T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[HelliumZ]

~snip~ India did not neglect the match at all, so if they did, they would have decided to bat first and tried to score big by playing well. But for India, the main thing is the result of the match, so they decided to bowl first. UAE batted well in the first three overs. ~

I haven't heard why the Indian captain decided to bowl first after winning the toss, but it doesn't matter who has batted first in the match. India has chased the target in just 4.3 overs. So, it is clear that it was completely a one-sided match. Where India has won the match with a big dominance.

Anyway, Bangladesh has won against Hong Kong by 7 wickets today. It was expected, but Hong Kong batting performance was quite better. They had given a target of 144 runs.

Yes, it was Bangladesh who should have won the toss and batted and defeated them by a big margin with a big target. There is no beauty in cricket if a team like India decides to field after winning the toss. Maybe if India had batted first, they could have given a target of 200 runs and maybe they would have won by 130-140 runs, that's no problem, but it was right to decide to bat instead of fielding after winning the toss when the two teams were evenly matched, but in a game between teams of different strengths, making a decision after winning the toss is not in any way befitting for India.

[tsaroz]

~snip~ India did not neglect the match at all, so if they did, they would have decided to bat first and tried to score big by playing well. But for India, the main thing is the result of the match, so they decided to bowl first. UAE batted well in the first three overs. ~

I haven't heard why the Indian captain decided to bowl first after winning the toss, but it doesn't matter who has batted first in the match. India has chased the target in just 4.3 overs. So, it is clear that it was completely a one-sided match. Where India has won the match with a big dominance.

Anyway, Bangladesh has won against Hong Kong by 7 wickets today. It was expected, but Hong Kong batting performance was quite better. They had given a target of 144 runs.

Yes, it was Bangladesh who should have won the toss and batted and defeated them by a big margin with a big target. There is no beauty in cricket if a team like India decides to field after winning the toss. Maybe if India had batted first, they could have given a target of 200 runs and maybe they would have won by 130-140 runs, that's no problem, but it was right to decide to bat instead of fielding after winning the toss when the two teams were evenly matched, but in a game between teams of different strengths, making a decision after winning the toss is not in any way befitting for India.

Teams plays for win not to have fun. If it were a series and if they had already won it, they could have experimented something like that but this is an important tournament and you couldn't take a risk to get eliminated.
When team chooses to bat or bowl, they look at different factors specially the pitch condition and weather. They have a dedicated analyst who decides what would be better to choose and with the consultation of coach, the captain plans what he'd chose on winning the toss beforehand.
This game particularly was much closer. Hong Kong could have been able to chase the target set by Bangladesh if they knew what they are chasing from the start.

[Sithara007]

Teams plays for win not to have fun. If it were a series and if they had already won it, they could have experimented something like that but this is an important tournament and you couldn't take a risk to get eliminated.
When team chooses to bat or bowl, they look at different factors specially the pitch condition and weather. They have a dedicated analyst who decides what would be better to choose and with the consultation of coach, the captain plans what he'd chose on winning the toss beforehand.
This game particularly was much closer. Hong Kong could have been able to chase the target set by Bangladesh if they knew what they are chasing from the start.

I wouldn't term it as a close match. Bangladesh won by a margin of 7 wickets, which is quite large in T20I cricket. The partnership between Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy made sure that Bangladesh gets full points from this match. But questions should be asked about their bowling, since they allowed Hong Kong to post a 140 plus total. Taskin Ahmed went for close to 10 runs per over, and Rishad Hossain and Mahedi Hasan were not that great either. If not for Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hong Kong would have got to 150 plus.

[laspol65]

Teams plays for win not to have fun. If it were a series and if they had already won it, they could have experimented something like that but this is an important tournament and you couldn't take a risk to get eliminated.
When team chooses to bat or bowl, they look at different factors specially the pitch condition and weather. They have a dedicated analyst who decides what would be better to choose and with the consultation of coach, the captain plans what he'd chose on winning the toss beforehand.
This game particularly was much closer. Hong Kong could have been able to chase the target set by Bangladesh if they knew what they are chasing from the start.

I wouldn't term it as a close match. Bangladesh won by a margin of 7 wickets, which is quite large in T20I cricket. The partnership between Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy made sure that Bangladesh gets full points from this match. But questions should be asked about their bowling, since they allowed Hong Kong to post a 140 plus total. Taskin Ahmed went for close to 10 runs per over, and Rishad Hossain and Mahedi Hasan were not that great either. If not for Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hong Kong would have got to 150 plus.

