Topic: ICC Men's T20 World Cup - 2024 #Cricket Prediction and Discussion - page 22. (Read 3223 times)

We have seen that in the match between Canada and Pakistan, in the first innings when the Canada team was doing batting and the Pakistan team was doing bowling, so on that time, I have noticed that in the Pakistan bowling, every player who did very poor bowling in his first over then at the second over, he improved himself as there are two examples of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah.
However, you can say that Amir is the example of this too, because these all three bowlers first had too many scores then later they were all played very amazingly. Haris Rauf's condition was also like this. In short, the all-pacers have done poor bowling in his first over. 



Overall the bowling from Pakistan was satisfactory and up to the mark in this match. Everyone of them had wickets in this match except Imad Wasim.

Yes if Canada team made some more good effort in bat lineup and scored 120 or some more like 120 to 130 runs then Canada team will easily win this game. But Canada team team made only 103 runs target in 20 overs by losing 7 wickets. Pakistan team also played very slow lineup I expected that Pakistan team chased down all target in 13 to 15 overs but Pakistan won this game by 15 balls and 7 wickets. M Amir bowled very brilliantly and bowled out 2 wickets in 4 overs with 13 runs. H.Rauf also took down 2 wickets in 4 overs with 26 runs. BUt M Amir got a player of game award because he gave low runs to Canada team and also dismissed 2 wickets. M.Rizwan batted very good and he hitted two 4s and one 6s in 53 balls and scored 53 runs.  B.Azam was dismissed but he made total 33 runs in 33 balls with hitting one 4s and one 6s.

Congratulations Pakistan team to win this game

You are right that it was their luck that South Africa won the match against Bangladesh. I saw in the match the umpire gave several controversial decisions (probably wrong decisions). All decisions were in favor of South Africa. This is why we say South Africa is very lucky. South Africa also won against Netherlands. But their performance was not as good as expected. But there is no doubt that South Africa will qualify for the next round.

I will be happy if Bangladesh can qualify for the next round. Because Bangladesh has performed well in both matches. I say this because I had no expectations from this team. We are seeing very poor performance of Bangladesh in the few series before the World Cup. However, Bangladesh has performed better than I expected in both the World Cup matches.

Well, only looking at the points table, you may say that the South African team is very strong among all the teams in the "Group D" as they have won all the three matches they played and have the highest 6 points.

Here is the complete points table for that group.



However, the way they won the last match against Bangladesh was just good luck and nothing else. They need to focus on their performance if they really want to go in the later stages of the tournament. Also there is a lot of negativity of this South African win on social media.

The Bangladesh-SA thriller that you think you saw, but TV didn't fully show

South Africa won this  21 match by 113 runs and this target was easy to chase but South Africa did not lose hope and performed excellent in bowl and win game. The 21st match between South Africa and Bangladesh was played on  Nassau country international cricket stadium. Bangladesh showed good performance in previous game to Sri Lanka but this time they lost and chased only 109 runs. First in this match, South Africa won the toss and South Africa choose batting first. South Africa is a top match  team with a great track record. They should excellent teamwork and skill on the field. From my side and very sorry Bangladesh team did not won this time .  hope Bangladesh will play in the next match. Their recent performance have been outstanding and they continue to play exceptionally well in every match. South Africa playing amazing man team was by Heinrich Klaasen. The best batting performance in the South Africa man team was by Heinrich Klaasen scored 46 runs and 44 balls hitting 2 fours and 3 sixs.  tanzid Hassan  and other top Batsman was not display great performance and he scored 9 runs and 9 balls hitting 2 fours and 0 sixs. I hope this South Africa man team they will continue to play like this in the future. Congratulations to South Africa for their upcoming matches.

While everyone was discussing and debating about the Pakistan Vs India match and now the Bangladesh Vs South Africa match, did anyone check Scotland? In Group B these guys are at the top with 5 points and will probably qualify for the Super 8. I have not seen any of their matches but I feel they are doing everything right to get those points.

Returning to Bangladesh Vs South Africa, the Africans could defend the lowest total ever in any T20WC. Keshav Maharaj will be known in history to be the first spinner who came in the last over and could defend his team against this small target. I feel sad for Mahmudullah as he tried his level best to get into a position where Bangladesh could have won chasing the lowest total.
 

