T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

[Compromise me]

1st ODI match among two squads will be played tomorrow and Eng squad will be looking to win this match as well.

In 3rd T20 match, SL could manage to collect only 124 scores in their 20 over inning. Their top order batter Pathum Nissanka and middle order batter Kamindu Mendis managed to cross 30 scores mark while almost all of Eng squad bowlers picked up wickets and put SL squad under pressure by restricting them to low total. This further increased Eng squad chances of winning match. On other side, Jos Buttler batter played some excellent shots with bat. He also achieved fifty in this match which made victory much easier for Eng squad.

Sri Lanka  cricket team played very bad in this match and performance of all players was very embarrassing and nobody thought that Sri Lanka team will not win single match but they have to improve their game if they want to win next series. ODO series is different format where patience in required if team want to win the match.  Next match will be in the Headingley Carnegie, Leeds and both teams are ready to win this match but England is favorite team to win next series. Harry Brook is a good leader and he will try to make great team for the next World Cup as they are preparing for the ODI World Cup 2027. Kusal Mendis have to take responsibility of the team if he want his team to win next match.

[Mahdirakib]

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It would have been like winning the World Cup if Japan had managed to win this match. Because India has played with a strong squad. They have missed their biggest opportunity today, the target was too low for a five over match. I'm wondering how they made the pitch that none of the team used their fast bowlers in it .

[Bityar]

Lmfao what the fuck happened here lol thought match got over because of rain.

5 overs match and india shitting the bed against japnese spinners lol. Would be historical if japan cross the line. 33 off 30 balls shouldn't be much even for associate, just come and throw the kitchen sink at every ball with no care of wickets.

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Dead rubber turned into a thriller 😆

India have won the match by 2 runs but japan played very well as i was expecting before the match that india would definitely make 70 to 80 runs in 5 overs but when the indian openers came and they were all out by a C grade bowlers so i was surprised anyways japan loose his confidence in last over as they were so close to their historic victory against India.

[Bluedrem]

India have won the match by 2 runs but japan played very well as i was expecting before the match that india would definitely make 70 to 80 runs in 5 overs but when the indian openers came and they were all out by a C grade bowlers so i was surprised anyways japan loose his confidence in last over as they were so close to their historic victory against India.

This is the first time I have seen Japan play cricket. I was very impressed with their performance. They played a very competitive cricket against India. When the game was reduced to five overs due to rain, India could only score 32 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 5 overs. When the team was Japan, India came out with their full strength team. Like you, I thought they might be able to score 70-80 runs in five overs, but due to the excellent bowling of the Japanese bowlers, India was restricted to 32 runs in five overs. In reply, Japan managed to score 30 runs for the loss of three wickets in five overs. Although Japan ultimately lost the match by two runs, I would say that if Japan had batted a little better, they could have written a new history in cricket.

[AgriTrack]

India have won the match by 2 runs but japan played very well as i was expecting before the match that india would definitely make 70 to 80 runs in 5 overs but when the indian openers came and they were all out by a C grade bowlers so i was surprised anyways japan loose his confidence in last over as they were so close to their historic victory against India.

This is the first time I have seen Japan play cricket. I was very impressed with their performance. They played a very competitive cricket against India. When the game was reduced to five overs due to rain, India could only score 32 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 5 overs. When the team was Japan, India came out with their full strength team. Like you, I thought they might be able to score 70-80 runs in five overs, but due to the excellent bowling of the Japanese bowlers, India was restricted to 32 runs in five overs. In reply, Japan managed to score 30 runs for the loss of three wickets in five overs. Although Japan ultimately lost the match by two runs, I would say that if Japan had batted a little better, they could have written a new history in cricket.

It's a very interesting and actually diplomatic game between India and Japan, and it's just a five-over game. The actual reason behind this theory of five overs is that, due to heavy rain and a wet outfield, this game remained pending for approximately three hours after it started. So Indian batters just scored thirty two runs, which is very strange for cricket fans, but the reason is that, due to heavy rain, the pitch has more moisture, which supports spinners and gives hurdles to batters.

