The Indian Premier League has just kickstarted and the cricket lovers can not contain their enthusiasm. Undoubtedly, cricket is the most celebrated sport all around the world. And over the years, technology has reformed the experience of traditional cricket.

The first technological breakthrough in cricket started in 1996, when renowned bowler Anil Kumble, designed a software package, similar to the scoring sheet using data analysis. It was the first digital system that Indian Cricket system ventured into. Since then, technology is invading cricket in all domains.

Snickometer, Hawk-eye, Drone cameras and Duckworth-Lewis rule are some of the examples where technology has successfully integrated into cricket.

As cricket is unpredictable, it is usually governed by many factors. In this article, we will dive into technological innovations like AI, IoT and Data analytics, which are transforming traditional cricket.

Forecasting an Event in Cricket

In the year 2018, Superstars was launched by ESPNcricinfo, to forecast the events of the game. Superstars is the combination of Luck Index, Forecaster and Smart stats, which uses the ESPNcricinfo’s rich ball-by-ball database and the complex algorithms developed by IIT Madras and Gyan data, to predict the events of the game.

Moreover, expanding the role of Artificial intelligence and Machine learning, this database also explores the capabilities of a player in the hiring process. Since this database is open, transparent and can be analysed by anyone, it outsets the speculations of favouritism during the selection process, especially in events like IPL and T20, thus giving fair chance to every player. The algorithm in this database functions on the quick response, fate quantification, and process judgement in real-time.

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