T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Crypto Library]

So far, the Lucknow Super Giant team is performing exceptionally well. After nine overs, they have scored 112 runs and lost only two wickets. Their current run rate is above 12.44. If they bat like this, they can easily score over 220 runs.
And that will definitely prove this match to be a competitive match. Although my expectations were higher than Chennai Super Kings before the match started, but now, seeing the batting performance of the Lucknow Super Giant team, I have come back from my previous idea and am a little doubtful. However, I think that if the Lucknow Super Giant team can defeat Chennai Super Kings, then it will be advantageous for Kolkata Knight Riders to move one step forward.

[libert19]

Three stages of CSK fans (I am not though, just in case somebody assumes so):

1) Opponent is LSG, easy 2 points for us.

2) Inglish destroys CSK, feels like they are gonna put up a total that'll be out of reach for 'em.

3) Inglis gets out, everybody else shits the bed. Now, CSK has target that they just may be able to accomplish. Though, I am still unsure cause I read somewhere, they haven't chased 180 plus target since a while.

Marsh carried the LSG's batting in last game and in this game Inglis.

Edit: Urvil Patel clicked and match in CSK's favor now. Are we gonna see fastest fifty today?

Edit 2: Meh.

[JSRAW]

Ah now at most joint fastest IPL 50, current record is 13 balls by jaiswal.

Some hitting from this guy so far, thought 200ish would be competitive score but urvil's assault kinda made a mockery of this chase and RRR is under 8.

[libert19]

Lol, even if somehow Chennai reaches play-offs, don't think they gonna survive there, Urvil simply hands 'em game on silver platter, should have been finished off by at least 3 overs remaining but goes until last over.

Edit: Just tuned in and game has went deeper than expected looking at total MI has put. Though, still I would say match is in RCB's favor.

Edit: Great game! This is how every rivalry game should be.

[henmark]

Lol, even if somehow Chennai reaches play-offs, don't think they gonna survive there, Urvil simply hands 'em game on silver platter, should have been finished off by at least 3 overs remaining but goes until last over.

In the last 8 games, 6 wins for CSK make things favourable for them because now they have an open chance for qualifying for the playoffs, but at what cost? It's also interesting.

Currently at Raipur, MI is not doing good, and RCB has a good chance of jumping to the top after losing two games. They are also looking to fight back because this is going to be important for them at the end of 16 overs. 136 is looking not good for MI because RCB is having good batting; this could be vital for them in the chase.

SKY has another duck. Tilak Verma is doing a good job in death overs he needs to stay on for a few more balls. This could be a good game changer.

[Unknown Op]

Gujarat Titans have scored a huge score of 229 runs against Rajasthan Royals today and are now favourites to win. Shubman Gill has batted brilliantly as the captain of the team and has made the team collect a big score, collecting 84 runs from his bat. However, if Gujarat Titans want to win today's match, then they will definitely have to strengthen their bowling performance a lot, especially Rajasthan Royals' batting performance is very good. If Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal start the way they have started, they will reach the winning stage very soon if they stay in the crease for a long time. Rajasthan Royals have a good batting, in that case, it is very important for Gujarat Titans to collect wickets at this moment, only then will Rajasthan Royals be under pressure. And the team that wins today's match will move up the points table and will be in the race to qualify for the next round of the IPL.

RR team decided to field and GT team batted and took advantage of this opportunity and made a target of 229. They have made a very good score in less overs which a normal team cannot make even in 50 overs which they have made in 20 overs. Almost all the players of their team have shown a very good performance out of which player Shubman Gill has made 84 scores and has lost only four wickets. They have also protected their wickets with batting. If we look at their opponent team, they have made 152 scores against the target which is very less compared to their opponent team. Only two players from their team have tried to make a good score. All the other players have made very little scores. Ravindra Jadeja has made a low score but  Still, they worked hard for their team but still they could not win the match

Well, this was second consecutive defeat for Royal Rajasthan squad and if we recap whole competition, Royal Rajasthan performed really well at start of competition and collected many points through consecutive victories. However, their ranking has now been affected because of these continuous defeats and only few matches are left now. Gujrat Titan squad was started yesterday's match first with batting inning and batters were managed to collect 229 scores off 20 overs inning. But sadly Royal Rajasthan squad was fell short and faced defeat in important match. There is another two match in Indian Premier League competition and one was finished among Lucknow Super Giants squad and Chennai Super Kings squad and other is ongoing. Chennai Super Kings squad succeeded to defeat Lucknow Super Giants opponent with narrow outcome 5 wickets and 4 deliveries.

