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Himanish Ganjoo is a man of many parts. A cosmologist with a doctorate in physics from North Carolina State University, he is currently working on modified gravity and dark energy at Paris Observatory. He also served as consultant analyst for BCCI between 2022 and 2024. Ganjoo tells TOI what needs to be done to ensure Indian cricket stays ahead of the pack
How did a cosmologist end up consulting for BCCI?
I had been freelancing for ESPN-cricinfo for a few years when I started writing using ball-tracking data in 2021. One of those articles, on Axar Patel and his anomalous angles, caught Rahul Dravid’s eye.
He emailed me, we got chatting, and he asked if I could help a bit with the team. Who could say no to that? I was formally taken on board by Sept 2022 and worked on assisting the coaching staff remotely for the next two years.