T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[vivekdhyani1]

STAT OF THE DAY : Historical T20I data suggests that when an opener occupies the crease for 60 balls, the "expected output" is closer to 130 RUNS.Sahibzada Farhan’s innings might have cost Pakistan momentum in death overs.

[tbterryboy]

After choosing to bat first Zimbabwe got a flying start into their last game of Super 8 against hot favourite South Africa at Delhi it is going to be a psychological edge for South Africa if they go into the semifinal without losing any game so far.

South Africa play today without their main bowlers. Zimbabwe has already done more than enough with their approach, as they beat Australia and then Sri Lanka and entered in Super 8, today they will also try to have a good end to their campaign in this event by playing against undefeated South Africa. Kwena Maphaka gave an early breakthrough to his team with second ball wicket, still it's going to be an interesting game for the  both teams. 18 for 1 at the end of 2 overs.

[Sithara007]

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.

Sahibzada Farhan had a tremendous tournament. But Pakistan is now back home and he can't score anymore runs. Same is the case with Brian Bennett of Zimbabwe. Both these batsmen scored 383 and 289 runs in total till now (Bennett will be in action today as well, so he can still catch up with Farhan). Among the batsmen who can play semi-final matches, Aiden Markram and Harry Brook has scored the maximum runs. If we check the bowlers, Shadley van Schalkwyk of USA with 13 wickets is still the top wicket taker. Blessing Muzarabani with 12 wickets can still overtake him.

[Danica22]

After choosing to bat first Zimbabwe got a flying start into their last game of Super 8 against hot favourite South Africa at Delhi it is going to be a psychological edge for South Africa if they go into the semifinal without losing any game so far.

South Africa play today without their main bowlers. Zimbabwe has already done more than enough with their approach, as they beat Australia and then Sri Lanka and entered in Super 8, today they will also try to have a good end to their campaign in this event by playing against undefeated South Africa. Kwena Maphaka gave an early breakthrough to his team with second ball wicket, still it's going to be an interesting game for the  both teams. 18 for 1 at the end of 2 overs.

Zimbabwe lost 5 wickets in 12 overs and collected 88 runs.Sikandar Raza remains unbeaten with 45 off  34 balls. Besides, none of the  top-order batsmen can play well and can't stay at the crease for long.
South Africa is one of the strongest teams in this year's World cup. They won by a big margin against West indies and India. So today's match is not that important for South Africa. Even then it is pretty sure that Africa will win against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe will not be able to deliver big targets. Zimbabwe's innings will stop before 160.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Looks like Zimbabwe is up for another upset before they end their ICC tournament, SA needs 53 runs in 56 balls but they lost 5 wickets already that is what makes the remaining overs to be interesting. I guess we will see Zim beats SA as well because their captain is on fire, scored 73 with bat and also took 3 wickets with the ball, 2 more wickets then SA will find it impossible to chase the target.

[virasog]

At evening, we will see India vs West Indies match and I am expecting West Indies to have victory in this game. Both of the teams did not have good result in the super 8 games because they lost to South Africa.

Now there is a question whether they will qualify or not. I personally support the West Indies in this game because in previous years, India had been so successful in the tournament by being almost unbeaten and dominating the entire tournament. While if we talk about the West Indies journey in the previous World Cup so most of the times they did not even qualified in the World Cup and if they go directly into the Semi finals, it will be so interesting.

[JSRAW]

I seriously hope we read the conditions well and fingers crossed for 5th bowling option.

Windies are packed with heavy hitters and our bowling lineup is going to be in trouble badly if one of 4 specialist is having an off day. Its a shutter down if it happens.

[Bitcoin_people]

Today's match between India and West Indies will be very exciting, the team that gets all the points today will qualify for the semi-finals. Since India and West Indies have 2 points, the team that wins today's match will have 4 points and will qualify for the direct semi-finals. If India's performance is like the last match, if India can bat and bowl like this against West Indies today, then they will win easily. Moreover, we can see that the performance of the West Indies team is already very variable and they score runs quickly, which can create pressure for India. Accordingly, the match between India and West Indies is going to be very interesting, those who can play well will enter the semi-finals.

[Haunebu]

If West Indies scores above 220, I think India would get screwed. Anything below that should be chaseable by the Indians considering the fact that the pitch isn't really providing any swing and seems somewhat flat as of now. Decent start by the Windies.

Axar could turn out to be the X-Factor in this particular encounter. Also, good to see Zimbabwe bowing out of the tournament in such a competitive manner.

[Bitcoin Smith]

I seriously hope we read the conditions well and fingers crossed for 5th bowling option.

Windies are packed with heavy hitters and our bowling lineup is going to be in trouble badly if one of 4 specialist is having an off day. Its a shutter down if it happens.

I am surprised by the bowling option, because big match it's always good to post the total and put the scoreboard pressure to do most of the task but now they put themselves in that extra stress. We may see 200 is good but India doesn't have great record when it comes to chasing the total in T20 wc, even they struggled for 160s.

Windies started stable and made a strategical change which is proving to be right until now.

[Emitdama]

Today's match between India and West Indies will be very exciting, the team that gets all the points today will qualify for the semi-finals. Since India and West Indies have 2 points, the team that wins today's match will have 4 points and will qualify for the direct semi-finals. If India's performance is like the last match, if India can bat and bowl like this against West Indies today, then they will win easily. Moreover, we can see that the performance of the West Indies team is already very variable and they score runs quickly, which can create pressure for India. Accordingly, the match between India and West Indies is going to be very interesting, those who can play well will enter the semi-finals.

