Super 10 Group-1, SA Vs Eng, Wt20 (Men)

We move on to day-4 of the super 10 in wt20. Today we have a super friday, with Australia taking on New Zealand at the beautiful Dharamshala stadium, Himachal Pradesh and then South Africa takes on England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

This is the first game for Australia and for South Africa as well. Both teams will look to open their account with a win. NZ is playing their 2nd match, winning their 1st match against India. England lost to West Indies at the same venue. So they must be knowing the conditions better.

And south africa team has also been in mumbai for quite some time, so both teams know what to expect from the conditions.

SA Capt: Faf du plesis
England Cap: Eoin Morgan


As we saw the last match at wankhede, due factor came on in the later stages. So chasing team will no doubt have a slight advantage as we saw it in the previous game.
So win the toss and elect to field first and try to restrict the team to around 160 or 170.

Sorry for not writing about the Australia Vs New Zealand game. Something came up :D

Super 10 Group-1, SI Vs Afg, Wt20 (Men)

This is the 4th match of the wt20 2016. It will be played at Eden gardens, Kolkata. 6 teams have started their world cup campaign with one match each. India lost to Newzealand, Bangladesh lost to pakistan who gave them a target of 200 which was too much for them and West Indies winning against England, chasing down a target of 182 with chris gayle showing his class and entertaining the crowd at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Now moving on to match no. 4
Sri lanka will take on Afghanistan today. This is a group 1 match.
Now as we saw yesterday that the kolkata pitch helped the batsmen alot and chasing was a little tough with conditions slightly helping the seamers.
So no doubt team will look to bat first today. This is a night match, so the breeze will help the seamers a little bit and batting will get easier later on, but you never know what's a good score in a T20 game.

Afg Cap: Asghar Stanikzai
SL Cap: Angelo Mathews

Sri lanka has an upper hand in this game as they are more aware of the conditions and pitches but afghanistan has played well in their qualifiers. Lets hope for a good game from both the teams.
Cheers :)

Super 10 Group-2, Pak Vs Bang and Group-1, Eng Vs WI, Wt20 (Men)

This is the 2nd match of the group 2 and first match of group 1. Last night team India received a 47 run defeat from new Zealand.
In the first innings, the black caps could only manage a score of 126 under the conditions which favoured the spinners but this low total was a lot to take in for team India.
Let's move on to day 2 now.
Today Pakistan takes on Bangladesh in kolkata and in the later half England takes on West indies at Mumbai.

Not many international t20 matches have been played in Kolkata. The one and only match played in this ground was India vs England, which England won. They successfully chased down the target and won the match by 6 wickets.

The Eden Gardens track is considered as one of the better batting surfaces although spinners tend to come into action as the match wears on. Spinners have enjoyed bowling here in IPL games as well.
With both teams having a good bowling line up, no doubt teams will look to bowl first and will try to restrict the teams to a low score and will later look to chase it down.

Pak Cap: Shahid Afridi
Bang Cap: Mashrafe Mortaza

The 2nd match for today will be played between england and west indies. This match will be played at wankhede stadium, Mumbai.

Not many international t20 matches have been played in mumbai. The one and only match played in this ground was India vs England, which England won.

The wicket at the Wankhede offers help for both the pacers and spinners.
Although the new ball does a bit in limited-overs cricket, the pitch tends to ease out and favour batsmen as the innings progresses. The venue provides great entertainment when it comes to T20 cricket.

Teams will look to chase down target on this ground. This is a good batting surface.

England Cap: Eoin Morgan
West indies cap: Darren sammy

Let's see what happens :)
Cheers

Super 10 Group 2, Ind Vs Nz, Wt20 (Men)

The super 10 will be played from tomorrow, with the host India taking on the Blackcaps (New Zealand) in the very first match of the super 10. India being the home side has an advantage but you can never say this in a T20 game. Any team can win against team in this format and New Zealand has been in hot form. They have those hard hitters who can clear the park from ball one.

As far as  records go, India has never won a T20I match against the Blackcaps , they have played 4 matches and new zealand won every single one of them. This time story is a little different as india has been in red hot form in T20s winning 10 out of their last 11 matches, but who will win this match ?

