

[Farhan99]

The Asia Cup has started already and the first game is between Afghanistan and Hong Kong. It is going to be a one-sided game for the team Afghanistan, so we can say Afghanistan is going to take with the good start and being motivated for the further games. They have already made 110 runs and lost only 4 wickets. Still five overs remaining in the innings and they can get to a decent score.

Afghanistan was also playing in the most recent Tri Nation series, we have seen that their bowling attack is really good, but they should have to take care of their batting attack but I don't think so against Hong Kong, Afghanistan has to be in any kind of preparation.

The first game of Asia T20 cup was played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong in which Hong Kong lost badly by a huge margin. Afghanistan opened with Sediqullah and Rahmanullah who scored 25 runs partnership due to unferperformance by Gurbaz they couldn't make it a great partnership. Afghanistan lost 2 wickets at short intervals then muddle order player scored some runs to make the target big. Hong kong eliminated 5 players easily but one middle order player was hard to eliminate. With his 53 runs Afghanistan ended up with 188 runs target. Hong Kong being a less experi team and they were playing first time against Afghanistan so they were under pressure from the start. Hong Kong lost very early wickets. The one down player Babar was able to score 39 runs while rest of the team struggled and they were eliminated aithout any major contribution. Afghanistan knocked out nine player at 94 runs and overs vanished. Hong Kong lost this game badly by a huge margin.

[Powerjumboo]

Afghanistan just concluded their innings by scoring 188 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The spotlight of Afghanistan inning is Azmatullah Omarzai innings of 53 runs that include five sixes. Sediqullah Atal was not out on 73 runs. Hong Kong bowlers did fair job but were not able to contain Omarzai and Atal. Hong Kong team now need to bat well and try to get as close to target as possible. Afghanistan has good bowling squad and it won't be easy for new Hong Kong team to score runs against them.  

Yes, Afghanistan show impressive performance in the opening match of the Asia Cup and won their first match by huge 94 runs margin against Hong kong. While chasing down a huge total hong kong only managed to score 94 runs and lost match badly. I had said before that Hong Kong is the weakest team in Group B. The real competition matches in this group will be between Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The man of The Match is Azmatullah Omarzai for his amazing all round batting and bowling performance in batting they added important 53 runs from just 21 balls and also picked one important wickets by just giving only four runs and assited Afghanistan to win this match easily.

The opening match was very exciting and ended with a very good performance and Afghanistan defeated Hong Kong by a huge margin of 94 runs. However, Afghanistan's performance from the beginning to the 16th over was not good at all as they scored only 125+ runs from the beginning to the 16th over where they lost four wickets. Later, Afghanistan improved their batting line and finally managed to reach 188 runs. However, everyone expected Hong Kong don't win today because Hong Kong is a much weaker team compared to Afghanistan, due to which Hong Kong will not win with Afghanistan. Best wishes to the Afghanistan team to win today's first opening match beautifully.

[hafiztalha]

The Asia Cup has started already and the first game is between Afghanistan and Hong Kong. It is going to be a one-sided game for the team Afghanistan, so we can say Afghanistan is going to take with the good start and being motivated for the further games. They have already made 110 runs and lost only 4 wickets. Still five overs remaining in the innings and they can get to a decent score.

Afghanistan was also playing in the most recent Tri Nation series, we have seen that their bowling attack is really good, but they should have to take care of their batting attack but I don't think so against Hong Kong, Afghanistan has to be in any kind of preparation.

The first game of Asia T20 cup was played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong in which Hong Kong lost badly by a huge margin. Afghanistan opened with Sediqullah and Rahmanullah who scored 25 runs partnership due to unferperformance by Gurbaz they couldn't make it a great partnership. Afghanistan lost 2 wickets at short intervals then muddle order player scored some runs to make the target big. Hong kong eliminated 5 players easily but one middle order player was hard to eliminate. With his 53 runs Afghanistan ended up with 188 runs target. Hong Kong being a less experi team and they were playing first time against Afghanistan so they were under pressure from the start. Hong Kong lost very early wickets. The one down player Babar was able to score 39 runs while rest of the team struggled and they were eliminated aithout any major contribution. Afghanistan knocked out nine player at 94 runs and overs vanished. Hong Kong lost this game badly by a huge margin.

In Men's T20 Asia Cup series, Afghanistan vs Hong Kong 1 st game was held at Zayed Cricket Stadium and in start of game, Afghanistan team won toss and they elected batting first and gave bowling line to Hong Kong team. Afghanistan team set 188 runs target in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. Atal effort in opening of line was mind blowing and he made 73 runs in 52 balls and hitted six 4s and three 6s. Omarzai struggle was also very good and he made great half century in 21 balls and hitted two 4s and five 6s. Hong Kong chased down only 94 runs and lost game by 94 runs. Naib bowled great and he took down 2 wickets in 3 overs and gave eught runs. Congratulations Afghanistan team won 1 st game of this series.

[N.O]

The Asia Cup has started already and the first game is between Afghanistan and Hong Kong. It is going to be a one-sided game for the team Afghanistan, so we can say Afghanistan is going to take with the good start and being motivated for the further games. They have already made 110 runs and lost only 4 wickets. Still five overs remaining in the innings and they can get to a decent score.

