Скачать или смотреть How to Break into Cricket Analytics ft. Team India Analyst Himanish Ganjoo

What does a cricket analyst actually do? Why do fans mock data? Can cloud cover really help swing?

In this power-packed episode, I speak with Himanish Ganjoo — a physicist-turned-cricket analyst who worked with Team India from 2022 to 2024, helped build strategy for the T20 World Cup-winning team, and created a T20 batting app that’s changing how we understand the game.

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🎙️ We discuss:

How Rahul Dravid discovered his work
What a cricket analyst does
Whether analytics is a reactive or proactive job
Why fans resist cricket data
How you can break into the field (with or without experience)
The essential skillset for becoming an analyst
How to build a cricket analytics portfolio
A detailed walkthrough of his groundbreaking T20 batting app
The truth about cloud cover, seam, swing, and English conditions
India’s No. 8 conundrum in the ongoing Test series

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📌 Whether you're a cricket fan, aspiring analyst, fantasy player, or just data-curious — this episode has something for everyone.

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0:00 Intro
1:19 BCCI Gig
2:39 Role of a Cricket Analyst
4:39 Is it a reactive/proactive role?
5:30 Receptivity of players towards data
7:15 Data Analyst in IT vs. Cricket
9:06 Why do fans resist data analytics?
17:02 How to break into the field of cricket analytics?
21:22 How to build your portfolio?
27:03 Himanish's T20 Batting App
41:37 Does cloud cover aid swing?
46:43 Wobble seam and conditions in England
51:06 Team India's No. 8 conundrum
55:17 Kuldeep Yadav?
56:48 Final Advice from Himanish and Conclusion

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Follow Himanish on X: https://x.com/hganjoo_153
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Read Himanish's articles on ESPNcricinfo: https://www.espncricinfo.com/author/h...

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T20 Batting App: https://t20bat.streamlit.app/