T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

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India vs South Africa

India has given a huge target of 241 runs against South Africa. India is in very good form. They dominated the series against New Zealand a few days ago. They will win against South Africa today too.
Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya have batted well. As a result, they have given a big target. And the Indian bowlers are also doing their duty properly. They have taken 4 wickets in 9.3 overs. And South Africa's collection is now 97 runs. South Africa needs to collect 144 runs in 63 balls to win. They need to score about 13.7 runs per over at an average of.

India won the toss, and they decided to bat first. First of all, this is the first World Cup for India without Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, the players who almost played every editions of T20i Cricket since the T20 format came into existence.

However, now take the coverage of today's game Ishan Kishan opened the game with Abhishek Sharma. And Ishan Kishan after hitting many boundaries and bat with a strike rate of 265, he got out on 53 in 20 balls and then the Tilak Varma on the number third. India made 240 runs and that was enough to win the match in the end.

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This was the expected result. The West Indies team is not in good shape. Their performance is very erratic now. Afghanistan is quite strong in comparison. And they proved it in the warm up match.
Afghanistan collected 90 runs from the opening pair. Gurbaz 43 runs and Ibrahim Zardan collected 51 runs. They were able to give a decent target of 183 runs. West Indies do not have the ability to collect 180+ against the Afghan bowlers. Except Matthew Forde, no other batsman from West Indies could do well. Ford's innings of 52 runs off 26 balls helped West Indies collect 159 runs.

AFG relied heavily on the top order, if a team can take quick wickets then AFG is done for that day. This is the big problem with AFG but somehow they managed to win games and they have bigger expectation in this world cup since they reached semi final in 2024.

And the WC is about to start, let's pick the semi-finalist and see who can find accurately.


1. India
2. AUS
3. Eng
4. SA

[virasog]

AFG relied heavily on the top order, if a team can take quick wickets then AFG is done for that day. This is the big problem with AFG but somehow they managed to win games and they have bigger expectation in this world cup since they reached semi final in 2024.

And the WC is about to start, let's pick the semi-finalist and see who can find accurately.


1. India
2. AUS
3. Eng
4. SA

No doubt Afghanistan is one of the best teams out there in the World Cup, and it is that one team that has the capability to give a tough time to the top teams, including India and England, etc. They have a good combination of Batting and bowling and they have a lot of motivation for the game that we don't find in other teams. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran could be one of the best opening pair in this World Cup.

Also, the teams that you have mentioned above are all good contenders for the semi final spot but i have doubt for the Aussie team. They have lost the T20 series again Pakistan and they look a bit of out of form in the entire series.

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AFG relied heavily on the top order, if a team can take quick wickets then AFG is done for that day. This is the big problem with AFG but somehow they managed to win games and they have bigger expectation in this world cup since they reached semi final in 2024.
And the WC is about to start, let's pick the semi-finalist and see who can find accurately.
1. India
2. AUS
3. Eng
4. SA

The weak point you pointed out about the Afghanistan team is the same reason I think they won't make it to the semi-finals. They have two strong teams in their group, New Zealand and South Africa, and that's where they are likely to lose. They are most likely to occupy the third position in their group.

And if I say something about your semi-finalists, then I will say here that India, Australia and England are right on the list, but instead of the South African team, I would like to add New Zealand there. Even though the recent T20 series between India and New Zealand was not very good, I will still put them ahead.

[Farhan99]

By their success in beating other partner nations such as UAE and Oman among others, Nepal have now become leading cricket team in terms of it being placed among leading cricket teams in world, and now they are prepared to fight to be put in Super 8s of T20 World Cup 2026. Path is no longer boring since Scotland has taken place of Bangladesh despite Group C being hard with England and the West Indies. Nepal will likely need to beat Italy and Scotland and try to get one of great wins against one of biggest teams to move on. They will depend on spin bowling of Sandeep Lamichhane, middle order batting of Aarif Sheikh and Dipendra Singh Airee, who have been in very good shape in recent practice win. Now they will face Canada in next warm up match and I think they will beat Canada.

