CricVidya Cricket Analytics Podcast

Nov 18, 2020

We discuss 2 news regarding India's Tour: 

Recorded on Sep 4, 2020 CricVidya re-invites guests from Twitter to have a freewheeling discussion on the third week of the CPL i.e. matches 17-26. Our 2 guests for this episode are :  

1. Manjunath (Twitter handle: @thefallingsweep)  

2. Abhaye (Twitter Handle: @CricPundits)  

Post discussion of the matches,  

23:50 we also discuss reasons for failure of Barbados Tridents. 

And finally we discuss IPL players who have not been performing as well as expected in the CPL. We disucss 

28:10 Rashid: Is Rashid losing his touch? 

32:12 Cottrell. We also discuss whether Cottrell can be the first choice foreign pacer for KXIP 

35:29 Has Rutherford and his below par performance   

39:15 Ups and Downs of Keemo Paul.

Part 1 Record Date: August 16, 2020 

We look at the entire squad of Chennai Super Kings and analyse various options they have for a playing XI. We also discuss their chances of making the playoffs and which player are critical if they want to achieve the same. This part was recorded prior to the news of Suresh Raina pulling out of IPL.   

Part 2: Recorded on September 1, 2020, we re-look at the CSK team and the various combinations possible post exit of Suresh Raina.  

TIME STAMPS

6:19  Bravo and his impact  

7:37  Ngidi and his role by Billu  

8:15 Why Billu wants Chawla ?  

8:55 What is SLA ? Why is it vital?  

9:15 Harbhajan and Chahar as new ball 

10:05 A spin attach sans Harbhajan and Chawla is it possible?  

10:50 why @cricvidya  wants an additional batsman  

11:20 Bala on why MS Dhoni is a good reader of the game  

19:57 ( remember Kanhai?)  Shardul Thakur and his role  

20:15 Instagram model Monu Kumar and his chances

20:43 Realistic chances of Kerala lad KM Asif  

21:13 R Saikishore as an SLA  

22:40 Can there really be a back-up for dhoni  

33:32 PART 2

36:56 Why is @deep_extracover  so gracious??  

38:10 (Kris Srikkanth?) Pandemic changes to Billu squad by @yasirrizvi 

40:03 Yasir brings in the Old Monk  

40:25 A bespectacled left arm spinner added to the mix  

40:46 Can we play him as a leg spinner ?  

43:13 A trusted player for MS Dhoni .

Part 2: Recorded on August 29, 2020 

CricVidya invites guests from Twitter to have a freewheeling discussion on the second week of the CPL i.e. matches 7-16. 

Our 2 guests for this episode are :  

1. Manjunath (Twitter handle: @thefallingsweep)  

2. Abhaye (Twitter Handle: @CricPundits) 

After reviewing the matches in Part 1, we also discuss the following questions in Part 2: 

1. What is making STZ click?  

2. What can GAW & BT change to start winning? 

3. Is Spin Bowling at Death a new trend? 

4. Shpageeza Cricket League 

5. Should be expect UAE pitches to behave in a similar way? 

6. Performance of IPL players

Recorded on August 29, 2020 CricVidya invites guests from Twitter to have a freewheeling discussion on the second week of the CPL i.e. matches 7-16. Our 2 guests for this episode are :  

1. Manjunath (Twitter handle: @thefallingsweep)  

2. Abhaye (Twitter Handle: @CricPundits) 

After reviewing the 10 matches in this podcast, we also discuss the following questions in Part 2: 

1. What is making STZ click?  

2. What can GAW & BT change to start winning? 

3. Is Spin Bowling at Death a new trend? 

4. Shpageeza Cricket League 

5. Should be expect UAE pitches to behave in a similar way? 

6. Performance of IPL players

We look at the entire squad of Royal Challengers Bangalore and analyse various options they have for a playing XI. We also discuss their chances of making the playoffs and which player are critical if they want to achieve the same.  

Time Stamps 

20:34 Umesh Yadav 

22:45 Udana  

25:15 Siraj 

25:50 Pavan Deshpande 

27:00 Shivan Dube  

30:00 Josh Phillippe 

34:45 Finishing Role  

35:45: Will RCB qualify for the play offs?  

36:18: Why does Kohli change his team so often

We look at the entire squad of Mumbai Indians and analyse various options they have for a playing XI. We also discuss their chances of making the playoffs and which player are critical if they want to achieve the same.