A crucial game to qualify for the next round of the Champions League between Chennai Super Kings in India and Pakistan's Lahore Lions. Both teams have missed a game and this fight is like a final, since anyone who misses will have little chance of going through.

And if Chennai is considered the favorite and quite powerful, like all Indian teams, he has the advantage that the match is at his home. But on the Pakistani side there are enough big stars in the country and it will certainly not be an easy opponent.

The Chennai court has a fairly small enclosure and this makes it easy to get big shots from the players. The criticality of the match will cause any team first to batting to chase the big score so they can then defend themselves at bowling. In both teams there are players who can make big shots and score six.

The limit of 15 given by the bookmaker looks great, but in such a game it can be reached relatively easily. For those who want more performance, Paddypower offers the over 15.5 at 1.91. Personally, I think that if we reach 15, it will be a pity to lose by six. So I choose the lowest line of bet365 at 1.72, which offers the victory at 15 sixes.

The Champions League form of T20 in cricket has begun a week ago and after the first game and we saw all the teams, the event is beginning to gain some interest.

As always, India's teams are the big favorites in the tournament and the strongest teams. That's the way Chennai Super Kings today are undisputed favorites against the South African Dolphins. It will be very difficult for the South Africans to cause problems to the all-powerful team in India.

A bet that shows interest in this game is the runs that Dwayne Smith will score. The international from Barbados did not do well in the first game, scored just 20 runs, but here he has the chance for a big score, since the Dolphins have no remarkable spinner bowler and is not expected to face the spin in the first overs Smith . 

Spin is the weak point of Chennai's openning batter, and nowadays he has a good chance at a small field to make some big shots and overcome the limit of the 22 runs set by the boxer.

Perhaps the two best teams so far are now in Punjab. On the one hand the Kings XI Punjab, which is the surprise of the tournament, and the other one the Chennai Super Kings who is the big favorite to win the championship.

It is definitely a match that does not fit many predictions, since the details can judge a lot and maybe a couple of bad overs on one side are enough to win the game by the opponent. A player I expect to lead and make a decisive contribution to the appearance of the hosts is Australian Glenn Maxwell.

Maxwell is probably at the top of his career this season and has taken Kings' hands and leads them to these games. He is the top scorer of the league, has scored more than 2 runs on 100 games, and participates in the group's bowling.

I think that for Maxwell's condition at this moment 28 given as a limit is small. I expect to be able to score some runs while it's not unlikely to get a wicket or make a catch. The player gets 1 points for each run, 10 points for each catch and 20 points for each wicket. You will find this market in the Indian Premier League player performances category.

India's T20 Championship, the famous IPL, returns to India after a tour in the Emirates, where it became the first half of the championship. The return to India also changes the conditions of the game, since the courts have softer wickets and smaller limits than those in the Emirates. 

In today's game we have the big favorite to win the Chennai Super Kings trophy against the Kolkata Knight Riders, who would like to be surprised here to be closer to the top four and the playoff ticket.

The great power of Kolkata is at bowling, where Sunil Narine is the first wicket-taker of the championship at the moment. On the other hand, Chennai has a lot of potential players in all positions and his batters stand out, since Smith, McCullum, Bravo, Doni, du Plessis and Jadeja can all make big shots and scoring.

I expect in today's game Kolkata to do the bowling first, as it is its strength and they will definitely want to limit Chennai to a small score so they can hunt afterwards. On the other hand, Chennai will surely want to make batting first, so he can build a very large score and defend himself easily afterwards.

Based on the above thinking, I expect Chennai to give us a great deal of extravagance in his attempt to build big scores. He also has the players to do that. So then Kolkata will be forced to chase big blows. I see the limit of 11.5 being covered. It is also the return to India that demands a little more spectacular game for the fans.

Stable in his performance in this tournament, Narine gets at least 2 wickets in each match and the whole attack of Trinidad & Tobago essentially relies on him.

This is something that the West Indies have been blamed for as the one-dimensional team, but as Narine is doing, he is the best player in the bowlers and basically leads his team to the semifinals of the event. It is expected that everyone will expect a good look from him in such a crucial game.

Trinidad wants a win or a small defeat to be sure in the next round. If he misses a lot, then he may be left out of the semifinals. Chennai, on the contrary, is almost in the semifinals, many wonders are needed to lose the qualification and are expected to be more relaxed in this match. But they also want the victory to keep the undefeated.

It is easy to understand that Narine's performance will be the catalyst in this game and he is currently in good form so that he can get at least 2 wickets. Of course, we must not overlook the fact that in the past, in the big games, he has performed impressively as a batsman. The player gets 1 point for each run, 10 points for each catch and 20 points for each wicket. 

You will find this market in the player performances category of the Chennai Super Kings - Trinidad & Tobago match.

Together with the Champions League in football, the Champions League for the T20 cricket composition starts this year in India.

Unfortunately this year will not take part in the organization English clubs, since the calendar does not suit them. 4 teams from India, 2 teams from Australia, 2 from South Africa, 1 from the West Indies, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka participate in the event.

Obviously, since the tournament is held in India, Indian teams have the avant-garde and many are expected to form a small Indian Premier League semi-finals, as the other teams do not seem able to cope with them.

From 4 Indian, I think Chennai Super Kings is the most complete team and fairly given as the favorite of the event. One would say they are at the same level as the Mumbai Indians, but the latter were hit hard by the departure of Lasith Malinga, who is the top bowler with most wickets in the history of the event.

I think Chennai will be able to reach the final. There we will get a little cover, perhaps, because in a T20 game everything is done. But a team with Dhoni, Jadeja, Michael Hussey, Dwayne Bravo, Morkel, du Plessis and other stars is eligible to be the favorite at such an event.

The event starts with the qualifiers on 17-18 and 20 September and continues with the clubs and the final stage. The final is on October 6. Not a month or so.