From the Japan side, Fleming tried well. The game became more interesting in the last over when Japan needed only eight runs and then Axar Patel showed brilliant bowling and defended his score and India won the game and also won the Suzuki Cup.

[Doll2233]

England won the last T20 match too and totally completed 3-0 series win over Sri Lanka by whitewashing them. English played confidently throughout the series and Sri Lanka had a difficult challenge from the beginning. Especially when England gave them huge run target in the first match, then they already realized how tough this England side would be. Although Sri Lanka kept trying until the end. However Jos Buttler and Harry Brook were star players in the match and without them maybe the result can be different. Although Sri Lanka failed to get the results as expected but atleast they kept fighting instead of giving up

Sri Lankan batsmen have not scored above 159 in any match due to which they got a whitewash and England victory the entire series with full effort and effort. The good thing about these strong teams is that they play with full effort and effort and victory. In this last match, Sri Lanka gave the most easy target which was 124 in which the England team easily achieved this target. The England team achieved this target in 9 overs. There was no difficulty for England in these overs due to which Sri Lanka could not do anything. England is very strong, therefore, it was not so easy for them to get defeated. Sri Lanka should work hard for its development.

There is no doubt when a team performed outstanding performance then they get confidence and play with fear free so the England team played the series very brilliantly. As I observed from previous matches of Sri Lanka team performance then they are not performing well and their looking week in performance. I think we should need to improve their performance and weak points but I appreciate the England team they played outstanding performances and series and they won the trophy by the wash team of Sri Lanka. Anyway they delivered outstanding performances in this series and won the series very well.

[BTC FutureKing]

India have won the match by 2 runs but japan played very well as i was expecting before the match that india would definitely make 70 to 80 runs in 5 overs but when the indian openers came and they were all out by a C grade bowlers so i was surprised anyways japan loose his confidence in last over as they were so close to their historic victory against India.

This is the first time I have seen Japan play cricket. I was very impressed with their performance. They played a very competitive cricket against India. When the game was reduced to five overs due to rain, India could only score 32 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 5 overs. When the team was Japan, India came out with their full strength team. Like you, I thought they might be able to score 70-80 runs in five overs, but due to the excellent bowling of the Japanese bowlers, India was restricted to 32 runs in five overs. In reply, Japan managed to score 30 runs for the loss of three wickets in five overs. Although Japan ultimately lost the match by two runs, I would say that if Japan had batted a little better, they could have written a new history in cricket.

It's a very interesting and actually diplomatic game between India and Japan, and it's just a five-over game. The actual reason behind this theory of five overs is that, due to heavy rain and a wet outfield, this game remained pending for approximately three hours after it started. So Indian batters just scored thirty two runs, which is very strange for cricket fans, but the reason is that, due to heavy rain, the pitch has more moisture, which supports spinners and gives hurdles to batters.

From the Japan side, Fleming tried well. The game became more interesting in the last over when Japan needed only eight runs and then Axar Patel showed brilliant bowling and defended his score and India won the game and also won the Suzuki Cup.

India scoring 32 runs in five overs put immense pressure on Japan however, both teams displayed excellent bowling with each side claiming three to four wickets during that spell a noteworthy feat. Had the Japanese team played slightly more aggressively they could have bridged the two run gap and won this one off T20 match.Ultimately that did not happen and Japan will likely rue the defeat given how close they came to winning.Both teams faced significant challenges in the match including testing bowling and playing conditions hampered by rain yet the contest remained highly competitive. Indian captain Shreyas Iyer scored 16 runs keeping hopes of winning alive for his team while the Japanese captain also made a valiant effort.In the end the outcome came down to luck which favored the Indian side.

[Bitcoin Smith]

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It would have been like winning the World Cup if Japan had managed to win this match. Because India has played with a strong squad. They have missed their biggest opportunity today, the target was too low for a five over match. I'm wondering how they made the pitch that none of the team used their fast bowlers in it .

Eventually, this is the full-strength team except Bumrah and they struggled because the pitch was spinning. India should played it better because they are preparing to play in all conditions and spinning is their strong zone or atleast it was but the IPL flat tracks messed up the technique. They managed to win it but moving forward, it is a sign of weakness that needs to be sorted out.

