T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[HelliumZ]

I am impressed by Hong Kong's performance, especially the way they have kept a team like Sri Lanka under pressure so far. Even though Sri Lanka will win, they are still under pressure after losing one wicket for 26 runs to Hong Kong. Hong Kong scored 149 runs with the loss of four wickets. Sri Lanka are now batting at a target of 150 runs and are again at the end with the loss of one wicket for 35 runs. However, Sri Lanka has been playing defensively so far, but as the overs go by, Sri Lanka will become more aggressive.

Hong Kong came out on top in the final over and the fall of three wickets in a row kept Hong Kong's chances of winning alive. Although they needed 28 runs from 22 balls, which is a very easy target in T20Is, Hong Kong managed to put Sri Lanka under some pressure. However, if Sri Lanka could have dismissed Nissanka (68) early, then there might have been a chance. Nissanka would have played the biggest role in Sri Lanka's victory.

[Royal Cap]

Hong Kong came out on top in the final over and the fall of three wickets in a row kept Hong Kong's chances of winning alive. Although they needed 28 runs from 22 balls, which is a very easy target in T20Is, Hong Kong managed to put Sri Lanka under some pressure. However, if Sri Lanka could have dismissed Nissanka (68) early, then there might have been a chance. Nissanka would have played the biggest role in Sri Lanka's victory.

OMG today this Sri Lanka VS Hong Kong match was really exciting. In the second innings it seemed that Sri Lanka was going to lose. But towards the end the game almost turned around. I think Yasim Murtaza's no ball here turned the game around. If it wasn't for that, Sri Lanka would have almost lost the match. However, Hong Kong as a new team put a lot of pressure on Sri Lanka in today's match. Congratulations Sri Lanka.

[JSRAW]

Srilanka just dodged a bullet and terrific fight from hongkong, in the end, lack of experience did the damage but they could be proud of this effort and should give them much needed confidence.

Lankans on the other hand need to go back to drawing board, they almost fumbled in all departments and that too against associate nation.

[Nanga Parbat]

I am impressed by Hong Kong's performance, especially the way they have kept a team like Sri Lanka under pressure so far. Even though Sri Lanka will win, they are still under pressure after losing one wicket for 26 runs to Hong Kong. Hong Kong scored 149 runs with the loss of four wickets. Sri Lanka are now batting at a target of 150 runs and are again at the end with the loss of one wicket for 35 runs. However, Sri Lanka has been playing defensively so far, but as the overs go by, Sri Lanka will become more aggressive.

Hong Kong came out on top in the final over and the fall of three wickets in a row kept Hong Kong's chances of winning alive. Although they needed 28 runs from 22 balls, which is a very easy target in T20Is, Hong Kong managed to put Sri Lanka under some pressure. However, if Sri Lanka could have dismissed Nissanka (68) early, then there might have been a chance. Nissanka would have played the biggest role in Sri Lanka's victory.

Sri Lanka has not been tough at any point in this match, if their batting is seen they have also made the target weak and if their bowling is also seen, Sri Lankan batsmen have victory the match by scoring 153 runs in 18 overs and Sri Lankan team has not been weak at any point here. Hong Kong has taken 6 wickets in this innings but they could not put any kind of weak on them that we can see. But if we look at the beginning, their batsmen were careless on the wicket due to which they look weak in the beginning. Hong Kong could not become strong in any way as they wanted to be but they could not make Sri Lanka tough in any way due to which they had to face defeat.

[JunaidAzizi]

I am completely disappointed with the performance of Pakistani batsmen. Although I did not have high expectations from Pakistan. Because their performance against India is always weak. Even then  I thought the match would be competitive. But the match  turned out to be one-sided. The top order batsmen batted very  badly. Pakistan lost two wickets for 6 runs and 6 wickets for 64 runs. Even then , the fact that Pakistan was able to score up to 129 runs is their big achievement. I do  not see any possibility of Pakistan winning this match. India scored 12 runs in the first over. Abhishek Sharma scored 11 runs in 4 balls. If Abhishek sharma can stay at the crease, India will win the match in 13 overs.