Don't forget that Nepal has won a 3 match T20I series against WI back in Sep 2025 and they both are now in same group. If we look at teams in group C, then it's possible for Nepal to beat teams like WI, Italy and Scotland. Nepal is more active in T20I compared to Italy and Scotland that's why I am ranking Nepal higher then these two teams. T20 is different cricket where even weak team can beat the strong side and we have seen many contest like that. England based on its recent performance is favourite to qualify for next round and one team from Nepal or WI can qualify for the next round.

In the Men's T20  World Cup Warm-up game, Nepal defeated Canada by 6 wickets. Canada opens inning first with Navneet Dhaliwal and Yavraj Samra and among the openers Sarma give a positive start to the team by scoring 41 runs but Navneet  losses his wicket early on 7 run and in middle order Shreyas Movva played a well knock of 38 runs and also Kanwarpal played a well innings of 25 runs and at the end of the innings Canada set a good target of 162 runs. Nepal opens inning with Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Shiekh and among the openers Asif give a positive start to the team by scoring 52 runs but Kushal scores only 12 runs and in middle order Sundeep Jora played good inning of 44 runs and also with the help of Gulshan's 31 runs Nepal can easily chase the target successfully and won the game

[WatChe]

The weak point you pointed out about the Afghanistan team is the same reason I think they won't make it to the semi-finals. They have two strong teams in their group, New Zealand and South Africa, and that's where they are likely to lose. They are most likely to occupy the third position in their group.

And if I say something about your semi-finalists, then I will say here that India, Australia and England are right on the list, but instead of the South African team, I would like to add New Zealand there. Even though the recent T20 series between India and New Zealand was not very good, I will still put them ahead.

New Zealand and USA just played an exciting warm up game. New Zealand gave a target of 208 runs after they were asked to play first. A target of 208 runs is enough to win a game against an associate team but USA team tried there best and were just 7 runs short of victory. This match is clearly an indication that USA is very well prepared for this world cup and can qualify for the next round. New Zealand bowler Matt Henry picked 5 wickets in today's game. USA team will play its first game against India on Feb 7 at Wankhede.

[hafiztalha]

In the Men's T20  World Cup Warm-up game, Nepal defeated Canada by 6 wickets. Canada opens inning first with Navneet Dhaliwal and Yavraj Samra and among the openers Sarma give a positive start to the team by scoring 41 runs but Navneet  losses his wicket early on 7 run and in middle order Shreyas Movva played a well knock of 38 runs and also Kanwarpal played a well innings of 25 runs and at the end of the innings Canada set a good target of 162 runs. Nepal opens inning with Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Shiekh and among the openers Asif give a positive start to the team by scoring 52 runs but Kushal scores only 12 runs and in middle order Sundeep Jora played good inning of 44 runs and also with the help of Gulshan's 31 runs Nepal can easily chase the target successfully and won the game

Yes, in warm up series of ICC men World Cup, 12 th game was played between Canada and Nepal team and this game was held at MA Chidambaram Stadium. In start of game, Canada captain won toss and they elected batting first and gave bowling line to Nepal team. Canada team set target of 161 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. Nepal bowlers were not strong like batsmen and they failed to stop Nepal batsmen and lost game by 6 wickets and 12 balls remaining. Aasif and Sundeep batsmen helped team in batting to win game and Aasif batsmen scored 58 runs in 29 balls and hitted six 4s and three 6s. Sundeep also performed so well with Aasif batsmen and he made 44 runs in 30 balls and hitted four 4s and one 6s. Nepal team won 2 nd  warm up game and in past, they beated UAE team.

[ThemePen]

AFG relied heavily on the top order, if a team can take quick wickets then AFG is done for that day. This is the big problem with AFG but somehow they managed to win games and they have bigger expectation in this world cup since they reached semi final in 2024.

