T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[vivekdhyani1]

Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been appointed the new head coach of Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League (BBL).

Flintoff was confirmed as Trevor Bayliss's replacement on Tuesday (June 2). This will be his first overseas coaching role, having already been at the helm of Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, taking them to two top-four finishes from the bottom of the table. He also coached the England Lions team on their recent tours and served as a consultant to England's white-ball teams under Matt Mott in 2023/24.

The 48-year-old has agreed to a two-year contract with the Sydney-based team and is said to have beaten competition from Shane Watson and Dan Christian to take up the role.

[Rustam Meraj]

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.

Virat Kohli demonstrated once again why he is legend of the game. At that moment pressure reached its peak in the final, it was his calm head and unprecedented chasing prowess that made sure that millions of fans eventually saw RCB win the trophy. One more strong point of the final Show was that young talent like Vaibhav Arora was given so much respect on such big stage. He is a unique talent that bowled with remarkable speed and maturity all through season with great pressure. Such support and his steady performance are only things that will take a short time before we see him in national team bowling on our behalf.

[eaLiTy]

Flintoff was confirmed as Trevor Bayliss's replacement on Tuesday (June 2). This will be his first overseas coaching role, having already been at the helm of Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, taking them to two top-four finishes from the bottom of the table. He also coached the England Lions team on their recent tours and served as a consultant to England's white-ball teams under Matt Mott in 2023/24.

I was not aware of Andrew Flintoff's coaching experience. After retirement from Cricket due to his injuries, he took up boxing, which was very surprising and won a professional match and then retired after just one fight. For a long time he was away from the public eye due to some personal issues.

I always felt that Andrew Flintoff did not perform to his true potential in his career. I still remember his debut ODI match against Pakistan, where he was an average bowler but scored an impressive debut half century in a losing effort. It then took him 3 years to score any meaningful runs, and that too was against India.

His transition from a very mediocre player to an extraordinary phenomenon was really surprising. He started focusing on his batting from 2003 onwards, and by 2004, he began to impress with his bowling as well. Watching his bowling speed increase from 130 to 135 km/h to over 145 to 150 km/h was an incredible and surprising transformation.

I wish he would continue the same spirit in his coaching career. 🏆

[Nanga Parbat]

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.

First of all, I will consider it unfortunate for West Indies Women because they did not work hard and were given a weak target but their luck was on their side, then it became unfortunate for Ireland Women and they could have achieved this target but could not because of DLS. If they had tried earlier and scored good runs in every over, then they could have succeeded in DLS too. They only needed 1 run but they were playing according to their over, it was their luck. If they feel that such an activity can happen, then they should play even good so that their DLS runs are more than the opposition team. This is a good lesson for them in the future which can also improve their strength.

[Haunebu]

Looks like Sky is all set to lose his captaincy in the T20 format which is the right call, but I don't think he should be removed from the squad all together because he has won multiple trophies over the years(Some as a captain and some under others).

Iyer or Patidar are good options for his replacements, but braindead Gambhir has issues with Iyer which is why Patidar or his favorite(Gill) could replace him. Would be epic if Vaibhav waltzed into the lineup somehow since he is in peak form currently.