The upcoming India-Sri Lanka ODI series may see another technological innovation. A Chennai-based tech company, Frontier Technologies India Pvt Ltd, has proposed using the giant digital screen on the ground to show the strong and not so strong points of a batsman on real time basis so that the bowling team can chalk out appropriate on-the- ground strategies.
With the introduction of umpire referral's and ICC's announcement yesterday that they plan to broadcast conversations between umpires, there is well founded fear that too many innovations are happening too soon.
Rather than Twenty20 and its attendent money, cricket as we know it may soon collapse under the weight of all these innovations.
Do you think these innovations are wholesome?
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6 comments:
They can also show what the batsman is wearing under his pants.We have already have enough people to spoil the game and now the chinese technology. How did they get interested in this game.
R,
The technology is from an Chennai based company.
For the record the Chinese have taken to cricket too.
I'm still for human intervention and am very much for the review system - this is still human. The only use of technology is with finding the position of ball when pitched, which is OK. Overuse of technology can make the game very mundane and no, there aren't wholesome.
VMM,
I am of similar opinion.
This is crazy!! are they proposing to have analysts sitting in the back office in the grounds analyzing batsmen and showing pointers to the players on the field? Leave that to the players...thats taking the whole fun away.. And how does one expect the players to pause play and stare at the screen to figure out what is being shown?
Absurd.
This proposal is pending. But given the state of mind of the ICC it may go through.
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