T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Doll2233]

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New Zealand had no chance but to lose at 159 when Jasprit Bumrah had great show with 4/15 and India had scored record of 255/5. You are also not wrong about crowd. Crowd of 86,824 was not so many in such big stadium, as there were many seats which stayed empty though tickets sold by BCCI were good. I think that setup was messy, but India was perfect and it was first team to take three T20 cups and become winning home country.

In the final match of T20 world cup NZ bowlers showed very poor performance. They gave very high runs. Ravindra gave 32 runs just in 2 overs. Also some other bowlers performed same thing. james Neesham took 3 wickets and gave 46 runs. In a big match or a final match performance like that is not appropriate able. They should played responsible inning but they bowled very poor and then they batted also more poor. On the other hand Indian team played a knockout inning they used their strength and they kept his performance same as they perform in semi final. Also in Bowling line they performed magnificently. Especially bumrah bowling was remarkable. So Indian team performed well in both sides and won the final match of T20 world cup and they celebrate with a great victory.

[Nanga Parbat]

I guess he is talking about the form or playing for the team, Bumrah is exceptional and the world knows he deserves every kind of trophy there is and I would go further and claim Bumrah is the best bowlers of all time in the limited over formats because he is certain bank and absolute gurantee, even hitting sixes against him is done by only couple players right?

The redemption of Sanju is another level and I would give Man of the series for the consistency of Cheta.

This bowler played very well and strongly in yesterday match and thanks to him, the match was controlled to a large extent and he put in a lot of effort for the victory. He took 5 wickets in bowling and he gave away few runs due to which the New Zealand batsmen played very weakly and lost the match. The New Zealand batsmen could not play well in any way and could only score 159 runs. If New Zealand played well, this match could have been interesting but they did not do anything like that and started losing wickets in the beginning and from there India victory became strong and in the end they will be truly successful. New Zealand should be ashamed of this poor effort, how badly they played and disappointed the people.

[Unknown Op]

The final played in Ahmedabad saw the Indian team lose the match and the SA team win, which is good for their team. New Zealand decided to bowl at the same ground where their match was played, which I think did not prove to be beneficial for them. The Indian team has good batsmen with the help of whom they can win every match and no matter how many teams come, most of the teams give them the opportunity to bat first so that they can score the first runs and they give the target without fear. India bat first, which proved to be good for them. The New Zealand team often goes to the final due to their good performance. If they play with more effort, they can also win the final.

Finally, everyone was waiting for this final match and I was expecting very tight fight in this final match but Jasprit Bumrah made final one sided. India squad was begun match first with batting inning and batters were managed to collect 255 scores after playing 20 overs inning. Thanks to Sanju Samson and he was top scorer of this match and he played wonderful inning in this final fight and he managed to collect 89 scores off 46 deliveries. Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma both built strong batting partnership with Sanju Samson and both batters were managed to collect 54 and 52 scores respectively. New Zealand squad were fell short this match by huge difference 96 scores and they achieved 159 scores. Jasprit Bumrah played important role in getting final victory and he picked up 4 significant wickets of New Zealand and restricted them to low scores. Congrats India Men to win final victory.

[ThemePen]

Karachi Region Blues vs Sialkot Region

So finally ICC T20 World Cup has been officially finished so let's move on.

In this match Karachi played really well and they have made 201 runs in total. And that was a good target. Usman Khan and Ahsan Ali played very well and both made 81 and 50 runs respectively.
After that Sialkot tried really well to chase the target but they didn't able to chase due strong bowling of Khalil Ahmed and Muhammad Taha. Khalil got 4 Wickets and Taha collected 3 wickets and restricted Sialkot Region at 161 runs.

[Sithara007]

Finally, everyone was waiting for this final match and I was expecting very tight fight in this final match but Jasprit Bumrah made final one sided. India squad was begun match first with batting inning and batters were managed to collect 255 scores after playing 20 overs inning. Thanks to Sanju Samson and he was top scorer of this match and he played wonderful inning in this final fight and he managed to collect 89 scores off 46 deliveries. Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma both built strong batting partnership with Sanju Samson and both batters were managed to collect 54 and 52 scores respectively. New Zealand squad were fell short this match by huge difference 96 scores and they achieved 159 scores. Jasprit Bumrah played important role in getting final victory and he picked up 4 significant wickets of New Zealand and restricted them to low scores. Congrats India Men to win final victory.

