Also, it looks like RCB's Impact player was a double agent, Anuj Rawat scored 15 off 22 and pinch hitter Hasaranga was sitting out with his pads on.
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Lol bad evening for both impact players with the bat.
RCB defending quite well.
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Somehow RCB manage to make a royal mess of their inning and ended up with a below-par score on a ground that has an average first-inning score of 190+. It's a difficult ground to defend on when bowling second.
Also, it looks like RCB's Impact player was a double agent, Anuj Rawat scored 15 off 22 and pinch hitter Hasaranga was sitting out with his pads on.
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Lol bad evening for both impact players with the bat.
RCB defending quite well.
Also, it looks like RCB's Impact player was a double agent, Anuj Rawat scored 15 off 22 and pinch hitter Hasaranga was sitting out with his pads on.
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Lol bad evening for both impact players with the bat.
RCB defending quite well.
RCB's imapct player 
had all the negative impact on the scoreboard. DC bowled very well today. All thanks to Kuldeep Yadav & Nortje. The score is not that big but DC would make it complicated. I was not expecting such a pathetic batting by RCB after getting a good start. I am what was going through the mind of Dinesh Karthik when he hit that shot. Looks like he is also out of form. If he had stayed their then the target could have gone beyond 200.
had all the negative impact on the scoreboard. DC bowled very well today. All thanks to Kuldeep Yadav & Nortje. The score is not that big but DC would make it complicated. I was not expecting such a pathetic batting by RCB after getting a good start. I am what was going through the mind of Dinesh Karthik when he hit that shot. Looks like he is also out of form. If he had stayed their then the target could have gone beyond 200. 
You are only looking at his performance in a single match while negating his horrendous performances in earlier matches which is why I disagree with you. Kumar is way past his prime and Gurbaz isn't really a big scalp.
OK.. he played all 4 of the Sunrisers Hyderabad matches so far. First match was against Rajasthan Royals, where all the SRH bowlers got the stick. This is the match where Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson went berserk and Kumar conceded 36 runs in 3 overs. But then most of the SRH bowlers went for over 10 runs per over in that match. Next match was against a super-strong Lucknow Super Giants and Bhuvi bowled 2 overs taking 19/1. Got the wicket of Deepak Hooda. Third match was against Punjab Kings, where he had figures of 4-0-33-1. I would say that he has performed decently.
RCB are playing really well at the moment and it looks like they will post a 200+ target which should be enough against DC who are struggling these days.
I don't agree with this suggestion. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the most experienced bowler in the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad. And if you look at his figures, he did quite well yesterday. In a match where the Kolkata Knight Riders scored at more than 10 runs per over, Kumar returned figures of 4-1-29-1. The other SRH pacers, such as Marco Jansen, Umran Malik and Thangarasu Natarajan were much more expensive compared to him. And you are forgetting the fact that Kumar got the wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the first over, which put KKR in backfoot.
You are only looking at his performance in a single match while negating his horrendous performances in earlier matches which is why I disagree with you. Kumar is way past his prime and Gurbaz isn't really a big scalp. 
The first T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan seemed like a match between one of the rapidly improving sides versus one of the teams that is in rapid decline. New Zealand was without their key bowlers, as most of them are away playing the Indian Premier League (Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee.etc) and the remainder are injured (Kyle Jamieson.etc). On the other hand, Pakistani youngsters delivered a very strong performance yesterday with Saim Ayub and Zaman Khan (both in their early 20s). Future looks bright for Pakistan.
I don't think the future of Pakistan is bright yet. In the last series against Afghanistan, we saw a poor performance from Pakistan. And against New Zealand too, it would not have been easy for Pakistan's batsmen to collect 182 runs if they had their first-order squad. New Zealand's bowling line-up is weak now. However, the way Pakistan performed in this match is absolutely commendable. They have played very well and I will be happy if they can maintain this consistency. Pakistan's main weakness is that their players fail to play consistently well.I think it is still a little too early to say because yes I agree Pakistan showed a good performance in the last match. But of course, that was against not the main New Zealand team I would say. But at the same time, New Zealand should have done better in batting. There is no excuse for getting all out for less than 90 in the same track wire. Pakistani youngsters are scoring quite easily and freely.
Anyway, it is a five-match series, which will certainly be interesting if Pakistan can win this series.
The first T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan seemed like a match between one of the rapidly improving sides versus one of the teams that is in rapid decline. New Zealand was without their key bowlers, as most of them are away playing the Indian Premier League (Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee.etc) and the remainder are injured (Kyle Jamieson.etc). On the other hand, Pakistani youngsters delivered a very strong performance yesterday with Saim Ayub and Zaman Khan (both in their early 20s). Future looks bright for Pakistan.