The Pakistan team again proves that they are not trustworthy, you can't place any bet by seeing their performance. They are like Bitcoin volatility, the more you are certain that they will win, at that moment, they change the whole scenario. Looking at their matches, they beat the other team by 66 and 67 runs, showing their best performance, and we were expecting the same performance, but they surprised us with their performance. Saym Ayub did not score well, instead, Shaheen is even bette, at least he pushed the runs at some point. In fact, the bowlers are the best,vthe whole team was going for 64 runs, but yeah, these bowlers' performance is better than the players'.

[Zaka1221]

And at the end of the day UAE won by 42 run.

We saw a perfect gameplay from UAE. The batsmen performed brilliantly. Especially the opening pair scored 88 runs. Alishan Sharafu scored 51 runs from 38 balls and Muhammad Waseem scored 69 runs from 54 balls. Due to such responsible batting of the opening pair, UAE was able to give a target of 173 runs.

Along with the batsmen, the bowlers of the UAE squad also performed well. Oman's innings was stopped at 130 runs. Junaid Siddique and Hider Ali bowled under control. Junaid Siddique took four wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. And Hider Ali took two wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs. UAE's chances of qualifying for the Super 4 are very low, but the team will try their  best.

Absolutely right, today UAE played modern cricket such as needed in T20 format. Alishan and M Waseem played very well with the strike rate of 130 plus this opening partnership win this game.
As well the bowler's balled today wicket to wicket that's why Junaid and Haider Ali took earlier wickets of Oman.
If the UAE played the same game against Pakistan in the next match of the Aisa cup this team can be beat tha Pakistan because UAE have already made 170 plus score against Pakistan in Trie series. Because in T20 format only partnership and best bowling like today's bowling can change the results. At the end UAE team  played very awesome cricket today.

[Unknown Op]

Zimbabwe cricket is slowly improving. I can see the improvement in the batting order of the team especially. The team performed quite well in the last series against Sri Lanka. The players were confident. Zimbabwe is also able to play well in the 3-match T20 series against Namibia.
Zimbabwe scored a huge 211 runs today for the loss of just 3 wickets. The pitch is batting friendly though. Even then I have seen 200+ scores from Zimbabwe in very few matches. Opener Brian Bennett played a wonderful innings of 94 runs off 51 balls. Although Namibia was able to score 178 runs. Still it was an easy win for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe national cricket team played very well in the last match which they played today and they made target of 212 runs in this match and opponent team could not chase that score and they gave wickets back to back and lost the match by 33 runs. Bennett was a person who did brilliant in this and he made 94 runs in this match  and made fast runs for the team when it was requirement of the match and we expected best from that team . We saw excellent partnership between two first players of the team and Marumani was a person who did brilliant job in today match and made half century in this match.Sikandar Raza gave all round performance because he took 2 wickets in this match and he also made 23 runs in this match by playing only 11 balls And he played with strike rate of 209 .

In this competition, Namibia tour to Zimbabwe consists of total 3 matches, out of which 1 match finished today successfully. Result of this match was quite interesting. Even though Namibia lost, I found their batting performance quite super. However, their bowling was very shit which put pressure on Namibia batters to achieve big scores. Zimbabwe squad was begun first match of tour competition with batting inning and starter batters played significant role and both Tadiwanashe Marumani and Brian Bennett buidl strong batting partnership and both collected 62 and 94 scores respectively. Namibia squad was unable to face big scores 211 and fell short by 33 scores. Sikandar Raza performance was fantastic in bowling side and he picked up 2 wickets of Namibia squad.

