India’s Performance Review
Coming to this World Cup, India along with England were hot favourites to win. They both had the strongest team! – Like England they too had injury issue with Shikar Dhawan broke his hand and had to be replaced.
India depended heavily on their aggressive batting – supported by accurate pace bowling and lots of spinning option!.
They top the table before going into sem-finals. However semi-final was marred by rain, and they had to continue next day with New Zealand snatching victory from jaws of defeat!.
India lost the semi-finals due to loss of momentum. Momentum is key factor in any sport. In a high pressure contest, momentum becomes the only factor that separates winning and losing. The chain of event that flows within the team allowing them to be in the zone, in the moment. If momentum is broken then it becomes very difficult for players and teams to get back into the game.
When was any team let alone India were asked to chase at 11 am under cloudy condition!. Yet they manage to recover after their top order collapsed to great swing/seam bowling.
India had to chase down a smallish target under different situation. It was on day 2 on a cloudy morning where the ball was moving around, with soft bounce. The top order were unable to adapt to such condition, and had a nightmare of a start to their innings. Only few teams in this WC were able to adapt when ball was moving around under cloudy condition.
One must also give credit to New Zealand’s discipline attack, who had their momentum lost when weather became easy and target closer. Momentum applies to both teams, and on this occasion New Zealand were able to hang on to it till the end.
However now that WC is over, I am looking forward to how India prepares for next world Cup which they will be hosting in four years’ time.
At the moment India are one of the best teams in the world and probably the best squad of players they ever had!.
Statistical Analysis
ODIs – 10
Won – 7
Lost – 2
Abandoned -1
KPI comparison of (WC-2019) v/s Recent(pre WC -2019)
| World Cup 2019 | Pre World Cup (in 2019 ) | |||
| Batting | Bowling | Indicators | Batting | Bowling |
| 9 | 9 | Matches | 13 | 13 |
| 44.93 | 29.05 | Avg | 36.61 | 30.89 |
| 5.71 | 5.08 | R/o | 5.36 | 5.46 |
| 47.54 | 32.92 | St. Rate | 41.00 | 33.92 |
| 51.45 | 48.27 | Scoring Rate | 47.81 | 49.31 |
| 9.93 | 8.43 | Boundary rate | 9.34 | 9.70 |
| 43.45 | 46.59 | L 4 | 42.24 | 40.35 |
| 46.03 | 40.71 | 6 + | 11.81 | 12.36 |
India have performed much better than before with considerable rise Balls/Wkts – suggesting they didn’t lose many wickets. In this WC apart from India every team have been bowled out (10 wickets)more than once. It was only in the SF that India lost all 10 wkts!!.
They along with England have scored maximum centuries. They had an early set back when Dhawan was out of WC due to injury. His replacement Rahul did commendable job with Rohit to give India a solid start.
Batting stats
Here is a 10-over breakdown on their batting and bowling progress. Featuring 6 indicators, including exclusively 6 plus R/o for batting and L 4(4 or less R/o) for bowling.
