Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion

Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe T20 series will start today and we will witness the first match live in few hours from now on national TV. Pakistan will be favorites but at the same time unpredictable so it will be a good contest. Zimbabwe will like to continue their good performance but being a home team Pakistan will be under pressure to save their face and can't afford to lose the match.

At least when compared to the ODI format, T20 gives more opportunity to the weaker side. So I expect Zimbabwe to win at least one out of the three matches. And looking at the odds being given by the gambling sites, it looks quite attractive to bet in favor of Zimbabwe. Even during the ODI series, the underdogs managed to beat Pakistan once. So I expect a more competitive series, as the format gets shorter.

Zimbabwe seems to be a much better team compared to the past decade and new players has some talents as well which may be helpful to compete with world class players but the problem with those cricket boards are the funds required to hire the players because those countries doesn't give much importance to the cricket like games and only allocate small amount.

Yesterday it seems a match between Baber Azam and Madhevere who scored 82 and 70 respectively and remain not-out (Madhevere only). Since Pakistan did not lose early wickets they were able to easily finish the match. Today we have the 2nd T20 between the two teams plus a eliminator match between SRH and DC. Means its a super Sunday full of exciting cricket.