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. --- 🎙️ 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 --- 📌 Whether you're a cricket fan, aspiring analyst, fantasy player, or just data-curious — this episode has something for everyone. --- 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 --- Follow Himanish on X: https://x.com/hganjoo_153 Subscribe to Himanish's Substack: https://deeppoint.substack.com/ Read Himanish's articles on ESPNcricinfo: https://www.espncricinfo.com/author/h... Training the Hawk-Eye on Axar Patel: Angular, Anomalous https://deeppoint.substack.com/p/unde... --- T20 Batting App: https://t20bat.streamlit.app/