T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[noormcs5]

India team has lost their opening wickets in today's T20 match after batting. India is planning to bat patiently at the moment after losing three wickets, although today's match is a very important win for the Indian team. England team has won two matches in the T20 series which has put them ahead in the series and I am giving them instructions to win this T20 series. India may score 170 runs in today's match, if they can bowl well against England later, it may be possible to defeat England. But England has good bowling and batting performance of the team, especially England is very good in batting in this T20 series. England's performance looks much better compared to India, so the Indian team is not getting a win against England. But anyway, in today's match, if England team can defeat India, then they will win the series and if India wins, then they can return to the series result with a 2-1 lead.

England in T20s are performing so good as we can see that in the last 21st games of the team England, they won 18 from them and maybe one of them were drawn so how good they are actually playing. But on the other hand, their current opponent India is also looking to make come  back in the series but I think it wouldn't be easy for them to do this. The captain Shreyas Iyer held the innings together with 80 not out and still playing.

[Smack That Ace]

Although India is scoring at a good rate in today's match but they have lost three wickets in under 10 overs. One or two more wickets can make things difficult for them.

Is the pitch in Bristol bowling friendly ? Or did the Indian batsmen bat badly? The Indian team managed to score only  159 runs. I cannot call this a good total. The England team is  strong. The English batsmen were able  to bat well in the last two matches as well. So India should have scored 180+ to win today against a team like England.

Except Shreyas Iyer, no other Indian batsman played well. This is unfortunate. Because  there are many talented and experienced batsmen in the Indian squad. He  remained unbeaten after  scoring 80 runs off 49 balls. Shivam Dube managed to score 22 runs but batted at a strike rate of less than 100.

[Haunebu]

Welp! Looks like England is winning this series comfortably. Iyer tried hard by himself while the rest played like crap. What the heck was Dube even doing out there? Dude ain't a proper all rounder like Hardik down the order. This is why they should have kept Sky.

Iyer being given captaincy was the right call, but letting go of sky despite his poor form was a bad one. Anyway, they will experiment for a long while since the next big ICC tourney is a long time away.

[savetheFORUM]

Although India is scoring at a good rate in today's match but they have lost three wickets in under 10 overs. One or two more wickets can make things difficult for them.

Is the pitch in Bristol bowling friendly ? Or did the Indian batsmen bat badly? The Indian team managed to score only  159 runs. I cannot call this a good total. The England team is  strong. The English batsmen were able  to bat well in the last two matches as well. So India should have scored 180+ to win today against a team like England.

Except Shreyas Iyer, no other Indian batsman played well. This is unfortunate. Because  there are many talented and experienced batsmen in the Indian squad. He  remained unbeaten after  scoring 80 runs off 49 balls. Shivam Dube managed to score 22 runs but batted at a strike rate of less than 100.

Pitch is tricky, but still, Indian batting fails to play with good depth. They lost quick early wickets. This hurt them badly, but still, Shreyas Iyer did a good job and stood till the end. This helped them to have a good total on board.

I am not expecting this total to be defendable, but this performance is much better. They are facing some challenges, but these losses are going to be helpful in the long run because they will learn enough and have better strategies in the coming years. England has a good start. Jose Butler is gone, but Phil Salt and Harry Brook are on the crease. They can do well to have another big win. Prince Yadav in the power play is a good gamble.

[Bitcoin Smith]

Ultimate humiliation again, the won the game pretty comfortably with 9 wickets, I don't really know what went wrong here, or England is playing better cricket?

Shreyas did his job to make sure to put the team total into a decent one but bowlers didn't click at all, I stopped watching the game after the powerplay itself because it became obvious that India is losing this series. I see some debate about SKY but he isn't better either compared to Tilak, so they should have gone with Rajat Patidar who was in the form of his life for a while.

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India won the toss and decided to bat in the fourth T20I today and will soon take on England. Winning today's match is very important for India because they have already lost two matches due to which they have fallen behind in the series. In that case, if they have to face England in the T20I series, then India's batting and bowling performance will definitely have to improve today and win. Since India's performance has not been very good recently, they have lost a few matches in a row, due to which their confidence has decreased a lot. However, in today's match, if they play well against England in the beginning and do not get disappointed, then India has a high chance of collecting a good score. England is already leading the T20I series by 0-2 and India has not won a single match so far.

Recently, I have not seen such a performance from the Indian team. At least in the case of T20, the Indian team has seen a balanced performance in almost every match, even against their equally strong opponents, but this time in the England T20 series, I have seen the Indian team completely upset.

