T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Rustam Meraj]

Always good to see forgotten players like Imam-ul-Haq among the runs again. He is just 30 years old, but his career is all but over. The last time he played in PSL was in 2020, and the last time he represented Pakistan in T20I format was long back, in 2019. He has been branded as a test player not suitable for limited overs cricket, and has been excluded from this format for quite some time. During the match against Karachi Region Blues, he scored 71 from 40 balls. One single innings may not make it possible for him to get into the PSL, but repeated performances can get attention from important people.

It is sad that Imam-ul-Haq is being ignored yet he is still in his best years but his latest play of 71 runs off 40 balls shows that he could fit into busy modern T20 cricket. His missing in major leagues since 2020 could maybe be blamed on opinion of people about his style and not lack of skill to play since his high average in other styles shows he is very steady player.
And you are right Imam can save his career just like other top level batters who had managed to change their game in the same way. Single good game is very good start, yet he must do such shows of high scoring couple of times more.

[Sithara007]

Hyped for IPL 2026 which is going to start in a few weeks. I guess the biggest question is if Samson can maintain his epic form after getting traded to CSK in this new season while RR got 2 great players(Jaddu and Curran) in return implying a mutually beneficial deal.

I hope this year will finally be the year when the zero win curse breaks for Punjab or Delhi. Excited!

He set the world cup on fire. But still, I would rate Samson as one of the most over-rated cricketers in India at this point. IMO, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan are much more consistent. Even during his time at Rajasthan Royals, Samson wasn't able to do much. Now CSK hopes that he will be able to win the trophy for them. And they are exchanging two of their best players (Jadeja and Curran), so that Samson can play for them. And this can easily backfire upon them. Already they have to deal with the burden of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who refuses to retire and eat up one position in the XI.

[JSRAW]

^^ guess, not much faith on rutu in long term so here comes the sanju.

Hyped for IPL 2026 which is going to start in a few weeks. I guess the biggest question is if Samson can maintain his epic form after getting traded to CSK in this new season while RR got 2 great players(Jaddu and Curran) in return implying a mutually beneficial deal.

Sam Curran is decent but nothing game changing, and fwiw be should be playing somewhere up preferably at number 3 instead of at lower middle order, he can't bat aggressive dunno why he bats where he does ( his batting tanked tho).

Good thing about sam curran is that he's not tom curran. He also managed to get MOT in ICC t-20 wc, which helped and stock went up for a season but in IPL context he's consider valuable because of all rounder tag.

Combining his trade with jadeja, it was an expensive one but RR rightly feel good about it if you look at what they bring at table. Even in worse day this duo will give minimum 6 overs and gives a assurance of deep batting at least on paper.

[libert19]

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He set the world cup on fire. But still, I would rate Samson as one of the most over-rated cricketers in India at this point.

India won this cup largely due to his contributions. His recent praise is justified.

Now CSK hopes that he will be able to win the trophy for them.

Looking at CSK squad, I doubt.

^^ guess, not much faith on rutu in long term so here comes the sanju.

Yeah, Rutu just don't give that leader vibe tbh. Bringing Sanju in is good call imo.

[JSRAW]

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He set the world cup on fire. But still, I would rate Samson as one of the most over-rated cricketers in India at this point.

India won this cup largely due to his contributions. His recent praise is justified.

Now CSK hopes that he will be able to win the trophy for them.

Looking at CSK squad, I doubt.

^^ guess, not much faith on rutu in long term so here comes the sanju.

Yeah, Rutu just don't give that leader vibe tbh. Bringing Sanju in is good call imo.

This season CSK is mixed bag.

In batting they have brevis, Mhatre and dube ji along with rutu and probably sanju as opener in case Mhatre going 1 down. Add dhoni for just vibes and sometimes can give handy runs in backend. Miya sarfu is also there and he seems to be good knick but jury is still out for him in T-20.

Bowling looks decent to me if Henry, Akiel and noor starting in the playing XI. Not a big fan of overton.

[Haunebu]

All I hope is, GT will have Philips in playing XI guaranteed. Man can hope, no? I just feel mesmerized by his fielding.

Yeah. Dude is one of the most sensational fielders out there and is a good looking guy too which improves the style factor when taking those insane catches out of nowhere.

Combining his trade with jadeja, it was an expensive one but RR rightly feel good about it if you look at what they bring at table. Even in worse day this duo will give minimum 6 overs and gives a assurance of deep batting at least on paper.