[Farhan99]

Gujarat Titans have scored a huge score of 229 runs against Rajasthan Royals today and are now favourites to win. Shubman Gill has batted brilliantly as the captain of the team and has made the team collect a big score, collecting 84 runs from his bat. However, if Gujarat Titans want to win today's match, then they will definitely have to strengthen their bowling performance a lot, especially Rajasthan Royals' batting performance is very good. If Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal start the way they have started, they will reach the winning stage very soon if they stay in the crease for a long time. Rajasthan Royals have a good batting, in that case, it is very important for Gujarat Titans to collect wickets at this moment, only then will Rajasthan Royals be under pressure. And the team that wins today's match will move up the points table and will be in the race to qualify for the next round of the IPL.

The game between Rajisthan Royals and Gujarat Titans was very enjoyable and intersting and Gujarat Titans wins this game with the strong run rates. Gujarat Titans opens innings first and both the openers was in very aggressive form and especially Shubman Gill played a very impactful knock of eighty's plus runs in this game and also  Gaikwad completed his half century and in middle order Washington Sunder was in very aggressive form and at the end of the innings Gujrat Titans set a very strong target of two hundred plus runs.

Rajistan Royals batters are so talented that this type of huge target is nothing infront of them among the openers Jaiswal was so good and played a very impactful knock and in middle order only Rawindra  Jadeja's played and excited plans in a good way but the other batters don't doing well according to required situations and all the team is gone almost on one fifty runs and Gujarat after winning this game almost going for play off and Rajisthan goes to fifth position

[Haunebu]

What the blazing hell did I just see? My prediction losing streak continues thanks to LSG and MI giving their final overs to shit bowlers like Markram and Bawa(Who the heck is he?). Bumrah literally finished the game for MI, but this Bawa dude helped RCB win.

Extras plus misfielding plus a six to Bhuvi: Shit combo! Also, I was stunned to see Tilak lose his marbles and not hold on to the great catch by Naman which would have removed Krunal much earlier. RCB back on top of the table somehow. 2 great matches!

[Bitcoin Smith]

Ah now at most joint fastest IPL 50, current record is 13 balls by jaiswal.

Some hitting from this guy so far, thought 200ish would be competitive score but urvil's assault kinda made a mockery of this chase and RRR is under 8.

If Urvil plays a little more sensible then he can get the attention like Vaibav, because he looks almost the same explosive nature and in every game he got over 200 sr but he stops at 30 and 40s, need to convert them into big scores for the fans to remember his name and that is how he will get the enough social media hype so the opportunity to play on higher level.

RCB on the top but they can still slide to 3rd or 4th position since they got tough 3 matches compared to others, while they also not playing in chinnasamy anymore.

[BTC FutureKing]

So far, the Lucknow Super Giant team is performing exceptionally well. After nine overs, they have scored 112 runs and lost only two wickets. Their current run rate is above 12.44. If they bat like this, they can easily score over 220 runs.
And that will definitely prove this match to be a competitive match. Although my expectations were higher than Chennai Super Kings before the match started, but now, seeing the batting performance of the Lucknow Super Giant team, I have come back from my previous idea and am a little doubtful. However, I think that if the Lucknow Super Giant team can defeat Chennai Super Kings, then it will be advantageous for Kolkata Knight Riders to move one step forward.

But still Lucknow Super Gaint will lose that match badly despite their extraordinary performance.It was late in the second wicket that Lucknow Super Gaint lost 6 more wickets in a row due to which they could only score 203 runs which is not considered strong in IPL.Every team is capable of crossing and reaching the target of around 250.Apart from the first and 7 batsmen no one batted aggressively from Lucknow Super Gaint.These batsmen scored 85 and 43 runs respectively.Which  be lost due to the bowlers of Lucknow Super Gaint because they could not bowl hard.The expectations from Chennai Super Kings were high because they are a stronger team than Lucknow Super Gaint. They have won more matches compared to Lucknow Super Gaint.But you are probably wrong.Chennai Super Kings proved themselves to be stronger most of the time.

[libert19]

What the blazing hell did I just see? My prediction losing streak continues thanks to LSG and MI giving their final overs to shit bowlers like Markram and Bawa(Who the heck is he?). Bumrah literally finished the game for MI, but this Bawa dude helped RCB win.

Between Shahbaz and Markram —Pant felt Markram to be a better choice looking at his experience (check post match interview); in hindsight it turned to be wrong obviously but imo it was reasonable choice. As for Bawa, my guy literally gave a free boundary in form of extras in last over.

