ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 - Winner - Predictions

[ChennaiFan]

This is a simple thread to capture your predictions on which team would be the winners in the 2021 T20 World Cup. Please provide your prediction and reason(s).

Here is my prediction:

Choice 1: Australia

Reasons:
1. Well-balanced team with power hitters, good runners, good bowling, and very good fielding.
2. Generally handles pressure situations better than most other teams.
3. Many players would be used to UAE conditions due to IPL.
4. Their spin bowling is underrated. They have the potential to do well in UAE.

Choice 2: India

Reasons:
1. Players would be battle-hardened players after the IPL. But the IPL could also make them tired.
2. Have good spinners for the conditions.
3. -ve: Kholi's captaincy

 

[YousafTheBeast]

England vs Bangladesh Final.

Bangladesh to win.

You saw it here first.

 

[Mesozoic]

New Zealand will win it..

 

[Justcrazy]

Newzealand will win it. That is my opinion.

 

[Extra_Cover]

Choice: India

Reasons:
1. Ideal player ages with most of them in their peak years - Virat, Rohit, Bumrah, Jadeja and Hardik to name a few.
2. Will be playing IPL so would be best suited to conditions
3. They are due an ICC tournament win. They won WC in 2011 (10 years back). High time for best cricketing nation to atleast win a cricket tournament
4. Crowd support - They would have biggest fan base of cricketing nations in UAE. But that being said Indian fanbase is everywhere nowadays.

 

[Major]

India vs Afghanistan

UAE is all about spinners. Both these teams have got spinners that can win them the World t20.

If Afghanistan gets to the second leg of the world t20, he would be the highest wicket taker here. Him bowling his legspin and googlies at UAE would be a treat to watch.

Mujeeb Ur Rehman is another threat aswell.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

India vs Afghanistan

UAE is all about spinners. Both these teams have got spinners that can win them the World t20.

If Afghanistan gets to the second leg of the world t20, he would be the highest wicket taker here. Him bowling his legspin and googlies at UAE would be a treat to watch.

Mujeeb Ur Rehman is another threat aswell.

Ranking based on spin bowling strength
1 Afghanistan - khan, nabi, mujeeb, noor
2.England - Rashid, Moeen
3.SriLanka - Hasaranga, Dhananjay.
4.SouthAfrica - Shamsi(no.1), linde.
5. Bangladesh - Shakib, Mehedi
6.India is at no. 6 with Chahal and some no name spinner.
7.Pak - Shadab, Hafeez and Qadir.

So that's pretty much it. We don't have a proper spin bowling attack.

 

[ChennaiFan]

India vs Afghanistan

UAE is all about spinners. Both these teams have got spinners that can win them the World t20.

If Afghanistan gets to the second leg of the world t20, he would be the highest wicket taker here. Him bowling his legspin and googlies at UAE would be a treat to watch.

Mujeeb Ur Rehman is another threat aswell.

I agree Afghanistan is very strong and has good variety in spin bowling. Even Noor Ahmad with his chinaman has a good chance to do very well there in UAE. But I doubt they have the discipline to bat and field well for the whole tournament.

 

[dravidthewall]

Pakistan to win the worldcup. Babar Azam and Rizwan to score more runs for pak.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

India.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Ranking based on spin bowling strength
1 Afghanistan - khan, nabi, mujeeb, noor
2.England - Rashid, Moeen
3.SriLanka - Hasaranga, Dhananjay.
4.SouthAfrica - Shamsi(no.1), linde.
5. Bangladesh - Shakib, Mehedi
6.India is at no. 6 with Chahal and some no name spinner.
7.Pak - Shadab, Hafeez and Qadir.

So that's pretty much it. We don't have a proper spin bowling attack.

Bas kar bhai kitni acting karega. India and Pakistan both are favorites to win and you have put them both at the bottom lol.

