Sixer splits players by phase, not just by batting slot. The cutout, the strike rate, the dismissal mode and the captaincy lean sit in the same profile; the desk uses them on the same matchday.
Sixer reads players through the role they actually play, not just the batting slot.
A safe opener can win a captain call when the venue favours the powerplay; otherwise the openers are a foundation, not the captain crown. Sixer tags the six-share and dismissal mode.
Anchors rarely win captaincy but they save teams from collapse. Sixer weighs dot-ball share, control percentage and rotation against spin. A captain-call anchor is rare; a must-pick anchor is normal.
Finishers are the cleanest captain upside but carry the cleanest dismissal risk. The desk reads death-overs strike rate, six-per-ball and dismissal mode when going for the big shot.
The seam-bowling all-rounder gives two credit-share slots in one player. Sixer balances batting SR against economy and the captaincy impact when an all-rounder swings a phase.
Keeper-batter is the most volatile role in fantasy. The desk weights dismissals caught behind, stumping impact, batting position and boundary share.
Specialist bowlers win through wickets, economy and dot balls at the right phase. The desk tags powerplay, middle and death phases separately.
A captain pick is not a single name — it is a tier. Sixer publishes the tier the data leans toward.
When the venue's powerplay favours boundary hitting and the surface has bounce, the opener captain call is the data's lean. Risk is a fast-bowler first-two-overs spell.
When the bowling phase is the swing moment, the all-rounder captain is the data's lean. Risk is low SR against spin; reward is a captain who can swing a phase with the ball.
When the chasing side's required run-rate in the death is above 11, the finisher captain is the data's lean. Risk is dismissal when going for the big shot; reward is the cleanest six-per-ball number.
A short read.
Sixer reads players through the role they actually play — opener, anchor, finisher, all-rounder, wicketkeeper, spinner — rather than through the batting slot on the team sheet.
The role is the working read. A wicketkeeper-batter can be a captain call; a wicketkeeper-batter batting at seven is a bench conversation.
The phase is the working read. A finisher's death-overs strike rate is the editorial number, not the season average.
The cutout is the editorial photograph; the score is the working number. Sixer publishes the cutout-and-curve data on the player pages.
The role card is the working read. A ranking is a working read too — but the desk publishes cards, not rankings.