[Cheema02]

Zimbabwe cricket is slowly improving. I can see the improvement in the batting order of the team especially. The team performed quite well in the last series against Sri Lanka. The players were confident. Zimbabwe is also able to play well in the 3-match T20 series against Namibia.
Zimbabwe scored a huge 211 runs today for the loss of just 3 wickets. The pitch is batting friendly though. Even then I have seen 200+ scores from Zimbabwe in very few matches. Opener Brian Bennett played a wonderful innings of 94 runs off 51 balls. Although Namibia was able to score 178 runs. Still it was an easy win for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe outstanding performance in this match winning by 33 runs against Namibia. While chasing a huge total Namibia team only managed to score 178 runs and lost the match without any fight.  The man of The Match is Brian Bennett for his amazing batting performance added 94 aggressive runs to the team total from just 51 balls and assisted Zimbabwe to post huge runs on board. Unfortunately Brian Bennett missed his well deserved century by just 6 runs short but his efforts reached Zimbabwe total to 200 plus runs. Zimbabwe bowlers also bowl well Blessing Muzarabani bowling spell picked two important wickets and help his team to win this match easily.

[Farhan99]

I am impressed by Hong Kong's performance, especially the way they have kept a team like Sri Lanka under pressure so far. Even though Sri Lanka will win, they are still under pressure after losing one wicket for 26 runs to Hong Kong. Hong Kong scored 149 runs with the loss of four wickets. Sri Lanka are now batting at a target of 150 runs and are again at the end with the loss of one wicket for 35 runs. However, Sri Lanka has been playing defensively so far, but as the overs go by, Sri Lanka will become more aggressive.

Yeah, In the 8th game of Men's T20 Hong kong faced Sri Lanka who achieved victory by chasing the target in just ninteen overs.  Hong Kong bat first with Zeeshan and Anshy who scored a 41 runs partnership then the one down player was there who got knocked iut early. Hong Kong played it very well as they don't have major skils to tackel the pressure and fast bowlers of SL. However with the loss of four wickets they scored a target of 149 runs. Sri Lanka openers couldn't built a stronger partnership as Kusal lost wicket very early at 26 runs partnership. Sri Lanka lost wickets at short intevrals salute to Hong Kong's bowlerd who eliminated six players but it was a bad luck because they couldn't stop SL from chasing the target. In the last over SL won the game.

[Just Say]

I watched the entire India and Pakistan match and I think even if Pakistan could have scored 250 runs, the Indian batsmen would have chased down that run and won. They easily chased down the target of just 127 runs. The Pakistan bowlers were not that much of a threat to the Indian batsmen. Yes, in the past Pakistan could put up a strong fight against India and sometimes won but in recent years they have not been able to put up any competition. India did not face any strong resistance from the bowlers and as a result they reached the target in 15.5 overs, losing only 3 wickets.

Many may have enjoyed the entire match between Pakistan and India, but I still felt that the Pakistan team was lacking in every aspect in this Asia Cup match. What was most shocking was that they came to face India without two experienced and reliable batsmen, as a result India has blown Pakistan away like the wind. This match was already annoying to watch, but it became even more annoying when the players from both teams did not shake hands at the end of the match and the captains of both teams did not shake hands after the toss. As far as I know the Pakistan Cricket Board may already be planning to take action against the referee of this match. You are right that earlier Pakistan used to fight against India properly but at present, this team is unable to present itself as worthy in the Asia Cup.

[Rabata]

I watched the entire India and Pakistan match and I think even if Pakistan could have scored 250 runs, the Indian batsmen would have chased down that run and won. They easily chased down the target of just 127 runs. The Pakistan bowlers were not that much of a threat to the Indian batsmen. Yes, in the past Pakistan could put up a strong fight against India and sometimes won but in recent years they have not been able to put up any competition. India did not face any strong resistance from the bowlers and as a result they reached the target in 15.5 overs, losing only 3 wickets.

Many may have enjoyed the entire match between Pakistan and India, but I still felt that the Pakistan team was lacking in every aspect in this Asia Cup match. What was most shocking was that they came to face India without two experienced and reliable batsmen, as a result India has blown Pakistan away like the wind. This match was already annoying to watch, but it became even more annoying when the players from both teams did not shake hands at the end of the match and the captains of both teams did not shake hands after the toss. As far as I know the Pakistan Cricket Board may already be planning to take action against the referee of this match. You are right that earlier Pakistan used to fight against India properly but at present, this team is unable to present itself as worthy in the Asia Cup.

