T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[JSRAW]

Zimbabwe won by 23 runs !!  They beat the mighty Australians in the 2007 T20 WC, they've beaten them once again in 2026 and now have opened up Group B nicely.

World Cup trivia : Every time zimbabwe rolled over Australia in the ICC tournament, india went onto winning the tournament. 1983 odi wc, followed by 2007 inaugural t-20 wc.

Aussie batting lineup is stacked so feels weird reading scorecard.

[Rustam Meraj]

Pakistan was trolled by the people when they lost against Zimbabwe in the 2022 T20 world cup. Now Australia is going to face a similar situation here. Australia is considered as a very strong team in this T20 world cup. But now the equation is a bit complicated for them to qualify for the super 8. They need to win the next 2 matches with a good margin.

Chase of 170 runs by Australia failed badly when side fell to 29/4 during early game and even when team fought on with 65 runs by Matt Renshaw, Blessing Muzarabani bad luck over match was too strong. This result has placed Australia in position three of Group B leaving them with difficult path to Super 8s in which they have to get huge victories in their remaining two matches to beat better run rates of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

It is my view that failure of Australian team was due to planning pride because they tried to play ground with big hits, which was slow spin friendly ground that liked steady attack by Zimbabwe. Congratulations to Zimbabwe on this big win.

[Sithara007]

World Cup trivia : Every time zimbabwe rolled over Australia in the ICC tournament, india went onto winning the tournament. 1983 odi wc, followed by 2007 inaugural t-20 wc.

Aussie batting lineup is stacked so feels weird reading scorecard.

T20 is not the strongest format for Australia. Their batsmen are OK in this format, but bowling is outright horrible. On top of that, they don't have a good spinner who can trouble the batsmen on sub-continental tracks. Matthew Kuhnemann led their spin attack today, supported by Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell. None of these bowlers have made their mark in T20Is (although Zampa has been here for some time). And ever since David Warner retired, their batting is a lot dependent on Travis Head. They have tried different combinations for his partner (Josh Inglis was the choice this time), but nothing works.

[As-Soon-As]

The Australian team is performing so badly that under the current administration they are failing to compete with a very weak team. The main problem of the Australian team is the batting line, the batting line needs to improve more because the batsmen who used to perform aggressively and score huge runs are performing badly today and getting out for zero runs. If they continue to perform like this, the gamblers will be afraid to bet on the Australian team in the future.

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After the Australia and the Zimbabwe match currently the match between the Canadian team and the United Arab emirate team has been started.
And the Canadian team scored a little more than I expected, I thought they would be all out around 130 but they managed to get to 150 runs there with three wickets in hand. But honestly, in my head I still think that the United Arab Emirates have the full ability to cross this target so from my point of view there is a possibility of the United Arab Emirates winning.
I think here that if the United Arab Emirates team can get through their first power play well, then they will be sure to win this match.

[Sithara007]

The Australian team is performing so badly that under the current administration they are failing to compete with a very weak team. The main problem of the Australian team is the batting line, the batting line needs to improve more because the batsmen who used to perform aggressively and score huge runs are performing badly today and getting out for zero runs. If they continue to perform like this, the gamblers will be afraid to bet on the Australian team in the future.

Australian domestic cricket system doesn't allow a lot of young players. If you see their BBL squads, most of the players are in their 30s with very few in 20s (and almost no teenagers). And in T20 cricket, teams with younger players tend to do well. In today's match also, only Cameron Green was in 20s. Every one else were in 30s (or at least 29 or above). Also, for the opening pair they tried different players. Travis Head is solid at one side. But on the other side, they have tried Josh Inglis, Sam Konstas and even Jake Fraser-McGurk. But none of the combinations seem to be working.

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Unfortunately, the performance I had expected from the United Arab Emirates team was not as good as they had scored only 39 runs in the first power play and also lost a crucial wicket. If they could have scored at least 50 runs without losing any wickets in the first power play, then the chances of the United Arab Emirates team winning would have been easy. But I think the current situation of the United Arab Emirates will make them struggle a bit to win against Canada. Or it could be that the Canadian team wins this match.

