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Technology invades cricket

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Video analyst V Chaitanya Nag. —

VIJAYAWADA: Cricket has shed its traditional image long ago thanks to the marketing capability of the sport that emerged as the most popular one in the country. As technology has come to invade all facets of the game’s administration, a video analyst is being inducted into the team management to capture all the on-field happenings on a laptop. The primary task of this analyst is to help the coach and the team management analyse the day’s play and the performances of the players, including the rivals.

“The Andhra Cricket Association has introduced this system four years ago and I travel along with the team wherever it goes. The BCCI has made this mandatory and all the teams have their own analysts,” said Chaitanya Nag, ACA’s video analyst, speaking to The Hindu on Friday. Mr. Nag records all the scores and other technical data for future reference. “A batsman, who scores a century feels thrilled, to see his strokes on the laptop. Similarly a dream spell of a bowler will inspire him to do better once he views his own performance,” he explained.

Mr. Nag said the new system had come as a boon to the coach to initiate corrective measures and also analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the rivals. “After the completion of the day’s play, the team management sits in front of the laptop along with the players and organises a discussion.”

Mr. Nag said even the bowlers’ and batsmen’s wagon wheels are recorded for reference. “A bowler can see for himself in what spot he had bowled and similarly a batsman can see for himself in what areas he had scored,” he pointed out.

“Many a time LBW decisions trigger controversies. This system helps a batsman know whether the decision was right or wrong.” In all six cameras are fixed at all vantage points of the stadium to enable the video analyst to record the proceedings.

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