Former India captain Anil Kumble believes know-how may have a higher influence on decision-making as no participant will be capable of ignore the presence of “data intelligence” sooner or later.
The Punjab Kings head coach was talking at a webinar titled ‘Building Competitive Advantage via Sports Analytics and Data Intelligence’ organized by Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai in affiliation with Deakin University South Asia.
Kumble gave an instance of how the DRS has been a game-changer within the decision-making course of.
“The DRS (Decision Review System) already has an impact in cricket and I am sure as we move forward, there will be more technical impact on decision making,” Kumble mentioned.
“It’s also about the acceptance of players to be part of this innovation, otherwise you will be left behind,” mentioned the veteran, who took 619 Test wickets in 132 matches.
Kumble mentioned the talk is welcome however his private sentiment is that adoption of know-how is for the higher good.
“I do know it, we’re nonetheless form of over that debate, is that this an excessive amount of know-how within the sport or ought to I’m going again to my very own perception that ‘okay I have a look at the ball, hit the ball? I do, it is the straightforward means.
“Yeah, it’s the simple way, but then I think, if you don’t adapt to the technology coming in and use the technology for the good of the game, I think people will be left behind,” Legg elaborated. Told- spinner, who has 1,136 first-class wickets to his title.
The 50-year-old Kumble, who additionally served as the top coach of the Indian crew, additionally feels that extra know-how will come into the sport as we transfer on to the OTT (excessive) platform.
“Not only do I see broadcasters influencing technology in sports, but federations will also start to see new ways to bring technology into sports,” he mentioned.
“Because all these years, TVs and broadcasters have pushed these innovations, which is great for sports and as we move into other OTT platforms, there is more technology coming into sports and for me that’s the most. There will be a big change that I see going forward,” Kumble mentioned.
Kumble feels that the smaller the video games like T20 or The Hundred, the higher the influence of information intelligence.
“The reliance on information will probably be large, as a result of in a smaller sport, because the format will get shorter, from Test cricket, we have now come to ODI cricket, then it’s now T20, then (the) hundred,
“So as the sport will get shorter, the reliance on information to place collectively the crew, the technique, the match-up is much higher, we hold speaking about match-ups and that is how one can construct a crew across the groups. Make methods, so that’s the solely driving issue,” Kumble mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
