What T20 metrics should really matter

Cricket’s shortest format has changed the way the world plays the game and much of that is down to what the data tells them

New Delhi: T20 cricket has undergone a massive revolution in the last few years. With data and artificial intelligence becoming essential aids in sports analysis, you would expect cricket to follow the same route. And it has, but inconsistently. It largely continues to be explained through passé statistical yardsticks – strike rates for batters, economy rates for bowlers.

India's captain Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the T20 World Cup against United States in Mumbai. (AP)

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Those numbers still dominate television graphics, social media discourse and selection arguments. But according to analysts working closest to the game, they