This is nothing new. Pakistan's squad is not fit to win against India. Their performance before the Asia Cup was not up to the mark and that is why they were sure to lose the match. If Pakistan has to fight against other ordinary teams and win, then it will be difficult to do anything good against a team like India. If the team could have made a strong squad against India, then they would have had a good chance in the match. Pakistan cricket is not producing good cricketers. Another reason is that they do not get a chance to enter the team for various reasons. If such a situation prevails, nothing good can ever be expected from the team.

[Farhan99]

Zimbabwe cricket is slowly improving. I can see the improvement in the batting order of the team especially. The team performed quite well in the last series against Sri Lanka. The players were confident. Zimbabwe is also able to play well in the 3-match T20 series against Namibia.
Zimbabwe scored a huge 211 runs today for the loss of just 3 wickets. The pitch is batting friendly though. Even then I have seen 200+ scores from Zimbabwe in very few matches. Opener Brian Bennett played a wonderful innings of 94 runs off 51 balls. Although Namibia was able to score 178 runs. Still it was an easy win for Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe outstanding performance in this match winning by 33 runs against Namibia. While chasing a huge total Namibia team only managed to score 178 runs and lost the match without any fight.  The man of The Match is Brian Bennett for his amazing batting performance added 94 aggressive runs to the team total from just 51 balls and assisted Zimbabwe to post huge runs on board. Unfortunately Brian Bennett missed his well deserved century by just 6 runs short but his efforts reached Zimbabwe total to 200 plus runs. Zimbabwe bowlers also bowl well Blessing Muzarabani bowling spell picked two important wickets and help his team to win this match easily.

Zimbabwe and Namibia are playing t20 series and the first game was won by Zimbabwe with a strunning performnace by batting lineup. Zimbabwe opened the innings with Brian and Tadiwanashe who scored a mind blowing partnership of 124 runs then their upcoming players holded the back and progressed the game. The top order was in great form alongwith partners from middle order. Namibia eliminated 3 players but Zimbabwe has corssed 210 runs at that moment so the chase wasnt going to be easy.

Namibia was depressed from the start as their openers lost wicket at 18 runs but their middle order created a hope towards victory. Middle order players controlled the high pressure condition for a while but the loss of Nicol's wicket again brought them down. Namibia had three wickets left when overs get finished and they lost this game by a huge margin.

[bitcoin_mining]

As far as I know, the team's experience in the UAE venue was supposed to be better than any other team, but it wasn't. The Pakistan national team has been conducting their cricket for a long time, but it didn't show up when they played against India. I didn't expect Shaheen Afridi to bat so well in the team, but he played well. However, there was already doubt about whether Pakistan's squad was strong enough to play against India. I would definitely say that the squad should have had some experienced players. Even if they did poorly in other tournaments, they could have performed well against good teams, but that didn't happen.

The systemic problems in teams can't be corrected by playing more matches. Pakistan also chose weaker teams to play their matches but this tournament itself would be a good practice ground for Pakistan as it not only would play India but would likely qualify to super fours and play with other stronger teams.
The game started with a wicket. Saim Ayub lost his wicket on the very first bowl of the match and their wickets kept falling. Last moment aggressive bowling from Shaheen Shah Afridi saved Pakistan's face a bit. It's not the first time Shaheen have shown such performance and he is a good allrouonder for the team.
India's team isn't perfect either. I feel the team is weaker than a year before and it's just that they don't have a stronger opponent in Asia that there is no real competition for them.

Pakistan team was very strong in the past when Babar Azam and Rizwan were in the squad, then Pakistan team could fight for a long time in the competition with India team. India team is not that strong in the squad if bowling is affected, Siam Ayub made Pakistan team bright because he alone took three wickets which were three wickets of top attacking batsmen of India team.
But every bowler of Pakistan team could not apply pressure from their place, but every player of Pakistan team should be experienced in both their bowling and batting. Pakistan team was strong in the past and now they have to fight with India team by gaining more experience.