[JSRAW]

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It would have been like winning the World Cup if Japan had managed to win this match. Because India has played with a strong squad. They have missed their biggest opportunity today, the target was too low for a five over match. I'm wondering how they made the pitch that none of the team used their fast bowlers in it .

It was proper village cricket, outfield was wet and it was so bad that ball was not travelling to boundaries and full 10 over match had only 4 boundries.

On field umpiring was on an another level as well, umpires weren't even checking run out call because they were literally looking somewhere else and not watching ball or players.

It was fun tho.

[Haunebu]

5 overs per side match? This is mini-cricket or something though I get the whole rain justification. Crazy to hear that India almost lost against Japan of all teams. Weird wide controversy. The host country of the Asian Games is seriously giving it their everything to win.

Their closest competition at the moment is South Korea since China pulled away like crazy on top due to gold after gold.

[Nalain420]

India scoring 32 runs in five overs put immense pressure on Japan however, both teams displayed excellent bowling with each side claiming three to four wickets during that spell a noteworthy feat. Had the Japanese team played slightly more aggressively they could have bridged the two run gap and won this one off T20 match.Ultimately that did not happen and Japan will likely rue the defeat given how close they came to winning.Both teams faced significant challenges in the match including testing bowling and playing conditions hampered by rain yet the contest remained highly competitive. Indian captain Shreyas Iyer scored 16 runs keeping hopes of winning alive for his team while the Japanese captain also made a valiant effort.In the end the outcome came down to luck which favored the Indian side.

They had a useful start as Ind scored 32 runs in the first 5 overs but Jpn applied pressure and took wickets at regular intervals thereafter. It was a difficult time for the batters as both sides took around wickets in that time. The contest was close as Jpn were 2 off to turn it at half time. Ind had also failed to frame a big score and captain Shreyas Iyer had to keep them on the move, tallying 16 runs. The Jpn skipper also did his best to create a Lead in the middle, but their batting failed to score the few runs needed.

A difference of two runs is that in a T20 game, every run counts. But it was not even easy because of the rain and difficult conditions, Jpn will definitely reflect on the last moments and the opportunities they missed.

[Nanga Parbat]

They had a useful start as Ind scored 32 runs in the first 5 overs but Jpn applied pressure and took wickets at regular intervals thereafter. It was a difficult time for the batters as both sides took around wickets in that time. The contest was close as Jpn were 2 off to turn it at half time. Ind had also failed to frame a big score and captain Shreyas Iyer had to keep them on the move, tallying 16 runs. The Jpn skipper also did his best to create a Lead in the middle, but their batting failed to score the few runs needed.

A difference of two runs is that in a T20 game, every run counts. But it was not even easy because of the rain and difficult conditions, Jpn will definitely reflect on the last moments and the opportunities they missed.

In this match, Japan played very well and especially in bowling they did some hard work which allowed them to take 4 wickets but India still success to achieve the target because Japan lost by 2 runs. India bowler took 3 wickets but stopped the runs especially due to which they victory. This success is enough big because India could have lost at any time and it was not acceptable due to which their bowler worked hard. It was interesting and Japan goof thing that they worked hard for 30 runs . If they had not played carelessly on one of their balls and had not wasted it, their deficiency could have been compensated. If this match had gone in Japan favor, it would have been even more surprising but India did not let that happen. Japan should have taken their chances in batting and scored runs, which would have definitely given them victory.

[Jewan420]

They had a useful start as Ind scored 32 runs in the first 5 overs but Jpn applied pressure and took wickets at regular intervals thereafter. It was a difficult time for the batters as both sides took around wickets in that time. The contest was close as Jpn were 2 off to turn it at half time. Ind had also failed to frame a big score and captain Shreyas Iyer had to keep them on the move, tallying 16 runs. The Jpn skipper also did his best to create a Lead in the middle, but their batting failed to score the few runs needed.

A difference of two runs is that in a T20 game, every run counts. But it was not even easy because of the rain and difficult conditions, Jpn will definitely reflect on the last moments and the opportunities they missed.

