Topic: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion - page 410. (Read 243570 times)

After the loss of an early wicket, Lahore batters did well to give their team a good start. Fakhar and Abdullah played beautifully for their respective fifties. Lahore's middle order struggled again today. Thanks to Wiese and Sikandar Raza, they get to a respectable total. Shaheen Afridi promoting himself up the order is a non-sense decision, especially when you have hitters like Wiese and Sikandar in the batting lineup, and it did backfire, and Lahore lost the momentum. Karachi bowlers did well in the middle overs, but they were a bit expensive in the death over.
Karachi started well, particularly James Vince; he put the pressure back on the Lahore bowling lineup. At the moment, KK are 107/3 in 13 overs, and they need another 71 runs in 7 overs. A couple of wickets here might change the game in Lahore's favour. The chase won't be easy for Karachi from here onward because they will no longer have the services of Pollard. A thriller is loading.

Bangladesh top order should be embarassed of themselves. Their tail-enders helped them save face when it looked like they would lose by a huge margin at one point thanks to some excellent bowling by Thushara.

Sri Lanka ended up on top on Bangladesh turf thanks to some great performances by certain newbies. This series win could motivate them for the upcoming T20 World Cup.

The third and final T20 match of the three-match T20 series was the final match for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to join the series and in that final match, Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh and won the T20 series at home. I did not know what to do after seeing the game of Bangladesh's opening batsmen today, as if the Sri Lankan bowlers were giving wickets to the bowlers when they bowled. The way the Bangladeshi batsmen were batting seemed like they had a lot of stars and they needed to finish the match quickly. Perhaps from the first 16 runs to the first twenty runs, Bangladesh lost four wickets from then on, Bangladesh continued to lose wickets, although a good partnership was formed towards the end, but the partnership could not lead the team to victory.

Sri Lanka put a lot of pressure on the Bangladesh team with some great play, but it was Nuwan Thushara's hat-trick and five-wicket haul that made the real difference. Sri Lanka clinched the series win against Bangladesh with a 28-run victory in the third T20I. Congratulations to Sri Lanka for their series victory, and good luck to both teams for their upcoming matches!

Lahore Qalandars which are already out of the play-offs today done good job and have good target of 178 against Karachi Kings which is trying their best for having spot into play-offs with good late charge from the Sikandar Raza and Wise helps Lahore Qalandars to reach at this score but in reply we have good response from the Karachi Kings as after just five overs they are at the 51 runs with Vince and Seifert both are doing aggressive job for their team to have win and also achieve better NRR which is also going to be important in coming matches as few teams are having same points, so things are interested in this game.

James Vince already have 42 runs from 25 balls and allowing him for this charge as he reaches 14 runs on 11 balls Lahore Qalandars which are having good bowling attack fail to create any impression and stop the batsmen from scoring runs on quick run rate 58 in just 6 overs is good start for the Karachi Kings.

The performance of top order players in Bangladesh is very poor and erratic as we have seen for the last 7/8 years. Top order always bats badly. And due to the responsible batting of the middle order players, Bangladesh were able to provide big targets.

In the first and last match, we again saw the poor performance of Bangladesh's top order. And the team lost both matches. After losing 6 batsmen today for just 32 runs, no one could have imagined that Bangladesh would collect 146 runs. Bangladesh team has got several young talented players. Jaker Ali, Mehedi and Rishad are good enough players.

Liton Das, Soumyo and Shanto are all three talented players. But they are unable to consistently perform well. I would say these three players need to work harder. I would say these three Bangladeshi batsmen should take inspiration from Taskin Ahmed. Taskin was left out of the Bangladesh main squad due to lack of form. He has worked hard, and now he is able to bowl better than before.



I am not expecting anything good from Bangladesh in the next World Cup. I had high expectations from Bangladesh in the last ODI World Cup. Bangladesh team was in good form before the World Cup. But the performance of Bangladesh in the World Cup was very bad. And yet the team's performance has been erratic. It is impossible for Bangladesh to perform well in the World Cup with such a bad top order.

Srilinka outstanding performance in the 3rd and final match of T20 by winning 28 runa. Srilinka won the series by 2-1 against Bangladesh. The Player of the Match is Nuwan Thushara for his amazing bowling performance by picking 5 important wickets by giving just 20 runs and All Out Bangladesh team in just 146 runs. Bangladesh give very disappointing performance only Rishad Hossain scored 53 runs just 30 balls but failed to chase the target.

