T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[fuguebtc]

I think Pakistan batsmen should take every game as do or die, the way they were hitting boundaries in the powerplay and not just in the power play but overall in every part, in every factor of game Farhan and Fakhar Zaman were unstoppable, hitting straight, mid on, mid off just connect the balls and that's it but the job hasn't been done, wonderful and such an amazing partnership ever seen by Pakistan. Today their mindset was much different.

I am disgusted by the performance of Pakistan players. Both openers played very well. Pakistan lost the first wicket in 15.5 overs scoring 176 runs. Pakistan mustered only 36 runs off the next 25 balls and lost 7 wickets. Losing 7 wickets in 25 balls I would definitely describe as atrocious batting.

Pakistan bowlers also bowled very badly. Pakistan would probably have been second in the table if they had won by around 70 runs. But Pakistan won by just 5 runs. Pakistani bowlers gave 40 runs in last 2 overs. Pakistan do not have bowlers suitable for controlled bowling in the death overs.
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka played an incredible innings. He was unbeaten with 76 runs from just 31 balls

[Shadiq]

Thrilling final over, Dasun Shanaka almost pulled of the game from nowhere with hatrik of sixes in the lost over but ended up with 5 run defeat. Eitherway both of this teams lost their qualification to semi final already before these moments.

We just got one more team to get into the semi final which can be either India or West Indies as whoever wins their head to head match tomorrow.

Pakistan had a tough equation to enter the semi-finals, although the equation was tough, Pakistan fans saw it as an opportunity. If Pakistan's bowlers could have done something great after batting brilliantly and restricted Sri Lanka's batters to 145 runs, then they might have entered the semi-finals. But Pakistan failed to do that, instead they went on to lose the match.

England and New Zealand from Group-2 have already confirmed their semi-finals, South Africa from Group-1 has confirmed their semi-finals, but we have not found the last semi-finalist. Perhaps that team is India, but West Indies is also a possibility.

[virasog]

Pressure what Pressure, the greatest comeback of all time,  the second name of comeback is England, It is Rasheed Ahmed, It is Jacks and that's it.  

Yep we are also very happy that England pulled this off and made a little hope for Pakistan.

Today is the Match of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka and honestly will be a thriller game for Pakistan but not that interesting for Sri Lankan Fans Because if Either they lose or Win they are not going to Qualify. Pakistan if chooses Battin first then They have to defend and win by atleast 65+ runs and If Pakistan Bowls first Then they have to Chase whatever target they got in under 13 overs. This looks like a joke!! And if Pakistan qualifies atleast I would not be Satisfied because what's the semi final worth if you get into it by these situations. I think Pakistan have much to Improve and a long way to Go.

Shadab Khan is just a waste of place in the team, yeah he often scored good in the depth overs but what can he do maximum 

There are many other talented players in the squad and also overall in the Pakistan team so why are you providing extra chances to him, even the captain Salman Ali Agha had no confidence on him and he is not also not confident to say captain to take him, that is the level of believing in his skills of leg spin, he is the top leg spinner present in team, what is the advantage of this player in the team?

[Bd officer]

Actually it was very challenging for Pakistan because it was not easy to beat Sri Lanka by 64 runs. Pakistan batsmen did well in the beginning of the innings but they could not do well towards the end, but we can say that even if Pakistan scored 250 runs, it would not have been possible to reach the semi-finals.

I think Pakistan bowling line did not do well enough. In the end Pakistan won by just 5 runs but it did not benefit Pakistan. Dasun Shanaka performance surprised me, if he could have hit a six in the last ball it would have been even better. Anyway Pakistan is already out of the tournament and New Zealand has officially qualified for the semi-finals so congratulations to the New Zealand team.

[laspol65]

Pressure what Pressure, the greatest comeback of all time,  the second name of comeback is England, It is Rasheed Ahmed, It is Jacks and that's it.  

Yep we are also very happy that England pulled this off and made a little hope for Pakistan.