In a 5-over game in cricket, there is no big or small team. It is always uncertain like football, any team can win. Cricket is basically a long game where there will be stability and the batters will have the opportunity to play according to the merit of the ball. But in a 5-over game, no matter what the merit of the ball, you have to score runs. If it had been a 20-over game that day, India would have won easily. However, in the end, the match ended with the expected result.

Even though it was a 5-over match, India's weakness was clear. How weak India's batters are on turning pitches was noticeable in that match. Weakness on Japanese soil will definitely hurt India. Already the competing teams are aware of India's weakness. Still, winning the match against India will not be easy, while it will be successful in bowling against India, it will be difficult to succeed in batting.

[Compromise me]

In a 5-over game in cricket, there is no big or small team. It is always uncertain like football, any team can win. Cricket is basically a long game where there will be stability and the batters will have the opportunity to play according to the merit of the ball. But in a 5-over game, no matter what the merit of the ball, you have to score runs. If it had been a 20-over game that day, India would have won easily. However, in the end, the match ended with the expected result.

Even though it was a 5-over match, India's weakness was clear. How weak India's batters are on turning pitches was noticeable in that match. Weakness on Japanese soil will definitely hurt India. Already the competing teams are aware of India's weakness. Still, winning the match against India will not be easy, while it will be successful in bowling against India, it will be difficult to succeed in batting.

No doubt India is very strong team with confident players like Abhishek Sharma who is top class batter in the World in T20 game because he know how to hit  the ball. IND is strong team in their own ground because they have players who are trained to play in flat pitches.

Japan has no status on International and they are familiar as a team in cricket as they played against small teams like Uganda . But rain gave them chance to win against India but IND players were crying at last ball and they knew that they could lose this match. Shreyas Iyer made protest which was not acceptable but IND is big team and Umpire accepted their protest and changed his decision but Actually IND lose this match as there was tough situation for India to tackle.

[Jaweria parveen]

Even though it was a 5-over match, India's weakness was clear. How weak India's batters are on turning pitches was noticeable in that match. Weakness on Japanese soil will definitely hurt India. Already the competing teams are aware of India's weakness. Still, winning the match against India will not be easy, while it will be successful in bowling against India, it will be difficult to succeed in batting.

Even in these 5 overs, JPN could not wins or enjoy any happiness for itself, nor did it play with super performing in T20. It had a game with AFG, which is going on in the Asian game mens. During this game, JPN bowling, which pocketed some wickets and played with some intelligence, was much super. But their players could not achieve such an easy aim of 129. Among their players, Sakurano-Thomas added 23 runs like ordinary players and then went on to total collect 81 runs. This does not improve the real condition of JPN. IND is a powerful team, AFG is not so powerful, but the JPN  team was useless to them. In this game too, the important stage for JPN was to play with the bat and in this game too, but in both games, their players' bats were fragile.

[eaLiTy]

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He was in horrendous form before the wc but still got in the squad because management wanted him, no matter what. He chipping in last few knockout matches is result of bench strength and that's what he was in for and trusted by management or let's say that's why strong backup player stay in the squad.

What tour you are talking about? India played like 4 series since ( 13matches) and sanju featured in 7 matches, suryavanshi got chance in England for 3 matches. Against Zimbabwe he was rested and he wasn't the only one, complete bowling lineup was rested. Management dropped wc winning captain SKY and you are complaining and manufacturing sympathy that sanju got replaced for just 3 matches? Please check his score against Ireland and England.

You are completely mixing up long-term transition with unfair dropping.. You're asking me to look at his scores against Ireland and England, but you conveniently ignore that he played in completely volatile situations, often lower down the order, while others got extended rope at their preferred positions.

Dropping SKY was a ruthless transition policy based on age and a future roadmap. That is a completely different management strategy from keeping a player on the bench during their peak years just to treat them as an emergency backup. If a player is trusted by management, they get a consistent run, not sporadic entries to act as a shield for a crumbling middle order.