I don't think the future of Pakistan is bright yet. In the last series against Afghanistan, we saw a poor performance from Pakistan. And against New Zealand too, it would not have been easy for Pakistan's batsmen to collect 182 runs if they had their first-order squad. New Zealand's bowling line-up is weak now. However, the way Pakistan performed in this match is absolutely commendable. They have played very well and I will be happy if they can maintain this consistency. Pakistan's main weakness is that their players fail to play consistently well.I think it is still a little too early to say because yes I agree Pakistan showed a good performance in the last match. But of course, that was against not the main New Zealand team I would say. But at the same time, New Zealand should have done better in batting. There is no excuse for getting all out for less than 90 in the same track wire. Pakistani youngsters are scoring quite easily and freely.
Anyway, it is a five-match series, which will certainly be interesting if Pakistan can win this series.
The first T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan seemed like a match between one of the rapidly improving sides versus one of the teams that is in rapid decline. New Zealand was without their key bowlers, as most of them are away playing the Indian Premier League (Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee.etc) and the remainder are injured (Kyle Jamieson.etc). On the other hand, Pakistani youngsters delivered a very strong performance yesterday with Saim Ayub and Zaman Khan (both in their early 20s). Future looks bright for Pakistan.
The Pakistani cricket team has some exciting young talent and it is encouraging to watch them perform well against a formidable opponent like New Zealand. It is encouraging to see players like Saim Ayub and Zaman Khan compete at such a high level because they hold promise for the future of Pakistani cricket. While some of New Zealand major players may not have been available it is vital to recognise Pakistan youthful talent for their efforts and prospective contributions to the team. It is always encouraging to see fresh talent emerge and I look forward to following their future growth and success. 
The first T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan seemed like a match between one of the rapidly improving sides versus one of the teams that is in rapid decline. New Zealand was without their key bowlers, as most of them are away playing the Indian Premier League (Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee.etc) and the remainder are injured (Kyle Jamieson.etc). On the other hand, Pakistani youngsters delivered a very strong performance yesterday with Saim Ayub and Zaman Khan (both in their early 20s). Future looks bright for Pakistan.
I don't think the future of Pakistan is bright yet. In the last series against Afghanistan, we saw a poor performance from Pakistan. And against New Zealand too, it would not have been easy for Pakistan's batsmen to collect 182 runs if they had their first-order squad. New Zealand's bowling line-up is weak now. However, the way Pakistan performed in this match is absolutely commendable. They have played very well and I will be happy if they can maintain this consistency. Pakistan's main weakness is that their players fail to play consistently well.
Harry Brooks destroyed KKR single handedly, out of the mammoth target of 228 his contribution was 100 and in just 55 balls. Rinku Singh did what he does best but the target was too big to chase.
Two games scheduled for today. First RCB VS DC and the next is LSG VS PBKS. DC's batting is in shambles so they are the least favourite. LSG is a much better team than PBKS.
Two games scheduled for today. First RCB VS DC and the next is LSG VS PBKS. DC's batting is in shambles so they are the least favourite. LSG is a much better team than PBKS.
The first T20I between New Zealand and Pakistan seemed like a match between one of the rapidly improving sides versus one of the teams that is in rapid decline. New Zealand was without their key bowlers, as most of them are away playing the Indian Premier League (Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee.etc) and the remainder are injured (Kyle Jamieson.etc). On the other hand, Pakistani youngsters delivered a very strong performance yesterday with Saim Ayub and Zaman Khan (both in their early 20s). Future looks bright for Pakistan.
Pakistan VS New Zealand
Some of New Zealand's famous players have been performing brilliantly for various teams in the IPL. Before announcing the squad against Pakistan, New Zealand should have announced their squad.
Most of New Zealand's top performing players are busy with the IPL. One thing is very important that New Zealand's batting line-up is very weak. Moreover, in terms of bowling, except for Adam Milne, the rest of the bowlers did fairly well, but it was not desirable that New Zealand would be all out for only 94 runs. Apart from New Zealand's Latham and Chapman, none of the batters performed well. However, many New Zealand supporters are hoping that New Zealand will come back in their second match.Some of New Zealand's famous players have been performing brilliantly for various teams in the IPL. Before announcing the squad against Pakistan, New Zealand should have announced their squad.
Pakistan VS New Zealand
Think for a moment that Pakistan bowled out a team like New Zealand for 94 runs in T20 cricket. Against a strong batting lineup like New Zealand, how aggressive the Pakistani bowlers bowled. Pakistanis have come to New Zealand on a long tour to play 5 T20Is and 5 ODIs. Where one of the five T20 matches was held in Lahore yesterday and New Zealand conceded a humiliating defeat to Pakistan in the first match.
Batting first against New Zealand, Pakistan lost all wickets in 19.5 overs and managed to accumulate 182 runs on the scoreboard. New Zealand was all out in 15.3 overs when New Zealand came to bat with a target of 183 runs. New Zealand's loss against Pakistan is really a shame. We hope New Zealand will not make the same mistakes in the second T20 match as they did in the first T20 match.