Today is the Match of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka and honestly will be a thriller game for Pakistan but not that interesting for Sri Lankan Fans Because if Either they lose or Win they are not going to Qualify. Pakistan if chooses Battin first then They have to defend and win by atleast 65+ runs and If Pakistan Bowls first Then they have to Chase whatever target they got in under 13 overs. This looks like a joke!! And if Pakistan qualifies atleast I would not be Satisfied because what's the semi final worth if you get into it by these situations. I think Pakistan have much to Improve and a long way to Go.

Shadab Khan is just a waste of place in the team, yeah he often scored good in the depth overs but what can he do maximum 

There are many other talented players in the squad and also overall in the Pakistan team so why are you providing extra chances to him, even the captain Salman Ali Agha had no confidence on him and he is not also not confident to say captain to take him, that is the level of believing in his skills of leg spin, he is the top leg spinner present in team, what is the advantage of this player in the team?

Shadab Khan's performance in today's match will definitely make every Pakistan fan question him, because in the beginning he batted and scored only seven runs, and was out, creating more danger for the team. The Pakistan team performed poorly in bowling and taking advantage of the poor performance, the Sri Lanka team continued to move towards the goal of victory, at this important and challenging moment, Shadab Khan did not come and gave away 33 runs in two overs. At this moment of bowling, he became more dangerous for the Pakistan team, so in today's match, Shadab Khan performed the worst and put the Pakistan team in danger.

[BTC FutureKing]

I think Pakistan batsmen should take every game as do or die, the way they were hitting boundaries in the powerplay and not just in the power play but overall in every part, in every factor of game Farhan and Fakhar Zaman were unstoppable, hitting straight, mid on, mid off just connect the balls and that's it but the job hasn't been done, wonderful and such an amazing partnership ever seen by Pakistan. Today their mindset was much different.

I am disgusted by the performance of Pakistan players. Both openers played very well. Pakistan lost the first wicket in 15.5 overs scoring 176 runs. Pakistan mustered only 36 runs off the next 25 balls and lost 7 wickets. Losing 7 wickets in 25 balls I would definitely describe as atrocious batting.

Pakistan bowlers also bowled very badly. Pakistan would probably have been second in the table if they had won by around 70 runs. But Pakistan won by just 5 runs. Pakistani bowlers gave 40 runs in last 2 overs. Pakistan do not have bowlers suitable for controlled bowling in the death overs.
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka played an incredible innings. He was unbeaten with 76 runs from just 31 balls

The way Pakistan started batting everyone was hoping that they would win today and remain in the World Cup even they did win but only by 5 runs although a big margin was set for them to win so now they be out of the World Cup.There is no doubt about it.Pakistan batted very well.Just from the middle order if the last batsmen had combined to score 250 runs then even then Pakistan chances of playing the semi finals would have increased.If Pakistan had shown such a performance against India they would not have had any difficulty in the next matches.I do not know what will happen to them.They always to India  prove themselves weak in front of them.The Sri Lankan team also deserves praise.Their batting and bowling were great.I think the New Zealand team will now advance in world cup.

[Mahdirakib]

Thrilling final over, Dasun Shanaka almost pulled of the game from nowhere with hatrik of sixes in the lost over but ended up with 5 run defeat. Eitherway both of this teams lost their qualification to semi final already before these moments.

Pakistan actually lost their opportunity to qualify for the final for the poor finishing. Their openers had made a great start. They should have scored at least 240 runs in the match. I wasn't expecting Sri Lanka to score above 200 runs. Shanaka did so well and made the game exciting in the last over. For Pakistan, Sahibzada Farhan has played so well in this world cup. I believe he will stay as the top scorer of this world cup even though Pakistan has no matches left.

[noormcs5]

We just got one more team to get into the semi final which can be either India or West Indies as whoever wins their head to head match tomorrow.

Here are uncertainty for the team India to qualify for the semi-final. Yes after the loss against South Africa in the first match of Super 8, when they faced Zimbabwe, they tried their best and somehow scored up to 250 runs and won that game, however still their next challenge is to face West Indies.

And at the same time, I think West Indies and India both are being equal teams so far in the tournament almost because they also lost to South Africa same as India, almost with the same margin and against Zimbabwe, both of them scored around 250.