And the WC is about to start, let's pick the semi-finalist and see who can find accurately.


1. India
2. AUS
3. Eng
4. SA

Biggest danger to Afghanistan is that they have become too reliant on their first hitters since loss of their early wickets usually means their middle order will not be able to get back against best teams. Your semi final choices of India, Australia, England and South Africa are good, but in Sri Lanka spinning grounds may cause surprise. India is favorite one because they have the best spinners in world, and that Australia may not be able to play on slow pitch as well as team such as Pakistan who is in good form following their 3-0 win over Australia. To fix their failure to score in middle order, Afghanistan has been moving Azmatullah Omarzai further down batting order, and this may help them in making surprise win over larger countries. About all this, place of cup makes sure that one or more of Asian teams will likely make break into usual lists and get into final four.

[Sithara007]

Yes, in warm up series of ICC men World Cup, 12 th game was played between Canada and Nepal team and this game was held at MA Chidambaram Stadium. In start of game, Canada captain won toss and they elected batting first and gave bowling line to Nepal team. Canada team set target of 161 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. Nepal bowlers were not strong like batsmen and they failed to stop Nepal batsmen and lost game by 6 wickets and 12 balls remaining. Aasif and Sundeep batsmen helped team in batting to win game and Aasif batsmen scored 58 runs in 29 balls and hitted six 4s and three 6s. Sundeep also performed so well with Aasif batsmen and he made 44 runs in 30 balls and hitted four 4s and one 6s. Nepal team won 2 nd  warm up game and in past, they beated UAE team.

Nepal played two warmup matches so far, and they performed well in both of them. But they are placed in a very strong group, along with England and West Indies. And they have one of the strongest associate teams (Scotland) in the same group. Ideally they should target for wins against Scotland and Italy. But in order to get into the next stage, they need an upset win against one of the full member nations. Scotland match will be tough, but recently they defeated Scotland during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. Also, Scotland was third during the Europe qualifiers.

[Bitcoin_people]

New Zealand vs United States of America, 14th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Warm up Matches, New Zealand won by 7 runs. Both teams batted well in the match but United States of America tried hard enough to beat New Zealand in this match but unfortunately they lost. However, we can confirm from USA's performance in the warm-up matches that they will definitely try to fill their weak spots in the next matches. If USA team performs well in ICC Men's T20 World Cup then their position will also be good. We know that New Zealand is a strong team they bat and bowl well but they did not win by such a large margin against USA. However, United States of America played well in this match and they reached the stage of winning but they lost because they did not have the ball in their hands.

[vivekdhyani1]

Australia's T20 World Cup has suffered another huge blow with Josh Hazlewood ruled out of the tournament just five days before the opening game against Ireland, but a decision on a replacement will be made at a later stage.Hazlewood's withdrawal follows that of Pat Cummins.

[JSRAW]

Australia's T20 World Cup has suffered another huge blow with Josh Hazlewood ruled out of the tournament just five days before the opening game against Ireland, but a decision on a replacement will be made at a later stage.Hazlewood's withdrawal follows that of Pat Cummins.

Won't call Cummins' withdrawal as big loss to Aussie, in my assessment opposition teams will be sad as Cummins is not available.

Hazelwood is biggie tho and scary one, dude can run over top order in jiffy. I only like him when he's not bowling against India.

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And the WC is about to start, let's pick the semi-finalist and see who can find accurately.


1. India
2. AUS
3. Eng
4. SA

Not invested much in this t-20 wc but this list sounds about right.

[AgriTrack]

Nepal has improved a lot during the last 3-4 years. In the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, they are currently ahead of the United Arab Emirates. Also, during the Asian T20 Qualifiers, they finished at the top, ahead of both Oman and the United Arab Emirates. They are placed along with England, West Indies, Scotland and Italy in Group C. Apart from Italy, all the other teams are quite strong. And this will make it difficult for them to qualify for the next round. But most of their major players are in form, including spinner Sandeep Lamichhane and keeper Aarif Sheikh.