The thing is that when the Indian team bats, it seems that the pitch conditions are bowling friendly, while on the other hand, when the England team comes out to bat, it seems that the pitch conditions are bowling friendly. I don't know what's really going on with the Indian batsmen and bowlers that they're giving such poor performances back to back.

[eaLiTy]

Ultimate humiliation again, the won the game pretty comfortably with 9 wickets, I don't really know what went wrong here, or England is playing better cricket?

India is struggling to adapt to the conditions and play according to the situations. After the IPL where everyone was scoring big runs and once they moved to Ireland, they started struggling and it is continuing in this series against England as well. It is not a big surprise that they lost today.

Shreyas did his job to make sure to put the team total into a decent one but bowlers didn't click at all, I stopped watching the game after the powerplay itself because it became obvious that India is losing this series. I see some debate about SKY but he isn't better either compared to Tilak, so they should have gone with Rajat Patidar who was in the form of his life for a while.

Even in this match, only Shreyas Iyer batted sensibly, while the rest of the batsmen around him threw their wickets away. In the end, India struggled to increase the tempo during the final overs. England made it look easy.

[Bd officer]

England in T20s are performing so good as we can see that in the last 21st games of the team England, they won 18 from them and maybe one of them were drawn so how good they are actually playing. But on the other hand, their current opponent India is also looking to make come  back in the series but I think it wouldn't be easy for them to do this. The captain Shreyas Iyer held the innings together with 80 not out and still playing.

Shreyas Iyer did well in this match as a result of which India was able to score 150+. If Shreyas Iyer had not done well then it would have been difficult for India to score so much. In the end India scored 158 runs which was not a good enough target. The target was very easy due to which England easily reached the target in 13.5 overs.

Actually I had said earlier that it would not be easy for India to equalize the series and in the end England won the series with 1 match to spare. India lost 5 consecutive T20 matches which is very disappointing.

[Nanga Parbat]

Yes ,you are absolutely right. IND cricket team have no strength because players were dependent on one bowler or batters and now there is no kohli and no Rohit who will handle the situation And will absorb the pressure of the match. Tilak have ability to play in every situation but now he need to play run a ball and if he will play run a ball it will be best for team. Josh Tongue who is new bowler in this team and he took 4 wickets in this match which was great achievement by that player And he gave only 28 runs in this match. Archer took 3 wickets in this match and did good bowling for the team and he gave 29 runs in this match. Buttler and salt played well in this match and made good Partnership in this match.

India losing back to back games, it has been a bit pretty longer time while seeing India as the winner in T20 before they badly lost to Ireland and now again they are struggling while facing to England team. But the thing that surprises us all is that team India is known for their batting and now in the last game, they have lost all their wickets at just 76 runs.

I think India has now lost the strength for which they had work hard and focused and at this time they need what they have lost.  Today's India match can also be a loss for them as their target is enough easy and the England team is putting up the effort at the moment.  India batsmen are also injury free at the moment still is why they are not performing well and the most affected by this will be them and if they don't perform well, it will be a failure for them.  India have also had a bad defeat in today's match and the fault lies with their poor target as their batsmen would have otherwise provided a very good target.  India will have to make a good choice in it so that they can come back and do something good in the team so that the strength of the team is restored.

[hafiztalha]

India team has lost their opening wickets in today's T20 match after batting. India is planning to bat patiently at the moment after losing three wickets, although today's match is a very important win for the Indian team. England team has won two matches in the T20 series which has put them ahead in the series and I am giving them instructions to win this T20 series. India may score 170 runs in today's match, if they can bowl well against England later, it may be possible to defeat England. But England has good bowling and batting performance of the team, especially England is very good in batting in this T20 series. England's performance looks much better compared to India, so the Indian team is not getting a win against England. But anyway, in today's match, if England team can defeat India, then they will win the series and if India wins, then they can return to the series result with a 2-1 lead.

Another shocking game and another heavy lost and today India team lost 3 games in a row and this was 4 th game of T20 series between England team and India team. India team won toss and they selected batting first and gave bowling opportunity to England team. India batsmen set average target 158 runs in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets and it was difficult to win with these runs and England are not weak team. India needed some magic from their bowling but they failed to deliver. England team won this game by 9 wickets and 37 balls margin. Shreyas single batsman performed outstanding and made 80 runs in 49 balls and hitted four 4s and five 6s but his effort was not enough to beat. Harry got player of game award because his batting contribution was helpful and scored 79 runs in 35 balls and hitted eight 4s and four 6s. Phil also remained not out in full game and opened line strongly and scored 59 runs in 42 balls and hitted nine 4s and one 6s.