What would have happened if New Zealand had chosen to bat first? It was the Kiws who won the toss, and they decided to bowl first. Sending the strong Indian team to bat first can always backfire, as almost all of their batsmen are in prime form. New Zealand bowlers leaked runs all around the park, and in the end India managed to set up a total of 250 plus. On the other hand, if New Zealand could have batted first, then they could have got to a similar total. And this in turn would have piled up pressure on India, as some of their batsmen are inconsistent.

[Publictalk792]

What would have happened if New Zealand had chosen to bat first? It was the Kiws who won the toss, and they decided to bowl first. Sending the strong Indian team to bat first can always backfire, as almost all of their batsmen are in prime form. New Zealand bowlers leaked runs all around the park, and in the end India managed to set up a total of 250 plus. On the other hand, if New Zealand could have batted first, then they could have got to a similar total. And this in turn would have piled up pressure on India, as some of their batsmen are inconsistent.

Choice by New Zealand to play first in the 2026 T20 world cup final turned out to be a mistake as it gave top part of India, who were in better form, the chance to score a huge score of 255. Also, Ahmedabad ground tends to get slower in second half and this would have made it even more difficult for India to score fast with help of New Zealand spinners. Although bowlers of India were really powerful, chasing score would have changed whole feeling of  match and could have led to loss being one sided. At end of it all, choosing to bowl, New Zealand gave India chance to rule game at early stage.

[Sithara007]

Choice by New Zealand to play first in the 2026 T20 world cup final turned out to be a mistake as it gave top part of India, who were in better form, the chance to score a huge score of 255. Also, Ahmedabad ground tends to get slower in second half and this would have made it even more difficult for India to score fast with help of New Zealand spinners. Although bowlers of India were really powerful, chasing score would have changed whole feeling of  match and could have led to loss being one sided. At end of it all, choosing to bowl, New Zealand gave India chance to rule game at early stage.

They thought that they can use the same tactic that was used during the semis. During their semi-final against South Africa, New Zealand managed to chase down a target of 170 in just 12.5 overs, winning the match by a massive margin of 9 wickets. And during the second semi-final, England almost managed to chase down the massive target set by India (254 runs), and lost in the end only due to an exceptional 19th over by Jasprit Bumrah. And even during the Super8 stage, most of the matches were won by teams batting second. But for some reason, this tactic didn't worked out during the final.

[libert19]

Among the IPL news of jersey changes and logo changes the only news that took my attention is Matthew Hayden as a new batting coach for GT [1] — well, you could say, Titan joins the Gujarat Titans.

On another note, BCCI announces 131 crore for team India for winning this wc.

Paise ped pe ugte in logo ke liye, I am feeling jealous.



[1] https://x.com/gujarat_titans/status/2031244974713614660

[2] https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2026/news/55556329/bcci-announces-cash-reward-for-icc-men-s-t20-world-cup-winning-team-india

[Sithara007]

Sub-regional qualifiers for the 2028 ICC T20I World Cup has started. At the moment, Cayman Islands is leading the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Americas Qualifier B, with Argentina at second position. In the latest matches, Cayman Islands managed to defeat Mexico by 9 wickets, while Argentina got past Suriname by a margin of 15 runs. Romario Edwards returned exceptional figures of 4-0-16-5 for Caymans, while captain Pedro Baron set up the win for Argentina with a solid knock of 73. Hernan Fennell, the right-arm pacer picked up 3 wickets in the second innings to seal the win.

[Ab de villiers]

In the final match of T20 world cup NZ bowlers showed very poor performance. They gave very high runs. Ravindra gave 32 runs just in 2 overs. Also some other bowlers performed same thing. james Neesham took 3 wickets and gave 46 runs. In a big match or a final match performance like that is not appropriate able. They should played responsible inning but they bowled very poor and then they batted also more poor. On the other hand Indian team played a knockout inning they used their strength and they kept his performance same as they perform in semi final. Also in Bowling line they performed magnificently. Especially bumrah bowling was remarkable. So Indian team performed well in both sides and won the final match of T20 world cup and they celebrate with a great victory.

The Indian team made it impossible for New Zealand to chase the unbelievable target yesterday . After setting a huge target of 255 runs, they were relaxed and did bowling in a light mood. But it was observed that when New Zealand were on fielding they looked not enough prepared for such a big tournament. They got the first wicket on 98 runs which created frustration for New Zealand. But even then, New Zealand was not expecting this end score. but  the Indian bowlers task was not tricky or inaccessible. Their huge target had already done almost half of the work and the remaining work their bowlers did by taking wicket after wicket and summed up the victory by collecting all their wickets. Samson was declared the Player of the Match. Bumrah also played a key role in the success by taking 4 wickets. Overall Indian team caught all limelight in yesterday innings.