Nuwan Thushara has outperformed today, his bowling was pretty good though. He has destroyed the top orders of Bangladesh. I wasn't expecting such failure from the top orders. Bangladesh managed to escape the shameful defeat for the batting performance of the bowlers. No team will be able to win the match if the top orders completely fail in this way.

Bangladesh needs to make some changes. I have to say Soumya, Litton, Shanto, Shak Mahedi, and Mustafizur need to be replaced.
Yes, I know it is a big statement to say that those very important players including the captain need to be replaced, but it is what it is.
Bangladesh is trying to bowl first and chase the target because they feel confident with so many batsmen in the team. But none of them are being able to contribute as they should.
I was actually surprised to see how Bangladesh had given away the hat trick to Sri Lanka. Bangladesh was literally unable to play balls that were only 122 kilometers per hour speed.



Anyway, I do not think Bangladesh is going to be able to do anything in the upcoming World Cup if they play like this. I also believe they are not going to be able to do anything if they think Shanto is actually a good captain for them. They definitely need to get rid of some people. And there is no reason to play for opener in the team if none of them are going to perform

To be honest Bangladesh played worst ever cricket especially at N. Thushara third over where they lose his important three wickets at single over and I think that's the Turing point for them because pressure were start mounting on them in huge at that's point and dominance were also shifted toward Thier opponent otherwise they have decent squad whose able to chased down required target but unfortunately due to such disaster situation they unable to divert results in thier favour which cost them not only single match defeat but entire series too by 2-1 against sirilanka. Anyway just Mendis played magnificent while from Bangladesh rather than Hossain none of other player able to scored decent and thus loss the match

Bangladesh lost the third T20 match because of Bangladesh's weak batting. If Bangladesh's batsmen of the first sari could have scored good runs, then Bangladesh would have won today's match against Sri Lanka. But none of Bangladesh's top batsmen could score good runs due to which Bangladesh lost today's match against Sri Lanka. If the opening batsmen of Bangladesh were out after scoring roughly 50 runs, Bangladesh would have won today's match very easily if the next batsmen batted responsibly. But the batsmen and bowlers of Bangladesh need to bat and bowl more responsibly for the next one-day matches and test matches, otherwise they will have a tough time against Sri Lanka.

Thanks to Kusal Mendis's 86 runs inning, SL was able to post a competitive total on the board. No other batter contributed significantly to the cause. It was a chasable target, but that 4th over from Thushara changed the game upside down. A hat-trick changed the game for Sri Lanka, and the Bangladesh batter could not handle the pressure well afterwards. At one moment, the 100 score was looking difficult for Bangladesh, but Rishad Hossain and Taskin played well and showed some resistance, but the score was too much for them.


Both Multan Sultan and Peshawar Zalmi have qualified for the playoffs. Quetta, Islamabad and Karachi are trying hard to qualify for the playoffs. The chances of Karachi qualifying are very limited if they lose today's match. They are playing against their rivals in the PSL, Lahore Qalandars. Karachi's top order should score some runs in this match because, thus far, they are a burden to the middle order with no performance from the captain either. On Karachi's crowd, I am hoping they will show up today to support their team against Lahore.

In the match between Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars, KK won the toss and chose to field first. A must-win for Karachi. Fingers crossed.

I am completely disappointed after seeing the batting performance of the Bangladesh team in the third T20 match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka today. It is not that the bowlers of the Bangladesh team bowled badly today they bowled well but Mostafizur Rahman and Risaad Hossain gave too many runs per over. Sri Lanka's Kushal Mendis was the big hurdle for the Bangladesh team as he single-handedly scored 86 runs as a result of which his team Sri Lanka managed to score 176 runs.

In today's match Mahmudullah Riyad and Tawheed Hriday one of the most reliable middle order batsmen of the Bangladesh team returned to the dressing room with zero runs. If these two could have scored some runs in today's match i.e. if both of them could have reached double figures then maybe Bangladesh would have been able to win today. One of the reasons for the defeat in this match today is the batting disaster of the Bangladesh team.

