Which Team Can Win Cricket World Cup 2023?

Probuddha Bhattacharjee

image-lnbb16xyJonny Bairstow with the World Cup trophy in 2019 (Source: X)

The World Cup 2023 is upon us. We are just days away from the beginning of the mega event that gets on the way with the high-voltage clash between England and New Zealand. While the fever of the action will take the cricketing world, it will be when the fans will bring out the best of their cricketing knowledge and give their predictions regarding the result of the tournament.

We at OneCricket take an analytical approach in this article and try to predict the most probable champions of the tournament. 

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Setting the parameters

Well, to address our problem statement, we must set some parameters. For a team to win a mega event like the World Cup, a team must give a complete performance. The champion will have to deliver with both the bat and the ball and under crunch situations, and only then they could lay their hands on the coveted trophy. 

So, to delve deeper into our question, we will analyse the batting and bowling performance of the participating teams in the last twelve months. Both performances will be divided as per the efficiency in each phase of play of a One-Day match. In the final stage of our analysis, we will look at the teams' efficiency in each phase and try to predict the top four teams, the runners-up and the champions for World Cup 2023.


Batting Analysis

We all have a general idea of what could be the general playing XI of each team during the tournament. Our analysis will be primarily based on this. The batting analysis will be divided into three main factors - 

  1. Powerplay Efficiency
  2. Middle-Overs Efficiency
  3. Death-Overs Efficiency

Powerplay Efficiency

In order to calculate the powerplay efficiency of each of the teams, we will be taking into account the performance (Runs Per Innings and Strike Rate) in the powerplay of the top four (1-4 in batting order) of all the teams. Well, calculating the efficiency of the said batters, we get the following graph.


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Conclusion

As far as batting efficiency in powerplay is concerned, India is the best team. If we talk about the top four spots, South Africa is ranked second followed by Australia and Sri Lanka.