Taskin Ahmed and Tanjim Hasan Shakib, these two bowlers, put the Hong Kong team in danger at the beginning of the game. However, on behalf of the Bangladesh team, I would like to say that the Hong Kong team got enough opportunities in the middle of the game, they scored big scores mainly at the end of the power play, but Liton Das and Touhid Hridoy helped Bangladesh to win. However, it must be admitted that Liton Das performed well in today's game in times of danger, as the storm of wickets started at the beginning of the Bangladesh team's batting, only Liton Das performed brilliantly in the batting hand, with Touhid Hridoy providing strong support.

[free-bit.co.in]

I wouldn't term it as a close match. Bangladesh won by a margin of 7 wickets, which is quite large in T20I cricket. The partnership between Litton Das and Towhid Hridoy made sure that Bangladesh gets full points from this match. But questions should be asked about their bowling, since they allowed Hong Kong to post a 140 plus total. Taskin Ahmed went for close to 10 runs per over, and Rishad Hossain and Mahedi Hasan were not that great either. If not for Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hong Kong would have got to 150 plus.

Bangladesh won by 7 wickets which is commendable. However, Hong Kong will score a big score of 143 in this match which was unexpected. I expected that we will see a small score from Hong Kong in this match too. Against Afghanistan, the team could not even score 100 runs. The team scored only 94 runs in 20 overs. But they gave Bangladesh a decent target of 144 runs. Liton Dan and Towhid Hridoy played big innings. Liton played an innings of 59 runs off 39 balls. Hridoy was unbeaten on 35 runs off 36 balls.

[fuguebtc]

Bangladesh won by 7 wickets which is commendable. However, Hong Kong will score a big score of 143 in this match which was unexpected. I expected that we will see a small score from Hong Kong in this match too. Against Afghanistan, the team could not even score 100 runs. The team scored only 94 runs in 20 overs. But they gave Bangladesh a decent target of 144 runs. Liton Dan and Towhid Hridoy played big innings. Liton played an innings of 59 runs off 39 balls. Hridoy was unbeaten on 35 runs off 36 balls.

I would say Hong Kong played well. They did not expect to win any match in the Asia cup. Their target was to make the match competitive. In the first match against Afghanistan, we saw Hongkong batsmen batting very slowly. In the Bangladesh match, we saw some improvement from them. There is no room to call a collection of 143  runs a bad collection. Maybe we will see a better performance from  them against Srilanka in the upcoming match.



Pakistan will play against Oman in today's match of the Asia Cup. Pakistan should  definitely win this match. Oman is not a strong team. We saw Pakistan perform well against West indies in the last series. Pakistan  should win against Oman by a big margin. They should win by at least 40+ runs.

[Bd officer]

Bangladesh won by 7 wickets which is commendable. However, Hong Kong will score a big score of 143 in this match which was unexpected. I expected that we will see a small score from Hong Kong in this match too. Against Afghanistan, the team could not even score 100 runs. The team scored only 94 runs in 20 overs. But they gave Bangladesh a decent target of 144 runs. Liton Dan and Towhid Hridoy played big innings. Liton played an innings of 59 runs off 39 balls. Hridoy was unbeaten on 35 runs off 36 balls.

Hong Kong lost 4 wickets in the powerplay against Afghanistan, due to which they were under pressure and were eventually all out for 94 runs. But yesterday Hong Kong scored 34 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the powerplay. So if Bangladesh bowlers could have dismissed Hong Kong's top order batsmen in the powerplay, it would not have been possible for Hong Kong to score so many runs. However, a low-scoring match is not enjoyable, so such a score should have been made, and the match was not one-sided. Although Bangladesh won by 7 wickets, some of Bangladesh's batsmen could not bat at a 100+ strike rate, so attention should be paid to their performance. I praise Liton Das, he has performed brilliantly, Liton Das has done well in the last few series as well and has contributed well in the first match of the Asia Cup.

[As-Soon-As]

Pakistan will play against Oman in today's match of the Asia Cup. Pakistan should  definitely win this match. Oman is not a strong team. We saw Pakistan perform well against West indies in the last series. Pakistan  should win against Oman by a big margin. They should win by at least 40+ runs.

In this Asia Cup, Pakistan and Oman teams will perform in the fourth match today, but here I think Pakistan team is strong enough. Because Pakistan team is already performing well, Pakistan team squad is very strong and aggressive, Pakistan team captain Salman Agha is brave enough to win today's match. However, Oman team squad is relatively weak, and in this match most of the gamblers will bet on Pakistan team. However, if you bet on Pakistan team in today's match, it will definitely be possible to win.

[jostorres]

Out of 12 we have 3 one-sided games ended and things are clearly going to stay on this level for today game when Pakistan entertain newcomer Oman next two games are going to have good stuff for fans Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh and big game on Super Sunday India vs Pakistan.

