The Rajasthan Royals (RR) club has been chastised by Michael Vaughan for being “great at boasting” about winning IPL matches but “not very good” at delivering outcomes.
The former England captain was criticizing Rajasthan Royals owner Manoj Badle and English journalist Simon Hughes’ book “A New Innings.” Michael Vaughan pointed out that the two talks about running an IPL club and the ‘Moneyball’ ideology but have yet to put it into practice.
“Rajasthan always makes me laugh. They are the one team that talks about ‘Moneyball’ more than anyone. They have written a book! I mean I know a lot about them because they have written a book with Simon Hughes… you know, how the IPL works and running a franchise, it’s a great read but you kind of look at the book and thinks ‘This is a great read but you haven’t won since the first year but how are you telling everyone how to do it?'” he said
“If it’s so easy and so obvious how to run it and produce ‘Moneyball’, pick players and use data and stats, surely you should be more competitive! Surely you should win more games of cricket (chuckles). They’re brilliant at talking but not very good at playing the game.” he added
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The concept of ‘Moneyball’ comes from a book of the same name. It’s about running a low-budget baseball team and the “craft of winning an unfair game,” according to Michael Lewis. After winning the inaugural IPL in 2008 with an inexperienced team, the Rajasthan Royals earned the moniker “Moneyball.”
The term “Moneyball” is derived from a book of the same name. According to Michael Lewis, it’s about running a low-budget baseball team and the “art of winning an unfair game.” The Rajasthan Royals gained the nickname “Moneyball” after winning the inaugural IPL in 2008 with an inexperienced team.
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