India chose to bowl first its a good decision because they can chase any target start is decent for both teams at Eden Gardens. Shai Hope is slowly progressing while Roston Chase is trying to have some good hits all around, at the end of the power play they are having 45 runs without losing any wicket.

Both teams have good batting depth, which will bring good cricket to watch but here the bowlers part is crucial because they can bring good success for their team. Bumrah and Axar Patel are right now doing their best to keep the West Indian batsmen. South Africa already has their spot against New Zealand now most likely, South Africa will be able to secure their spot in the final due to their superior performance with bat and bowl.

[Nothingtodo]

If West Indies scores above 220, I think India would get screwed. Anything below that should be chaseable by the Indians considering the fact that the pitch isn't really providing any swing and seems somewhat flat as of now. Decent start by the Windies.

West Indies had completed 100 runs for the loss of one wicket in 11 overs, but after Bumrah took two consecutive wickets, West Indies went on the back foot.
However, in today's match, it doesn't seem like West Indies will be able to score 200 runs against India and if West Indies cannot score 200 runs then there is no possibility of West Indies winning today's match. That is, it can be said that India will win today's match and qualify and reach the semi-finals.

[Compromise me]

Zimbabwe lost 5 wickets in 12 overs and collected 88 runs.Sikandar Raza remains unbeaten with 45 off  34 balls. Besides, none of the  top-order batsmen can play well and can't stay at the crease for long.
South Africa is one of the strongest teams in this year's World cup. They won by a big margin against West indies and India. So today's match is not that important for South Africa. Even then it is pretty sure that Africa will win against Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe will not be able to deliver big targets. Zimbabwe's innings will stop before 160.

Sikandar Raza looked in excellent form in this match because he  took responsibility in this match when it was need of the team and early wickets fell in this match.  Sikandar Raza made 73 runs in this match and he played only 43 Balls in this match and he played with strike rate of 169 which was top quality in this match.  He was the only person who played well for his country because he took early wickets in this match and made match interesting but after that South Africa team was successful to made partnership in this match. Brevis was a person who played with strike rate of 233 in this match And he hit Long long sixes in this match when it was need of the team.   Linde hit 2 fours and 1 six and that was good contribution in this match.

[memehunter]

What I said 

it will be easy win against Indies.

I was right the whole way. If you consider the fact that India comfortably finished the chase while 4 ball remaining in 20 overs, the total of around 210 was not that difficult to chase. We saw the dew factor playing (although not that much) a crucial role when simple catches dropped (specially of Hardik pandya).
Giving the very 1st over to spinner is also very much influenced by dew factor as they dont want to give disadvantage of lesser grip in crucial overs.

No more @justiceforsanju, bring apology form.

     
Well said 

Now India will appear in semis for 'dugnaa lagaan' 

[Bitcoin Smith]

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Even 225 plus would not enough as dew will make it harder for spinner to grip the ball and everybody knows that this pitch is not that much of a help for a pace bowler. IMO, if India stays away from any big blunder, it will be easy win against Indies. First 6 overs should be enough if Abhishek Sharma plays as per his aggro style.
BTW, I have gut feeling that India will fell sort of this world cup win, but who knows  

In big matches, even the par score would be difficult and Indian batters are in good form but they are not much experienced players and already witnessed the pressure from Abishek Sharma that is why he missed out a sitter though. Windies are looking like a classic team with their six hitting abilities.

196 is the score for India to reach the line, hopefully they will...But if they did, then it will be the highest chase ever done by India in T20 match.

[JSRAW]

In pressure game 190+ chase is not going to be easy.

Bowling wasn't bad tonight but fielding was big let down and face up 20-ish extra runs because of butter hands, 2 were regular catches.

[memehunter]

Indian batters are in good form but they are not much experienced players

Really not much experience? IMO, they have ample experience specially for a t20 match. Almost all of them playing rigours IPL matches for many seasons, facing highest level of attack, that too in the home ground. I dont think experience would be an issue.

In pressure game 190+ chase is not going to be easy.

   
Considering the dew factor it should be an easy chase. We have seen it in Pak vs Srilanka match, and frankly Westindies has much less of a bowling attack than Pakistan.

[Webetcoins]

The West Indies did a good job, still they are short of 25 to 30 runs from their target which was looking good for them and can secure their spot in the semifinal, dew factor is also going to be favourable for India. Arshdeep Singh had a good comeback in his last over while things were looking not good for bowlers.

195 is still looking decent, but India is the easy favourite to win this match and have a spot in the last four, End of first over 5 for no loss. Good luck to both sides for having a winning and exciting cricket.

[BALIK]

195 is still looking decent, but India is the easy favourite to win this match and have a spot in the last four, End of first over 5 for no loss. Good luck to both sides for having a winning and exciting cricket.

A target of 196 runs cannot be called a bad target. But winning this target against a strong batting order like India is also very difficult.

India's batting order is very strong. The 7 batsmen in the squad have the full capacity to bat at a smart strike rate. So West Indies are definitely not in the safe zone. West Indies bowlers will have to bowl very controlled if they want to win. And try to pick quick wickets. India will definitely win the match if they fail to take wickets.
India collected 37 runs in 4 overs. And lost the wicket of abhishek sharma. Abhishek scored only 10 runs from 11 balls today.

[libert19]

Lol, win predictor just shown 72-28 (WI-IND) chances, but I disagree, and I come here to vent my disagreement. Indian batting looks strong and they have been keeping up with RRR fairly well, no way public knows what it's voting on (but believe me I know, less than JSRAW though — I am humble where I should be) — I'll go with more like 40-60 chances.