T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Cointikka]

Not even a total of 243 runs could not save Mumbai Indians

That is a new record created by SRH at Wankhede, which is unfortunately MI's home ground. I think the MI management might be regretting why they removed Rohit Sharma abruptly and onboarding Pandya as a Captain. This is the second season in which MI under Pandya has struggled to win matches. Hardik Pandya should resign from the captaincy, and someone else should take his position.

[noormcs5]

Multan Sultans  vs Hyderabad Kingsmen

Multan Sultan are finally out of the tournament, they lost the Eliminator 1 (N) . Every player tried their best, and it is the end of their journey. If we look at their journey from the start, they started well and even before the start of PSL their name was replaced with Sialkot, but in the end Multan Sultan is back. Muhammad Rizwan was not playing for Multan Sultan this season and I think it was good for them because the way Rizwan did captaincy and played for Rawalpindiz was so poor, hopefully next time at least they reached to finals.

[libert19]

Today we have GT vs RCB, and I am pretty sure GT must be sweating hard looking at the form RCB is in, and the way they chase huge totals, I expect hard toil from GT today in strategies and team combination because if they lose, they'll be making things harder for themselves to reach play-offs. Expecting an exciting encounter.

They removed Phillips after few lacksluster games but he should be there since a single catch can change the tide of the game and as well as 10-20 runs saved can come crucial.

Edit: No changes O_o

[vivekdhyani1]

Cricket Australia will now look at alternative ways to inject private capital into the BBL after Queensland joined New South Wales (NSW) in rejecting the initial proposal to sell stakes of the eight BBL clubs to private investors.

NSW, who control Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder, had been firmly against the privatisation model that was presented by CA to the six state chief executives at a meeting in Melbourne in late March. Queensland, who operate Brisbane Heat, had initially asked for more time and clarity on a number of points in the proposal following a Queensland Cricket board meeting a fortnight ago.

Following discussions with CA, Queensland have decided to join NSW in rejecting the proposal in its entirety.

[IsraelK]

Anyone watching BPL?

If you are not familiar with BPL and team standing then here is the link http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8653/season/2019/bangladesh-premier-league

32nd Match (N), Bangladesh Premier League at Chattogram, Jan 26 2019

Rajshahi Kings scored 198/5 and in response Chittagong Vikings scored 10 for none so far.

Who would win you think?

Even though the Chittagong Vikings are off to a steady start at 10/0, chasing down 198 is a massive mountain to climb in a T20. Rajshahi Kings really put the pressure on with that 198/5—it forces the Vikings to play at a high-risk strike rate from the very first ball. If the Kings can nab a couple of early wickets, that required run rate is going to skyrocket.

[WatChe]

Today, Bangladesh's batsmen did not have to perform because the rain spoiled the performance of the batsmen and also created an opportunity for New Zealand to draw. However, if today's match had taken place and Bangladesh had won, then the series win would have been assured for Bangladesh.
The sad thing is that Bangladesh will have to rely on the last match and we as supporters cannot rely on Bangladesh that much because if Bangladesh does well in one match, it does badly in the next few matches. Therefore, if they win the first match, then there is a possibility of doing badly in the next few matches, then there is definitely a possibility of doing badly in the third match with New Zealand.

Due to abandoning of second T20I, New Zealand now can only draw this series by winning the last game. But Bangladesh still has chance to win the series, if they won the last game of the tournament. Bangladesh is playing international cricket for many years and still they this pattern of showing good performance in one match but failed to the same in next game. Bangladesh has won the ODI series and they must win T20 series also because this is not a full strength New Zealand squad.  

[Crypto Library]

Due to abandoning of second T20I, New Zealand now can only draw this series by winning the last game. But Bangladesh still has chance to win the series, if they won the last game of the tournament. Bangladesh is playing international cricket for many years and still they this pattern of showing good performance in one match but failed to the same in next game. Bangladesh has won the ODI series and they must win T20 series also because this is not a full strength New Zealand squad.  

I will not going to disagree with your opinions because this is really true that even we saw a good performance from the bagnladesh team in one match there was no guarantee about their next match, and we saw this types of examples that they did very ugly performance even their starting match was great.
So even Bangladesh won in the T20 series and even they win in the first ODI match I can be much confident on them but yes as the ground and weather is favourable for them their chance of winning little bit more in the next match and as well in the seires.