Agreed. Curran recovered his form with both bat and ball while Jadeja is an invaluable all rounder due to which RR should be happy currently. Just hope Punjab or Delhi go all the way this time around.

[Farhan99]

In the National T20 Cup Sialkot Region defeated Lahore Region Blues by 110 runs and the game was very interesting and enjoyable between both opponent. Sialkot Region opens inning first with Khawaja Arham and Mirza Baig  but both the openers don't showing their potential and  trying to built partnership but don't do it and Arham scores just 12 runs and also Baig lost his wicket early on 15 runs and in middle order Abdullah Shafique was so good and showing his experience and class  and played a aggressive knock of 57 runs and also Ahsan Hafeez doing well efforts and played a high class inning of 47 runs and at the end of the innings Sialkot Region  set a huge target of 211 runs. Lahore Region Blues opens inning with Umar Siddiq and Imran Butt and among the openers Umair trying so hard to chase the target and gives a positive start to the team by scoring 31 runs but Imran lost his wicket early on 1 run and in middle order Hamza Zahoor played well knock of 37 runs but after that all the team was panicked and nobody can stay on wicket to chase the target and Lahore Region don't chase the target successfully and scores just 100 runs at the end of the innings and Sialkot Region won the game

[Compromise me]

Always good to see forgotten players like Imam-ul-Haq among the runs again. He is just 30 years old, but his career is all but over. The last time he played in PSL was in 2020, and the last time he represented Pakistan in T20I format was long back, in 2019. He has been branded as a test player not suitable for limited overs cricket, and has been excluded from this format for quite some time. During the match against Karachi Region Blues, he scored 71 from 40 balls. One single innings may not make it possible for him to get into the PSL, but repeated performances can get attention from important people.

It is sad that Imam-ul-Haq is being ignored yet he is still in his best years but his latest play of 71 runs off 40 balls shows that he could fit into busy modern T20 cricket. His missing in major leagues since 2020 could maybe be blamed on opinion of people about his style and not lack of skill to play since his high average in other styles shows he is very steady player.
And you are right Imam can save his career just like other top level batters who had managed to change their game in the same way. Single good game is very good start, yet he must do such shows of high scoring couple of times more.

He was criticized due to his uncle Inzmam ul Haq who was legendary player of Pakistan International cricket team but Imam-ul-Haq was not that kind of player and he played very low quality in the International cricket and his stat is not aggressive and he is not a top quality player. He played many matches but he was not a player who played dominanting cricket . But I think there are many players in the team of Pakistan who are on reference base and they have no future in the cricket. He will not come in International team because he is not that kind of player who can play for team because he always played for himself and doesn't matter team win or loses the match.

[hafiztalha]

In the National T20 Cup Sialkot Region defeated Lahore Region Blues by 110 runs and the game was very interesting and enjoyable between both opponent. Sialkot Region opens inning first with Khawaja Arham and Mirza Baig  but both the openers don't showing their potential and  trying to built partnership but don't do it and Arham scores just 12 runs and also Baig lost his wicket early on 15 runs and in middle order Abdullah Shafique was so good and showing his experience and class  and played a aggressive knock of 57 runs and also Ahsan Hafeez doing well efforts and played a high class inning of 47 runs and at the end of the innings Sialkot Region  set a huge target of 211 runs. Lahore Region Blues opens inning with Umar Siddiq and Imran Butt and among the openers Umair trying so hard to chase the target and gives a positive start to the team by scoring 31 runs but Imran lost his wicket early on 1 run and in middle order Hamza Zahoor played well knock of 37 runs but after that all the team was panicked and nobody can stay on wicket to chase the target and Lahore Region don't chase the target successfully and scores just 100 runs at the end of the innings and Sialkot Region won the game

In National T20 Cup series, 11 th game of this series was played yesterday and this game concluded between Sialkot Region team and Lahore Region team. Lahore team won toss and they got chance to choose field or batting lineup first and they elected field and gave batting line to Sialkot team. Lahore Region team set big target 210 runs in 20 overs by losing 4 wickets. Abdullah batsmen batted so well from Sialkot Region team and he made brilliant half century 57 runs in 31 balls and hitted six 4s and three 6s. Ahsan remained not out and his contribution was also very helpful and he scored 47 runs in 17 balls and hitted five 4s and three 6s. Lahore Region did not complete tarand lost this National T20 Cup series by big margin 110 runs. Usama bowler took down 6 wickets in 3.2 overs and gave 8 runs.