The performance of a team is not always the same. Earlier, the matches between India and Pakistan were tough because then Pakistan played good cricket and on the other hand we did not see India playing such good cricket but with the change of time India has done a lot with their cricket and they have improved a lot in cricket especially from IPL they have given a chance to some young and skilled cricketers to play in the national team who are currently performing very well in batting and bowling. On the other hand Pakistan probably has not done much with their cricket because the players who were in the team before are still in the team. Maybe Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have been dropped from the team but still the current Pakistan team is far behind the original Indian team and if India and Pakistan face each other in any big tournament match in the future then it will be seen that India has ensured that match by a big margin.

[Sithara007]

Zimbabwe outstanding performance in this match winning by 33 runs against Namibia. While chasing a huge total Namibia team only managed to score 178 runs and lost the match without any fight.  The man of The Match is Brian Bennett for his amazing batting performance added 94 aggressive runs to the team total from just 51 balls and assisted Zimbabwe to post huge runs on board. Unfortunately Brian Bennett missed his well deserved century by just 6 runs short but his efforts reached Zimbabwe total to 200 plus runs. Zimbabwe bowlers also bowl well Blessing Muzarabani bowling spell picked two important wickets and help his team to win this match easily.

It was a close match, nevertheless. Namibia lost too many wickets at crucial intervals, else they could have pulled an upset win. I am not even sure whether it could be called an upset win, as Zimbabwe's form at the moment is quite poor and they would lose if they play against top associate sides such as Scotland and Netherlands. Anyway, this is a 3-match series and Namibia has two more chances remaining. A win against Zimbabwe would be earth-shattering achievement for them.

[free-bit.co.in]

I am not even sure whether it could be called an upset win, as Zimbabwe's form at the moment is quite poor and they would lose if they play against top associate sides such as Scotland and Netherlands.

Do you really think Zimbabwe are in bad form? I think they are in better form now than they have been in the last few years. They have played well against Sri Lanka in both the ODI and T20 series. They have scored big totals in two ODIs, although they lost. And they defeated Sri Lanka in one T20 match. Zimbabwe also scored a huge total of 211 against Namibia. I have rarely seen Zimbabwe score more than 200 in T20 matches.
We are seeing a lot of good performance from Zimbabwe's batsmen. Now if Zimbabwe's bowlers can improve their performance then the team will gradually become stronger.

[Gost ms]

I am not even sure whether it could be called an upset win, as Zimbabwe's form at the moment is quite poor and they would lose if they play against top associate sides such as Scotland and Netherlands.

Do you really think Zimbabwe are in bad form? I think they are in better form now than they have been in the last few years. They have played well against Sri Lanka in both the ODI and T20 series. They have scored big totals in two ODIs, although they lost. And they defeated Sri Lanka in one T20 match. Zimbabwe also scored a huge total of 211 against Namibia. I have rarely seen Zimbabwe score more than 200 in T20 matches.
We are seeing a lot of good performance from Zimbabwe's batsmen. Now if Zimbabwe's bowlers can improve their performance then the team will gradually become stronger.

Yes you are right Zimbabwe is playing very well now than before. If we talk about a few days ago, Zimbabwe could not win a single match. But now Zimbabwe is playing very well and winning big. I feel very good to see such improvement of Zimbabwe. We can hope that they will move forward in the upcoming matches, if Zimbabwe moves forward with such performance then Zimbabwe has a lot of chances of winning the World Cup. If they cannot maintain their current situation then it will be very bad for their team.

[Olatundespo]

Zimbabwe outstanding performance in this match winning by 33 runs against Namibia. While chasing a huge total Namibia team only managed to score 178 runs and lost the match without any fight.  The man of The Match is Brian Bennett for his amazing batting performance added 94 aggressive runs to the team total from just 51 balls and assisted Zimbabwe to post huge runs on board. Unfortunately Brian Bennett missed his well deserved century by just 6 runs short but his efforts reached Zimbabwe total to 200 plus runs. Zimbabwe bowlers also bowl well Blessing Muzarabani bowling spell picked two important wickets and help his team to win this match easily.