[Haunebu]

What happened to the morons screaming fixed bullshit earlier in this thread? Smh! Mindless nonsense. My prediction about Pakistan winning by a small margin was spot on, but Sri Lanka really went in close for the win surprisingly thanks to Shanaka.

Usman didn't bowl well in such a critical match which made all the difference. Farhan is the highest run scorer in a T20 World Cup which is quite an achievement. Excited for India vs West Indies.

[Farhan99]

Pakistan team performed quite well in today's match, due to the opening batsman's patient performance for a long time, the run score of Pakistan team has risen high. But after the opening two batsmen were out, the next batsmen of Pakistan team could not survive, which exposed the weakness of Pakistan team. Whereas Pakistan team relied on opening batsman, if Sri Lanka team could have fallen wickets from the beginning, then Pakistan team would definitely not have been able to collect a big run target.
Pakistan team was able to collect 212 runs in 20 overs, although Pakistan team's performance is questionable because Pakistan team's opening batsman performed well, but the next batsman performed very badly and almost all the attacking top batsman lost wickets in a moment.

Yeah, in T20 World Cup what a enjoyable  game can be seen between Pakistan and Sri Lanka and Pakistan with top performance can beat the Sri Lanka by just 5 runs. Pakistan opens inning first with Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman and historic partnership can be dine  by both openers and Fakhar was good in touch and gives best momentum to team by scoring 84   runs and also Sahibzada Farhan build a World record by scoring a century and in middle order batting order seems to struggling and Usman khan scores just 8 runs and at the end of the innings Pakistan set a huge  target of 213 runs. Sri Lanka opens inning with Pathum Nissanka and Kamil Mishra and among the openers Kamil gives a positive response to team by scoring 26 runs and in middle order Rathnayake showing his class and control by scoring 58 runs and also Dasun Shanaka played a responsibile innings of  76 runs  wickets but Sri lanka don't chase the target and Pakistan won the game but out from WC

[AgriTrack]

Actually it was very challenging for Pakistan because it was not easy to beat Sri Lanka by 64 runs. Pakistan batsmen did well in the beginning of the innings but they could not do well towards the end, but we can say that even if Pakistan scored 250 runs, it would not have been possible to reach the semi-finals.

I think Pakistan bowling line did not do well enough. In the end Pakistan won by just 5 runs but it did not benefit Pakistan. Dasun Shanaka performance surprised me, if he could have hit a six in the last ball it would have been even better. Anyway Pakistan is already out of the tournament and New Zealand has officially qualified for the semi-finals so congratulations to the New Zealand team.

Pakistan has shown a very good performance in this match which was a good win. They have played strong for their team and they have encouraged their team in front of everyone. They have kept their batting strong. From the Pakistan team, Sahibzada Farhan has completed his century which is good for his team and he has maintained his batting and in second place Fakhar Zaman has increased his team's score by scoring 84 runs. Only these two players have scored strongly for their team and from their team Usman Khan remained not out which is good and from the Sri Lankan team Dasun Shanaka has scored 76 runs and remained not out only he made an effort for his team which is good. Pakistan has given a target of 212 runs for the Sri Lankan team in 20 overs and Sri Lanka failed to meet this target and Pakistan has won this match by 5 runs.

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Pakistan has shown a very good performance in this match which was a good win. They have played strong for their team and they have encouraged their team in front of everyone. They have kept their batting strong. From the Pakistan team, Sahibzada Farhan has completed his century which is good for his team and he has maintained his batting and in second place Fakhar Zaman has increased his team's score by scoring 84 runs. Only these two players have scored strongly for their team and from their team Usman Khan remained not out which is good and from the Sri Lankan team Dasun Shanaka has scored 76 runs and remained not out only he made an effort for his team which is good. Pakistan has given a target of 212 runs for the Sri Lankan team in 20 overs and Sri Lanka failed to meet this target and Pakistan has won this match by 5 runs.

I would say that not the whole pakistani team did well in this match rather I would say only about their batting performance especially Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan what a brilliant start from them  for Pakistan team, because of their good batting performance at a moment I thought that may be Pakistan team would gonna win by more than 70 run lead but unfortunately their bowler didn't really perform good even their worst bowling performance took the risk of being defeated for a moment.

