The new school of thought, used by the Team Management these days, covering all aspects, from openers to the death bowlers was the ideal thing, the modern-day bidders are like recruiters who seek multiple skill sets in talents before getting them on board. Some of the skills can be listed as:
- If you are an opening batsman, you should be able to utilise the Power Play and score runs quickly and at the same time be able to manage the fierce fast bowlers and hit the spinners at the same time.
- For the middle order batsmen, the criteria remain: to be able to rotate the strike, convert the ones into two's, twos into three's, at the same time hit boundaries, and minimise dot balls.
- For someone to bat down the order, strike rates, ability to hit sixes and accelerate the scores as well as defending the death bowlers are a required skill.
- Spinners are evaluated on how they can check runs and minimise the strike rates of hard hitters and pick wickets through the variety of spin they possess.
- Fast bowlers have criteria to be able to bowl in power play as well as check runs in the death, pick wickets and leaking less runs in terms of boundaries and maximum and contain the batting side in mid overs.
Premium is enjoyed by those who are Openers and who can keep the wicket at same time, the left arm fast bowlers, all-rounders who are economic as well as destructive with the bat, spinners who give less than 7 runs and over and pick wickets at regular interval, and the boys who score a 25-30 in every game in 12-15 balls. Teams tend to sign players with such credentials, as this provides them more options in a playing 11.
Now coming to the identifying the players. These days teams have corporate setups, being led by a CEO, a team of analysts who invest huge capitals on sophisticated tools on data crunching & analysis, a team of scouts who rely on field works, be it the top-rated franchisee leagues of the world or be it the domestic cricket in India from the Ranji Trophy to the newly formed Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, they travel a lot throughout the calendar year to identify talents from the different corners of the world. Based on their reports, the analytics team, rate them on a scale of 10 for a set of parameters and uses sophisticated tools to make a valuation for the players, the maximum and minimum price they can invest on a particular player. The process is repeated for all players in the particular auction list.
The game is simple, all I need is a player in a particular slot who possesses the following skills, the individuals who satisfy them are on my wishlist, and I would select from the team. It’s no more on names, it has nothing to do with individuals, it’s a completely new direction. The premium in such investment comes through acquiring young players keeping in mind the futuristic scope of the team, as management experts say, a right business decision is taken considering a long-term benefit, that comes through continuity and mentorship. Also, to provide more security to players and reduce the operating costs, the strength of the squad is kept as minimum as possible having a solid 11, 2-3 backups and another young few reserves. Auctions are no more a gambling place, it is an open market with less demand and more supply, where you utilise your strategic mind to form a strong core!
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