Unfair enough: It's advantage India in CT

Hybrid model has given the Men in Blue a clear edge over their rivals

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN @Chennai

WHEN Rohit Sharma and his counterparts from other nations not named Pakistan boarded the flight for the Champions Trophy, the captains of six of the eight teams would have had to consider and take on board multiple variables in order to plan for the assignment. Conditions of the different venues, temperature, dew in the evening, pace vs spin at the ground, weather conditions, what combinations work best—this inexhaustible list would either have been supplied to the captains by their data team or they themselves would have looked it up.