Adopted players and poor quality is clearly showing in these games which are not favourable for fans because they want some good cricket to watch, but these matches fail to provide any entertainment India looking stronger with new blood while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are improved.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have good practice before this event which will help them for having good results but still both are unpredictable due to their nature.

[ThemePen]

Hong Kong lost 4 wickets in the powerplay against Afghanistan, due to which they were under pressure and were eventually all out for 94 runs. But yesterday Hong Kong scored 34 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the powerplay. So if Bangladesh bowlers could have dismissed Hong Kong's top order batsmen in the powerplay, it would not have been possible for Hong Kong to score so many runs. However, a low-scoring match is not enjoyable, so such a score should have been made, and the match was not one-sided. Although Bangladesh won by 7 wickets, some of Bangladesh's batsmen could not bat at a 100+ strike rate, so attention should be paid to their performance. I praise Liton Das, he has performed brilliantly, Liton Das has done well in the last few series as well and has contributed well in the first match of the Asia Cup.

You are spot on dear that Hong Kong improved start losing only two wickets in powerplay was good factor in making game more competitive and fun to watch. Your admiration for Liton Das is well deserved. His brilliant half century was huge positive for Bangladesh and his consistent form is big asset. And your concern about low strike rates of some other batsmen is very valid point. We know it was win but Bangladesh will need to address that to truly compete against stronger teams like Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in next games.

[Publictalk792]

Pakistan vs Oman

Today Asia Cup match is between Pakistan and Oman. Both teams are playing their first game in tournament at Dubai International Cricket Stadium where slow pitches are good for spinners. Pakistan wants to start with win to get ready for their big match against India. They are feeling confident after winning UAE T20I Tri-Series recently. With top players like Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan not playing this is great chance for younger players like Saim Ayub and Fakhar Zaman to show what they can do. For Oman this is their first time in Asia Cup which is big moment for them. They are facing tough team in Pakistan but will try their best to put on good show and maybe even win. This is very important learning experience for them as they play on world stage.

[CryptoYar]

Pakistan vs Oman

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Exactly for Pakistan this match is vital test for their reserve players and opportunity for their younger players to show their talent. Slow pitch in Dubai is good for them especially because of their strong spin bowlers. Winning this game would give them confidence they need before their big match against India. And that is right this is historic and huge learning experience for Oman. Playing against top team like Pakistan on big stage will be challenge but it is also great chance for them to show what they can do and get experience at highest level.

[N.O]

Big game was played between Patroits and Royals. 27th game won Patroits team by 1 runs. The 27th match between Patroits and Royals was played at Kensington Oval stadium. Royals won the toss and selected bowling first. Patroist played amazing. Patroits set a record total runs for 150 and won the match. Royals chased a record total runs for 149 and lost the match. The  best batting performance in the Patroits team was by Jason Holder and main of the match and he scored 53 runs and 30 balls hitting 1 fours and 5 sixs. The best bowling performance in the Patroits team was by Jason Holder bowled 4 overs and took 2 wickets and conceded 32 runs. Congratulations to Patroits for their upcoming matches.

[Haunebu]

Just found out about the ongoing T20 series between England and South Africa and I am glad to see the Proteas continuing to maintain their amazing form thanks to their current batch of consistent performers.

Baby AB, Bosch and Mulder have proven their value very nicely across different formats. The 2nd T20 is set to get underway sometime today. Let's see if England will fight better.

[Emitdama]

Exactly for Pakistan this match is vital test for their reserve players and opportunity for their younger players to show their talent. Slow pitch in Dubai is good for them especially because of their strong spin bowlers. Winning this game would give them confidence they need before their big match against India. And that is right this is historic and huge learning experience for Oman. Playing against top team like Pakistan on big stage will be challenge but it is also great chance for them to show what they can do and get experience at highest level.

I am not expecting anything testing for Pakistan from this game because I have strong feeling this is going to be practice game for them before big games which are coming on 14th September against India and then in Super four where they will meet from these teams Afghanistan, Sri Lanka/Bangladesh.

They needed to be had good strategy for them because now competition is not easy at the top of Asia where four teams are on same level behind India which is now superpower due to their consistency and quality good thing fans will be able to have good cricket in Super Four because top teams will play against each other for the spot into final.

[Shishir99]

It's true. We criticize the Bangladesh team, but it's not like we're happy when they lose. As always, they are criticized out of a lot of heartache for their poor performance.
I would be happy if Bangladesh not only reached the semi-finals but also won the Asia Cup for the first time in the final match. We have seen Bangladesh lose by just 1-2 runs in the semi-finals and finals before. But if we come to reality, I have doubts whether the Bangladesh team will be able to do that with the form they have at the moment.