[Farhan99]

So far, the Lucknow Super Giant team is performing exceptionally well. After nine overs, they have scored 112 runs and lost only two wickets. Their current run rate is above 12.44. If they bat like this, they can easily score over 220 runs.
And that will definitely prove this match to be a competitive match. Although my expectations were higher than Chennai Super Kings before the match started, but now, seeing the batting performance of the Lucknow Super Giant team, I have come back from my previous idea and am a little doubtful. However, I think that if the Lucknow Super Giant team can defeat Chennai Super Kings, then it will be advantageous for Kolkata Knight Riders to move one step forward.

The game between LSG and Chennai Super Kings was very enjoyable and intersting and Chennai won this important game. LSG opens innings first and among the openers Josh Inglis was so brilliant and played a impactful knock by putting aggressive half century and by scoring eighty plus runs and in middle order Shahbaz Ahmad was in great touch and showing his power hitting skills by scoring fourty plus runs and at the end of the innings LSG set a strong target of two hundred plus runs. Chennai Super Kings batters knows the importance of this game to qualify for play off and the bating order is confident in front of this high target and the openers gives a very positive start and in middle order Urvel Patel was in good batting form and played a winning knock of sixety five runs and absorb the pressure of this game and Chase the target and Chennai after winning this game comes closer to qualify for play off.

[vivekdhyani1]

The launch of New Zealand's own men's and women's T20 league, the NZ20, will likely be in the country's 2027-28 summer now - in December 2027 - and not in January 2027 as originally planned.

In a statement on Monday, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said that it "has been working closely and constructively with all parties to progress discussions regarding the proposed awarding of a license and the establishment of the new league".Those discussions had made a launch in January 2027 appear likely, but "it has become clear that additional time is required to complete the work necessary to establish the competition".

Part of the reason is the international calendar, "with locked-in Test series against Australia and Sri Lanka in January and February significantly reducing the available window". The timeline for the launch is being revised as a result.

[Haunebu]

Punjab vs DC incoming. Am expecting Punjab to win this one against a weak DC who are already out of the playoffs race in my opinion and take back their rightful 1st position in the table. Good to see Ferguson clicking for them in the last match.

in hindsight it turned to be wrong obviously but imo it was reasonable choice.

Reasonable? Nope. Giving the final over to a spinner is always risky and Markram was plundered by Punjab recently which made it extra risky. Never like Shahbaz, but almost anyone would have gone with him over Markram at that point.

[AgriTrack]

But still Lucknow Super Gaint will lose that match badly despite their extraordinary performance.It was late in the second wicket that Lucknow Super Gaint lost 6 more wickets in a row due to which they could only score 203 runs which is not considered strong in IPL.Every team is capable of crossing and reaching the target of around 250.Apart from the first and 7 batsmen no one batted aggressively from Lucknow Super Gaint.These batsmen scored 85 and 43 runs respectively.Which  be lost due to the bowlers of Lucknow Super Gaint because they could not bowl hard.The expectations from Chennai Super Kings were high because they are a stronger team than Lucknow Super Gaint. They have won more matches compared to Lucknow Super Gaint.But you are probably wrong.Chennai Super Kings proved themselves to be stronger most of the time.

both the teams have made a very good target in exchange for overs and have competed with each other one to one, in which first the LSG team has made a target of 203 runs while batting, in which the entire team has supported and made a target of 203 runs. From their team, Josh Inglis has made 85 scores and the players have also made a very good score. If we look at the opposite team, the CSK team has made 208 runs while batting and chasing the target and in making it, Urvil Patel and Ruturaj Gaikwad have scored 65 and 42 runs and have worked harder and harder to achieve their target. If we look at their bowling, Noor Ahmad has allowed only 24 runs to be scored and has stopped the score of the other team. He has kept his batting as well as his bowling strong, due to which he has been able to win this match

[Rustam Meraj]

both the teams have made a very good target in exchange for overs and have competed with each other one to one, in which first the LSG team has made a target of 203 runs while batting, in which the entire team has supported and made a target of 203 runs. From their team, Josh Inglis has made 85 scores and the players have also made a very good score. If we look at the opposite team, the CSK team has made 208 runs while batting and chasing the target and in making it, Urvil Patel and Ruturaj Gaikwad have scored 65 and 42 runs and have worked harder and harder to achieve their target. If we look at their bowling, Noor Ahmad has allowed only 24 runs to be scored and has stopped the score of the other team. He has kept his batting as well as his bowling strong, due to which he has been able to win this match

Games like this are high scoring and are a clear indication that T20 cricket is inching towards no safety zone era where even 200+ total is no assurance of victory. Josh Inglis knocked brilliant shot to get ball moving but CSK skill was to avoid losing momentum by playing at high tempo in middle overs. It is hard to see team get on run so close to big target, but it displays  depth of their batting lineup.