[Emitdama]

Unfortunately, the performance I had expected from the United Arab Emirates team was not as good as they had scored only 39 runs in the first power play and also lost a crucial wicket. If they could have scored at least 50 runs without losing any wickets in the first power play, then the chances of the United Arab Emirates team winning would have been easy. But I think the current situation of the United Arab Emirates will make them struggle a bit to win against Canada. Or it could be that the Canadian team wins this match.

UAE bowlers done impressive job restricting Canada on 150 must be a performance from any team, Junaid Siddique got 5 wickets but fourth wicket partnership between Harsh Thaker and Navneet Dhaliwal brought Canada into safe zone, this is going to be a difference between these two teams in my opinion.

Now in chase, wicket of Muhammad Waseem brings Canada in winning position because he is most experienced and inform batsman for UAE. Aryansh Sharma is doing good job but strike rate is big problem because they scored 88 runs in 15 overs for loss of 4 wickets, now 63 runs in 5 overs enough for them because their batsmen failed to improve their run rate which is always important in these games.

[Compromise me]

Unfortunately, the performance I had expected from the United Arab Emirates team was not as good as they had scored only 39 runs in the first power play and also lost a crucial wicket. If they could have scored at least 50 runs without losing any wickets in the first power play, then the chances of the United Arab Emirates team winning would have been easy. But I think the current situation of the United Arab Emirates will make them struggle a bit to win against Canada. Or it could be that the Canadian team wins this match.

The match between Canada International cricket team and  United Arab Emirates is wonderful because both are same calipor teams and UAE did excellent bowling and Junaid Siddique was a person who took 5 wickets in this match but UAE batting is not good in this match and they made no good score after the end of 14 overs and they need 69 runs in just 36 balls and that is looking very difficult for that team because Canada can bend this match to their side by taking 2 wickets in the over because Aryansh Sharma is present on the crease and he made half century in this match and his team need of him and if he will play till end his team will win this match because he is match winner player.

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The match between Canada International cricket team and  United Arab Emirates is wonderful because both are same calipor teams and UAE did excellent bowling and Junaid Siddique was a person who took 5 wickets in this match but UAE batting is not good in this match and they made no good score after the end of 14 overs and they need 69 runs in just 36 balls and that is looking very difficult for that team because Canada can bend this match to their side by taking 2 wickets in the over because Aryansh Sharma is present on the crease and he made half century in this match and his team need of him and if he will play till end his team will win this match because he is match winner player.

Actually I thought that United Arab Emirates did not perform very interestingly in the first power play and that is why I thought they could lose this match but even if they did not lose this match, their performance was very close, the Canadian team could not win this match by a narrow margin and United Arab Emirates won this match with only two balls left. I will give full credit to United Arab Emirates opener Aryansh Sharma and Sohaib Khan for this.

[noormcs5]

The match is in progress between the United States of America and the Netherlands. The Netherlands have to win this game at any cost to attain the second position of the point table, in other words, replace Pakistan in the point table, but it is a bit harder for them because they have to win with an extreme kind of run rate.

So far Netherlands played a couple of games before today's one and if we focus on each aspect, good competition to Pakistan while nicely played against Namibia and won that match.

[BTC FutureKing]

The Australian team is performing so badly that under the current administration they are failing to compete with a very weak team. The main problem of the Australian team is the batting line, the batting line needs to improve more because the batsmen who used to perform aggressively and score huge runs are performing badly today and getting out for zero runs. If they continue to perform like this, the gamblers will be afraid to bet on the Australian team in the future.

Australia was considered a strong and powerful team now the way it is facing defeat it will lose the honor of being a strong team.You are right.If the Australian team faces a team like Zimbabwe everyone predicted that the Australian team will win.But when Australia disappointed everyone with its performance now everyone will be afraid to predict a win in favor of Australia because in history Australia has made defeat its destiny.Talking about Zimbabwe Zimbabwe had chosen acceptable batsmen.Their partnership was strong but they were not scoring many runs.But they won the match by showing speed in bowling.A great batsman like Brain Bennett started the batting and remained till the end of the game.Blessing Muzarabani took 4 wickets against Australia and failed Australia in their goal.

