T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Sithara007]

Virat Kohli's team Royal Challengers Bangalore team is consistently in this season. They have performed so perfectly that they have been able to create a lot of pressure on any other team and have been able to win the team. Virat Kohli is an experienced player and Rajat Patidar is quite qualified as a captain, his strategy and his style of play are definitely good and advanced. He has performed the bowlers and batsmen one after another in such a way that they have been able to perform well in every game.
At every moment, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team did not give a break to create pressure on the opposing team, as a result, the Gujarat team performed worse in this match than in other matches. And by utilizing this opportunity, Virat Kohli's team won.

A fact that is often overlooked is that the Royal Challengers Bangalore had a really good bowling attack. And this helped them during the finals, as they bowled out the Gujarat Titans for just 155. During this season, most of the teams struggled with their bowling, but RCB was an exception. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood picked crucial wickets, while Rasikh Salam also made the difference with the ball. On the other hand, many of the star bowlers from the other teams, such as Mohammed Siraj, Rashid Khan and Mohammed Shami had a horrendous season this time.

[Cheema02]

Virat Kohli's team Royal Challengers Bangalore team is consistently in this season. They have performed so perfectly that they have been able to create a lot of pressure on any other team and have been able to win the team. Virat Kohli is an experienced player and Rajat Patidar is quite qualified as a captain, his strategy and his style of play are definitely good and advanced. He has performed the bowlers and batsmen one after another in such a way that they have been able to perform well in every game.
At every moment, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team did not give a break to create pressure on the opposing team, as a result, the Gujarat team performed worse in this match than in other matches. And by utilizing this opportunity, Virat Kohli's team won.

Virat kholi played a responsible inning after losing first wicket and scoring quickest half century in no time that changes the match completely to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. While Shulman Gill captain of  disappointed performance in most crucial match of tournament and lost his wicket after just scoring 10 runs and put pressure on the other batsmen. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowl really win in final match of IPL picked 2 wickets and limited Gujarat Titans at under 160 runs. Royal Challengers Bengaluru got its first trophy after 18 year, it seemed like it would get its second trophy after 36 years. Rajat Patidar captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru win back to back trophies after waiting a long times and Rajat Patidar is the first captain in the history of IPL to win the trophy in his first two season and also win back to back trophies. Royal Challengers Bengaluru chances were strengthened when Gujarat Titans lost first two wickets in the powerplay.

[Haunebu]

Funny that kohli used to be gun skipper and finest test captain for India but dude didn't win shit during his tenure and now he's collecting trophies under someone else.

True. Kohli was definitely the best test captain for India so far though neither he nor Rohit could win the WTC championship so far. I only consider MSD way above these 2 thanks to multiple trophies across multiple formats including the IPL along with being a decent test captain.

MSD, Ponting and Smith are truly some of the best all format captains in ICC history while Kohli, Sachin and Bradman are some of the best batsmen ever.

[ThemePen]

Anyone looking the stats of Scotland Women Tri Nation Series. Three matches already been played and surprisingly Bangladesh Women team has lost both of their matches. And Scotland Women team is playing well and they are on top of the table for now. Scotland has the home advantage but their performance is also very good. According to the current situation I think Scotland Women team will win this Tri Nation Series easily.
By the way today is the fourth match of this series where Bangladesh Women team and Scotland Women team will face eachother. And again I think Scotland will win this match.

[JSRAW]

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Funny that kohli used to be gun skipper and finest test captain for India but dude didn't win shit during his tenure and now he's collecting trophies under someone else.

Yeah, every one overshadowing patidar. Even in this thread someone posted Virat posing with trophies.

Add gauti as well, he has 3 trophies. 2 as captain and 1 as coach.

Kohli is the most successful captain for Team India in Test format. Not sure about the stats but I am pretty much sure we became the best in that format. But when it comes to IPL he sucked with his captaincy, even though he did most of the heavy lifting on his own and did everything he could but guess it's just his bad luck with RCB.

Anyway we will see lot of rumours about trades happening but it's too early to talk about that and we will know when its the time.

Finally after a long time we will have a Red Ball game, not the exciting one but at least watching it feels good.

That's what I am saying he was the best skipper but we didn't win single trophy under him.

Under him, we even fumbled 2019 odi wc ( don't want to talk about WTC final, it's too depressing). We had goated team, same as 2023 odi wc but injury ruined our chances at crucial moment. In 2019, it was sikhar and in 2023 it was hardik.

[Publictalk792]

Anyone looking the stats of Scotland Women Tri Nation Series. Three matches already been played and surprisingly Bangladesh Women team has lost both of their matches. And Scotland Women team is playing well and they are on top of the table for now. Scotland has the home advantage but their performance is also very good. According to the current situation I think Scotland Women team will win this Tri Nation Series easily.
By the way today is the fourth match of this series where Bangladesh Women team and Scotland Women team will face eachother. And again I think Scotland will win this match.

