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India seek technical edge
Deepti Patwardhan in Jaipur
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October 14, 2006 18:56 IST

Technology is making further inroads into sport, and Team India, with the 'bulge of the pocket', is lapping it up.

The cricket team was provided an auto-camera, a multi camera device that overlooked all the three nets, during their practice session at the Rajasthan Cricket Academy in Jaipur on Saturday morning. Mounted on a huge tripod, the camera, was connected to a laptop.

"It is very convenient. You don't have to physically record the net sessions," said India's video analyst S Ramakrishnan, who is with the team since the last three years.

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"These things cost a lot, but the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) is trying to get Microsoft into the sport. If you have the bulge of the pocket you can go for these things. And Mr. (Lalit) Modi insists on state of the art technology."

Ramakrishnan however said that 80 per cent of the analysis during nets was done through the naked eye and the video analysis is used only if the players want to sort out specific issues.

"During back to back matches we don't advise the players to use video analysis," he said. "If a certain player is going through a lean patch he should not watch the videos because it may sag the confidence further."

The analyst from Chennai, fondly called Ramki, added that video analysis mainly helped to bridge any communication gap between the coach and players during meetings.

"Pictures explain a lot. It helps the coach as well as the players to see exactly what they want."



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