MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited applications for the position of Performance Analyst with the Indian Women’s cricket team as requested by the team members. The team management has expressed the need for a Performance Analyst who should not be more than 60 years of age. The deadline to apply for the same is September 20.
The BCCI stated, “The Position of the Analyst for BCCI consists of collecting data at a granular level as specified by the Data collection practices and systems used by the BCCI Senior teams.”
The role of the analyst will include being a game preparation facilitator who will assist the coaching staff in the analysis of the technical and tactical aspects of the player. This entails the scouting of opposition’s strengths and weaknesses by using platforms designed for the same as a key secondary role. The candidate should have a minimum three years of experience with a senior state team or a side at a higher level. The performance analyst could be appointed just in time for the five-match home T20 series against South Africa which is beginning from September 24 in Surat.
Aarti Nalge, the first analyst of the Indian Women’s Team, occupied the position of performance analyst from 2014 to 2018. Nalge’s job description included drawing strategies, giving inputs, preparing wagon wheels, and showing videos of the key rival players to the side.
