BCCI: All the experts were eagerly wanted to know that on what basis, the selection committee of India chooses the 15 Men squad for the world cup 2019.
One of the members of the selection Committee confronted the media and said “This time, it was decided that there would be a tweak in the system. On Sunday, a three and half hour presentation was provided with processed data. In fact, this could be done before every major selection meeting,”
He told that all the performances of the players were shown in the Power-point presentation. And the stats of the player were put in the data analytics software. And on the basis of that analysis, the squad has been selected.
Moreover, the debate between Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik was also solved by this procedure as the ability of Karthik in the middle over and the ability of Rishabh Pant to score at death overs were put together to get to the result. Also, MSK Prasad clearly stated that Dinesh Karthik is better wicketkeeper than Rishabh Pant.
Moreover, players like Kedhar Jadhav, Kuldeep Yadav was also judged on the basis of that data analytics software.
“Things like how England or New Zealand have fared against our wrist spinners or how Australia has negotiated our orthodox left-arm spinners during a particular phase of play was shown to the selectors,” the source said.
The final XI will totally depend on the conditions and the behavior of the pitch. A country like England offers a variety of pitches where the conditions are different.