T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Bitcoin Smith]

One more failure for Rutu, I guess it's time to make the necessary change.

I had bet on Ruturaj to hit 0 sixes, worked out well.

I bet on KKR in their ongoing match against CSK earlier and it looks like I might lose my bet thanks to some shit bowling by Vaibhav etc while their spinners like Anukul and Narine are bowling well.

KKR bowlers did good comeback though (or is it CSK batters that forgot to play?).

Have no idea what Gaikwad is doing anymore. KKR still has a chance to win this one if they manage to restrict CSK under 210. Let's see if Kolkata can get their first points properly.

Deffo under 210, might not make 200 even.

Edit: Glad to see Narine open again, not sure why he was sacked off in first place when he does better there.

Edit: Ruturaj dropping dolly, csk fanbase gonna eat him alive now.

Edit: Absolutely pathetic!

CSK scored 30 runs off the last 28 balls, probably they are the team with the worst run rate in both powerplay and death overs, and that explains why they are struggling. But thanks to CSK bowlers they did well and better than anyone could have expected and finally Noor came into the rhythm, which is a good thing for CSK.

KKR never looked in the chase, they lost the game inside the powerplay and then they only had the catching up while losing too many wickets.

[noormcs5]

Peshawar Zalmi is a strong team this time, and looking at their performance and the victories they are achieving one after another, it is certain that they will win this tournament. Babar Azam is in good form and has scored massive runs this season compared to the previous one. Now, Khushal has also played a significant role in setting a high target. Both of these players, along with other run scoring players in the Peshawar Zalmi team, are performing very well. If they continue with the same performance, then nobody can stop them from winning the trophy in this PSL. In this match, Tariq and Nafay are good players, and Peshawar needs to target them as their first priority because if they play long innings, then the winning streak of Peshawar Zalmi will be broken.

I think it maybe one sided game for Peshawar Zalmi tomorrow because as Muhammad Haris was playing in really a great way last time. He understood how to read the bowl and play the shot accordingly, especially the crucial factor is that he was smashing the bowl with the middle of the bat, which always results in six or at least four. At the same time, Kusal Mendis is being so good in his previous game and also the top scorer in the PSL so far with 309 runs.

[virasog]

I think it maybe one sided game for Peshawar Zalmi tomorrow because as Muhammad Haris was playing in really a great way last time. He understood how to read the bowl and play the shot accordingly, especially the crucial factor is that he was smashing the bowl with the middle of the bat, which always results in six or at least four. At the same time, Kusal Mendis is being so good in his previous game and also the top scorer in the PSL so far with 309 runs.

Yeah, I also think same because if we analyze the bowling order so the story is almost same. The wonderful spin attack such as Sufyan Muqeem who played immediately in the previous game too and of course he will play tomorrow too, also the top wicket taker with 13 wickets and also the third player with the most wickets in this edition of HBL PSL 11 is Iftikhar Ahmed who is also from Peshawar Zalmi with  9 wickets while pacers are average that can help them, so all good for them.  

[Sithara007]

CSK scored 30 runs off the last 28 balls, probably they are the team with the worst run rate in both powerplay and death overs, and that explains why they are struggling. But thanks to CSK bowlers they did well and better than anyone could have expected and finally Noor came into the rhythm, which is a good thing for CSK.

KKR never looked in the chase, they lost the game inside the powerplay and then they only had the catching up while losing too many wickets.

Shivam Dube was supposed to step up scoring during the depth overs, but yesterday he scored just 13 from 12 balls. Sarfaraz Khan is considered to be more suitable for the test format, so I would say that his 23 from 18 was quite decent. The problem with Chennai Super Kings is that in the unlikely scenario of top-4 getting out before the depth overs (Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre and Dewald Brevis), and in case Dube fails, then they will put up a poor finishing show. And yesterday, Sunil Narine was a revamped beast when he came to bowl during the final overs. 