[Haunebu]

GT vs RCB coming up. This should be a cracker since Gujarat is looking strong after their last win while RCB just dominated DC in their own backyard. My vote goes to Gujarat here primarily due to Sai getting back in form who is crucial to their success.

With Gill, Sai and Buttler firing on all cylinders, RCB don't really have a chance unless they remove them quickly exposing their middle order weakness. Should be a good one.

[JSRAW]

GT vs RCB coming up. This should be a cracker since Gujarat is looking strong after their last win while RCB just dominated DC in their own backyard. My vote goes to Gujarat here primarily due to Sai getting back in form who is crucial to their success.

With Gill, Sai and Buttler firing on all cylinders, RCB don't really have a chance unless they remove them quickly exposing their middle order weakness. Should be a good one.

Gill batting long with his 140-ish SR would be blessing in disguise for the RCB.

Sai have to survive first 10 balls and need atleast one drop catch to score big. Butter is due for a big one tho and this trio is up against Bhuvi and hazelwood with a new cherry so it won't be a cakewalk.

[Doll2233]

Delhi Capitals cricket team gave target of 76 runs in today match and they were all out in today match and their performance was very bad in this match. Tristan Stubbs could not do anything in this match but he is a key player and he should try to play match for the team. KL Rahul performance is also zero in this match because he could not do anything in this match and he should try to make match for the team And no player could play well for the team.Josh Hazlewood performance was at top in this match because he took 4 wickets in this match and he gave only 12 runs in this match. Bhuvneshwar Kumar performance was also brilliant in this match because he took 3 wickets in this match and gave only 5 runs in this match.

This match involved DC and RCB teams, in which DC team batted first and made a target of only 77 runs, which was a very low score in terms of overs. Only one player Porel scored 30. Apart from this, all the other players were out after scoring one or zero runs, due to which there was a significant difference in the team's score. Their entire team was out, which proves that their batsmen have shown a very poor performance in today's match, due to which they had to face failure. RCB chasing the target, achieved their desired target. They kept their batting strong and achieved their score in just a few balls and their players were not out, out of which only one of them was out. The player has lost his wicket, apart from this, only three players have achieved this target, the players have also shown good performance. Apart from this, Virat Kohli has also remained not out, he has shown his good performance in every match

This was most boring game of this year’s IPL where DC lost 6 wickets in first 4 overs and made it completely one side game for opponent team. In DC vs RCB game, DC team gave easy target 75 runs only by losing all wickets. Only 3 wickets made more than 10 runs while most of players were out for 0. Josh bowler helped team to win game and bowled out 4 wickets in 3.3 overs and gave 12 runs due to his brilliant bowling effort, Josh credited to player of game award. RCB team chased down target in 6.3 overs and losing 1 wicket. Winning credit for this game goes to bowlers and Bhuvneshwar bowling effort was very outstanding and he dismissed 3 wickets in 3 overs and gave 5 wickets. Congratulations to RCB team won game and these were very easy points.

Unbelievable performance Delhi Capitals team showed. Very poor and disappointed performance. This was never expected from them because they have strength and experienced players but in this match they were looking like a child playing. This is very shameful performance by Delhi Capitals team. No one could play best inning. They scored total just 75 runs and opponent team dismissed all team in 16.3 overs.
But Royal Challengers Bengaluru team showed outstanding performance and they were able to get reward. Breaking a team like that very brave and incredible tasks. Josh Hazelwood bowled outstanding, he got 4 wicket in 3.3 overs and gave just 4 run. Also bhuvneshwar kumar bowled brilliantly, he got 3 wicket and gave 5 runs in 3 over. So since it was lowest total for chasing then they chased this total in 6.1 over with the loss of 1 wicket. This created a bad history for Delhi Capitals team and good history for Royal Challengers Bengaluru team.

[Sithara007]

Virat Kohli got out after a very good start for 28 (from 13 balls). Jacob Bethell was nabbed by Mohammed Siraj in the previous over. Now Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in a spot of bother, and the two out of form batsmen (Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar) need to do the rescue act. RCB batting is heavily dependent on Kohli and since he is gone, I am not sure whether they will be able to make a total in excess of 200. Both the Gujarat opening bowlers (Siraj and Kagiso Rabada) have done a decent job so far, and after them they have Rashid Khan and Arshad Khan to come.