[noormcs5]

On the 13th March, a series between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka was scheduled, but due to security risks in Dubai and overall in the Middle East, it has been postponed. The series was scheduled to be played in Sharjah and Dubai but it has been affected due to the military conflicts.

However, Afghanistan has announced their squad before, while Sri Lanka has not. If we look at the Afghanistan playing squad, they are not so bad and I think every player has the potential to beat Sri Lanka on the great pitch in Dubai, hopefully we will see this game later as soon as possible.

[Bd officer]

Bahrain vs Malaysia

Today was the 3rd match of the T20 series between Bahrain and Malaysia. If we look at the results of the 1st two matches, then the team that batted first won the first two matches. But we saw a difference in the 3rd match as today Bahrain won by batting later. In today's match, the over was reduced to 19 overs due to rain. Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat and eventually collected 131 runs which was not a big enough target. However, in the end Bahrain easily won by 7 wickets in the DLS system and Bahrain won the series 2 - 1. Malaysia lost the series at home, it was their failure.

[virasog]

What would have happened if New Zealand had chosen to bat first? It was the Kiws who won the toss, and they decided to bowl first. Sending the strong Indian team to bat first can always backfire, as almost all of their batsmen are in prime form. New Zealand bowlers leaked runs all around the park, and in the end India managed to set up a total of 250 plus. On the other hand, if New Zealand could have batted first, then they could have got to a similar total. And this in turn would have piled up pressure on India, as some of their batsmen are inconsistent.

Yeah, the New Zealand made a wrong move that they won the toss and still let the Indian team to bat first on this flat track but this doesn't mean that they would have gotten to the same start as the Indian team. Who knows that they might have lost early wickets, and then they may not be able to score that big.

A team should be able to win and batting or bowling first shouldn't matter in most cases. I think that even if Indian were on the chasing side, they would still have won the final.

[Bluedrem]

On the 13th March, a series between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka was scheduled, but due to security risks in Dubai and overall in the Middle East, it has been postponed. The series was scheduled to be played in Sharjah and Dubai but it has been affected due to the military conflicts.

However, Afghanistan has announced their squad before, while Sri Lanka has not. If we look at the Afghanistan playing squad, they are not so bad and I think every player has the potential to beat Sri Lanka on the great pitch in Dubai, hopefully we will see this game later as soon as possible.

We may not see the match on the field because the situation in the Middle East is not very good. And if we consider the strength of the two teams, then on paper, even if they go to Sri Lanka, the Afghanistan team has enough capacity to defeat Sri Lanka. Because the current Afghanistan team is emerging as the new power of the subcontinent. Along with this, they have some great match records. The players of the Sri Lankan team are also performing fairly well. If the match takes place, then it can be said that we will see the match between these two teams as a Melbiotin competition.

[Farhan99]

Karachi Region Blues vs Sialkot Region

So finally ICC T20 World Cup has been officially finished so let's move on.

In this match Karachi played really well and they have made 201 runs in total. And that was a good target. Usman Khan and Ahsan Ali played very well and both made 81 and 50 runs respectively.
After that Sialkot tried really well to chase the target but they didn't able to chase due strong bowling of Khalil Ahmed and Muhammad Taha. Khalil got 4 Wickets and Taha collected 3 wickets and restricted Sialkot Region at 161 runs.

Yes, in National T20I Cup what a enjoyable  game can be seen between Karachi Region Whites and Bahawalpur Region and Karachi with top performance defeated the Bahawalpur Region through DLS method. Bahawalpur Region opens inning first with Faizan Zafar  and Muhammad Akram and both the openers set a strong partnership and give a great start to the team and Faizan played a meaningful innings of 49 runs and also Akram showing his class and scores 25 runs and in middle order Muhammad Imran continue the legacy and played a very aggressive knock of 59 runs and also Muhammad Azab in last over showing great impact by scoring 12 runs and  at the end of the innings Bahawalpur set a huge target of 186 runs. Karachi opens inning with Abdullah Fazal and Saim Ayub and both the openers  manage the run chase very sincerely and gives a very positive response to team and Fazal scores 25 runs very carefully but Saim was in aggressive mood and put shorts in all parts of the ground and scores 78 runs and then the match was pending and through DLS method Karachi nominating as a winning team according to current run rate.

[BTC FutureKing]

What would have happened if New Zealand had chosen to bat first? It was the Kiws who won the toss, and they decided to bowl first. Sending the strong Indian team to bat first can always backfire, as almost all of their batsmen are in prime form. New Zealand bowlers leaked runs all around the park, and in the end India managed to set up a total of 250 plus. On the other hand, if New Zealand could have batted first, then they could have got to a similar total. And this in turn would have piled up pressure on India, as some of their batsmen are inconsistent.

