Abu Dhabi T10, the world’s only ICC sanctioned T10 tournament, has announced its association with SmartCricket.com, a UK-based sports technology company.
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Abu Dhabi T10, the world’s only ICC sanctioned T10 tournament, has announced its association with SmartCricket.com, a UK-based sports technology company. The partnership has enabled viewers to get a never-seen-before look into their favorite batter’s game on the live telecast. Batting statistics like bat speed, back lift angle, shot efficiency, and power of stars like Andre Russell, Moeen Ali, Kennar Lewis, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Tom Banton, David Weise, and many others are displayed on live broadcast during the League.
“Motion sensing is bound to be an integral part of all sports and we at SmartCricket.com have taken the first step in this direction with Cricket with plans to progress into other sports as well. IoT in sports is a potentially trillion-dollar sunrise industry and we are proud to have pioneered this revolution and put it on live broadcast,” says Atul Srivastava, Founder of Smart Cricket.com. He adds: “The players are using BatSense, our revolutionary bat sensor that measures 13 different parameters for every shot, so you can know the bat speed, back lift, shot efficiency, power used, and many other metrics for every shot that a player hits or misses!”
SmartCricket.com is the world’s first smart wearable company for cricket and has brought the next generation of contactless motion capture technology to the real game arena. For the first time Smart Broadcast solution is also being used for the entire league, a state-of-the-art piece of tech that shows not only shot efficiency, bat speed, back lift angle, etc., but also follows the entire bat arc from start to finish in a 3D avatar, a feature that has never been seen before in live television broadcast.
Abu Dhabi T10 which is in its 5th season kicked off on the 19th of November 2021. 6 teams play each other twice to qualify for the knockouts. With 2-3 matches being played every day there is plenty of cricket on offer for all fans. “The T10 is a proven format and the tournament this year is even more special as it coincides with the 50th UAE National Day, The UAE and Abu Dhabi have always been at the cutting edge of technology and now we have merged it with cricket as well, partnering with SmartCricket.com gives a new facet to viewing and making live Cricket even more exciting. Abu Dhabi T10 is proud to usher in this revolution in a live broadcast for the first time in the history of cricket,” says Shaji ul Mulk, Chairman, Abu Dhabi T10 League.
The art of batting is evolving at a rapid pace and with technology keeping pace, very soon we will see more of BatSense data on a live broadcast in Leagues and other Board matches across the world since it brings so much more value to broadcast. The T10 which is halfway through has already seen some spectacular performances with the bat, the likes of Rovman Powell, Gurbaaz, Moeen Ali, and others capitalizing on the format. With so much Cricket being played around the world, short formats with the edge that technology provides may just be what tips the balance to ensure that Cricket expands its global appeal.