It was a close match, nevertheless. Namibia lost too many wickets at crucial intervals, else they could have pulled an upset win. I am not even sure whether it could be called an upset win, as Zimbabwe's form at the moment is quite poor and they would lose if they play against top associate sides such as Scotland and Netherlands. Anyway, this is a 3-match series and Namibia has two more chances remaining. A win against Zimbabwe would be earth-shattering achievement for them.

Zimbabwe played well against Namibia. It was an impressive match as Zimbabwe performance is somewhat weak against other strong teams. But they showed aggressive batting against Namibia, a weaker team compared to them. It was a tough match for Namibia but the best thing is that they are improving their game and scored 178 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Zimbabwe is improving in batting gradually but they need to focus more on bowling. I think the Bulawayo pitch may be helpful for the batsmen as the bowlers did not get much help from the pitch in the match. I commend the Namibian players because even though they are a weak team in international cricket, they had a fighting spirit and tried their best to win.

[Nothingtodo]

Asia Cup 2025, Bangladesh Vs Afghanistan 9th match..

Today, the ninth match of the Asia Cup between Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Group B will be held. However, today's match is very important for Bangladesh, especially if they want to qualify for the second round, Bangladesh has no choice but to win today's match. After winning the first match against Hong Kong, they suffered a humiliating defeat against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the second match, making their chances of qualifying for the second round much more difficult. Today is the last match of Bangladesh's group stage and if Bangladesh wins against Afghanistan today, then Bangladesh will definitely qualify and if they lose, Bangladesh will be eliminated.

[Gamblr.io]

Zimbabwe outstanding performance in this match winning by 33 runs against Namibia. While chasing a huge total Namibia team only managed to score 178 runs and lost the match without any fight.  The man of The Match is Brian Bennett for his amazing batting performance added 94 aggressive runs to the team total from just 51 balls and assisted Zimbabwe to post huge runs on board. Unfortunately Brian Bennett missed his well deserved century by just 6 runs short but his efforts reached Zimbabwe total to 200 plus runs. Zimbabwe bowlers also bowl well Blessing Muzarabani bowling spell picked two important wickets and help his team to win this match easily.

It was a close match, nevertheless. Namibia lost too many wickets at crucial intervals, else they could have pulled an upset win. I am not even sure whether it could be called an upset win, as Zimbabwe's form at the moment is quite poor and they would lose if they play against top associate sides such as Scotland and Netherlands. Anyway, this is a 3-match series and Namibia has two more chances remaining. A win against Zimbabwe would be earth-shattering achievement for them.

Zimbabwe played well against Namibia. It was an impressive match as Zimbabwe performance is somewhat weak against other strong teams. But they showed aggressive batting against Namibia, a weaker team compared to them. It was a tough match for Namibia but the best thing is that they are improving their game and scored 178 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.

Zimbabwe is improving in batting gradually but they need to focus more on bowling. I think the Bulawayo pitch may be helpful for the batsmen as the bowlers did not get much help from the pitch in the match. I commend the Namibian players because even though they are a weak team in international cricket, they had a fighting spirit and tried their best to win.

I do not have that much knowledge on the domestic scene of Zimbabwe cricket but it is sad to see how they have fallen in recent years. Suddenly they seem to the bottom of the rung in Test Cricket. Would be great to know what their system looks like and whether there is a chance they claw there way back to being semi-competitive in the near future?

[ThemePen]

That was very close game which played yesterday between Sri Lanka and Hong Kong where Sri Lanka beat Hong Kong by just four wickets. Hong Kong set good target and Sri Lanka only won because of great batting from Pathum Nissanka and quickruns from Wanindu Hasaranga. This was great competitive match. And I was not expecting this this. I was thinking that Sri Lanka would win this match easily. But how Hong Kong played that was admirable. They put mouch of pressure on big team. If they improve they can compete with top teams.