| Batting | Wkts | Avg | R/O | St.Rate | Scoring Rate | Boundary rate | % 6 + R/o | % < =4 R/o |
| (0-10) | 8 | 49.50 | 4.38 | 67.75 | 34.69 | 9.41 | 31.00 | 64.21 |
| (11-20) | 2 | 232.50 | 5.17 | 270.00 | 51.48 | 8.33 | 41.11 | 48.89 |
| (21-30) | 9 | 56.11 | 5.59 | 60.22 | 51.29 | 9.59 | 47.60 | 40.96 |
| (31-40) | 12 | 43.25 | 5.78 | 44.92 | 56.77 | 8.91 | 47.87 | 38.96 |
| (41-50) | 25 | 25.24 | 7.76 | 19.52 | 65.16 | 13.93 | 65.16 | 23.36 |
Batsmen performance in each phase
| (0-10) | Balls | Runs | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots |
| Rohit | 207 | 171 | 20 | 5 | 76 |
| Rahul | 187 | 109 | 12 | 0 | 64 |
| Kohli | 64 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| S Dhawan | 41 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| D Karthik | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1st Phase total | 542 | 381 | 46 | 5 | 188 |
| (11-20) | Balls | Runs | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots |
| Rohit | 182 | 162 | 12 | 5 | 95 |
| Rahul | 144 | 115 | 10 | 1 | 72 |
| Kohli | 111 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 60 |
| Pant | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| H Pandya | 30 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| S Dhawan | 27 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 2nd phase total | 540 | 455 | 39 | 6 | 278 |
| (21-30) | Balls | Runs | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots |
| Rohit | 183 | 205 | 23 | 4 | 106 |
| Kohli | 100 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 60 |
| Rahul | 93 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 51 |
| Shankar | 44 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| Dhoni | 42 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| S Dhawan | 29 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| H Pandya | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3rd Phase total | 542 | 487 | 45 | 7 | 278 |
| 4th phase total | Balls | Runs | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots |
| Kohli | 139 | 136 | 11 | 0 | 87 |
| Dhoni | 104 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 48 |
| Rohit | 75 | 85 | 9 | 0 | 49 |
| Pant | 51 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 31 |
| H Pandya | 41 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Jadhav | 38 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Rahul | 37 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Jadeja | 34 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| S Dhawan | 20 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| (031-40) | 539 | 504 | 45 | 3 | 306 |
| 5th phase total | Balls | Runs | 4s | 6s | Scoring shots |
| Dhoni | 163 | 191 | 15 | 5 | 105 |
| H Pandya | 102 | 148 | 14 | 4 | 71 |
| Jadhav | 53 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 31 |
| Kohli | 56 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 43 |
| Jadeja | 25 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Pant | 20 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Rohit | 19 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Shankar | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| D Karthik | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bhuv | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bumrah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chahal | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| K Yadav | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rahul | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Shami | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| (041-50) | 488 | 605 | 53 | 15 | 318 |
Bowling Stats
Here is a 10-over breakdown on their batting and bowling progress. Featuring 6 indicators, including exclusively 6 plus R/o for batting and L 4(4 or less R/o) for bowling.
| Bowling | Wkts | Avg | R/O | St.Rate | Scoring Rate | Boundary rate | % 6 + R/o | % < =4 R/o |
| (0-10) | 10 | 35.20 | 3.90 | 54.20 | 30.07 | 7.93 | 23.25 | 61.99 |
| (11-20) | 9 | 52.22 | 5.19 | 60.33 | 50.28 | 7.55 | 37.57 | 50.83 |
| (21-30) | 17 | 25.41 | 4.78 | 31.88 | 49.63 | 5.72 | 33.21 | 48.71 |
| (31-40) | 14 | 34.43 | 5.69 | 36.29 | 51.97 | 10.43 | 48.43 | 41.34 |
| (41-50) | 27 | 18.56 | 7.30 | 15.26 | 63.59 | 11.41 | 68.45 | 24.76 |
Bowler’s performance in each phase
| (0-10) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | R/o | % 3 successive dot balls |