[HelliumZ]

Virat Kohli got out after a very good start for 28 (from 13 balls). Jacob Bethell was nabbed by Mohammed Siraj in the previous over. Now Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in a spot of bother, and the two out of form batsmen (Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar) need to do the rescue act. RCB batting is heavily dependent on Kohli and since he is gone, I am not sure whether they will be able to make a total in excess of 200. Both the Gujarat opening bowlers (Siraj and Kagiso Rabada) have done a decent job so far, and after them they have Rashid Khan and Arshad Khan to come.

This is the second time that Gujarat Titans are being played in this IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first match by a big margin of 5 wickets, but today's match is likely to be very tough. Virat Kohli was adjudged the Man of the Match in the first match and scored 88 runs off 44 balls, but in today's match he was dismissed after playing a remarkable innings of 28 runs off 13 balls.
However, if Royal Challengers Bangalore wins today's match, they will move to the number one position as the top point scorer in this year's IPL.

[hafiztalha]

Multan Sultans  vs Hyderabad Kingsmen

Multan Sultan are finally out of the tournament, they lost the Eliminator 1 (N) . Every player tried their best, and it is the end of their journey. If we look at their journey from the start, they started well and even before the start of PSL their name was replaced with Sialkot, but in the end Multan Sultan is back. Muhammad Rizwan was not playing for Multan Sultan this season and I think it was good for them because the way Rizwan did captaincy and played for Rawalpindiz was so poor, hopefully next time at least they reached to finals.

Who could believe that HHK team will qualify for Eliminator 2 game and everyone thought this team will be out of PSL but yesterday they beated MS team and successfully qualified in Eliminator 2 game. Now they have to beat IU team and then they will play final against PZ. Will HHK be able to beat IU in Eliminator 2 game? In MS vs HHK game, HHK team won toss and they elected field first and gave batting opportunity to MS batsmen. MS team gave 159 runs target in 20 overs by losing 9 wickets. HHK batsmen eaisly chased down MS target and won game by big margin 8 wickets and 28 balls. Maaz batsmen earned player of game award at end of game because his batting deserved this medal and he scored 64 runs in 33 balls and hitted four 4s and four 6s. If HHK continues this kind of effort against IU team they can qualify for final. But winning this game will not be easy for HHK.

[Compromise me]

Virat Kohli got out after a very good start for 28 (from 13 balls). Jacob Bethell was nabbed by Mohammed Siraj in the previous over. Now Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in a spot of bother, and the two out of form batsmen (Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar) need to do the rescue act. RCB batting is heavily dependent on Kohli and since he is gone, I am not sure whether they will be able to make a total in excess of 200. Both the Gujarat opening bowlers (Siraj and Kagiso Rabada) have done a decent job so far, and after them they have Rashid Khan and Arshad Khan to come.

This is the second time that Gujarat Titans are being played in this IPL. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first match by a big margin of 5 wickets, but today's match is likely to be very tough. Virat Kohli was adjudged the Man of the Match in the first match and scored 88 runs off 44 balls, but in today's match he was dismissed after playing a remarkable innings of 28 runs off 13 balls.
However, if Royal Challengers Bangalore wins today's match, they will move to the number one position as the top point scorer in this year's IPL.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru  cricket team is very strong because team has great combination of players and players are giving their best to win the game .  The bowling line up of any team matters a lot and bowlers of Royal Challengers Bengaluru  team gave their best to win the match and Kumar was a top player who gave his best for the team to win this match. Josh was also in proper form and he showed that he is a big player and there is no replacement of him and he will give his best for the team for which he will play on any level. Royal Challengers Bengaluru  has to win next Matches to qualify for the semi final Ang they are defending champions and they always try to win the final And now team in strong and they can win back to back finals of IPL.

[Danica22]

Royal Challengers Bengaluru  cricket team is very strong because team has great combination of players and players are giving their best to win the game .  The bowling line up of any team matters a lot and bowlers of Royal Challengers Bengaluru  team gave their best to win the match and Kumar was a top player who gave his best for the team to win this match. Josh was also in proper form and he showed that he is a big player and there is no replacement of him and he will give his best for the team for which he will play on any level. Royal Challengers Bengaluru  has to win next Matches to qualify for the semi final Ang they are defending champions and they always try to win the final And now team in strong and they can win back to back finals of IPL.