Sometimes, we have to expect the unexpected. No matter what I say publicly, I usually expect Bangladesh to win even when they play against the strongest team in the world. Even when I know that the equation is too hard, I still expect miracles to happen so Bangladesh can win the match. However, they disappointed us most of the time, even when the equation was in favor of Bangladesh.

I do not expect Bangladesh to win the Asia Cup, as we know how they play. But let's expect the unexpected. I will cheer for Bangladesh throughout the tournament. It's not a small tournament, it's an ICC even and every fans should support the team regardless of the result. Let's roar once again.

[virasog]

In this Asia Cup, Pakistan and Oman teams will perform in the fourth match today, but here I think Pakistan team is strong enough. Because Pakistan team is already performing well, Pakistan team squad is very strong and aggressive, Pakistan team captain Salman Agha is brave enough to win today's match. However, Oman team squad is relatively weak, and in this match most of the gamblers will bet on Pakistan team. However, if you bet on Pakistan team in today's match, it will definitely be possible to win.

Second match from group A between Pakistan and Oman, India is leading the table right now by having 2 points and the run rate is really big of 10, often the teams were just looking for 2 to 3 points in run rate but India randomly got 10 points in run rate that is great. I think India is the most powerful team for this Asia Cup and likely to beat Pakistan too on the 14th September, on  Sunday waiting to see that big clash but today it would be an one sided game between Pakistan vs Oman.

[noormcs5]

Second match from group A between Pakistan and Oman, India is leading the table right now by having 2 points and the run rate is really big of 10, often the teams were just looking for 2 to 3 points in run rate but India randomly got 10 points in run rate that is great. I think India is the most powerful team for this Asia Cup and likely to beat Pakistan too on the 14th September, on  Sunday waiting to see that big clash but today it would be an one sided game between Pakistan vs Oman.

In this match, why was Farhan not playing in his comfort zone in early overs?

In the first two overs, Farhan was just trying to run between the wickets and did not look for the boundary that was not good, especially in the power play. These were my words in the first two overs but still till that time I was hoping Farhan could do something and by the way on the last ball of the 2nd over, Farhan nervously tried for a short but he was just about to get out when somehow the fielder dropped the catch and he was given a second life.

[Bluedrem]

Second match from group A between Pakistan and Oman, India is leading the table right now by having 2 points and the run rate is really big of 10, often the teams were just looking for 2 to 3 points in run rate but India randomly got 10 points in run rate that is great. I think India is the most powerful team for this Asia Cup and likely to beat Pakistan too on the 14th September, on  Sunday waiting to see that big clash but today it would be an one sided game between Pakistan vs Oman.

The reason why India is so much ahead in the run rate is because they have a great win against UAE. There, India surpassed the 57 runs set by UAE in just 4.3 overs. Which is a big win for India against UAE. Even if Pakistan wins against Oman today, India has a high possibility of being at number one in the points table. So far, after the fall of wickets in the first over of Pakistan, Mohammad Haris and Sahibzada Farhan are batting and after 12 overs, Pakistan has collected 98 runs. Pakistan is a stronger team than Oman and the way they are batting, it seems that the chances of Oman winning by exceeding the target that Pakistan will set for Oman are very low.

[Compromise me]

In this Asia Cup, Pakistan and Oman teams will perform in the fourth match today, but here I think Pakistan team is strong enough. Because Pakistan team is already performing well, Pakistan team squad is very strong and aggressive, Pakistan team captain Salman Agha is brave enough to win today's match. However, Oman team squad is relatively weak, and in this match most of the gamblers will bet on Pakistan team. However, if you bet on Pakistan team in today's match, it will definitely be possible to win.

Second match from group A between Pakistan and Oman, India is leading the table right now by having 2 points and the run rate is really big of 10, often the teams were just looking for 2 to 3 points in run rate but India randomly got 10 points in run rate that is great. I think India is the most powerful team for this Asia Cup and likely to beat Pakistan too on the 14th September, on  Sunday waiting to see that big clash but today it would be an one sided game between Pakistan vs Oman.

Pakistan is playing well in this league and hopefully they will establish themselves in the first position by playing well in this match and if they cannot do so their playing well and good will be lacking till the end which will not make them victorious. The match between Pakistan and Oman is very impressive and important for us because Pakistan victory will make it a very interesting match for us. Pakistan batsmen have lost a wicket in the first innings due to which they have been playing with good effort and hard work so far. If Pakistan batsmen make the target strong enough, it will be much better. So far they have managed to score 89 runs which will be an easy victory for them. Oman bowling is not playing very well and if their batsmen get a strong target, it will be a difficult match for them.