[Nothingtodo]

I would say that not the whole pakistani team did well in this match rather I would say only about their batting performance especially Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan what a brilliant start from them  for Pakistan team, because of their good batting performance at a moment I thought that may be Pakistan team would gonna win by more than 70 run lead but unfortunately their bowler didn't really perform good even their worst bowling performance took the risk of being defeated for a moment.

This match was mainly dependent on the batsmen Shahibzada Farhan 100, Fakhar Zaman 84, Pakistan set a target of 212 runs but unfortunately, after Fakhar Zaman got out, Pakistan lost 8 wickets but no batsman could touch double digits. If the opening batsmen had not made a good start, then maybe Pakistan could not have won this match. However, on one hand, it feels very bad that Pakistan won but could not qualify. Pakistan could not qualify for this semi-final as the first match was abandoned due to rain and the second match was lost to England.

[Unknown Op]

Actually it was very challenging for Pakistan because it was not easy to beat Sri Lanka by 64 runs. Pakistan batsmen did well in the beginning of the innings but they could not do well towards the end, but we can say that even if Pakistan scored 250 runs, it would not have been possible to reach the semi-finals.

I think Pakistan bowling line did not do well enough. In the end Pakistan won by just 5 runs but it did not benefit Pakistan. Dasun Shanaka performance surprised me, if he could have hit a six in the last ball it would have been even better. Anyway Pakistan is already out of the tournament and New Zealand has officially qualified for the semi-finals so congratulations to the New Zealand team.

Pakistan has shown a very good performance in this match which was a good win. They have played strong for their team and they have encouraged their team in front of everyone. They have kept their batting strong. From the Pakistan team, Sahibzada Farhan has completed his century which is good for his team and he has maintained his batting and in second place Fakhar Zaman has increased his team's score by scoring 84 runs. Only these two players have scored strongly for their team and from their team Usman Khan remained not out which is good and from the Sri Lankan team Dasun Shanaka has scored 76 runs and remained not out only he made an effort for his team which is good. Pakistan has given a target of 212 runs for the Sri Lankan team in 20 overs and Sri Lanka failed to meet this target and Pakistan has won this match by 5 runs.

It was bad moment for Pakistan squad and their fans. Pakistan squad could not qualify for semi final match and it was golden chance for them that they missed. They needed to win match by margin of about 67 scores so that their run rate would be higher than New Zealand squad but that did not happen. Pakistan squad was started match first with strong batting performance and they collected 212 scores as a target off 20 overs. Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan both played wonderful inning today and both collected 84 and 100 scores respectively but sadly, they got victory just by 5 scores. Abrar Ahmed played significant role today and he picked up 3 wickets of Sri Lanka squad. Some bowlers did not display their unique skill in this important match such as Usman Tariq, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shadab Khan.

[ThemePen]

This match was mainly dependent on the batsmen Shahibzada Farhan 100, Fakhar Zaman 84, Pakistan set a target of 212 runs but unfortunately, after Fakhar Zaman got out, Pakistan lost 8 wickets but no batsman could touch double digits. If the opening batsmen had not made a good start, then maybe Pakistan could not have won this match. However, on one hand, it feels very bad that Pakistan won but could not qualify. Pakistan could not qualify for this semi-final as the first match was abandoned due to rain and the second match was lost to England.

Officially kicked out, Pakistan has missed T20 world cup though they won yesterday because their crash of middle part and their bad end bowling destroyed their Net Run Rate standing. Although you are correct in fact that Sahibzada Farhan 100 runs and Fakhar Zaman 84 runs gave great start to  team with record 176 runs first pairing, other members of team badly failed.
I think that bowling group is also to blame, in sense that, by letting Dasun Shanaka get Sri Lanka to 207/6, the bowling group had not managed to make sure that score was not above 147 runs mark needed to get ahead of New Zealand. Finally, Pakistan ended up with NRR of -0.123, which placed them in third spot and removed them before semi finals.

