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[JSRAW]

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I thought you would even include the group stage in the pool because we have seen two unexpected results in the group stage so far too. It will be a very interesting contest, we have lesser matches so no margin of error available with anyone.

Welcome we are 6 now, if little mouse join us too.. 7 if vishnu comes along, i'll remind him via inbox.

At first i was thinking the same but superbru didn't had any options for group stage because its more like a qualification round and main event start with the super 12 team -23 oct-.

But our track record is meh lol. How about new WC champion this time? 

True. Just checked the winners list and observed that the last T20 World Cup winner was West Indies way back in 2016 which is 5 years ago. Damn. COVID basically cancelled out around 2 T-20 World Cups.

I feel like India or New Zealand could win this time around(Random Prediction). A new winner would be great as you mentioned.

I guess initial delay was due to FTP and followed by covid, i think only 1 T-20 wc got cancelled. Australia was supposed to host the last one.

India ticking a lot of boxes in warm up games but still i'm very skeptical about their chances. Kiwis are looking out of touch tbh. England is potential contender. If i have to choose new winner then i'll go with the Afghan or Bangladesh.

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[Haunebu]

India ticking a lot of boxes in warm up games but still i'm very skeptical about their chances.

Felt great to see MI batsmen like Hardik and Ishan recover their form in these games which is why their chances of winning the cup are on the higher side. However, we should never underestimate Kohli's bad luck related to winning big cups.

England is potential contender. If i have to choose new winner then i'll go with the Afghan or Bangladesh.

England are playing really well in the warm-up matches though Afghan or Bangladesh winning would be a crazy twist.  Bangladesh lost to Scotland recently and they seem out of touch.

[Pffrt]

Welcome we are 6 now, if little mouse join us too.. 7 if vishnu comes along, i'll remind him via inbox.

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[JSRAW]

Welcome we are 6 now, if little mouse join us too.. 7 if vishnu comes along, i'll remind him via inbox.

I'm alive.
Will send the fee soon. Please send me the link.

Arey where were you? Seems like ages already.. Sending invite.

India ticking a lot of boxes in warm up games but still i'm very skeptical about their chances.

Felt great to see MI batsmen like Hardik and Ishan recover their form in these games which is why their chances of winning the cup are on the higher side. However, we should never underestimate Kohli's bad luck related to winning big cups.

I really hope that Hardik and other new guys clicks in the competition. Bookies are favoring India to win the WC despite their history. May be because Indian team looking very strong in the Paper, as usual ofc.

[Little Mouse]

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Welcome back!
Seems you have enjoyed the bull run and had a great vacation. Great to see you again. I have pmed you couple of times but got no response, I was worried about you.
@JSRAW, I will join too. Would be great if there were few more participants and a sponsor. I tried my best but sadly no success.

[Haunebu]

It looks like we have our Super 12 everyone. Apart from the 8 teams that automatically qualified, Scotland(Surprising) and Bangladesh qualified while Sri Lanka and Namibia(Pretty sure ) also qualified.

England and India might win the cup this time around in my opinion after watching their recent performances though anything can happen since this is the T20 format.

[RapTarX]

I would go with India to be the champion. Well, let's see their performance against Pakistan; most exciting cricket match still I guess. I didn’t have a look earlier but I was surprised to see Ravi Rampaul getting back in the squad after 5/6 years. Did I read it wrong?
Edit- Didn't Ireland qualify? Damn! I have missed quite a lot of updates. This T20 world cup will be a package of surprise I guess. Bangladesh lost to Scotland, Ireland was eliminated by Namibia; what's next?

[JSRAW]

@JSRAW, I will join too. Would be great if there were few more participants and a sponsor. I tried my best but sadly no success.

Bhai, already sent you invite couple of days back. You need to accept invitation.  We have 7 participants including you, who knows if some last minute surprises join us like pffrt did. It's alright bro, don't worry about sponsor.

what's next?

Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Scotland -4 semifinalist- 

[Haunebu]

Looks like I got screwed by betting on SA thanks to the South African batsmen. Was expecting better performances from them, but they disappointed me. Rapter and Timon are leading once again.

Predicted England to win against West Indies and I hope they don't screw up. However, we should never underestimate West Indies in the T-20 format.

[JSRAW]

Looks like I got screwed by betting on SA thanks to the South African batsmen. Was expecting better performances from them, but they disappointed me. Rapter and Timon are leading once again.

Predicted England to win against West Indies and I hope they don't screw up. However, we should never underestimate West Indies in the T-20 format.

Its just a first game and we still have 29 more matches to go in the league before semis so nothing to worry about. 

Windies got many explosive individual but majority are aging dogs (Gayle, Pollard, Bravo,Russell), match winners but getting old and also it would be interesting to see if they could play as a group again.

[akhjob]

Miss me? I sure missed you all  

I'll be active in the forum only by the year-end but I could find some spare time to have some fun with you guys here. So consider me in  

But right now, I don't have any spare BTC or LTC to join the Pool. Hope I'll get some grace time to pay for it.