Recent records says that the most teams who have won the toss has elected to bat first.
A good total on board is always a good thing but MSD loves chasing with the likes of Virat kohli and Rohit Sharma on top of the order, their batting goes deep. And with hard hitters like Pandya, Dhoni and yuvraj in the middle order, they have all the fire power they need to chase any target.

New zealand is playing without their talisman Brendon Mcullum who retired recently,  but still they have an explosive batting order with Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson at top of the order and Corey anderson, munro and ronchi supporting at the end of the batting order

India Cap: MS Dhoni
NZ    Cap: Kane Williamson

New zealand has not much experience playing in india but a few of them play in ipl so they are aware of what to expect from these pitches.

Toss: Win the toss and bat first. As it is a batting friendly pitch and also the due factor might be introduced in the later phase of the game

India have got their combination right and their death bowling has even improved with bumrah finishing it with his yorkers at the end of the innings and Ashish Nehra picking regular wickets at the opening. And with Ashwin and Jadeja their main spearhead at the middle order.

New Zealand has Trent boult and Tim southee to finish the job.
This should be a good contest. Both teams will looking to open their account with a win

Lets see what happens. :)

IND Vs SA: 3rd TEST, 2015

So the last test was a complete washout. And we are down to the third test which will be played at Nagpur.

Its been a long time since India played a test match here at this venue. So not much Statistics available for this venue but we can work it out.
AB's 100th was washed away but he showed a great intent with his 85 in the first innings.
SA's batting hasn't been up to the mark and India's bowlers have made sure that they take full advantage of that.

Virat is holding up his nerves tight and has maintained pressure on the proteas. The Indian top order also showed some positives in the last game. They will look to maintain that in nagpur as well.

With the last going with the rain, SA will look to start things positively and India will look to maintain momentum with their side.
SA hasn't lost a test series outside their home since 2007. And team India are trying to make sure that this time they do change this streak holded up by SA.

SA will come back strongly in tomorrow's test as they would look to end the 3rd test with a 1-1. And both teams will aim for the series decider at kotla stadium, Delhi.

Toss: Win the toss and bat first. Not much Stats available for this venue. So hope to see a run feast tomorrow, not rain feast.

Venue: Nagpur, India

AUS Vs NZ: 2nd Test, 2015

Doesn't matter if South Africa are on top of the test team ranking. Australians are right on top when it comes to test. They have the combination of 3-Mitchells and an explosive opener who can tear apart any bowling.

And the last test which they played, Warner showed how good he is with the bat and their new captain is looking good as well.

Australia put on a nice win against the New-Zealand by winning the match with over 200 runs. They put upon an overall performance with the bat and with the ball and winning comfortably.

Now moving on to the 2nd test of the series, which will be played in WACA,Perth.

Perth is the fastest ground in the world. So the bowlers need to push themselves up and show them what a bowler can really do.
The perth pitch has a lot to offer for the bowlers. It has both pace and bounce, which makes it real hard for any batting line up hard to survive. It has been a nightmare for batsmen.

Already taking 1-0 lead in the match, Australians are favourite in this one as well.

The last time Australia played on this ground, it was against the english side and Australians winning the match comfortably.
Warner scored a century when he played here and so did smith.

Toss:Win the toss and elect to bat first.

Venue: WACA,Perth on 13th Nov, 2015

IND vs SA: 2nd Test, 2015

So, I missed on the first test analysis after wrapping up the ODI as i was busy with something real important.
Now lets talk cricket for some time now.

So, after winning the T20 and ODI series, SA were the favourites for the test series as well. But the spinners did the trick for the Indians in the first test match which was played in Mohali.

Though even India struggled against the bowling of the south Africans, but the Indian bowling was too hot for the South Africans to handle. They managed to score a few runs in the first innings but jadeja's magical spell proved right on the money for India.

Now we are down to the 2nd test, which will be played in Bengaluru.
So the last time India played a match here, it was back in 2012 and India winning the match comfortably.

India has the plus point in their favour as ashwin is back in the side, And the ball will help the spinners from day-3 in Bengaluru.
The M. Chinnaswamy stadium has always been a pitch which has favoured the batsmen.

Toss: Win the toss and elect to bat first. South Africa would want to bat first as they don't want to be in a situation where they have to chase down a target and ball is spinning around.

India will be comfortable doing both. They have the home advantage. They have the best spinners around can turn the game in their side.

Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on 14th Nov