[Sithara007]

Another shocking game and another heavy lost and today India team lost 3 games in a row and this was 4 th game of T20 series between England team and India team. India team won toss and they selected batting first and gave bowling opportunity to England team. India batsmen set average target 158 runs in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets and it was difficult to win with these runs and England are not weak team. India needed some magic from their bowling but they failed to deliver. England team won this game by 9 wickets and 37 balls margin. Shreyas single batsman performed outstanding and made 80 runs in 49 balls and hitted four 4s and five 6s but his effort was not enough to beat. Harry got player of game award because his batting contribution was helpful and scored 79 runs in 35 balls and hitted eight 4s and four 6s. Phil also remained not out in full game and opened line strongly and scored 59 runs in 42 balls and hitted nine 4s and one 6s.

The root problem remains the same. Indian batsmen are unable to bat on green and bouncy surfaces, unlike the ones that they get during the IPL. It was a very heavy defeat, as England won with more than 6 overs to spare. The failure of the batsmen is being noticed by everyone. But at the same time, the bowlers were pathetic as well. The spinners (Axar Patel, Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube) were very expensive and all went for more than 12 runs per over. I don't understand the logic of including so many spinners, when the conditions doesn't support them.

[JSRAW]

Ultimate humiliation again, the won the game pretty comfortably with 9 wickets, I don't really know what went wrong here, or England is playing better cricket?

India is struggling to adapt to the conditions and play according to the situations. After the IPL where everyone was scoring big runs and once they moved to Ireland, they started struggling and it is continuing in this series against England as well. It is not a big surprise that they lost today.

Shreyas did his job to make sure to put the team total into a decent one but bowlers didn't click at all, I stopped watching the game after the powerplay itself because it became obvious that India is losing this series. I see some debate about SKY but he isn't better either compared to Tilak, so they should have gone with Rajat Patidar who was in the form of his life for a while.

Even in this match, only Shreyas Iyer batted sensibly, while the rest of the batsmen around him threw their wickets away. In the end, India struggled to increase the tempo during the final overs. England made it look easy.

From bilateral bullies to this, 2 back to back series lost. Paytm series had its charm lol

But I am all for it, as long as they adding trophies in their cabinet every now and then. After back to back setbacks, things might look bad but i am sure they'll just go back to drawing rooms for soul searching and will be back soon. Also, we shouldn't forget that they won 2 back to back t-20 wc

[noormcs5]

I think India has now lost the strength for which they had work hard and focused and at this time they need what they have lost.  Today's India match can also be a loss for them as their target is enough easy and the England team is putting up the effort at the moment.  India batsmen are also injury free at the moment still is why they are not performing well and the most affected by this will be them and if they don't perform well, it will be a failure for them.  India have also had a bad defeat in today's match and the fault lies with their poor target as their batsmen would have otherwise provided a very good target.  India will have to make a good choice in it so that they can come back and do something good in the team so that the strength of the team is restored.

And now England have won the series, of course, they deserve to win it because if we analyze all three games, they were so good, dominated every time with consistency and they are trying to improve by every second. On the other hand, the opponent team,  India is making its performance even worse day by day. The single game is still left and let's see who will dominate it.

[Mahdirakib]

This aggressive duo just started and sample size is of just 2 matches so it'd be pretty bad to write them off this early.

They have also failed in the 3rd match even though they were batting with patience yesterday. Both of them are capable of playing great innings, but it looks like they are unable to do well by being under pressure.

Yes, if they fail for couple of series then tactical decision/strategy could be tweaked and see where things are going wrong or if they need to restrain themselves a bit and imo pairing such aggressive duo at top is blessing and not curse despite couple of failures, just give them long rope and allow them to fail completely.

I think a few matches are enough to make little changes in the top order instead of waiting for a few series. India is going through a bad losing journey in this format despite having a great batting lineup. Maybe some rotation in the batting line-up may help them to do better. I prefer an aggressive batsman and a responsible batsman as an opening duo in T20 format.

[virasog]

I think a few matches are enough to make little changes in the top order instead of waiting for a few series. India is going through a bad losing journey in this format despite having a great batting lineup. Maybe some rotation in the batting line-up may help them to do better. I prefer an aggressive batsman and a responsible batsman as an opening duo in T20 format.

Indian batsmen are losing their skills of defending or whatever while the coach saying that there are many new players in the team and the lack of experienced and world cup players in the team makes this happen otherwise they are okay at all.