| Bumrah | 210 | 104 | 5 | 2.97 | 27.62 |
| B Kumar | 163 | 107 | 0 | 3.94 | 18.40 |
| Shami | 90 | 52 | 4 | 3.47 | 21.11 |
| H Pandya | 42 | 46 | 0 | 6.57 | 2.38 |
| Shankar | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3.16 | 31.58 |
| Chahal | 18 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | 11.11 |
| 1ST Phase total | 542 | 338 | 10 | 3.74 | 21.40 |
| (11-20) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | R/o | % 3 successive dot balls |
| H Pandya | 177 | 157 | 4 | 5.32 | 12.43 |
| K Yadav | 162 | 138 | 0 | 5.11 | 8.02 |
| Chahal | 114 | 102 | 2 | 5.37 | 9.65 |
| Jadeja | 60 | 33 | 2 | 3.30 | 13.33 |
| Shami | 12 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | 0.00 |
| Jadhav | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 33.33 |
| Bumrah | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | 0.00 |
| Shankar | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | 0.00 |
| 2nd Phase total | 543 | 465 | 8 | 5.14 | 10.31 |
| (21-30) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | R/o | % 3 successive dot balls |
| Chahal | 151 | 123 | 4 | 4.89 | 5.96 |
| K Yadav | 144 | 107 | 5 | 4.46 | 10.42 |
| H Pandya | 109 | 92 | 3 | 5.06 | 7.34 |
| Bumrah | 54 | 37 | 4 | 4.11 | 24.07 |
| Jadeja | 36 | 13 | 0 | 2.17 | 13.89 |
| Jadhav | 18 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | 0.00 |
| Shami | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3.33 | 11.11 |
| B Kumar | 12 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | 0.00 |
| 3rd Phase total | 542 | 421 | 17 | 4.66 | 9.59 |
| (31-40) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | R/o | % 3 successive dot balls |
| Chahal | 103 | 108 | 4 | 6.29 | 7.77 |
| H Pandya | 95 | 83 | 1 | 5.24 | 2.11 |
| K Yadav | 90 | 89 | 1 | 5.93 | 6.67 |
| Bumrah | 85 | 81 | 2 | 5.72 | 12.94 |
| B Kumar | 48 | 49 | 2 | 6.13 | 6.25 |
| Shami | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4.89 | 15.79 |
| Jadeja | 24 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 | 16.67 |
| Shankar | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1.85 | 30.77 |
| Jadhav | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 16.67 |
| 4th Phase total | 508 | 479 | 14 | 5.66 | 9.06 |
| (41-50) | Balls | Runs | Wkts | R/o | % 3 successive dot balls |
| Bumrah | 152 | 142 | 7 | 5.61 | 5.26 |
| B Kumar | 85 | 98 | 8 | 6.92 | 0.00 |
| Chahal | 60 | 90 | 2 | 9.00 | 1.67 |
| H Pandya | 56 | 69 | 2 | 7.39 | 1.79 |
| Shami | 53 | 85 | 6 | 9.62 | 5.66 |
| K Yadav | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
| 5th Phase total | 412 | 487 | 25 | 7.09 | 3.16 |
Bowling summary
India’s run-rate(3.90) in 1st power play was the best in the tournament. With their 3 pacemen doing excellent job conceding less than 4(see power play table 1).
However in few games they slacked at the end hence the run-rate is high in those phases.
These were matches where India could have pulled their socks between (30-50) overs
| Phase | Runs | Wkts | Phase | Runs | Wkts | |
| v/s Australia | 31-40 | 83 | 3 | 41-50 | 78 | 5 |
| v/s England | 31-40 | 43 | 2 | 41-50 | 92 | 4 |
| v/s Pakistan | 31-40 | 72 | 1 | DNB | DNB | DNB |
| v/s Sri Lanka | 31-40 | 73 | 1 | 41-50 | 64 | 2 |
| v/s New Zealand (SF) | 31-40 | 42 | 1 | 41-50 | 84 | 5 |
Partnerships Avg(Bat v Bowl) with No.century stands(in bracket)
Batting Partnerships –
India had the best opening stand in the tournament, featuring four big century stand. The flow of partnerships continued till the 7th wkt. The Indian tail hardly had any opportunity to bat, hence lack of partnerships. Only thrice they lost more than 8 wickets with hardly any time left in their innings.
Batting Partnerships against India
Despite a very slow start to their power play (3.90) teams were able to lose post solid partnerships at the top. Only thrice first four wickets fell inside 100 runs. However Indian bowling was able to peg back at backend of their innings.
| Batting | WC – Partnerships | v/s India |
| 77.00 (4) | 1st wkt | 36.89 (1) |
| 63.00 (1) | 2nd wkt | 45.56 (1) |
| 45.11 | 3rd wkt | 39.56 |
| 23.33 | 4th wkt | 21.22 |
| 33.50 | 5th wkt | 28.56 (1) |
| 28.86 | 6th wkt | 27.44 |
| 34.00 (1) | 7th wkt | 24.78 |
| 7.00 | 8th wkt | 16.88 |
| 0.67 | 9th wkt | 10.67 |
| 4.00 | 10th wkt | 4.40 |
All stats updated at end of World Cup 2019
