BCCI introduces Athlete Monitoring System (AMS) for domestic cricketers in a huge move

The BCCI has come up with yet another measure as it continues implementing new ways to bolster domestic cricket. In recent times, the board has taken several steps to enhance domestic cricket in the country.

Earlier this year, the BCCI made it mandatory for the players to represent their state teams when they are not a part of the Indian team. Last year, the BCCI had announced an increase in prize money for the domestic tournaments. The prize money for the Ranji Trophy winners was increased to INR 5 crore from INR 2 crore.

The board had also increased the prize money for other domestic competitions such as Irani Cup, Duleep Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy too. In August this year, the board announced prize money for the players as well in order to motivate them.

"We are introducing prize money for the Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament in all Women’s and Junior Cricket tournaments under our Domestic Cricket Programme," BCCI secretary Jay Shah announced.

"Additionally, prize money will be awarded for the Player of the Match in the Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali tournaments for Senior Men," he added.

BCCI launches Athlete Monitoring System:

The BCCI has now launched an Athlete Monitoring System (AMS). Jay Shah has already informed all the state associations about the AMS. In a letter addressed to the President and Honorary Secretary of BCCI Member Associations, Shah spoke about the programme and highlighted its benefit.

"After our recent inauguration of the new BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru, I'm pleased to apprise you that the BCCI shall offer Athlete Monitoring System (AMS) for all State Associations - with costs being borne by BCCI," Shah wrote in the letter before highlighting the benefits of the programme.

"The state associations can now avail the following benefits in a bid to standardize player monitoring to ensure better management and enable peak performance for the players:

• Plug & play modules customized to our requirements by the BCCI CoE over the last two years
• Dashboard view with integration of the standardized health and fitness protocols
• One page dashboard view for administrators
• Athlete risk & readiness dashboards
• Performance alerts to coaches and administrators
• Creation and segregation of data with multiple teams
• Better injury recording and surveillance features
• Injury and fitness analytics features
• Ease of scheduling of players for rehab and fitness activities
• App for both athlete and professionals with integrated communication via the app
• Fitness and workload monitoring via athlete operated app
• Real time workload management alerts
• Fitness testing and evaluation functionalities
• Generate compliance reports
• Integrated internal messaging system
• Media sharing via the app