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After 2022 t-20 wc disaster ( kl playing maiden over) in Australia, Jaiswal was in mix and every discussion for white ball format but didn't get a cap early. He was supposed to replace kl and bat alongwith rohit in t-20 and was first choice opener and named in 2024 t-20 wc squad as opener but didn't got the chance because kohli said i can also open inning with rohit. Talk about shitty luck, poor guy lost his spot not to some competition but team combination.

Sanju was there as well but might surprise many he wasn't there as opener but as wk middle order batsman ( lost the race against pant). Now do the mental gymnastics how middle order batter sanju replaced first choice opener Jaiswal.

No one is doing mental gymnastics about Sanju replacing Jaiswal. The actual argument is about team balance. When Pant or Kohli opened, it forced the middle order to shift, which directly impacted how guys like Sanju were utilized. The fan clubs might manufacture conspiracies, but the criticism isn't about politics—it's about management constantly changing the batting order and preventing players from getting a settled, consistent run in their actual positions.

And then another dashing player Abhishek popped in and now jaiswal no where in the scene despite doing hard yards. So major point is shit happens and sometimes players lose their spot despite doing right thing and not everything is politics and no one hatching conspiracy against players but player's fanclub think otherwise.

Same in ODI, after 2023 odi wc he was in the mix and first choice opener along with kishan but the way things are going poor guy will remain the back up because rohit don't want to retire till 2027 wc.

Sanju is middle order wk batter in ODI and competition is tough there. There's kl Rahul, kishan ( if he's not batting at top), sanju and pant, that's the exact hierarchy in ODI system atm.

Jaiswal isn't 'nowhere in the scene in ODIs. With the current circumstances, it's just that he was brought into the squad to transition as a long-term option when they rested Rohit Sharma or when Shubman Gill got injured. I definitely believe Jaiswal is our undisputed all-format opener but how the team management messes this up is to be seen.

ODI keeper hierarchy is totally outdated. KL Rahul is the first-choice middle-order keeper right now. I do not remember any outstanding innings from Pant in T20 or in ODIs to have that spot, so it is going to be Ishan Kishan or Sanju Samson as the back up player.

[tsaroz]

On Another group, Nepal defeated Afghanistan by 5 wickets. Afghanistan winning the toss chose to bat first but had a bat start with their openers making 2 and 0.
Faisal Khan Ahmadzai and Najibullah Zadran tried bringing a respectful score but the lower order were not able to score at the same pace. I thought the small target of 103 would be easy for Nepal to achieve but they too struggled a bit after having similar situation in the opening, here too the opener made exactly 2 and 0. But the middle order performed as they should and finished the match with 16 balls to spare. With this they are likely to become the group leader playing against the losing side between Sri Lanka and India.

[JSRAW]

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He was in horrendous form before the wc but still got in the squad because management wanted him, no matter what. He chipping in last few knockout matches is result of bench strength and that's what he was in for and trusted by management or let's say that's why strong backup player stay in the squad.

What tour you are talking about? India played like 4 series since ( 13matches) and sanju featured in 7 matches, suryavanshi got chance in England for 3 matches. Against Zimbabwe he was rested and he wasn't the only one, complete bowling lineup was rested. Management dropped wc winning captain SKY and you are complaining and manufacturing sympathy that sanju got replaced for just 3 matches? Please check his score against Ireland and England.

You are completely mixing up long-term transition with unfair dropping.. You're asking me to look at his scores against Ireland and England, but you conveniently ignore that he played in completely volatile situations, often lower down the order, while others got extended rope at their preferred positions.

Dropping SKY was a ruthless transition policy based on age and a future roadmap. That is a completely different management strategy from keeping a player on the bench during their peak years just to treat them as an emergency backup. If a player is trusted by management, they get a consistent run, not sporadic entries to act as a shield for a crumbling middle order.

If you don't want to believe numbers then its useless to argue.

No one says that he's not talented but he's inconsistent throughout his career and he played at random numbers because he was shitting at every position with his inconsistency.