Pakistan will play against Canada in today's only match. Canada is not a strong team. But the problem is that Pakistan is in a very bad form right now. Pakistan lost the first two matches against USA and India. The loss against the USA was completely unexpected. And so if Canada does not perform well against Pakistan, there is a possibility of defeat in this match as well.

The match will be held at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. And the pitch is completely bowling friendly. Nassau County International Cricket Stadium stats and records are given below -

• Matches: 5
• Batting first won: 2
• Batting second won: 3
  
• Average first innings total: 103
  
• Highest Total: 137/7 by Canada vs Ireland
  
• Lowest Total: 77 All Out by Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
  
• Highest Successful Chase: 106/6 in 18.5 overs by Pakistan vs Netherlands
  
• Lowest Total Defended: 119 by India vs Pakistan
  

Source: Mykhel


So if Canada can score 120 runs on this pitch by batting first, Canada has a chance to win. The match itself is unlikely to be an easy victory for Pakistan.

South Africa team is not in good form. But I would say this team is very lucky. South Africa did not play well against Netherlands. However, South Africa won the match. The performance of the South African players against Bangladesh was not as good as expected. Even then, the South African team won against Bangladesh by 4 runs.

Bangladesh batsmen's performance was bad as usual. Rabada and Nortje bowled very controlled in this match. Both took two wickets each. And gave 19 and 17 runs respectively. Keshav Mahraj took three wickets, but he gave 27 runs in 4 overs. But South Africa are unlikely to qualify for the finals unless they perform better.

We know that Bangladesh squad's batting order is very weak. Bangladesh will probably qualify for the next round I am saying this because the pitch is bowling friendly. This is the reason why Bangladesh has the possibility of winning several matches. In yesterday's match as well, we saw that the Bangladeshi bowlers performed well. The performance of Bangladeshi pace bowlers really surprised me.

Shakib and SHanto are not in form. Liton's performance is very erratic. Apart from Towhid Hridoy and Mahmudullah, I don't see any player batting well in the Bangladesh squad. Also I don't understand why Bangladesh included Jaker Ali in the squad. When there are so many problems within a team, it is very difficult for the team to perform well and win. Even then, if luck was with Bangladesh, perhaps Bangladesh could have defeated South Africa. Bangladesh lost by just 4 runs.

In the 21st match of South Africa vs Bangladesh team, South Africa team won the match by 4 runs. South Africa team came out to bat and gave a target of 113 runs, losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Bangladesh team came out to bat and scored 109 runs, losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.  Fact is Bangladesh team lost this match by 4 runs. I see Shakib Al Hasan started batting bad for few days. If Shakib Al Hasan scored 10 runs in this match then it would have been much easier for Bangladesh team to win this match.

Bangladeshi players do not tend to play aggressive innings.  You are the only one in the Bangladesh squad except Tawheed Hriday, all the other players have batted in Test style for which Bangladesh suffered a four-run defeat yesterday. Bangladesh had an easy target yesterday which any team would have met but Bangladesh failed completely here as the top order batsmen especially Nazmul Hasan Shanto are basically considered as one of the main reasons for losing the match tomorrow. I can't think of Nazmul Hasan Shanto as a T20 player in any way because this easy match yesterday was lost only because of his Test style of batting. He was a top order batsman of Bangladesh and batting in Test style in such a reckless defensive manner was not appropriate at all.

Bangladesh team captain Nazmul Hasan Shant is failing to use appropriate tactics. Bangladesh team has to lose today's game by a small margin of four runs, in this place there is a deficit of four runs between each batsman, you notice that the captain of Bangladesh team Nazmul Hasan Shanto collected 14 runs in 23 balls. This type of game performed like a Test match and not a T20 game, so if the players could have scored good runs from the start then surely they would not have lost by four runs. Aggressive batting at the start caused this deficit.

