Prediction of Right Bowlers for Death Overs in Cricket
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Classifier, Decision Tree, Pre-processing, Random Forest, Regular expression, SVMAbstract
Predicting the right bowlers for the death overs in cricket is crucial for the success of a team, as these overs can often determine the outcome of a match. Death overs refer to the final overs of an innings, which are usually considered to be the most crucial because they can determine the result of the match. The death overs are typically the last 5-6 overs of an innings, and are known for being high-pressure situations due to the need to score runs or take wickets. Batting team has always an advantage in winning the match, by selecting the right bowlers to bowl in death overs, it would create an edge for the bowling team to win the match. Selecting the right bowlers for death overs requires an in-depth understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different bowlers and the ability to analyze various factors such as the pitch conditions, the opposition team, and the current game situation. Some of the key factors that can be used to predict the right bowlers for death overs include the bowler’s past performance in similar situations, their ability to bowl under pressure, and their ability to take wickets, their ability to bowl Yorkers and slower balls. In order to accurately predict the right bowlers for death overs, it is important to consider all of these factors and use statistical analysis and machine learning techniques to build models that can accurately predict their performance. This analysis can then be used to build models that can accurately predict which bowlers are likely to perform well in the death overs based on these factors.
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