Yes Bangladesh Women team has lost two matches in a row is staggering blow considering their experience at international stage, and fact that European partners are fast catching up with women in cricket arena. According to my opinion, fourth match of today is an out or in game that is an out and out psychological battle to both teams. Bangladesh will be scared to rescue their pride and repair their batting problems and Scotland has all winning momentum and psychological advantage at moment. When Scotland can keep up their bowling order early in innings to-day, not only will they win this match, but will be practically guaranteed to see their names inscribed on series trophy. It is now Scotland or all throughout.

[vivekdhyani1]

Sachin Tendulkar may not be a fan of them, but impact subs are making their way into the Lanka Premier League, as is a stipulation that an Under-23 player (one born on or after July 1, 2003) has to be a part of each side's playing XI at all times - even after the use of an impact sub. These were two key elements playing on the minds of the five franchises as the LPL draft 2026 took place on Monday in Colombo.

Both these changes ensured that squad composition - right from the four pre-signings to the 16-18 players drafted on the night - had to be fairly well thought out, with teams needing to decide which roles to entrust to a largely unproven talent while simultaneously balancing their squads for maximum impact. Complicating matters further was the relative dearth in the Under-23 category, with many of Sri Lanka's Under-19 talents due to play India in July and thus unavailable for the tournament.

[ibuddy122505]

Anyone looking the stats of Scotland Women Tri Nation Series. Three matches already been played and surprisingly Bangladesh Women team has lost both of their matches. And Scotland Women team is playing well and they are on top of the table for now. Scotland has the home advantage but their performance is also very good. According to the current situation I think Scotland Women team will win this Tri Nation Series easily.
By the way today is the fourth match of this series where Bangladesh Women team and Scotland Women team will face eachother. And again I think Scotland will win this match.

Bangladesh Women's team looked quite poor throughout the tri-nation T20I series in Scotland. This tournament surely an important part of their preparation for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup, but their performances have raised serious concerns. After watching how they played, expectations for their upcoming events are quite low at the moment. On the other hand, Scotland Women's team impressed everyone with their consistent and confident performances. Considering the difference in form between the two sides, it's not surprising to see Scotland secure consecutive victories over Bangladesh today.

[virasog]

West Indies women are at the top of the table with 4 points, the same as West Indies women, but they have an even better run rate compared to Ireland Women. By the way, the game is all about Ireland women and West Indies women otherwise, Pakistan is just donating free points to every team. Before, we were expecting good cricket from them and bad from Ireland, but now the results are totally unexpected. Pakistan is playing the worst, whereas Ireland women are eager to perform and they are trying their best to make a comeback and they made it.

[vivekdhyani1]

Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades will merge under a new name this season after Cricket Victoria's (CV) board confirmed they would sell their second Big Bash franchise license in full to a private investor as soon as Cricket Australia (CA) invite privatisation into the competition.Renegades are set to play under a caretaker administration in 2026-27 if prospective private owners can't take over ahead of the proposed W/BBL privatisation model coming into existence in 2027-28.

SEN first reported that staff of both clubs were informed at CV's headquarters on Tuesday that the administrations of Stars and Renegades would merge into one entity across the WBBL and BBL ahead of the 2026-27 season. ESPNcricinfo understands players were later told via individual phone calls but with them spread across the world the news spread to the media ahead of some players being informed.

Stars' name and colours will cease to exist, with a new nickname and colours to be worn by the team who will also remain at the MCG. The nickname is yet to be determined by the CV board but the plan is to have a team united by Victoria's navy blue state colours for next season.The merged team will be run by current Renegades general manager James Rosengarten but the current Stars WBBL and BBL contracted players will remain with that team for the 2026-27 season.

https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/139018/melbourne-stars-and-renegades-to-merge-into-a-single-bbl-franchise

[Sithara007]

Anyone looking the stats of Scotland Women Tri Nation Series. Three matches already been played and surprisingly Bangladesh Women team has lost both of their matches. And Scotland Women team is playing well and they are on top of the table for now. Scotland has the home advantage but their performance is also very good. According to the current situation I think Scotland Women team will win this Tri Nation Series easily.
By the way today is the fourth match of this series where Bangladesh Women team and Scotland Women team will face eachother. And again I think Scotland will win this match.

Scotland lost against Bangladesh today, but they are still at the top of the points table. There are two more matches remaining, with Scotland and Bangladesh having one match each remaining, and Netherlands having two remaining matches. There are a lot of permutations and combinations, and all three teams have chances to win this tri-series. One thing to note here is that Netherlands has the worst run rate (-0.980), while Scotland has the best. But one bad match can change all these stats. And the results will have an impact on the ICC Team rankings.