Some of New Zealand's famous players have been performing brilliantly for various teams in the IPL. Before announcing the squad against Pakistan, New Zealand should have announced their squad.
Think for a moment that Pakistan bowled out a team like New Zealand for 94 runs in T20 cricket. Against a strong batting lineup like New Zealand, how aggressive the Pakistani bowlers bowled. Pakistanis have come to New Zealand on a long tour to play 5 T20Is and 5 ODIs. Where one of the five T20 matches was held in Lahore yesterday and New Zealand conceded a humiliating defeat to Pakistan in the first match.
Batting first against New Zealand, Pakistan lost all wickets in 19.5 overs and managed to accumulate 182 runs on the scoreboard. New Zealand was all out in 15.3 overs when New Zealand came to bat with a target of 183 runs. New Zealand's loss against Pakistan is really a shame. We hope New Zealand will not make the same mistakes in the second T20 match as they did in the first T20 match.
Some of New Zealand's famous players have been performing brilliantly for various teams in the IPL. Before announcing the squad against Pakistan, New Zealand should have announced their squad.
Rinku Singh has been consistently contributing in the match. He also played a good innings in today's match. Scored 58 runs off 31 balls at a strike rate of 187.10. Nitish Rana gave a good innings in this match but unfortunately they could not win. Opposite team Sunrisers Hyderabad set a big target of 228 which is very difficult to overcome. Harry Brook who scored a century and remained unbeaten for this reason Kolkata Knight Riders had to lose the match today. Kolkata's bowlers are still defeated in this concern they pick up only four wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders came very close to victory against Sunrise Hyderabad but lost yesterday's match. Early in the game, it looked like Kolkata Knight Riders might lose against Sunrise Hyderabad by many runs. But later two Indian batsmen Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh took the lead of Kolkata Knight Riders with a strong hand. Nitesh Rana was dismissed after playing an excellent innings of 75 runs off 41 balls, but Rinku Singh remained unbeaten after playing an excellent innings of 58 runs off 31 balls. If the opening batsmen could have added a few more runs, the result of today's match might have gone in favor of Kolkata Knight Riders.
However, despite losing this match, the points table of Kolkata Knight Riders did not deteriorate. Hopefully Kolkata Knight Riders will focus more in the upcoming matches.
New Zealand team was really disappointed with their performance in their first match against Pakistan. They scored only 94 runs and lost the match with 88 runs. Nothing seems to happen well for them as first they let the Pakistan batsmen score 182 runs. It was a big score by the Pakistan team on a wicket which was not so bating friendly.
Haris Rauf took four wickets in the match and had the best bowling figure among the bowlers. Imad Wasim also took 2 wickets only in a single over he bowled in the innings.
Haris Rauf took four wickets in the match and had the best bowling figure among the bowlers. Imad Wasim also took 2 wickets only in a single over he bowled in the innings.
Not a good start from New Zealand of the T20I series. This performance was expected as most of experienced New Zealand players were busy in IPL. Matt Henry had his best bowling performance as he picked up a hat trick. The bowling of New Zealand team was good but its there batting that did the damage. All team out on just 94 runs. From Pakistan side 7 bowlers used and its Haris Rauf that picked 4 wickets.
A thrashing victory for Pakistan helps take a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20I series. New Zealand are likely to struggle in the upcoming matches as many of their experienced players were occupied with the IPL. Nevertheless, this means an opportunity for the development of their younger players. Hopefully they'll return with renewed strength in the next game. It was disappointing to see the NZ batters failed badly in the first T20I, but we at least expect more competitive attitude from them remaining matches.
Rinku Singh has been consistently contributing in the match. He also played a good innings in today's match. Scored 58 runs off 31 balls at a strike rate of 187.10. Nitish Rana gave a good innings in this match but unfortunately they could not win. Opposite team Sunrisers Hyderabad set a big target of 228 which is very difficult to overcome. Harry Brook who scored a century and remained unbeaten for this reason Kolkata Knight Riders had to lose the match today. Kolkata's bowlers are still defeated in this concern they pick up only four wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders came very close to victory against Sunrise Hyderabad but lost yesterday's match. Early in the game, it looked like Kolkata Knight Riders might lose against Sunrise Hyderabad by many runs. But later two Indian batsmen Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh took the lead of Kolkata Knight Riders with a strong hand. Nitesh Rana was dismissed after playing an excellent innings of 75 runs off 41 balls, but Rinku Singh remained unbeaten after playing an excellent innings of 58 runs off 31 balls. If the opening batsmen could have added a few more runs, the result of today's match might have gone in favor of Kolkata Knight Riders.