Fast progress of Nepal in recent years has seen them perform at front of Associate countries and they have continually defeated countries such as UAE and Oman in League 2 and Asian Qualifiers. As much as you are correct in stating that Group C is difficult task given presence of strong teams such as England and West Indies, chances of Nepal missing Super 8s has increased now that Scotland has taken over from Bangladesh in group. To make it, Nepal is likely to have to beat both Italy and Scotland, and then get historic upset on one of Tier-1 teams. Presence of Sandeep Lamichhane in top form will be very important on spinning surfaces and steady play of Aarif Sheikh and Dipendra Singh Airee who both made unbeaten fifties in warm up victory over UAE yesterday will give them back up in middle order that they require to face best bowling. Having one of  most passionate fanbases in Mumbai, Nepal is not there to take part in game anymore. They are prepared to fight to get in the next round.

Nepal got their second win today against Canada. Yuvraj Samra gave a shaky start to the Canadian team and was out for just 7 runs. The partnership between Dhaliwal and Kanwarpal added 63 runs to the scoreboard. However, Canada struggled throughout the innings and lost 4 wickets at 91 runs. The last two batters tried their best and added 56 runs, which helped lift the total. After a tough fight, Canada managed to set a target of 161 runs for Nepal. In reply, Nepal lost an early wicket as Kushal Bhurtel got out quickly. But Aasif Sheikh and Sundeep played solid knocks and added 84 runs together. They moved steadily towards the target. Aasif retired out after scoring 58 runs, but it did not create any pressure because Nepal was already in control.Gulsan Jha then joined the game, scored 31 runs, and helped Nepal finish the match. Nepal won the match by 6 wickets. It was a pleasant day for Nepal

[Compromise me]

Nepal got their second win today against Canada. Yuvraj Samra gave a shaky start to the Canadian team and was out for just 7 runs. The partnership between Dhaliwal and Kanwarpal added 63 runs to the scoreboard. However, Canada struggled throughout the innings and lost 4 wickets at 91 runs. The last two batters tried their best and added 56 runs, which helped lift the total. After a tough fight, Canada managed to set a target of 161 runs for Nepal. In reply, Nepal lost an early wicket as Kushal Bhurtel got out quickly. But Aasif Sheikh and Sundeep played solid knocks and added 84 runs together. They moved steadily towards the target. Aasif retired out after scoring 58 runs, but it did not create any pressure because Nepal was already in control.Gulsan Jha then joined the game, scored 31 runs, and helped Nepal finish the match. Nepal won the match by 6 wickets. It was a pleasant day for Nepal

Canada International cricket team could not prepare well for the World cup because they lose Warm up match against Nepal International cricket team and they chased the target very easily in 18 overs when 2 overs were remaining in this match. Many players of Canada could not enter in double figures and they gave wickets early in this match and could make only 161 runs in this match and opponent team got confidence and tried to win this match easily in which they became successful. Sheikh hit 3 sixes and 6 fours in this match and he was a only person who made half century in this match. That is good sign for that team because they will play next match against England which will be one sided match because England is very strong team.

[BTC FutureKing]

New Zealand vs United States of America, 14th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Warm up Matches, New Zealand won by 7 runs. Both teams batted well in the match but United States of America tried hard enough to beat New Zealand in this match but unfortunately they lost. However, we can confirm from USA's performance in the warm-up matches that they will definitely try to fill their weak spots in the next matches. If USA team performs well in ICC Men's T20 World Cup then their position will also be good. We know that New Zealand is a strong team they bat and bowl well but they did not win by such a large margin against USA. However, United States of America played well in this match and they reached the stage of winning but they lost because they did not have the ball in their hands.