[BTC FutureKing]

Anyone looking the stats of Scotland Women Tri Nation Series. Three matches already been played and surprisingly Bangladesh Women team has lost both of their matches. And Scotland Women team is playing well and they are on top of the table for now. Scotland has the home advantage but their performance is also very good. According to the current situation I think Scotland Women team will win this Tri Nation Series easily.
By the way today is the fourth match of this series where Bangladesh Women team and Scotland Women team will face eachother. And again I think Scotland will win this match.

Bangladesh Women's team looked quite poor throughout the tri-nation T20I series in Scotland. This tournament surely an important part of their preparation for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup, but their performances have raised serious concerns. After watching how they played, expectations for their upcoming events are quite low at the moment. On the other hand, Scotland Women's team impressed everyone with their consistent and confident performances. Considering the difference in form between the two sides, it's not surprising to see Scotland secure consecutive victories over Bangladesh today.

This tri nation series is very interesting the team that was expected to play well is not playing well at all and the team that was expected to perform poorly is at the first place.Of course I am talking about the women of Scotland.Scotland women have won 2 matches out of 3 matches and got 4 points and Bangladesh has won only 1 match and the performance of Netherlands women is also similar to Bangladesh women they have also won only 1 match. Talking about the remaining matches Netherlands women have two chances to win.If they win both the matches they will come in first place and Bangladesh women and Scotland women have the last chance to win the match.However till now Scott Land women are stronger than all the teams.

[libert19]

I didn't consider Patidar to be a good captain either when he was announced but lo and behold RCB now has 2 trophies under his captainship. I don't understand what kind of gymnastics he does but results are there for everybody to see.

A captain alone cannot work any magic without having a balanced team, especially in T20 cricket, unless you are MSD.

Even MSD can't.

When you are in high pressure finals, you have to run your biggest superstars and Kohli did just that when he went out to break down the bowling attack with phenomenal 200 strike rate.

Kohli’s knock was a pure masterclass. That’s why he is known as the Chase Master. However, I was very disappointed with GT’s performance. I had also placed a bet in favor of GT, but sadly, I lost it.

IIRC, GT had 2 odds, and RCB had 1.8, it made no sense to bet on GT. I didn't bet on winner although made others and this match turned out to be good for me from betting perspective.

I had high expectations from Gill and Sudharsan, especially since the match was at GT’s home ground. But both openers failed miserably. As we know, when the openers don’t perform, the entire team tends to collapse.

I was disappointed too with both Sai-Gill, but they folded under pressure as expected. I don't how hard is it for batters to just leave risky short balls!?

GT once again proved that they are far from consistent. Now, let’s wait for next year’s IPL.

With pussy squad GT had this season, they did good.

GT had almost a perfect team like RCB and bungled it thanks to succumbing to pressure yet again.

Far from it.

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At the top, both teams, RCB and GT, were on the same level of performance and quality, but GT failed due to their poor batting in the last two games.

RCB was better team all along.

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...On the other hand, many of the star bowlers from the other teams, such as Mohammed Siraj, Rashid Khan and Mohammed Shami had a horrendous season this time.

Siraj had good season, he won most dots award, which is great thing to do in IPL. Rashid Khan did good in finale. Didn't really watch LSG matches so don't have idea about Shami.

[Farhan99]

Virat Kohli's team Royal Challengers Bangalore team is consistently in this season. They have performed so perfectly that they have been able to create a lot of pressure on any other team and have been able to win the team. Virat Kohli is an experienced player and Rajat Patidar is quite qualified as a captain, his strategy and his style of play are definitely good and advanced. He has performed the bowlers and batsmen one after another in such a way that they have been able to perform well in every game.
At every moment, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team did not give a break to create pressure on the opposing team, as a result, the Gujarat team performed worse in this match than in other matches. And by utilizing this opportunity, Virat Kohli's team won.

A fact that is often overlooked is that the Royal Challengers Bangalore had a really good bowling attack. And this helped them during the finals, as they bowled out the Gujarat Titans for just 155. During this season, most of the teams struggled with their bowling, but RCB was an exception. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood picked crucial wickets, while Rasikh Salam also made the difference with the ball. On the other hand, many of the star bowlers from the other teams, such as Mohammed Siraj, Rashid Khan and Mohammed Shami had a horrendous season this time.

If we analysis this season of Indian Premier League then we finds that the one team is very special because its appointed at top from day one in this season and ends the journey with trophy in hands and that team is RCB and this team defend its previous position and consistently becomes the champions for second time. In past RCB faces many challenges and not won a single trophy from a decade but from recent years they came some changes like RCB always has the strong batting lineup but after putting strong target they don't defend it so they work on bowling and they make perfect combination of Josh Hazelwod with Bavnishwer Kumar and this pair consistently showing brilliant bowling in every crucial moment for RCB. So to win a tournament proper bowing attack is the main requirment for a team and RCB already works on it and consistently wins the 2 nd trophy of IPL.

