ICC World Cup 2019: Indian Cricketers to Wear High-Tech Vests to Track On-field Movements
Updated - 18 May 2019, 06:11 PM
The upcoming ICC World Cup 2019 in England and Wales will witness the use of advanced technologies to make the game more engaging for the fans. Coming to technologies, the Indian National Cricket team will go high-tech in the marquee event. They will be using a high-resolution unit in a base layer vest, which will monitor the players’ workload.
India one of the favourites
Meanwhile, many have tipped Indian National Cricket team as one of the favourites to win the trophy when the tournament kicks off on May 30. Virat Kohli & Co have played some outstanding cricket in the last 18 months. They have defeated South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand at their home to make themselves one of the dominant force in the world cricket in the 50-overs format.
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However, they went down against Australia at home, but Virat Kohli clearly said that it will have no bearing on their performance in the World Cup. But their only problem will be fatigue as they will reunite only after ten days from the IPL final to leave for England on May 22. Despite that, the Indian National Cricket Team is looking charged up for the showpiece tournament.
Virat Kohli & Co to go high-tech in World Cup
In an effort to control the workload management of the players, BCCI have struck a deal with UK-based company STATSports who will design a special kind of vests to monitor the workload. Pankaj Wankhede, the Regional Manager (South Asia) of STATsports, revealed the utility of the system. He also added that the Indian players were made aware of this product in December last year. Notably, teams like Australia and England also use this kind of devices.
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“Indian cricketers are the busiest athletes in the world. The game of cricket is very physically demanding. Our system (GPS) will monitor their fitness level, measure hundreds of physical metrics including distance, speed, acceleration, deceleration, high-speed running, and dynamic stress load. And, this will enable the physio and trainer to assess players’ fitness level and rehabilitation of the injured players,” he said.