Yes, today's match was very competitive. South Africa batted first and collected 113 runs. Bangladesh had a chance to win today, needing 114 off 120 balls which was an easy target. But Bangladesh's top order batsmen could not perform well, as a result of which Bangladesh finally lost by 4 runs. Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan they all performed poorly, Bangladesh could have won if the top order batsmen did a bit better. Towhid Hridoy batted well against Sri Lanka last match, he batted very well today too. Nazmul Hossain Shanto performed very poorly, he has performed very poorly in the last few matches, I do not expect such a performance as a captain. Both Jaker Ali and Mahmudullah should have had a higher strike rate. Bangladesh's bowling line was very good today, if the batting line was a bit better then Bangladesh could have won.

Mohammad Rizwan, who is currently the best batsman in Pakistan's squad, was in doubt ever since he lost his wicket while playing a big short. But Rizwan's decision was correct even though he failed he wanted to put the team in a safe zone a little earlier. I don't see any failure from him but if he along with other team mates would have given a support they could have controlled the match. They looked like the 18th over would not play the big short. Despite these short runs, it is certainly admirable that India won the match. Obviously it would be difficult for Pakistan to go to the next round. And I think if a good team reached instead of Pakistan, we can enjoy a better match.

What to say now? I meant you already had 7-8 wickets in hand and just 45 runs were needed. Still, the team choked. After the wicket of Rizwan, the Pakistan team were just clueless. Like the Indian batters, Pakistanis also completely collapsed in the middle order. Yes, we need to praise the Indian team’s bowling attack, especially Bumrah and Axar. They did a great job by defending this low total. Moreover, we need to also praise Rohit Sharma for the amazing bowling rotations and brilliant captaincy. Now it’s very difficult for Pakistan to qualify for the next round.

This type of behavior by big teams has not been seen before in World Cup cricket. Recently, the American wicket is so hard that batsman has to be careful to play every ball. How will they play aggressively in this situation? In the beginning today South Africa won the toss and decided to bat because chasing is really difficult. But the run looks like it's a simple equation. If Bangladesh plays in other formats than T20, they can still win but how long they can hold on their wickets is the big question. They ended the game losing only 6 wickets to South Africa and retained the remaining wickets. It is clear that they tried to fight to stay on the pitch.

T20 matches so there is no chance to say anything in advance. If only one batsman bats well then the whole turn of the match can change here. South Africa performed like this in the first match against Sri Lanka, on the other hand considering the performance of Bangladesh in their first match against Sri Lanka, we must put South Africa ahead. But the wickets are not behaving well in the games being held in America so it goes without saying that the match between Bangladesh and South Africa will also be a low scoring match.

As we can see, if Uganda won their previous match against a small team (Papua New Guinea) then their next match would be with West Indies and yesterday’s that match was played that was won by West Indies and the run rate that they had gained by the win against Papua New Guinea has been wasted just because they lost in very bad way to West Indies.



Seeing the above table, I think that there is a chance if the Uganda team loses their one remaining match then they are out but they can still qualify to win if they win their next games with a huge run rate but for that, they had to beat the New Zealand team. I don't think they are in the position to do that even though New Zealand aren't in the best of forms too.

There is a saying about Pakistan's current team that they are so unreliable that they do not know the meaning of reliability. 119 was the target to chase in a 20-over match, if the Pakistan batters had only rotated the strike and taken a single in every ball they would have won the match against India. Pakistan messed it up and now they might not be able to be part of this tournament.

The next match is with Canada and that team comprises of Indian subcontinent players and a few outsiders. Imagine they lose that game! I cannot because there was a time when Pakistan used to dominate ICC tournaments and now after getting trained by the Pakistan army they are playing like new teams in this tournament.

Indian batting was not that good but the bowling and fielding were incredible. Bhumrah destroyed the batting lineup of Pakistan when India needed a breakthrough, not to forget every Indian bowler was spot on and the fielding was outstanding.

Yes, Pakistan could have won the match very easily but the poor performance of their batsmen lost the match.  Their batsmen were given a target of just 120 which was too easy and short.  But their batsmen will lose the match due to restlessness and losing their senses.  Babar Azam performed poorly and Rizwan also performed poorly.  I am very sorry for his performance not to score 120 runs from him.  Before playing the match, I had a feeling that Pakistan will never win this match because of their poor performance from all sides.  He got so many opportunities to improve himself but his team did not perform well and lost the match and will be out of the ICC World Cup.