[noormcs5]

West Indies women are at the top of the table with 4 points, the same as West Indies women, but they have an even better run rate compared to Ireland Women. By the way, the game is all about Ireland women and West Indies women otherwise, Pakistan is just donating free points to every team. Before, we were expecting good cricket from them and bad from Ireland, but now the results are totally unexpected. Pakistan is playing the worst, whereas Ireland women are eager to perform and they are trying their best to make a comeback and they made it.

By the way, I think it was the good luck of the Ireland women or the bad luck of the West Indies women because after setting the target of 141 runs, they were bowling well, and due to the DLS method, they won. Otherwise, it would have been challenging to win if there had been no rain. However, at the same time the team needs to be prepared for every case and hopefully in the further matches they will recover.

[Noorooo]

Finally, RCB has won the title again and I am so happy for Virat Kohli. He truly deserves it after all these years of hard work and dedication. At the same time I feel a little sad for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He almost single handedly took his team to the semifinals and had an incredible season. What a talented player he is.

Did you guys see Kohlis Instagram story before this IPL season? He had the IPL trophy tattooed on his arm. I was really impressed by his confidence and belief in himself. It shows how crazy he was to win the trophy. In my opinion he is truly the best batter of this generation and one of the greatest players the game has ever seen.

[libert19]

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...So to win a tournament proper bowing attack is the main requirment for a team and RCB already works on it and consistently wins the 2 nd trophy of IPL.

GT also had a good a bowling attack, but their batters didn't put good enough total. So bowling is not a main requirement, rather batting-bowling both both should be good.

Did you guys see Kohlis Instagram story before this IPL season? He had the IPL trophy tattooed on his arm. I was really impressed by his confidence and belief in himself.

Since I have been watching him, he always had this look of belief and confidence in himself and that's why he is where he is. I don't like retarded spiritual stuff he does these days though.

In my opinion he is truly the best batter of this generation and one of the greatest players the game has ever seen.

No doubt about it.

[Compromise me]

Bangladesh Women's team looked quite poor throughout the tri-nation T20I series in Scotland. This tournament surely an important part of their preparation for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup, but their performances have raised serious concerns. After watching how they played, expectations for their upcoming events are quite low at the moment. On the other hand, Scotland Women's team impressed everyone with their consistent and confident performances. Considering the difference in form between the two sides, it's not surprising to see Scotland secure consecutive victories over Bangladesh today.

Nigar Sultana performance was excellent in this match because she made half century in this match and she made 58 runs in this match and she played according to requirement of the team. She was a captain of that team but team was successful to made good target in this match. She hit 1 six and 6 fours in this match when it was need of the team. Ritu Moni was a player who took important wickets in this match when it was need of the team and she was top performer of this match as she took 4 wickets in this match which was not an easy for that team . Marufa Akter took 2 wickets in this match and did excellent bowling in this match and Scotland W team was all out at just 118 runs and Bangladesh W team was favorite to win this match as they were angry and they want to win back to back matches.

[ThemePen]

Nigar Sultana performance was excellent in this match because she made half century in this match and she made 58 runs in this match and she played according to requirement of the team. She was a captain of that team but team was successful to made good target in this match. She hit 1 six and 6 fours in this match when it was need of the team. Ritu Moni was a player who took important wickets in this match when it was need of the team and she was top performer of this match as she took 4 wickets in this match which was not an easy for that team . Marufa Akter took 2 wickets in this match and did excellent bowling in this match and Scotland W team was all out at just 118 runs and Bangladesh W team was favorite to win this match as they were angry and they want to win back to back matches.

Whole innings was literally Elvin bound together on one side by Nigar Sultana and thus her word is to be trusted when it comes to being the lead of the side. I suppose that her retaliation strike on the opposition bowlers at the time when the team was in need of a consistent state of affairs was an ultimate piece of pressure management. One thing is to score runs, but to do so as a captain and developing a huge recovery accord entirely puts  physiological advantage on your side. When the battling unit had already scored more than the hundred and fifty mark, the bowling attack merely picked up the baton and proceeded to execute their plans to the end in an effort to score them out. To not only come up and deliver match winning performance in such a stress is an indicator of high performance mentality.

[Cointikka]

Finally, RCB has won the title again and I am so happy for Virat Kohli. He truly deserves it after all these years of hard work and dedication. At the same time I feel a little sad for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He almost single handedly took his team to the semifinals and had an incredible season. What a talented player he is.

RCB lost only 5 matches in IPL for this season. All their players were in form and fit, and they were the favourites to win. Virat Kohli single-handedly ensured that they picked up the cup. This is why he is still called the best chase master in cricket. Vaibhav is a prodigy, and soon he will be part of the national team. In the finals, he was seated beside Jay Shah, which is a big signal to the selectors.