Check his numbers before wc and overall career data, it'll scream inconsistency. I asked you to check his Ireland and England performance because you implied that how could they drop him and give chance to 15 yo kid.

https://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/Players/PlayerYears_T20.asp?PlayerID=4099

No one is doing mental gymnastics about Sanju replacing Jaiswal. The actual argument is about team balance. When Pant or Kohli opened, it forced the middle order to shift, which directly impacted how guys like Sanju were utilized. The fan clubs might manufacture conspiracies, but the criticism isn't about politics—it's about management constantly changing the batting order and preventing players from getting a settled, consistent run in their actual positions.

If only you had compare Jaiswal and sanju numbers then you would've known what am I talking about.

Ngl i still don't understand, how come sanju is able to replace Jaiswal as first choice opener and it happened when the latter had superior number and possibly first claim at the opening slot because of his consistent performance. Only possible explanation would be management fantasy of having left- right combination ( Abhishek - sanju) instead of 2 lefties as opener.

Jaiswal isn't 'nowhere in the scene in ODIs

Idk what to say to this lol.

Since odi wc, poor guy warming up bench as an backup opener in literally every odi series ( unless tests are around the corner). Even in upcoming series against windies he's an backup opener, only to hear that he's not in ODI scheme of things.

[Out of mind]

On Another group, Nepal defeated Afghanistan by 5 wickets. Afghanistan winning the toss chose to bat first but had a bat start with their openers making 2 and 0.
Faisal Khan Ahmadzai and Najibullah Zadran tried bringing a respectful score but the lower order were not able to score at the same pace. I thought the small target of 103 would be easy for Nepal to achieve but they too struggled a bit after having similar situation in the opening, here too the opener made exactly 2 and 0. But the middle order performed as they should and finished the match with 16 balls to spare. With this they are likely to become the group leader playing against the losing side between Sri Lanka and India.

It is really unimaginable that a strong team like Afghanistan would be defeated like this against Nepal. Afghanistan did not bat well at all in this match. Nepal's bowling performance in the match was very good, especially their two bowlers Lalit Rajbanshi and Kushal Bhurtel, who caused the Afghan team to lose wickets quickly. Afghanistan batted very badly in the opening, as a result of which they could only collect 102 runs, Afghanistan was not in good batting form at all.
However, Nepal's opening batting was very bad in meeting the target of 103 runs, but later they batted patiently and won the match by 5 wickets. Group A Nepal team performed well, they won their first match and were able to collect two important points, but Afghanistan team lost one match and won one match in two matches. In the next match, Nepal will face their opponent team Japan, where they have a high chance of winning and they are the favorites to win that match.

[AgriTrack]

It is really unimaginable that a strong team like Afghanistan would be defeated like this against Nepal. Afghanistan did not bat well at all in this match. Nepal's bowling performance in the match was very good, especially their two bowlers Lalit Rajbanshi and Kushal Bhurtel, who caused the Afghan team to lose wickets quickly. Afghanistan batted very badly in the opening, as a result of which they could only collect 102 runs, Afghanistan was not in good batting form at all.
However, Nepal's opening batting was very bad in meeting the target of 103 runs, but later they batted patiently and won the match by 5 wickets. Group A Nepal team performed well, they won their first match and were able to collect two important points, but Afghanistan team lost one match and won one match in two matches. In the next match, Nepal will face their opponent team Japan, where they have a high chance of winning and they are the favorites to win that match.

What an unexpected game it was to see between Afghanistan and Nepal. If we compare both teams, then Afghanistan is much stronger than Nepal and there is almost no comparison between them, but Nepal proved all predictions wrong on the ground in Japan in the Men's Asian Games event and defeated a strong Afghanistan. The main reason for this mishap is that Japan's pitches are very supportive of bowlers, and especially it's a bed of roses for spinners, and in this game all credit for the wins goes to Nepal's spinners. Afghanistan opened the first innings and their batting lineup collapsed early on because the pitch is very spinner-friendly and here Lalit and Bhurtal got early wickets and Afghanistan set a very easy target with great difficulty and in this difficult situations, Ibrahim Zadran from Afghanistan played well.

So, Nepal easily chased this target because their home conditions are also supportive spinners, their batters have strong skills to play spinners and that's why they easily survive here, and especially, Sandeep Jaura, who was well played and Nepal are now the strong candidates for the playoff.