Noor Ahmad control was only way to keep game alive as most bowlers were probably targeting 10 or 12 runs over. Typically, if team loses while scoring more than 200 runs, it will mean that side has mismanaged death overs or that the visiting top order has had fantastic day.

[Crypto Library]

The game between LSG and Chennai Super Kings was very enjoyable and intersting and Chennai won this important game. LSG opens innings first and among the openers Josh Inglis was so brilliant and played a impactful knock by putting aggressive half century and by scoring eighty plus runs and in middle order Shahbaz Ahmad was in great touch and showing his power hitting skills by scoring fourty plus runs and at the end of the innings LSG set a strong target of two hundred plus runs. Chennai Super Kings batters knows the importance of this game to qualify for play off and the bating order is confident in front of this high target and the openers gives a very positive start and in middle order Urvel Patel was in good batting form and played a winning knock of sixety five runs and absorb the pressure of this game and Chase the target and Chennai after winning this game comes closer to qualify for play off.

That is why it is said that the results of the Indian Premier League tournament are always uncertain, because even if you score 250 runs, you are not guaranteed to win. Although this is entirely due to the batting friendly pitch conditions. Still, I think that such competitive matches are really enjoyable.

Today there is going to be a match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals. Which team are you going to pick to win? I think it is clear to most of the people here that Punjab Kings are stronger and have a higher chance of winning.

[Nanga Parbat]

RR team decided to field and GT team batted and took advantage of this opportunity and made a target of 229. They have made a very good score in less overs which a normal team cannot make even in 50 overs which they have made in 20 overs. Almost all the players of their team have shown a very good performance out of which player Shubman Gill has made 84 scores and has lost only four wickets. They have also protected their wickets with batting. If we look at their opponent team, they have made 152 scores against the target which is very less compared to their opponent team. Only two players from their team have tried to make a good score. All the other players have made very little scores. Ravindra Jadeja has made a low score but  Still, they worked hard for their team but still they could not win the match

Well, this was second consecutive defeat for Royal Rajasthan squad and if we recap whole competition, Royal Rajasthan performed really well at start of competition and collected many points through consecutive victories. However, their ranking has now been affected because of these continuous defeats and only few matches are left now. Gujrat Titan squad was started yesterday's match first with batting inning and batters were managed to collect 229 scores off 20 overs inning. But sadly Royal Rajasthan squad was fell short and faced defeat in important match. There is another two match in Indian Premier League competition and one was finished among Lucknow Super Giants squad and Chennai Super Kings squad and other is ongoing. Chennai Super Kings squad succeeded to defeat Lucknow Super Giants opponent with narrow outcome 5 wickets and 4 deliveries.

They had to lose by 7 wickets in the previous match and in this match they had to lose by a big margin of 77 runs which has been enough detrimental for them. That is a good effort and strength of theirs but now the situation is against them today due to which they should victory the match with hard work because now the league is coming to an end and it is important for them to play well in the top 4. Gujarat Titan batsmen have worked hard and tried hard for the victory and they have succeeded in it. Their batsmen could only score 152 runs if they played with full effort then they could have achieved this target. Gujarat Titan batsmen have strengthened the target with interest in the IPL with hard work and that is why they have also made a big victory.

[JSRAW]

Punjab vs DC incoming. Am expecting Punjab to win this one against a weak DC who are already out of the playoffs race in my opinion and take back their rightful 1st position in the table. Good to see Ferguson clicking for them in the last match.

in hindsight it turned to be wrong obviously but imo it was reasonable choice.

Reasonable? Nope. Giving the final over to a spinner is always risky and Markram was plundered by Punjab recently which made it extra risky. Never like Shahbaz, but almost anyone would have gone with him over Markram at that point.

They went with 5 bowling options, guess they used impact player for some batter and it was 20th over so it's not like pant had any options except shahbaz.

Dubey was batting so hardly matter if it was shahbaz or markam, result would've been same.

[Farhan99]

The game between RCB and Mumbai Indians was very important for RCB to qualify for Play off and what a suspenseful game that is and its ends with the remarkable victory of RCB. Mumbai Indians opens innings first but the openers don't gives the required positive start to the team and in middle order Tilak Verma was so impressive and put a impactful half century for the team and also Naman Dhir was so brilliant in this game and Mumbai Indians set a good target of one sixty plus runs on a bowling pitch.

RCB batters knows the importance of this game and among the openers Jacob Bethel played a aggressive innings for the team but in middle order RCB batters seems to be struggled against MI bowlers but in this panic situations Krunal Pandya leads the batting order and put a memorable knock of seventy plus runs and this fight of chase ends at the last ball of the innings and RCB successfully chase this target qualify for play off in the Indian Premier League.