IPL 2020 : “Need Artificial Intelligence to increase fairness,” Former BCCI Official After Sunil Narine Incident
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After Sunil Narine has been accused of suspect bowling action against KXIP by Umpires on Saturday, a new debate has ignited the cricket fraternity on whether such issues need on-field action.
On Saturday, KKR defeated KXIP and Sunil Narine played a major role in it by restricting KXIP in the final over to win the game for KKR by 2 runs. However, later the panels of umpires suspected his bowling action and which led to another controversy. In past also, Narine has been accused of suspect bowling action.
At a time when technology is seeing third umpires calling front-foot no-balls in a matter of seconds, this is indeed an area that needs immediate focus and the introduction of Artificial Intelligence can be the way forward.
Former BCCI Tresurer Anirudh Chaudhary wants the introduction of AI
Speaking to ANI, former BCCI Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary — first chairman of the Data Management Committee of the board that rolled out the online database management system used by the BCCI in the administration of domestic cricket — said that it was time to introduce the use of Artificial Intelligence in such cases to increase the fairness quotient of the game.
“The need of the hour is to explore the usage of Artificial Intelligence in conjunction with the broadcast feed to know the angle of extension of the bowling arm in real-time for every delivery. In addition to this, it is high time to revisit the balance between the on-ground umpires and the third umpire to ensure greater consistency of accurate decisions. All this would just enhance the fairness quotient of the game,” said Chaudhary.
He goes on to explain that – “To be honest this entire situation of disallowing, then allowing and then disallowing someone is quite bizarre. The IPL authorities are doing their job well and playing by the book and that is commendable. However, for a player and the fans, it’s like a ping pong back and forth. Let’s not focus on Narine here but on the processes that are in place because a player is only following the process that exists.”
After Saturday’s match, three franchises told ANI that it was time umpires started calling no-balls on the ground itself as that would help in ensuring that the outcome of the game is not compromised in any circumstance.
“We have seen quite a few bowlers called for a suspect action. They have worked on their action and come back. Some have managed to correct their action while others have been called again and undergone further biomechanical tests. But the point is, do these things help in overturning the outcome of the game? What if the bowler who was reported bowled three dot balls out of the say four balls suspected to be bowled with an illegal action? The batting team will never get three free hits and that could mean taking fairness out of the equation,” said one of the officials of a franchise.
He further added – “The way forward is for the on-field umpire to immediately call a no-ball if he feels that the delivery was suspect. Only then will it work towards fairness. Also, the biomechanic sessions a bowler undergoes after being called for suspect action is never similar to a match situation wherein the opposition batsman is looking to score maximum runs from every ball.”
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