[Sithara007]

India has a must win match today, similar to what Pakistan had yesterday. The ICC, as well as the media rights holders will be praying for an Indian win. India is the only Asian country, who can still qualify for the semi-finals. Since Rinku Singh is not available, Sanju Samson is likely to be included in the playing XI. And he maybe the weakest chink in the amor for India. Abhishek Sharma seems to have regained his form, and I would have preferred him opening with Ishan Kishan. But for today's match Ishan is likely to bat at no.3. Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma are not getting too many runs, and they need to contribute a bit more during today's match.

[MusaPk]

Officially kicked out, Pakistan has missed T20 world cup though they won yesterday because their crash of middle part and their bad end bowling destroyed their Net Run Rate standing. Although you are correct in fact that Sahibzada Farhan 100 runs and Fakhar Zaman 84 runs gave great start to  team with record 176 runs first pairing, other members of team badly failed.
I think that bowling group is also to blame, in sense that, by letting Dasun Shanaka get Sri Lanka to 207/6, the bowling group had not managed to make sure that score was not above 147 runs mark needed to get ahead of New Zealand. Finally, Pakistan ended up with NRR of -0.123, which placed them in third spot and removed them before semi finals.

Sri Lanka is not that weak nor Pakistan is such a strong team that they can beat Sri Lanka by 64 runs margin. We saw despite scoring 212 runs, Pakistan won the match by just 5 runs. Pakistan performance throughout the tournament was not good and they finally got eliminated because there NRR was less then NZ. Pakistan openers played there part well but once Sri Lanka got wicket of Zaman, we saw 7 wickets going down in last 4 overs. 28 runs were required in last over and Shaheen Shah conceded 22 runs, he was lucky that umpire didn't gave last bowl as wide otherwise result would be different.    

[noormcs5]

Zimbabwe are out of the tournament, they did their best to win that last game but o course the target was so high that is why Zimbabwe already lost their hopes. They are going to play their final match against South Africa today.

However in this World Cup, Zimbabwe was looking so dangerous and they even became fear for the other teams after beating to legendary such teams in group stage games such as Australia and another team Sri Lanka makes them confident and fear for the other teams, yeah in the group stage so far they have been faced to the champions that is why their lost is acceptable now.

[Sithara007]

Sri Lanka is not that weak nor Pakistan is such a strong team that they can beat Sri Lanka by 64 runs margin. We saw despite scoring 212 runs, Pakistan won the match by just 5 runs. Pakistan performance throughout the tournament was not good and they finally got eliminated because there NRR was less then NZ. Pakistan openers played there part well but once Sri Lanka got wicket of Zaman, we saw 7 wickets going down in last 4 overs. 28 runs were required in last over and Shaheen Shah conceded 22 runs, he was lucky that umpire didn't gave last bowl as wide otherwise result would be different.    

Anyway, the tournament is over for both the teams. There will be implications in terms of financials as well as team rankings. $400,000 in additional payment is guaranteed for each team in entering the semis. But more than that, both Pakistan as well as Sri Lanka hasn't won a major ICC tournament for quite some time now, and it is likely to be the case for foreseeable future. BTW, even if India enters the semi-finals (after defeating West Indies today), there will be only one Asian team in the semis. The other three are: England, South Africa and New Zealand.

[virasog]

Pakistan actually lost their opportunity to qualify for the final for the poor finishing. Their openers had made a great start. They should have scored at least 240 runs in the match. I wasn't expecting Sri Lanka to score above 200 runs. Shanaka did so well and made the game exciting in the last over. For Pakistan, Sahibzada Farhan has played so well in this world cup. I believe he will stay as the top scorer of this world cup even though Pakistan has no matches left.

It is the best tournament for Farhan, couple of centuries scored by him and became the most highest score in the T20 World Cup history, before this record owned by Virat Kohli to have maximum runs by any batsman in a single edition of T20 tournament but now it is for Farhan and with a huge margin also at the same time. Last time many years ago there was a player named Ahmed Shahzad who scored a century for Pakistan in an ICC tournament of T20 against Bangladesh but this record owned by Farhan to have 2 centuries in a single edition.