 

[Ab Fan]

South Africa will win under the leadership of Temba Bavuma. They are dark horse and they will surprise everyone.

 

[Ab Fan]

The final will be played between Pakistan and South Africa. Temba Bavuma will take back the revenge from Pakistan for the 2009 WT20 Semi final loss.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Bas kar bhai kitni acting karega. India and Pakistan both are favorites to win and you have put them both at the bottom lol.

Spin bowling strength ke basis par arrange kiya hai not overall strength.
What's wrong in this?

 

[mastimasti]

India by miles. Pakistan would have had a shout with better selection but with the current squad, I think india have the best available group of players in uae conditions.

The windiest are always in with a shout but they have too many ageing players.

The rest are there to make up the numbers.

 

[TeymurBlake]

India are heavy favourites, but Afghanistan would be my dark horses.

Australia are without a doubt with Pakistan should not be considered potential winners.

 

[Bewal Express]

Surely Ind can't choke again

 

[Mp812]

If one goes back to 2007 then India had sent bunch of newbies with a new captain leaving out big names of that era. They ended winning the cup. So anything can happen when newwbies are given a task no one expects them to deliver.

 

[shamaan]

Pakistan vs India final
Or India vs England

 

[Aman]

WI or England.

Dark horses - Pakistan.

 

[Aman]

I agree Afghanistan is very strong and has good variety in spin bowling. Even Noor Ahmad with his chinaman has a good chance to do very well there in UAE. But I doubt they have the discipline to bat and field well for the whole tournament.

Am I missing something? Even if they have spinners, I couldn't name one of their batsmen.

 

[Buffet]

Any team can win. It is very hard to predict.

 

[Mahee]

sri lanka also has a very good chance...they have very good spinners....India chahal and kuldeep are useless

 

[RyanRyan10]

Ranking based on spin bowling strength
1 Afghanistan - khan, nabi, mujeeb, noor
2.England - Rashid, Moeen
3.SriLanka - Hasaranga, Dhananjay.
4.SouthAfrica - Shamsi(no.1), linde.
5. Bangladesh - Shakib, Mehedi
6.India is at no. 6 with Chahal and some no name spinner.
7.Pak - Shadab, Hafeez and Qadir.

So that's pretty much it. We don't have a proper spin bowling attack.

Chahal is worse than Shadab

Check his economy rate

Zampa is also better than Chahal

So India should be at 8

 

[shamaan]

Pakistan now that no is taking them serious

 

[Ab Fan]

Ashwin has been picked for England and Windies batsman. Against Pakistan, Ash will be benched. Reason is pretty simple.

Varun C will be used as mystery spinner for the match vs Pakistan.

 

[sam_ahm]

I can't see any real favourites this time, but if I have to call it then it will be India followed by Bangladesh who have got a good team for these conditions. They will miss Tamim though.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

3 teams have potential to make into finals.

India
England
West Indies

-Australia may reach to semi's but they don't have capability to handle spin except Smit (strike rate issue)

-Pakistan journey will be more of roller coaster ride. One minute up next minute down.

-South Africa lead by one of the worst T20 Captains. Shamsi is gonna get smashed 9/10 times.

-NZ they have made a big mistake of dropping Taylor, Neesham and Munro. Can't see them wining 2-3 matches on trot.

-Sri Lank, get ready for upset. Apart from beating any of the top teams, they aren't gonna do much.

Rest of the team like Bangladesh and Afghanistan can have their memorable moments throughout the league phase, dont see them winning any of the matches against India, Aus, Eng and NZ

 

[sweep_shot]

India, England, and New Zealand have good chances of winning the trophy.

West Indies and Pakistan are dark horses.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

1: Pakistan
2: England
3: India - world's best bowlers

 

[Rana]

If India don’t win it, there is a problem

 

[Concerned]

Come down which team has good spinners and brutal batsmen.

England for me.

