NEW DELHI: Team India bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah gave fans a thrilling preview of what’s to come on the England tour, as a video of his fiery bowling action during India’s intrasquad game surfaced online.
The pace spearhead looked in lethal rhythm, consistently hurrying batters with sharp pace, pinpoint accuracy, and trademark movement.
India and India A performance analysts have shared insights into their data collection methods during the non-televised intra-squad match.
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The Indian cricket team is currently in Beckenham, participating in a four-day practice match between India and India A teams. This preparation comes ahead of their five-match Test series against England, starting June 20 at Headingley.
Hari Prasad Mohan, India's performance analyst, explained their camera setup process for collecting match data.
"This is not a televised game, so we have to set up the cameras for the data collection side of things on our own. So that's what we're going to do now. So, before the game, we're just going to set up a camera using a pole. For that, we get the feed to capture the data."
Pushkar Sawant, India A performance analyst, highlighted the camera's key features.
"Two good things about this camera is one it doesn't require power, and second, it's a PTZ, so you can change the angle, you can set the frame so it becomes pretty handy."
The team uses this practice match to assess various aspects of player performance.
"Basically, it's a four-day game where you know we would try to simulate a few things in terms of you know the batters and the bowlers, you know if they have to achieve something, and also you know talking to the sports science team, you know they would like to get the bowlers road also."
The analysts ensure they maintain professional broadcast standards even for practice matches.
"You can replicate the vision, which, you know, the frame that you see during live games. So we're just trying to get the same frame. So, as Pushkar was saying, just connect the LAN, and then you connect it to your laptop, and then you get the feed. So it's pretty much a very simple process."
The setup allows the team to capture and analyze crucial performance data despite the match not being televised.
India's Test squad for England series: Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Nitish Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav.
England squad for first Test: Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Ben Stokes (c), Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.
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