[ThemePen]

Namibia vs Scotland First T20

First T20 between Namibia and Scotland in Windhoek is new beginning in that both will be eager to show which team will be best in this shorter, faster form of game. Whether Namibia can outplay Scotland, mentally, by forgetting their recent loss against Scotland. Also, taking early wickets should stop otherwise strong middle order batters of Scotland, in my view, will be deciding factor in match. Scotland appears to be very calm and cool at this time and this means that anything Namibia bowlers can do to make sure they keep their score low, they will have chance to return with high chances of winning.

[Haunebu]

CSK vs KKR is easily the worst game that I have seen in this season so far despite Chennai scoring close to 200 primarily thanks to how boring it was. CSK struggled quite a bit to reach 190+ when they should have easily crossed 200 at one point.

On the other hand, KKR played like proper sloths struggling to hit every ball out of the park. Players like Allen, Green etc were overhyped to the high heavens. Kolkata still hasn't gotten 2 points properly which is embarrassing to say the least.

[CryptoYar]

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Boring game between CSK and KKR shows that even big scores, such as 190+, might be slow when team forgets about speed in middle of game or does not play strongly to end. 200 that Chennai had to get probably was because of too many empty balls and general lack of strong hitting in last of overs, where bowlers were able to catch up. KKR, on other hand, was slowed down by slow hitters as over praised stars such as Allen and Green paid too much attention to effort of hitting every ball to edge other than running to keep score going.  I think it is shameful that KKR is unable to win clearly while ability of CSK to be boring so they can get to 190 even on bad day is one that actually brings titles.

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Namibia vs Scotland First T20
First T20 between Namibia and Scotland in Windhoek is new beginning in that both will be eager to show which team will be best in this shorter, faster form of game. Whether Namibia can outplay Scotland, mentally, by forgetting their recent loss against Scotland. Also, taking early wickets should stop otherwise strong middle order batters of Scotland, in my view, will be deciding factor in match. Scotland appears to be very calm and cool at this time and this means that anything Namibia bowlers can do to make sure they keep their score low, they will have chance to return with high chances of winning.

Actually, I also wanted to mention the same thing here, that recently there was already a match between Scotland and Namibia and Namibia lost very badly against Spotland but that match format was ODI format so even if we compare it with that here, I personally cannot guess how much similarity there will be with that match. But we all know that Scotland is better than Namibia in both formats in batting and bowling and becuase of this I also think that the confidence level of the Namibian team will be low and  so I will bet on Spotland in this first T20 match.

[libert19]

Dilshan Madhushanka joins SRH as Brydon Carse's replacement ^[1]. He's quality pacer judging him from his odiwc '23 performance (I remember vaguely, but numbers are there to check), sure odi performance doesn't always transfer to T20 format but still.


[1] https://x.com/SunRisers/status/2044033133121777752

Edit: LSG must put 220+ total to have any chance at match looking at RCB's mammoth and in-form betting but I don't see intent from LSG batters.

[Nanga Parbat]

Actually, I also wanted to mention the same thing here, that recently there was already a match between Scotland and Namibia and Namibia lost very badly against Spotland but that match format was ODI format so even if we compare it with that here, I personally cannot guess how much similarity there will be with that match. But we all know that Scotland is better than Namibia in both formats in batting and bowling and becuase of this I also think that the confidence level of the Namibian team will be low and  so I will bet on Spotland in this first T20 match.

I have seen a lot of hard work and effort in these matches, but Scotland seems to be successful with their hard work and strength. Scotland's effort in this match was enough high and strong, due to which they will be successful in this match and today a match is being played between them and this is a tour between them, the first match of which is being played, but Namibia good effort is succeeding in this match. This is because of their hard work and efforts. If Scotland continues to play like this, they can be very strong in the future, but in today's match, Namibia is making up for their negligence and making up for their mistake and making it tough on Scotland and hopefully they will be successful in this tour. Although I also think the same, but at this time the match is not under Scotland's control and the Namibian batsmen did not make the target very strong, but their bowling is enough tough.