[virasog]

The match is in progress between the United States of America and the Netherlands. The Netherlands have to win this game at any cost to attain the second position of the point table, in other words, replace Pakistan in the point table, but it is a bit harder for them because they have to win with an extreme kind of run rate.

So far Netherlands played a couple of games before today's one and if we focus on each aspect, good competition to Pakistan while nicely played against Namibia and won that match.

Maybe the United States of America's journey to finish here that it might be their last game that they can survive. However, the  United States of America has to take this game and stay alive in the race because I think at the start of the World Cup they faced better opponents like Pakistan and India. Otherwise, their overall performance was so good, even in those games, really impressive. But now today is like the exam for them.

Today they are playing with a team that has a similar performance to them and already made 65 runs in 7 overs and lost only a single wicket. Shayan Jahangir got out making 20 runs but the captain Monank Patel looking in supreme form.

[free-bit.co.in]

T20 is not the strongest format for Australia. Their batsmen are OK in this format, but bowling is outright horrible. On top of that, they don't have a good spinner who can trouble the batsmen on sub-continental tracks. Matthew Kuhnemann led their spin attack today, supported by Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell. None of these bowlers have made their mark in T20Is (although Zampa has been here for some time). And ever since David Warner retired, their batting is a lot dependent on Travis Head. They have tried different combinations for his partner (Josh Inglis was the choice this time), but nothing works.

Australia has lost world cup matches against teams like Zimbabwe. It's a shame for Australia. Australia have been very poor in  both batting and bowling. The bowlers could not do well so Zimbabwe lost only 2 wickets and set a target of 170 runs. Brian bennett played an unbeaten innings of 64 runs. On the other hand, australian batsmen can't do well either. Matt renshaw scored 65 runs. Besides, although maxwell can bat a bit better, none of the other batsmen in the australian squad can play well. Zimbabwean  bowlers muzarbani and Brad Evans destroyed australia's batting order. Both of them took 7 wickets.

[Farhan99]

This is one of the strongest teams in the match of cricket and in every match, this team has made itself weak and failed very little. In this match, both the Namibian batsmen and bowling did not have the strength and effort that would have failed a strong team like India. This batsman scored 61 runs and Pandya also scored 52 runs and the two batsmen also made a strong target of 209 with hard work. Only wickets were taken from the Namibian bowler but they could not control the runs much, due to which they lose the match due to being a big target. Namibian batsmen could only score 116 runs if they tried to achieve this target, but they could not succeed in any way and India's toughness did not give them any chance.

It was a normal result and a normal performance from Namibia. It is a dream come true for Namibia to win a match against India, the strongest team in T20 cricket, especially in an ICC recognised global tournament. I expected a worse outcome for Namibia, Namibian bowlers performed comparatively well. Restricting India to 209 and taking 9 wickets in T20 cricket is a tough task for any team. But they did it, they showed that they can do something extraordinary with the bat. Naturally, Namibia was helpless against India's strong bowling line-up and lost by a large margin.

Yeah, In the T20 World Cup India defeated Namibia by. 93 runs. India opens inning first with Sanjo Samson and Ishan Kishan and both the openers give a very positive start to the team and Kishan played a good inning of 61 runs and also Samson played a well knock 20  runs and in middle order Hardik Pundya played a well knock of 52 runs and also Shivam Dhuby played a well innings of 27 runs and at the end of the innings India set a very strong target of 210 runs. Namibia opens inning with Frylink and Leuron Steenkamp but both the openers  give a very  positive start to the team and Frylink played a well knock of 22 runs and also Steenkamp played a good inning of 29 runs and in middle order all the team was panicked and losing of wickets continue but in this situation only Erusmus played a well inning of 18 runs and  at the end of the inning Namibia don't chase the target successfully and India won the game

[WatChe]

Australia has lost world cup matches against teams like Zimbabwe. It's a shame for Australia. Australia have been very poor in  both batting and bowling. The bowlers could not do well so Zimbabwe lost only 2 wickets and set a target of 170 runs. Brian bennett played an unbeaten innings of 64 runs. On the other hand, australian batsmen can't do well either. Matt renshaw scored 65 runs. Besides, although maxwell can bat a bit better, none of the other batsmen in the australian squad can play well. Zimbabwean  bowlers muzarbani and Brad Evans destroyed australia's batting order. Both of them took 7 wickets.