Bengaluru were in excellent form. They won the last match by a big  margin. But in this match, Bengaluru's batsmen failed to do well. Bengaluru's batsmen could  only score 155 runs. Devdutt padikkal was the highest scorer among bengaluru's batsmen,  adding 40  runs to the scoreboard. The batsmen could not do well, but if the bowlers can take wickets  quickly, bengaluru still has a chance of winning. They managed  to take two wickets in 5 overs , but conceded  57 runs. Gill played a brilliant innings of 45 run s off 18  balls

[virasog]

I think it is a great achievement for Hyderabad Kingsmen to make it to the second eliminator in their first season. It was not an easy task to make it to the second qualifier, especially with their all-round performance against Multan Sultans. Now Hyderabad Kingsmen have to win just one match to qualify for the final, although the match against Islamabad United will not be easy. However, no matter which team wins the second eliminator, it will not be easy to win the title by winning the match against Peshawar Zalmi. I consider Peshawar Zalmi to be the favorite for the title in the current season. They have lost only one match so far in the current season, I expected to see them undefeated.

Maaz Sadaqat and Usman Khan played very well today, both scored 64 runs individually. If you compare these two players, you will see that Usman Khan preferred boundaries even more than Maaz Sadaqat, but it is the style of the game, and everybody plays with their own technique.

The main thing is to maintain the strike rate and play according to the needs of the team and what format demands from you, so both of them were so good if you take from different points of view. At the same time, I think Marnus Labuschagne needs to come on number four after Saim Ayub.

[noormcs5]

Maaz Sadaqat and Usman Khan played very well today, both scored 64 runs individually. If you compare these two players, you will see that Usman Khan preferred boundaries even more than Maaz Sadaqat, but it is the style of the game, and everybody plays with their own technique.

The main thing is to maintain the strike rate and play according to the needs of the team and what format demands from you, so both of them were so good if you take from different points of view. At the same time, I think Marnus Labuschagne needs to come on number four after Saim Ayub.

Marnus Labuschagne is good in captaincy, but overall his batting is not so good because he struggles to hit powerfully, and at the same time he is the opener, an opener who has the main control of many innings.

But if we talk only about his captaincy, it is good that he knows how to utilize your assets and, when the team feels pressure, how to take the team out of its shell. By the way, Siam Ayub was also hardly looking for shots, he can't play big shots, which is not good because he was well known for his hook and different as well as unique shots and now he is even struggling to play normal shots.

[Haunebu]

RCB? I did bet on GT, but I did not expect them to chase such a small target though they did struggle thanks to their shit middle order to cross the line. Holder was brilliant in every possible way for them and some of his catches were just fire.

Also, Kohli's reaction to Gill getting out was comical. Dude will probably never mature in this department. Punjab still on top while GT is in 5th place now. Race to the playoffs intensifying.

[Noorooo]

Guys what is the difference between PSL pitches and IPL pitches?
PSL pitches is a little bit neutral but IPL pitches is one sided even a score of 240 cannot be defended. Bowlers  like Jasprit Bumrah are getting hit for sixes almost every over. Why are they ruining the image of their own bowlers?
These kinds of pitches can seriously affect a bowlers confidence which may also impact their performance at the international level. Cricket should be played on balanced surfaces where both batsmen and bowlers have a fair chance to perform.
Pitches should be neutral not one sided. Otherwise it becomes very unfair for quality bowlers. Hopefully .this is something they will understand and improve in the future.

[Farhan99]

That is a new record created by SRH at Wankhede, which is unfortunately MI's home ground. I think the MI management might be regretting why they removed Rohit Sharma abruptly and onboarding Pandya as a Captain. This is the second season in which MI under Pandya has struggled to win matches. Hardik Pandya should resign from the captaincy, and someone else should take his position.

Yeah, in the game between SRH and MI was very enjoyable because Hydrabad defeated the Mumbai Indians by chasing the strong target of 244 runs. MI opens innings first and both the openers was in great form and especially Ryan Rickelton, I think he played his best ever knock in this game and put a remarkable century and also Will Jacks played a very aggressive knock today and in middle order Pandya was in good touch and Mumbai ends the innings with a very strong target. Sunrises Hydrabad openers comes with the aim to chase the target and gives a very positive and powerful start to the team and Travis Head come bake in this game by playing a very useful knock today and also Abheshiek played a well knock but unfortunately miss his half century with a very low margin in middle order Hendricks Klasen played a undefeated knock in this game