Yeah, the New Zealand made a wrong move that they won the toss and still let the Indian team to bat first on this flat track but this doesn't mean that they would have gotten to the same start as the Indian team. Who knows that they might have lost early wickets, and then they may not be able to score that big.

A team should be able to win and batting or bowling first shouldn't matter in most cases. I think that even if Indian were on the chasing side, they would still have won the final.

New Zealand was also considered a strong team like India but they proved us all wrong with their performance.New Zealand had a golden opportunity because they managed to stay in the World Cup due to Pakistan winning.New Zealand played brilliant matches till the semi final but in the most important match the final they faced a heavy defeat which is sad for everyone because most of the fans did not agree with India winning but India really deserved this winning because there is no such match in which they did not show their skills.Any team that competes with India loses or they get pressured as soon as they hear India name.I do not know what is happening.You are absolutely right.If the aim of 255 was given to the Indian team then I am sure that the Indian team would have achieved this aim but in reality New Zealand could not do so.

[libert19]

Ladies and gentleman, IPL 2026 starts from 26th March: https://x.com/IPL/status/2031357928339550279

Whatever it is I loved it. It's simple and perfect! I must praise the tagline separately, because it's that good, 'The sound of summer' — Indeed.

Edit: I just realized CSK traded Ravindra Jadeja for Sanju to RR — https://x.com/i/status/2031346836561076386

IMO Sanju deffo suits better in CSK Jersey, let's see what sir Jadeja do for RR.

[noormcs5]

In the next few days, we are likely to see a new series between New Zealand and South Africa, as South Africa is on tour in New Zealand. And by the way, recently New Zealand lost the final, but now I think it is time to move on from it and focus on the further aspects of the game, like if we talk about this specific series, so I am supporting the team of New  Zealand. It is a series of 5 T20 games, starting from the 15th of March to the 25th of March.

[Farhan99]

Bahrain vs Malaysia

Today was the 3rd match of the T20 series between Bahrain and Malaysia. If we look at the results of the 1st two matches, then the team that batted first won the first two matches. But we saw a difference in the 3rd match as today Bahrain won by batting later. In today's match, the over was reduced to 19 overs due to rain. Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat and eventually collected 131 runs which was not a big enough target. However, in the end Bahrain easily won by 7 wickets in the DLS system and Bahrain won the series 2 - 1. Malaysia lost the series at home, it was their failure.

Yep, T20I game was short due to weather conditions and the allotted overs for both teams was 19 but the game was really interested and enjoyable between Bahrain and Malaysia and Bahrain with the strong cricket planes can defeated Malaysia by 7 wickets. Malaysia  opens inning first with M.Hafiz and A.Khan but both the openers don't showing their potential and  trying to built partnership but don't do it and Khan scores just 9 runs and  also Hafiz lost his wicket on duck and in middle order same thing was continue and all individuals was losing wickets except Sing who stable the team and absorbed the pressure by playing a very aggressive knock of 31 runs and also A.Aziz doing well batting and scores 26 runs and at the end of the innings Malaysia  set a normal target of 131 runs.

Bahrain opens inning with P.Kurup and Nazir and both the openers was technically very strong and utilizes the power play very efficiently set their team on a winning track and Nazir  showing his experience and class by scoring 46 runs and also Kurup played   with soft hands and  scores 43 runs and in middle order Nasir played a winning knock of 36 runs and Bahrain can easily chase the normal target of 133 runs and won the game

[Nanga Parbat]

Choice by New Zealand to play first in the 2026 T20 world cup final turned out to be a mistake as it gave top part of India, who were in better form, the chance to score a huge score of 255. Also, Ahmedabad ground tends to get slower in second half and this would have made it even more difficult for India to score fast with help of New Zealand spinners. Although bowlers of India were really powerful, chasing score would have changed whole feeling of  match and could have led to loss being one sided. At end of it all, choosing to bowl, New Zealand gave India chance to rule game at early stage.

New Zealand International cricket team should bat first in the pressure match but Santner took bad decision for his team and team were under pressure from the start of the match.  Indian team was playing in the home ground which was advantage to that team and they played tournaments on that pitches and ICC always support India because they have money and they are providing more money to ICC. Indian has good bowler like Bumrah and he always play well in difficult times when it is need of the team.  New Zealand always choke in ICC final as we saw in the final of World cup 2015 ,19 and champions trophy 2025 and now in 2026 World cup and they could not win any final .