[Haunebu]

LSG and KKR are competing for worst team of this season award at this point. Lucknow would have been worse off had Mukhul not saved them against...Kolkata. I thought they would reach 160+ which is still a trash target, but 147 is just not even worth mentioning.

RCB are about to finish this in less than 15 overs and get a big NRR boost. Their batting, bowling and fielding departments are in great shape due to which they could retain the trophy, but I don't think that will happen just like GT several years ago.

[Smack That Ace]

Edit: LSG must put 220+ total to have any chance at match looking at RCB's mammoth and in-form betting but I don't see intent from LSG batters.

LSG batsmen batted very badly today. They could only manage to score 146 runs. LSG should have given a target of 200+ on such a batting friendly pitch. But Lucknow batsmen could not survive at the crease against Bengaluru bowlers. Marakram, Badoni and Mukul could bat a little better. Nicholas Pooran scored only 1 run from 7 balls and Rishab Pant scored 1 run from 6 balls. I expected a decent innings from these two important batsmen.

Rasikh Salam and B. Kumar took 7 wickets today. Rasikh took 4 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. And Bhubaneswar took 3 wickets. Hazlewood gave away only 20 runs in 4 overs. Bengaluru will probably secure the win within 15 overs.

[libert19]

LSG and KKR are competing for worst team of this season award at this point. Lucknow would have been worse off had Mukhul not saved them against...Kolkata. I thought they would reach 160+ which is still a trash target, but 147 is just not even worth mentioning.

They are playing pathetic, only Badoni and Mukul played a responsible innings, others were playing as if they have come with an intent to lose. Plus, only shining light from LSG in last few seasons were Nicky P, but he seems to have lost the touch, and LSG is absolutely garbage without his contributions.

[vivekdhyani1]

New South Wales and Queensland have told Cricket Australia that they are not prepared to approve the privatisation of the BBL, leaving the governing body with a tricky decision as to whether they should proceed without unanimous backing of all the states or not.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/new-south-wales-calls-for-cricket-australia-to-pause-bbl-privatisation-push-1531975

[Bitcoin_people]

LSG team scored only 146 runs against RCB today, their batting performance was not good due to which they got all out quickly. RCB team's bowling performance was very good in today's match, Rasikh Salam Dar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled well due to which LSG team was under a lot of pressure. At the moment, RCB has lost three wickets while batting to make their mark but their chances are still the highest. This match will definitely be successful in winning RCB team they have good batsmen besides they are a strong team. By winning today's match, RCB team will occupy the first position in the points table from the third position. RCB team is already batting well they need 56 runs from 55 balls which is a very simple equation.

[Ab de villiers]

Namibia vs Scotland First T20

First T20 between Namibia and Scotland in Windhoek is new beginning in that both will be eager to show which team will be best in this shorter, faster form of game. Whether Namibia can outplay Scotland, mentally, by forgetting their recent loss against Scotland. Also, taking early wickets should stop otherwise strong middle order batters of Scotland, in my view, will be deciding factor in match. Scotland appears to be very calm and cool at this time and this means that anything Namibia bowlers can do to make sure they keep their score low, they will have chance to return with high chances of winning.

Namibia batted first and Scotland played after Namibia. Scotland batsman displayed an exceptional skills in the series. Specially Munsey and Mcmullen played brilliantly knock of 44 each. Scotland players have the ability to adjust and managed well according to the situation. Namibia posted target of 159 runs.  The target was not challenging or  not difficult for such strong team. Whose batting and bowling both units are outstanding. Almost in 15th overs Scotland players taken away the match from the Namibia. That's put all the team in tention or in stress. Due to the pressure Namibia bowlers gave 15 extra wide. That's careless attitude potray the lack of discipline that's always give harm to the Namibia. In the end  Namibia faced loss of this match by 7 wickets. Scotland emerged as a classy team while Namibia positions go worst day by day.