Still I think we should disagree with this statement because almost various players have played the World Cup for the team, Yeah no doubt no experience player in the team but still it is not something to blame. Simply say that the team gets overconfident after dominating the World Cup for several years, still a mountain is not straight, the curves come, so hopefully India will recover. 

[Bityar]

Indian batsmen are losing their skills of defending or whatever while the coach saying that there are many new players in the team and the lack of experienced and world cup players in the team makes this happen otherwise they are okay at all.

Still I think we should disagree with this statement because almost various players have played the World Cup for the team, Yeah no doubt no experience player in the team but still it is not something to blame. Simply say that the team gets overconfident after dominating the World Cup for several years, still a mountain is not straight, the curves come, so hopefully India will recover. 

I don’t think the point is about missing experienced players. Also captain is change but Sometimes when a team keeps winning big tournaments they start to feel too relaxed and that affect how they play without anyone noticing. New players also need some time to get use to the pressure of top level cricket so I think a few bad games should not be a big problem and also they have change the batting order which can also confuse the team and hurt their confidence anyways indian management and team have a very strong mindset so they can comeback easily they need some time and good days.

[ThemePen]

England put series away in destructive style as they became first team to win two-team T20I series against India, and they did it in clear and strong style. They were left open to danger all day, as Archer and Tongue picked up early wickets in missing of any other bowlers to look to. England win the series 3-0 with one game to play. This is their first back to back T20I defeat since 2018-19 and Shreyas Iyer has not got any victories in his first five games as captain. Indian team management has been left with some tough questions to answer.

[JSRAW]

This aggressive duo just started and sample size is of just 2 matches so it'd be pretty bad to write them off this early.

They have also failed in the 3rd match even though they were batting with patience yesterday. Both of them are capable of playing great innings, but it looks like they are unable to do well by being under pressure.

Yes, if they fail for couple of series then tactical decision/strategy could be tweaked and see where things are going wrong or if they need to restrain themselves a bit and imo pairing such aggressive duo at top is blessing and not curse despite couple of failures, just give them long rope and allow them to fail completely.

I think a few matches are enough to make little changes in the top order instead of waiting for a few series. India is going through a bad losing journey in this format despite having a great batting lineup. Maybe some rotation in the batting line-up may help them to do better. I prefer an aggressive batsman and a responsible batsman as an opening duo in T20 format.

We have possibly 2 years of timeline before next t-20 wc kicks in, that's why trying out 2-3 series for one set of combination shouldn't be bad thing despite results, for top 3 position including opening india has atleast 3-4 main guys in competition ( Abhi, vaibhav, jaiswal and Sanju) other than that they have likes of gill, sai, rutu etc so fair amount of time to try every guy imo.

Same goes for other batting position, win-loss matters but these are the matches you have to take your risk with players and do all sorts of experiments. After winning wc they lost 5 t-20 on trot but there's no need for panic button just yet. Yeah if they are on 8-10 losing streak then everyone should criticise and ask questions.

Vaibhav has shown sign of tremendous talent so won't mind if they give him atleast 10 back to back matches. Abhi is doing alright.

[MusaPk]

England put series away in destructive style as they became first team to win two-team T20I series against India, and they did it in clear and strong style. They were left open to danger all day, as Archer and Tongue picked up early wickets in missing of any other bowlers to look to. England win the series 3-0 with one game to play. This is their first back to back T20I defeat since 2018-19 and Shreyas Iyer has not got any victories in his first five games as captain. Indian team management has been left with some tough questions to answer.

It's 3-0 now after four matches and Indian team must be happy that first match was washed out due to rain otherwise looking at form of English team it would be 4-0. Now Indian team will be under great pressure to win the last T20I to end the series 3-1. Meanwhile English team faced not much difficulty in winning the three T20Is. Shreyas Iyer played well and tried his best to give a fighting total but other batsmen didn't gave him much support. English team chased 159, as it was a piece of cake for them.

[Rustam Meraj]

It's 3-0 now after four matches and Indian team must be happy that first match was washed out due to rain otherwise looking at form of English team it would be 4-0. Now Indian team will be under great pressure to win the last T20I to end the series 3-1. Meanwhile English team faced not much difficulty in winning the three T20Is. Shreyas Iyer played well and tried his best to give a fighting total but other batsmen didn't gave him much support. English team chased 159, as it was a piece of cake for them.

I think to fully point at leadership or individual knocks was to ignore complete top order crumbling in which batting line up regularly failed to set up good and winnable targets. Standout performances in middle order were of huge individual quality, but not enough to stand up to classy opposition side who breezed through lower scores. For remaining match this week to be saved, it will take huge turnaround in form from a very discouraged side.