Does India hold the edge today against the Proteas? Think
again!
Castrol Activ Zip Factor throws all the archaic parameters for analyzing a T20 game out of the window. Here is how:
Castrol Activ Zip Factor throws all the archaic parameters for analyzing a T20 game out of the window. Here is how:
As the Friday
evening sun sets in Dhaka, two contrasting teams will look to take a step
closer to the ICC T20 trophy. The cricket analysts and pundits will call it a
no-brainer to put the tag of ‘favourites’ on India. The Proteas neither have
the form nor the past records in ICC tournament semi-finals to present their
case. They have barely managed to win the last three wins with thin margins of
3, 6 and 2 runs. Meanwhile, their semi-final opponents have made quick work of
all the teams they have faced in the tournament with an air of invincibility.
Moreover, as the South African campaign shifts from Chittagong to Dhaka, they
will be banking on their key players to do the trick in an unfamiliar
territory.
All this hoopla
about favourites and track record, however, is thrown out of the window in a
T20 clash where lightening cameos and maiden overs can change the course of the
match. The format of the T20 game is such that that just one impact player can
play that jaw-dropping knock or bowl that astonishing spell and all the
discussion about form and history becomes futile. This aspect of ‘impact’ is
now captured by the new Zip factor Facebook App developed by
Castrol Activ Scooter. .
This Zip Factor
App is an uncomplicated way of measuring the impact of a player’s performances
on the game. In a format like T20, where the traditional factors like
batting average and number of runs scored take a backseat, there was a
compelling need to capture the ‘zip’ with which the game is played. Unlike a
test or an ODI, a 6-ball 22 cameo is more impactful than a 40-ball 40. For
every match played in the ICC T20 World Cup, Zip factor calculates the impact
of each player using relevant parameters like strike rate and boundaries for
batting, wicket and dot balls for bowling and run-outs and catches for
fielding.
And it is so
relevant in every bit of the logic the formula carries.
For instance,
when a batsman plays an innings that has an immense impact on the game, does it
even matter what credentials and CV he brought to the field that day? Does it
matter how many runs he made if the pace of his runs was more important for the
team? Obviously, no!
This is what the zip factor captures amazingly. It discounts all the things one has done in the past and calculates zip factor scores for a single day. A look at the table will tell the composition of impactful players in both the sides
Imran
Tahir
|
58.42
|
Jean-Paul
Duminy
|
51.78
|
Dale
Steyn
|
50.42
|
Ravichandran
Ashwin
|
49.67
|
Amit
Mishra
|
48.09
|
Rohit
Sharma
|
46.88
|
AB
de Villiers
|
45.80
|
Virat
Kohli
|
44.50
|
Ravindra
Jadeja
|
37.21
|
David
Miller
|
28.61
|
India might have had a dream run in the tournament but
the top three dangerously influential players belong to South Africa. The 50+
zip factors of Steyn, Tahir and Duminy suggest that they are capable of winning
the match single-handedly not because of the reputations and records they have
built over the years, but simply because they have made most bearing on a
single-match in the world cup.
The concept of analyzing a game is made simple by a
elementary question the Zip factor app asks instead of many irrelevant ones- “What
is the impact that player has in the game?”
To know more about this concept and check zip factors
for every game in the World Cup, you can go here:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/castrolcricket
Twitter: twitter.com/castrolcricket
App: bit.ly/ZFapp
When the Proteas take the field against the men in
blue, they might not have the upper hand in the books of history or might not
have the odds in favour of them, but the zippy format of T20 will ensure that
the semi-final will belong to the team who makes a better impact at the end of
the day.
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