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Technology view of the matches. For not only includes factors, Users posting the most

on-ground proceedings, a
such as runs scored, or
engaging and interactive
roving Buggy Cam will also
average, but also pitch
videos will get a chance to
gives a news spin to be used. These cameras conditions, the quality watch India play at one of
the venues in England.
of opposition and the
are remote-controlled and
pressure on the team. Luck
are basically installed on
Cricket World Cup unmanned aerial vehicles. Index will tell how many The adoption of technology
times players were lucky.
is expected to extend to
They are drizzle-proof and
can fly up to an altitude of
other areas of the game in
Forecaster is a prediction
tool, which can tell how
400 metres.
might see some of them
many runs a team will the coming days, and we
Sports is embracing reportedly roped in a has deployed as many as Fans will have more tools score, when a wicket may at the next World Cup. We
technology like never UK-based sports tech 32 cameras, including eight and insights, too, at their fall, or which team will win. had a glimpse of some
before, be it the adoption company, STATSports, ultra-motion HawkEye disposal this time. A of those technologies at
of video assistant to track the fitness of cameras, Spidercams, and case in point is Cricket. Cricket.com also has a local level, in the form of
referee technology in Indian cricketers during front and reverse-view com’s new weather- similar pattern-based tool SeeHow smart balls, which
the knockout stages of the tournament, using a stump cameras. The feed based match projections called Criclytics. It includes have in-built sensors to
the UEFA Champions vest with in-built sensors captured from the cameras in partnership with IBM’s live score predictor, live capture ball-related data
League, or the use of to capture distance, speed, will be stitched together The Weather Co. The player projections (how like speed, swing and spin.
Hawk Eye in Wimbledon. acceleration and dynamic to produce 360° replays IBM platform will furnish players are going to
The International Cricket stress load. The data will of matches that will be data on atmospheric perform in the upcoming Former cricketer Anil
Council (ICC), in this be available to coaches available on ICC TV. pressure, wind speed and matches) and death Kumble’s tech startup
regard, has always been and analysts. STATSports’ temperature. All these will over instructions (here Spektacom has designed a
ahead of its counterparts GPS technology is already The drone camera by be triangulated by Cricket. users can pick a bowler bat that uses sensor-based
and has been using being used by major Batcam, a UK-based com to figure out the and simulate possible stickers to capture data
HawkEye, Hotspot, football clubs including live drone filming and impact of weather during outcomes in the last three on how the batsman was
Snickometer and the ball Barcelona, Liverpool and broadcasting company, a match. Aimed at the overs of a match). hitting the ball.
speedometer for Manchester United. will be used at all the average fan, the weather- The data will be analysed
years now. World Cup venues across related analysis will go In addition to the millions by Microsoft Azure Cloud
To capture the action from England and Wales to live from the middle of the of conversations that will and AI services and the
At the ICC Cricket World multiple angles, the ICC capture an over-the-top World Cup. be generated on Facebook insights will be delivered
Cup, which started on 30 and Twitter, a lot of action on the mobile app.
May, technology is playing ESPNCricinfo, in can be seen on new
an important role, both on collaboration with IIT social media platforms
and off the pitch. While Madras, has introduced as well. ICC has tied up
the likes of HawkEye and an artificial intelligence with ByteDance, a Chinese
Snickometer will determine (AI)-based metric system technology company,
the fate of players on called Superstats which to deliver campaigns
the pitch, their post- uses algorithms trained and unique short-form
match fitness levels will on 10 years of cricket- videos on its social media
be evaluated using data related data available platforms TikTok and
captured by wearable GPS on the platform. It will Helo. For instance, the
trackers this time. be available under three CheerforIndia campaign on
subcategories—Smart Helo is encouraging users
The Board of Control Stats, Luck Index and to post original content
for Cricket in India has Forecaster. Smart Stats related to the World Cup. Chandrakant V. Badami
IT-Manager
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