 

[Bhaijaan]

India - Need to put an end to the silverware draught

West Indies - Can go nuts onna given day with the bat and smash any team

Pakistan - What if SSA has an opening spell of 3-1-6-3 on a given day?

Bangladesh - Much like India, it's damn time.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Pakistan
England
WI
NZ

 

[IMMY69]

Hate to say this but there is a chance that Covid could the winner, again.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

I will be surprised if England can't win this T20 WC.

England has destructive batting lineup.
Roy
Bairstow
Buttler
Livingstone
Malan
Morgan

Moeen and Sam Curran will add more balance.
Their spin department is not that good.

 

[Shafi]

India 85%
England 6%
NZ 4%
WI 3%
Others 2%

Our team is rubbish with a timid captain with no dynamic batsman. Apart from Babar, Rizwan and Hafeez others are rubbish.

 

[Shafi]

I will be surprised if England can't win this T20 WC.

England has destructive batting lineup.
Roy
Bairstow
Buttler
Livingstone
Malan
Morgan

Moeen and Sam Curran will add more balance.
Their spin department is not that good.

Highly unlikely!!! England cannot play quality spin just like NZ and Australia.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

India 85%
England 6%
NZ 4%
WI 3%
Others 2%

Our team is rubbish with a timid captain with no dynamic batsman. Apart from Babar, Rizwan and Hafeez others are rubbish.

85%

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Final

England vs India

 

[shamaan]

For Pakistan to have a chance shaheen must be on top of his game.

 

[Ashmal]

India are firm favorites and they would be really upset if they don't end up winning.

They have all bases covered and playing IPL in UAE just before WC is a huge advantage.

 

[Hasan123]

I think India will be victorious on this occasion. Hard tournament to call though.

 

[UzmanBeast]

People are going head over heels about the significance of spin, it won't be too much of a defining factor.

Wickets hardly spin as much as they do in the West Indies. PSL pitches were flat as ever, and the IPL wickets will be the same.

I reckon West Indies will win, they can quite literally bash the daylight out of any opponent.

Pakistan will finish in the semi-finals in my mind.

 

[Babar_the_Destroyer]

People are going head over heels about the significance of spin, it won't be too much of a defining factor.

Wickets hardly spin as much as they do in the West Indies. PSL pitches were flat as ever, and the IPL wickets will be the same.

I reckon West Indies will win, they can quite literally bash the daylight out of any opponent.

Pakistan will finish in the semi-finals in my mind.

You are forgetting two important factor ipl will be played earlier along with wc so pitches are bound to tire out plus there wont be dew to affect games,you dont need excessive movement slow pitches with bit of turn is enough for spinners,plus i am sure bounce will start to get lower as well.

 

[fitCricFan]

West Indies as the winners, Final between the Windies and Kiwis or India.

As underdogs, they always bring that little extra as a team in the ICC tournaments. In the last WC they ruined it for Pakistan, this time they will ruin it for everyone

 

[UzmanBeast]

You are forgetting two important factor ipl will be played earlier along with wc so pitches are bound to tire out plus there wont be dew to affect games,you dont need excessive movement slow pitches with bit of turn is enough for spinners,plus i am sure bounce will start to get lower as well.

Quality of pitches will be as flat as possible as the ICC needs high-scorers to make revenue.

The organization lacks the mental capacity to think about the betterment of the sport, but they are somehow competent in hording cash for their own pockets.

 

[TeymurBlake]

India are heavy favourites, but Afghanistan would be my dark horses.

Australia are without a doubt with Pakistan should not be considered potential winners.

I'm gonna reiterate what I said, India are definitely favourites. With the players picked specially the spinners absolutely. But I genuinely think Afghanistan, with there spinners and the variety in that squad and there batsman all competent players of spin.

But for me, the winner of this tournament should be the team that has batters who play spin well and has a well stock amount of spinner available and Australia definitely doesn't have that but even Pakistan doesn't, besides Babar & Rizwan.