Btw, congrats to RaptarX and others for winning the IPL pool which I missed.


And special thanks to Royse77 for making me a DT member while I was away  

@JSRAW please send me an invite link.

[JSRAW]

Miss me? I sure missed you all  

I'll be active in the forum only by the year-end but I could find some spare time to have some fun with you guys here. So consider me in  

But right now, I don't have any spare BTC or LTC to join the Pool. Hope I'll get some grace time to pay for it.

Btw, congrats to RaptarX and others for winning the IPL pool which I missed.


And special thanks to Royse77 for making me a DT member while I was away  

@JSRAW please send me an invite link.

Welcome back bhai. You and Pffrt were away for real good, i hope that you and your family is doing good. We already have very small community so its very hard to forget you guys. Nohomo lol

No rush on sending fees, take your time.

Btw Vishnu also went missing from the last week, hope all is good.
Plz check inbox.

[teosanru]

What a poor performance by West Indies today, if you see their batting lineup, they had almost 7 players in the top 8 who are so-called T20 Stars in various leagues around the world and almost all of them performed so badly today, I don't see any other team with such a powerful and experienced batting line up. But as they say, too many "too many cooks spoil the broth", each one of their batsmen started the pinch-hitting from ball one as if they are coming settled from the Pavillion, result is the whole team skittling for just 55. One can surely say WI is one of the most inconsistent and surprising team in the history of cricket

[Haunebu]

Its just a first game and we still have 29 more matches to go in the league before semis so nothing to worry about.  

Windies got many explosive individual but majority are aging dogs (Gayle, Pollard, Bravo,Russell), match winners but getting old and also it would be interesting to see if they could play as a group again.

True. Expected more from SA though considering their recent performances. Silver lining for me is that West Indies got demolished by England as expected. They have been playing like crap in recent times.

I predicted India to win easily against Pakistan and Sri Lanka to win against Bangladesh. Am mainly excited for the India-Pakistan match.

One can surely say WI is one of the most inconsistent and surprising team in the history of cricket

Agreed. I never expected them to win against England way back in the 2016 final, but Brathwaite made it happen(Stokes too). We can never truly rule them out since they have several match-winners in their current squad.

[JSRAW]

One can surely say WI is one of the most inconsistent and surprising team in the history of cricket

I don't know if inconsistency argument will hold much ground in ICC T-20 tournament, after all they are 2 times World Champion in T-20 and this is only 8th edition. I think this all comes down T-20 format, which itself very unpredictable. Any team on their day can beat anyone.

Windies performance was poor indeed but who knows if it their own 36 moment (India 36 all out) and might come back strong just like India. 

[akhjob]

Whoo-hoo. Did anyone guess Bangladesh to win this match comfortably? Because I guess that's how this match is going to end.
Both Naim and Mushfiqur batted exceptionally well and had set a target of 172 runs thereby putting huge pressure on the Srilankans. Now they are picked up a wicket in the 1st over itself. Unless the Srilankan batsmen get a good partnership, Bangladesh is going to win this match comfortably.

Too excited for the India vs Pakistan match

Wow, Asalanka and Rajapaksa saved the match. Very bad captaincy and poor fielding have cost Bangladesh and me heavily 

[Pffrt]

Very bad captaincy and poor fielding have cost Bangladesh and me heavily 

It was poor fielding to be honest. Liton Das dropped 2 catches for both Rajapakse and Asalanka respectively. If any of both these was taken, result would have been different. Moreover, captaincy was a bit poor too. I didn’t get why Nasum wasn’t brought into action despite being a regular bowler and captain himself took the bowl.
Anyway it's great since I have gone with Srilanka to win. Bangladesh batted well. They need to be a team, they need a team play.

[JSRAW]

Very bad captaincy and poor fielding have cost Bangladesh and me heavily 

It was poor fielding to be honest.

Dropping couple of catch played its part but bad captaincy was big one. Shakib was doing so wonderfully, took 2 wickets in an over and Mahmudullah replaced him only because 2 left handers were at the crease. Result? Next 3 over went for 52 runs despite Lankans were in pressure. It opened the game for them.

[RapTarX]

I have never seen Pakistani batsman to play such calm on chases LOL; this match is somewhat an exciting one. Both Rizwan & Babar Azam is playing exactly like they should be playing. They didn’t play like the usual Pakistan  Nevertheless, it should be an easy chase and that's what it has been. I was impressed by Shaheen Afridi bowling at first two overs. He was incredible.

[Haunebu]

What the blazing hell! I never expected in a million years that Pakistan would thrash India without losing a single freaking wicket. 152 was a decent score, but their bowlers were absolutely horrible.

Pakistan never won against India in the past when MSD was the captain, but they destroyed India when Kohli was the captain. Unbelievable. Amazing comeback by Pakistan.