New Zealand started the match with Devon Conway and Tim Seifert and their partnership was only 41 runs then Devon Conway had to leave the field but as soon as Glenn Phillips came in pitch he took over the scoreboard and helped the team make stronger aim of 208.Glenn Phillips managed to score 40 runs in 18 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes.He batted with a strike rate of 222 which was very impressive.Of course the United States of America also performed quite well but due to a little negligence they will lose the match by 7 runs.Of course this match is a great practice for every team who plays well they will also succeed in the Wilder Cup. Of course New Zealand won but everyone  United States of America is getting motivated because they tried very  hard to win the match .

[Farhan99]

Yes, in warm up series of ICC men World Cup, 12 th game was played between Canada and Nepal team and this game was held at MA Chidambaram Stadium. In start of game, Canada captain won toss and they elected batting first and gave bowling line to Nepal team. Canada team set target of 161 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. Nepal bowlers were not strong like batsmen and they failed to stop Nepal batsmen and lost game by 6 wickets and 12 balls remaining. Aasif and Sundeep batsmen helped team in batting to win game and Aasif batsmen scored 58 runs in 29 balls and hitted six 4s and three 6s. Sundeep also performed so well with Aasif batsmen and he made 44 runs in 30 balls and hitted four 4s and one 6s. Nepal team won 2 nd  warm up game and in past, they beated UAE team.

Nepal played two warmup matches so far, and they performed well in both of them. But they are placed in a very strong group, along with England and West Indies. And they have one of the strongest associate teams (Scotland) in the same group. Ideally they should target for wins against Scotland and Italy. But in order to get into the next stage, they need an upset win against one of the full member nations. Scotland match will be tough, but recently they defeated Scotland during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. Also, Scotland was third during the Europe qualifiers.

In the Men's T20  World Cup Warm-up game, India A defeated Namibia by 130 runs. India opens inning first with Priyansh Arya and Arvin Patel and both the openers don't give a positive start to the team and Patel scores only 14 runs and also Arya losses his wicket early on 5 runs and in middle order Riyan Parag played a well knock of 69 runs and also Naman Dhir  played a well innings of 39 runs and at the end of the innings India set a very strong target of 198 runs. Namibia opens inning with Frylink and Leuron Steenkamp but both the openers don't give a positive start to the team and Frylink scores only 12 runs and also Steenkamp losses his wicket early on duck and in middle order all the team was panicked and losing of wickets continue but in this situation only played well. Dylan played a well inning of 22 runs and  at the end of the inning Namibia don't chase the target successfully and India won the game

[AgriTrack]

Canada International cricket team could not prepare well for the World cup because they lose Warm up match against Nepal International cricket team and they chased the target very easily in 18 overs when 2 overs were remaining in this match. Many players of Canada could not enter in double figures and they gave wickets early in this match and could make only 161 runs in this match and opponent team got confidence and tried to win this match easily in which they became successful. Sheikh hit 3 sixes and 6 fours in this match and he was a only person who made half century in this match. That is good sign for that team because they will play next match against England which will be one sided match because England is very strong team.

Tremendous win of Italy against UAE. Claiming victory with such a huge gap of 112 runs is really unbelievable. Italy batted first, and the openers gave flying air by setting up a solid partnership of 81 runs. Junaid Siddiqui from UAE did his best with the ball by picking up 3 wickets. Hence, Italy players confidently played the game and, with the help of other players, set the target of 193 runs for UAE, which was truly challenging and difficult for the rivals. While UAE looked weak in reply. Muhammad Waseem was out on a duck in the very first over, which created frustration. Italy bowlers were in full mood and used all measures to build pressure on UAE. The situation became so tense when the second UAE player was out in the second over. These early falls of wickets dropped the morale of the team. After that, UAE batsmen were not able to handle the pressure, and Italy smashed the whole team on just 81 runs. I think it was the worst-ever innings of UAE, while Italy set their strong image by delivering a historic performance