Congratulations Sialkot Region team won one sided game and won by big margin.

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He was criticized due to his uncle Inzmam ul Haq who was legendary player of Pakistan International cricket team but Imam-ul-Haq was not that kind of player and he played very low quality in the International cricket and his stat is not aggressive and he is not a top quality player. He played many matches but he was not a player who played dominanting cricket . But I think there are many players in the team of Pakistan who are on reference base and they have no future in the cricket. He will not come in International team because he is not that kind of player who can play for team because he always played for himself and doesn't matter team win or loses the match.

Legendary players never see kinship. Perhaps this is where his own uncle criticized him, and most intelligent people would support that. Although I have very little knowledge about his game, looking at his athletic stats, you can definitely get some idea of how a player can perform or how successful his career is.

And wherever our emotions may be, if a player does not perform well physically or based on his performance, then it is natural that no intelligent cricket management will ever give him a place in the national team. We have seen this in many cricket teams, and perhaps he is in that place too.

[BTC FutureKing]

In the National T20 Cup Sialkot Region defeated Lahore Region Blues by 110 runs and the game was very interesting and enjoyable between both opponent. Sialkot Region opens inning first with Khawaja Arham and Mirza Baig  but both the openers don't showing their potential and  trying to built partnership but don't do it and Arham scores just 12 runs and also Baig lost his wicket early on 15 runs and in middle order Abdullah Shafique was so good and showing his experience and class  and played a aggressive knock of 57 runs and also Ahsan Hafeez doing well efforts and played a high class inning of 47 runs and at the end of the innings Sialkot Region  set a huge target of 211 runs. Lahore Region Blues opens inning with Umar Siddiq and Imran Butt and among the openers Umair trying so hard to chase the target and gives a positive start to the team by scoring 31 runs but Imran lost his wicket early on 1 run and in middle order Hamza Zahoor played well knock of 37 runs but after that all the team was panicked and nobody can stay on wicket to chase the target and Lahore Region don't chase the target successfully and scores just 100 runs at the end of the innings and Sialkot Region won the game

Sailkot Region and Lahore Blues Region faced each other from Group B out of which Sailkot Region has won one match and lost one while Lahore Region Blues has been in need of defeat in both matches.Something similar happened in today match.Lahore Region Blues could not compete with Sailkot Region strength because Sailkot Region had batted very well and the batsmen remained on the batting lines for a long time which was strengthening them for winning.Lahore Region Blues could not be alert in batting or bowling.The first and third batsmen from Lahore Region tried to chase down Sailkot Region runs but they failed because the other batsmen did not support them and left the field one after the other.Sailkot Region has turned towards winning and is strengthening itself against the rest of the teams.

[Unknown Op]

In the National T20 Cup Sialkot Region defeated Lahore Region Blues by 110 runs and the game was very interesting and enjoyable between both opponent. Sialkot Region opens inning first with Khawaja Arham and Mirza Baig  but both the openers don't showing their potential and  trying to built partnership but don't do it and Arham scores just 12 runs and also Baig lost his wicket early on 15 runs and in middle order Abdullah Shafique was so good and showing his experience and class  and played a aggressive knock of 57 runs and also Ahsan Hafeez doing well efforts and played a high class inning of 47 runs and at the end of the innings Sialkot Region  set a huge target of 211 runs. Lahore Region Blues opens inning with Umar Siddiq and Imran Butt and among the openers Umair trying so hard to chase the target and gives a positive start to the team by scoring 31 runs but Imran lost his wicket early on 1 run and in middle order Hamza Zahoor played well knock of 37 runs but after that all the team was panicked and nobody can stay on wicket to chase the target and Lahore Region don't chase the target successfully and scores just 100 runs at the end of the innings and Sialkot Region won the game

Sailkot Region and Lahore Blues Region faced each other from Group B out of which Sailkot Region has won one match and lost one while Lahore Region Blues has been in need of defeat in both matches.Something similar happened in today match.Lahore Region Blues could not compete with Sailkot Region strength because Sailkot Region had batted very well and the batsmen remained on the batting lines for a long time which was strengthening them for winning.Lahore Region Blues could not be alert in batting or bowling.The first and third batsmen from Lahore Region tried to chase down Sailkot Region runs but they failed because the other batsmen did not support them and left the field one after the other.Sailkot Region has turned towards winning and is strengthening itself against the rest of the teams.