[Crypto Library]

Namibia batted first and Scotland played after Namibia. Scotland batsman displayed an exceptional skills in the series. Specially Munsey and Mcmullen played brilliantly knock of 44 each. Scotland players have the ability to adjust and managed well according to the situation. Namibia posted target of 159 runs.  The target was not challenging or  not difficult for such strong team. Whose batting and bowling both units are outstanding. Almost in 15th overs Scotland players taken away the match from the Namibia. That's put all the team in tention or in stress. Due to the pressure Namibia bowlers gave 15 extra wide. That's careless attitude potray the lack of discipline that's always give harm to the Namibia. In the end  Namibia faced loss of this match by 7 wickets. Scotland emerged as a classy team while Namibia positions go worst day by day.

I actually didn't think the performance from Scotland's batsmen was exceptional because Scotland is already a stronger team than Namibia. I was expecting Namibia to lose this match because we have already seen them lose badly against Scotland in the ODI format. And in that place, the Namibian team managed to score only 159 runs which is a very easy target in the T20 format and Scotland completed it very easily. And I also think that Scotland will win the next matches as well and there is a possibility of whitewashing the Namibian team in this series.

[libert19]

As expected from LSG encounters, this was rather a boring match but in small cameo that Jitesh played, he looked in touch so one more plus point for RCB. As for today's encounter (past 12 here) — MI vs PBKS, the oddmakers still have MI as favorite despite PBKS being stronger with odds of 1.70/2.15 (MI/PBKS) — have made bet on PBKS.

[hafiztalha]

Namibia vs Scotland First T20

First T20 between Namibia and Scotland in Windhoek is new beginning in that both will be eager to show which team will be best in this shorter, faster form of game. Whether Namibia can outplay Scotland, mentally, by forgetting their recent loss against Scotland. Also, taking early wickets should stop otherwise strong middle order batters of Scotland, in my view, will be deciding factor in match. Scotland appears to be very calm and cool at this time and this means that anything Namibia bowlers can do to make sure they keep their score low, they will have chance to return with high chances of winning.

Namibia batted first and Scotland played after Namibia. Scotland batsman displayed an exceptional skills in the series. Specially Munsey and Mcmullen played brilliantly knock of 44 each. Scotland players have the ability to adjust and managed well according to the situation. Namibia posted target of 159 runs.  The target was not challenging or  not difficult for such strong team. Whose batting and bowling both units are outstanding. Almost in 15th overs Scotland players taken away the match from the Namibia. That's put all the team in tention or in stress. Due to the pressure Namibia bowlers gave 15 extra wide. That's careless attitude potray the lack of discipline that's always give harm to the Namibia. In the end  Namibia faced loss of this match by 7 wickets. Scotland emerged as a classy team while Namibia positions go worst day by day.

Namibia had also lost to Scotland in odi and today their t20 series started. In 1 st game, Namibia played poorly and Scotland beated them. Namibia team won toss and they elected batting first and gave bowling line to Scotland team. Namibia batsmen made 159 runs target in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets. Gerhard made great progress and made brilliant half century 54 runs in 39 balls and hitted four 4s and one 6s but his runs were useless and Namibia team lost this game by 7 wickets and 7 balls. Mark bowler bowled out 2 wickets in 4 overs and gave 24 runs. Scotland team chased down target in 18.5 overs by losing 3 wickets. George opened this lineup with great batting and he made 44 runs in 31 balls and hitted two 4s and three 6s. Brandon batsmen also batted so great with George and he scored 44 runs in 39 balls and hitted three 4s and one 6s. Congratulations Scotland team won 1 st T20 game.

[JSRAW]

New South Wales and Queensland have told Cricket Australia that they are not prepared to approve the privatisation of the BBL, leaving the governing body with a tricky decision as to whether they should proceed without unanimous backing of all the states or not.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/new-south-wales-calls-for-cricket-australia-to-pause-bbl-privatisation-push-1531975

Really hoping that they put their foot down for good and sticks to big NO.

And if there is any possibility then they should team up with the Kiwis and merge it up for t-20 league. Also seriously hoping that indian franchise are not thinking of more expansion.