However, despite losing this match, the points table of Kolkata Knight Riders did not deteriorate. Hopefully Kolkata Knight Riders will focus more in the upcoming matches.
SRH should replace Kumar with a better bowler since he has been bowling like crap from a long time now.
I don't agree with this suggestion. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the most experienced bowler in the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad. And if you look at his figures, he did quite well yesterday. In a match where the Kolkata Knight Riders scored at more than 10 runs per over, Kumar returned figures of 4-1-29-1. The other SRH pacers, such as Marco Jansen, Umran Malik and Thangarasu Natarajan were much more expensive compared to him. And you are forgetting the fact that Kumar got the wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the first over, which put KKR in backfoot.
New Zealand team was really disappointed with their performance in their first match against Pakistan. They scored only 94 runs and lost the match with 88 runs. Nothing seems to happen well for them as first they let the Pakistan batsmen score 182 runs. It was a big score by the Pakistan team on a wicket which was not so bating friendly.
Haris Rauf took four wickets in the match and had the best bowling figure among the bowlers. Imad Wasim also took 2 wickets only in a single over he bowled in the innings.
Haris Rauf took four wickets in the match and had the best bowling figure among the bowlers. Imad Wasim also took 2 wickets only in a single over he bowled in the innings.
Not a good start from New Zealand of the T20I series. This performance was expected as most of experienced New Zealand players were busy in IPL. Matt Henry had his best bowling performance as he picked up a hat trick. The bowling of New Zealand team was good but its there batting that did the damage. All team out on just 94 runs. From Pakistan side 7 bowlers used and its Haris Rauf that picked 4 wickets.
A thrashing victory for Pakistan helps take a 1-0 lead in the five-match T20I series. New Zealand are likely to struggle in the upcoming matches as many of their experienced players were occupied with the IPL. Nevertheless, this means an opportunity for the development of their younger players. Hopefully they'll return with renewed strength in the next game. It was disappointing to see the NZ batters failed badly in the first T20I, but we at least expect more competitive attitude from them remaining matches.
New Zealand team was really disappointed with their performance in their first match against Pakistan. They scored only 94 runs and lost the match with 88 runs. Nothing seems to happen well for them as first they let the Pakistan batsmen score 182 runs. It was a big score by the Pakistan team on a wicket which was not so bating friendly.
Haris Rauf took four wickets in the match and had the best bowling figure among the bowlers. Imad Wasim also took 2 wickets only in a single over he bowled in the innings.
Haris Rauf took four wickets in the match and had the best bowling figure among the bowlers. Imad Wasim also took 2 wickets only in a single over he bowled in the innings.
Not a good start from New Zealand of the T20I series. This performance was expected as most of experienced New Zealand players were busy in IPL. Matt Henry had his best bowling performance as he picked up a hat trick. The bowling of New Zealand team was good but its there batting that did the damage. All team out on just 94 runs. From Pakistan side 7 bowlers used and its Haris Rauf that picked 4 wickets.
Pakistan need to focus on winning this series first as Pakistan also is struggling side specially in T20 format. Its very much clear that this NZ team will give tough time to Pakistan.
New Zealand has lost the first match very pathetically. I'm not expecting any tough fight from them in this series as the key players are missing in the squad. Where Pakistan is playing with their main squad. Perhaps, Pakistan will easily win this series against New Zealand. New Zealand has lost their last 5 wickets within 7 runs today.Pakistan won by 88 runs. Pakistan scored 182 runs. Both Babar and Reason fail. Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayyub both scored 47 and 47 runs. New Zealand were all out for 94 runs. The opening batting was not good. Mark Chapman scored only 34 runs. No other player scored 20+ runs. Pakistan will win the series easily.
New Zealand team was really disappointed with their performance in their first match against Pakistan. They scored only 94 runs and lost the match with 88 runs. Nothing seems to happen well for them as first they let the Pakistan batsmen score 182 runs. It was a big score by the Pakistan team on a wicket which was not so bating friendly.
Haris Rauf took four wickets in the match and had the best bowling figure among the bowlers. Imad Wasim also took 2 wickets only in a single over he bowled in the innings.
Pakistan need to focus on winning this series first as Pakistan also is struggling side specially in T20 format. Its very much clear that this NZ team will give tough time to Pakistan.
New Zealand has lost the first match very pathetically. I'm not expecting any tough fight from them in this series as the key players are missing in the squad. Where Pakistan is playing with their main squad. Perhaps, Pakistan will easily win this series against New Zealand. New Zealand has lost their last 5 wickets within 7 runs today.Pakistan won by 88 runs. Pakistan scored 182 runs. Both Babar and Reason fail. Fakhar Zaman and Saim Ayyub both scored 47 and 47 runs. New Zealand were all out for 94 runs. The opening batting was not good. Mark Chapman scored only 34 runs. No other player scored 20+ runs. Pakistan will win the series easily.
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