Afghanistan was also playing in the most recent Tri Nation series, we have seen that their bowling attack is really good, but they should have to take care of their batting attack but I don't think so against Hong Kong, Afghanistan has to be in any kind of preparation.

The first game of Asia T20 cup was played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong in which Hong Kong lost badly by a huge margin. Afghanistan opened with Sediqullah and Rahmanullah who scored 25 runs partnership due to unferperformance by Gurbaz they couldn't make it a great partnership. Afghanistan lost 2 wickets at short intervals then muddle order player scored some runs to make the target big. Hong kong eliminated 5 players easily but one middle order player was hard to eliminate. With his 53 runs Afghanistan ended up with 188 runs target. Hong Kong being a less experi team and they were playing first time against Afghanistan so they were under pressure from the start. Hong Kong lost very early wickets. The one down player Babar was able to score 39 runs while rest of the team struggled and they were eliminated aithout any major contribution. Afghanistan knocked out nine player at 94 runs and overs vanished. Hong Kong lost this game badly by a huge margin.

Afghanistan team played a good 1st match by showing amazing gameplay with win. Hong Kong is weak team strong team and lost 1st game by big runs. Afghanistan team set total runs for 188 and won the match. Hong Kong team chased a total runs for 94 and lost the match by 94 runs. Congratulations to Afghanistan team for their upcoming matches. Afghanistan will continue to play will in the future. The 1st match between Afghanistan and Hong Kong was played  at Zayed Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The best bowling performance in the Afghanistan team was by Gulbadin Naib bowled 3 over and concrded 8 runs took 2 Wickets. The best batting performance in Afghanistan was by Sediqullah Atal  scored 73  runs and 52 balls hitting 6 fours and 3 sixs.

[ThemePen]

In yesterday first Asia Cup match Afghanistan easily beat Hong Kong by 94 runs. Afghanistan batted first and scored 188 runs losing six wickets. Sediqullah Atal was standout player scoring 73 runs with remaining not out and Azmatullah Omarzai added quick 53 runs. When it was their turn to bat Hong Kong team struggled. They lost wickets early and could not keep up only managing to score 94 runs for nine wickets. Big difference in scores shows how much better Afghanistan played throughout match.

[Sithara007]

In yesterday first Asia Cup match Afghanistan easily beat Hong Kong by 94 runs. Afghanistan batted first and scored 188 runs losing six wickets. Sediqullah Atal was standout player scoring 73 runs with remaining not out and Azmatullah Omarzai added quick 53 runs. When it was their turn to bat Hong Kong team struggled. They lost wickets early and could not keep up only managing to score 94 runs for nine wickets. Big difference in scores shows how much better Afghanistan played throughout match.

Hong Kong is severely weakened after Mark Chapman moved to New Zealand. You take away the best player from any team, and see how it performs. The same happened to Ireland (when Eoin Morgan, Ed Joyce and Boyd Rankin were stolen by England) and Singapore (after Tim David left for Australia). But that is how it works. The changed circumstances mean that the associate countries are rapidly getting irrelevant in international cricket, and their best players move to full member nations.

[As-Soon-As]

In yesterday first Asia Cup match Afghanistan easily beat Hong Kong by 94 runs. Afghanistan batted first and scored 188 runs losing six wickets. Sediqullah Atal was standout player scoring 73 runs with remaining not out and Azmatullah Omarzai added quick 53 runs. When it was their turn to bat Hong Kong team struggled. They lost wickets early and could not keep up only managing to score 94 runs for nine wickets. Big difference in scores shows how much better Afghanistan played throughout match.

At the beginning of the game, I assumed that there was a good chance that the Afghanistan team would win here, and in the end, it was proven that yesterday's match was undoubtedly won by the gambling fans of the Afghanistan team. Especially in this match, there were a lot of gamblers and they bet on the Afghanistan team, the three batsmen of the Afghanistan team, Sediqullah and Azmatullah and Mohammad Nabi, have performed well naturally.
And in terms of bowling, I gave the most importance to Azmatullah, because he played the biggest role in destroying the attacking batsmen. Due to which the Afghanistan team won this match by a big margin, only the contribution of the bowlers can be seen the most.

[Sithara007]

At the beginning of the game, I assumed that there was a good chance that the Afghanistan team would win here, and in the end, it was proven that yesterday's match was undoubtedly won by the gambling fans of the Afghanistan team. Especially in this match, there were a lot of gamblers and they bet on the Afghanistan team, the three batsmen of the Afghanistan team, Sediqullah and Azmatullah and Mohammad Nabi, have performed well naturally.
And in terms of bowling, I gave the most importance to Azmatullah, because he played the biggest role in destroying the attacking batsmen. Due to which the Afghanistan team won this match by a big margin, only the contribution of the bowlers can be seen the most.

Finishing is where experience helps. When Afghanistan lost Gulbadin Naib, they were at 95/4 in 13 overs. And from there anyone would have expected them to reach a total of 150-160. However Azmatullah Omarzai and Sediqullah Atal had other ideas and they butchered the Hong Kong bowlers without any mercy. After the target was set at 189, the outcome was never in doubt. And then Hong Kong got into trouble quite early, after being reduced to 22/4. Hopefully today's match won't be this one sided.