This is not the first time Zimbabwe team has won match against top team in T20 world cup, they have also beaten Pakistan in their first ever T20 world back in Oct 2022. It looks like Australians are not well prepared for T20 cricket these days as they recently lost a T20 series to Pakistan by a margin of 3-0. Australians bowlers were able to pick only two wickets today but Zimbabwe bowling was extraordinary today and that was the reason Zimbabwe registered another historic win in T20 world cup today.

[Danica22]

The match is in progress between the United States of America and the Netherlands. The Netherlands have to win this game at any cost to attain the second position of the point table, in other words, replace Pakistan in the point table, but it is a bit harder for them because they have to win with an extreme kind of run rate.

So far Netherlands played a couple of games before today's one and if we focus on each aspect, good competition to Pakistan while nicely played against Namibia and won that match.

USA team is new to cricket. But they are not weak. USA was able to perform quite well against India and Pakistan in the first two matches. And in today's match also the performance of USA batsmen surprised everyone. USA gave a target of 197 runs against Netherlands. Saiteja Mukkamalla was able to score 79 runs in 51 balls. Besides, Shubham Ranjane was unbeaten by scoring 48 runs in 24 balls. It is unlikely that USA will lose after giving a target of 197 runs. Netherlands lost 3 wickets in 6 overs of the power play and managed to score 51.

[Nanga Parbat]

USA team is new to cricket. But they are not weak. USA was able to perform quite well against India and Pakistan in the first two matches. And in today's match also the performance of USA batsmen surprised everyone. USA gave a target of 197 runs against Netherlands. Saiteja Mukkamalla was able to score 79 runs in 51 balls. Besides, Shubham Ranjane was unbeaten by scoring 48 runs in 24 balls. It is unlikely that USA will lose after giving a target of 197 runs. Netherlands lost 3 wickets in 6 overs of the power play and managed to score 51.

USA who failed in their match in the beginning, can victory today's match by playing well. In this match, they have played well and kept their batting strong, which has made their target enough strong and if the same effort remains strong in their bowling, the Netherlands team will not be able to play very well. USA batsmen have made a strong target of 196 with the help of their good batting. Netherlands batsmen are not playing very well in the match due to negligence. Their batsmen played very poorly in the first 10 overs of the innings and scored 77 runs. USA bowling is also playing enough well and this effort will make them stronger than before and it will give them a lot of advantage going forward. Netherlands will fail in this match soon, their batsmen are not very strong and this deficiency will lead them to defeat.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Zimbabwe won by 23 runs !!  They beat the mighty Australians in the 2007 T20 WC, they've beaten them once again in 2026 and now have opened up Group B nicely.

World Cup trivia : Every time zimbabwe rolled over Australia in the ICC tournament, india went onto winning the tournament. 1983 odi wc, followed by 2007 inaugural t-20 wc.

Aussie batting lineup is stacked so feels weird reading scorecard.

Aussies silenced, must be a big moment for Zim. I didn't saw the game or even tracked the scores and just now checked the results and shocked after seeing the scorecard. Zim ended their 20 overs and lost just two wickets but mighty Aussies bundled completely. Already their bowling is too weak without hazlewoon and dummins now their batting also not clicking is a good sign for every teams.

[Sithara007]

Aussies silenced, must be a big moment for Zim. I didn't saw the game or even tracked the scores and just now checked the results and shocked after seeing the scorecard. Zim ended their 20 overs and lost just two wickets but mighty Aussies bundled completely. Already their bowling is too weak without hazlewoon and dummins now their batting also not clicking is a good sign for every teams.

Once in a while Zimbabwe comes up with these big upsets, which justify them getting close to $18 million per year from the ICC. On the other hand, associate teams such as Nepal struggle with $250k which is thrown at them every year. But in the end, wins matter much more than close defeats. Nepal lost their match against England by a narrow margin of 4 runs. It was their match to lose, and they fought hard but crumbled under pressure towards the end. On the other hand, Zimbabwe showed much more maturity towards the end, and managed to win their match. When you get opportunities such as this one once in a few years, you need to make them count.