Two matches from different groups of National T20 Cup competition finished today in which first match was finished among Sialkot Region and Lahore Region Blues squads and in second match, Multan Region and Karachi Region Blues squad were participated. In this Multan Region against Karachi Region Blues match, Multan Region squad was started match first with strong batting performance and batters were managed to collect 201 scores as a defending after playing 20 overs inning. Imam-ul-Haq was top scorer and top performer of this match and he really played wonderful inning and he collected 71 scores off 40 deliveries. Karachi Region squad was unable to defeat Multan Region squad and fell short with 74 scores. Arafat Minhas and Muhammad Ismail bowler played crucial role in getting victory and both bowler picked up 2 and 3 wickets respectively.

[Zaka1221]

In the National T20 Cup Sialkot Region defeated Lahore Region Blues by 110 runs and the game was very interesting and enjoyable between both opponent. Sialkot Region opens inning first with Khawaja Arham and Mirza Baig  but both the openers don't showing their potential and  trying to built partnership but don't do it and Arham scores just 12 runs and also Baig lost his wicket early on 15 runs and in middle order Abdullah Shafique was so good and showing his experience and class  and played a aggressive knock of 57 runs and also Ahsan Hafeez doing well efforts and played a high class inning of 47 runs and at the end of the innings Sialkot Region  set a huge target of 211 runs. Lahore Region Blues opens inning with Umar Siddiq and Imran Butt and among the openers Umair trying so hard to chase the target and gives a positive start to the team by scoring 31 runs but Imran lost his wicket early on 1 run and in middle order Hamza Zahoor played well knock of 37 runs but after that all the team was panicked and nobody can stay on wicket to chase the target and Lahore Region don't chase the target successfully and scores just 100 runs at the end of the innings and Sialkot Region won the game

In National T20 Cup series, 11 th game of this series was played yesterday and this game concluded between Sialkot Region team and Lahore Region team. Lahore team won toss and they got chance to choose field or batting lineup first and they elected field and gave batting line to Sialkot team. Lahore Region team set big target 210 runs in 20 overs by losing 4 wickets. Abdullah batsmen batted so well from Sialkot Region team and he made brilliant half century 57 runs in 31 balls and hitted six 4s and three 6s. Ahsan remained not out and his contribution was also very helpful and he scored 47 runs in 17 balls and hitted five 4s and three 6s. Lahore Region did not complete tarand lost this National T20 Cup series by big margin 110 runs. Usama bowler took down 6 wickets in 3.2 overs and gave 8 runs.

Congratulations Sialkot Region team won one sided game and won by big margin.

This was the National T20 Cup between Sialkot Region and Lahore Region Blue.Four players from my Sialkot team were out and they set a target of 210 run in 20 over, which Lahore team had to chase, but they could not even make half. Abdullah Shafiq scored 57 run and the rest of them achieved this target together.Talking about the Lahore team, I don't know what pressure their team was under whether it was their carelessness or lack of practice, forced them to lose this match and they solved the problem in 14 overs and all the players were out. If all the players had been out, they could have completed it, but still they had to bat quite well. The Sialkot team has played the first two match in which they got two PTS points, losing to Lahore. Now it has become clear that the Lahore team is quite weaker than the Sialkot Region team, which makes them  Requires a lot of hard work and practice.

[Sithara007]

He was criticized due to his uncle Inzmam ul Haq who was legendary player of Pakistan International cricket team but Imam-ul-Haq was not that kind of player and he played very low quality in the International cricket and his stat is not aggressive and he is not a top quality player. He played many matches but he was not a player who played dominanting cricket . But I think there are many players in the team of Pakistan who are on reference base and they have no future in the cricket. He will not come in International team because he is not that kind of player who can play for team because he always played for himself and doesn't matter team win or loses the match.

Well.. I remember the incident. A few years back, there were allegations of nepotism against the Pakistani selectors. The claim was that they favor players such as Imam and Faisal Iqbal, since they are from well known cricketing families. As I mentioned in my post, one single knock of 71 will not make Imam eligible for selection to the Pakistani national team. Hopes of playing international cricket again is almost over for him. His target maybe to get into the PSL. It has been 6 years since he last played in PSL. He ended up with a below par average of 24.63, and strike rate of 124.31.