Sri Lanka batsmen have set a target of 174 runs in 20 overs.  And that a good goal.  Now their bowlers should work harder and struggle so that even the Bangladesh batsmen cannot complete this target and lose the match and the victory and success goes to the Sri Lankan team.  For this their bowlers have to get wickets.  And the run has to stop.  Only then will the match be in their hands.  My congratulations to the Sri Lanka team for the win and may they continue to play like this and win matches. Bangladesh batsmen could not work hard and struggle and will lose the match.

Bangladesh VS  Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka batted first and scored 174 runs in the allotted overs. Kusal Mendis' brilliant performance helped the team reach 174 runs. He was dismissed for 85 off 55 balls, missing the century by 15 runs.

According to me Bangladesh bowling was good today Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam they bowled well. But Mustafizur could not bowl well, giving 47 runs in 4 overs. If Mustafizur Rahman could have bowled well, Sri Lanka could have been restricted to fewer runs.

Bangladesh went into bat to win and were all out for 146 runs in 19.4 overs. Bangladesh batsmen have performed very badly today. Today the bowlers batted better than the batsmen. Rishad Hossain scored 53 runs Taskin Ahmed scored 31 runs. Bangladesh had a chance to win today, but they batted badly and eventually lost by 28 runs. Sri Lanka won the series 2-1.

An interesting T20 match played between Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka won the match by 18 runs and won the series. Batting in the first innings, the Sri Lankan team collected 174 runs with the loss of 7 wickets, the batting and bowling performance of Sri Lanka was good in today's match. Sri Lankan team batsman Kushal Mendis had an amazing batting he scored 86 runs off 55 balls, unfortunately he missed out on a century after being dismissed. However, in the second innings, Bangladesh team could not bat well due to which they were all out for 146 runs and lost the match. But in today's match, Sri Lankan team players performed well and played brilliantly against Bangladesh due to which they won the T20 series.

Another competitive T20 match between India and Bangladesh. The three match T20 series was at 1-1 and with this win, Sri Lanka has won the series in Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka batting first made an average score of 174 in 20 overs. The required run rate was less than 9 for Bangladesh but Bangladesh's starting and middle order were completely destroyed by the Sri Lankan bowlers. The Bengali batting was a bit held longer by the lower order but they were short of 28 runs when they were all out and also out of overs.
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh seems to be on similar level at the moment and upcoming ODI series too are going to be interesting ones.

Batting against the target of 165 runs given by Sri Lanka, Bangladesh openers Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar lost wickets early on and the team was under a lot of pressure. No batsman could bat as well to lift the team out of that pressure. As soon as openers Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar were out, Tawheed Hridoy Shanto Mahmudullah Riyad was dismissed for 0 runs. It was really disappointing to see such a performance of the top batsmen of Bangladesh. When the top batsmen of Bangladesh could not bat, Rishad Hossain and Taskin Ahmed fought hard to bring the team victory but in the end they could not bring the team closer to victory. Bangladesh lost by 28 runs against Sri Lanka and the T20 series was lost  Bangladesh with this loss. The reason for losing today's match against Sri Lanka is because of Bangladesh's batting. Due to Bangladesh's weak batting, Bangladesh lost today's match against Sri Lanka. If Bangladesh's top batsmen could have performed well, Bangladesh would have won today's match against Sri Lanka.

If Bangladesh had saved themselves a bit today, they could have won today's match. Today's match was a very easy equation for Bangladesh to win but they lost quick wickets early on and made this third T20 match very difficult and lost. Bangladesh could have met the target of just 175 runs if they wanted to but they were so faint that they lost to Sri Lanka today. I too expected Bangladesh to win today but all our hopes were dashed but no fault of Bangladesh bowlers they certainly bowled very well and restricted them to 174 runs. Today I blame the Bangladeshi batsmen if they could have survived then they could have easily won today's match.

It was really a disappointing performance from Bangladesh. I will not gonna say anything bad about the bowling performance of Bangladesh but their batting line up fully destroyed by Sri Lankan bowlers N. Thushara and the W. Hasaranga they both did great performance at their bowling they took 7 wickets and most the wickets are really important today. I was thought that today Bangladesh will be the winner and they will win  this t20 series. But no one in top order batsmen did at least a performance. Most of them made duck.