World Cup 2019: David Warner takes help of bat sensor to counter Bumrah & Co.

The ICC World Cup is a tournament which holds elite status in the eye of every cricketer in the world and playing in it is a dream come true moment for them. This also means that everyone works hard to get a chance to play in the tournament and take help to make one self-better when they get that chance.

Australia opener David Warner made his comeback to international cricket after a year’s ban and played an amazing innings against Afghanistan to lead the team to victory. Though he failed to contribute much against West Indies, Warner has done everything possible to prepare himself for the encounter against India and that includes using a special bat with the sensor in nets. That sensor will help him in facing the likes of Bumrah and co. at the Oval on June 9.

Warner uses Bat Sense cap to get better against specific bowlers

David Warner is using a device called the Bat Sense, which is developed by a company in Bengaluru, India. It is attached the top of the handle of the bat and till the time Warner bats in the net, it gathers data about his batting generated on the chip and stores it for analysis in a mobile app via cloud storage.

The technical data consists of aspects such as power index, maximum bat speed, rotational angle of the wrists, backlift angle, bat start angle (whether the bat is coming straight or from first slip angle). The analysis of Warner’s bats has revealed aspects of his batting like his bat speed, which is believed to be 79 kmph.

ICC had approved the usage of bat sensor back in 2017 but none of the international batsmen has used it in matches. “I am not sure whether Warner would use the bat with the sensor in a match situation but he has been using it in practice sessions,” Atul Srivastava, whose company developed the sensor was quoted as saying by Indian Express.

Former India keeper Deep Dasgupta is associated with the project and gave his views on the sensor and was quoted saying as, “Earlier, the coaches would depend on their natural instinct about the angle of backlift or bat speed or the distance between the bat and body, impact. I believe if accurate data can help coaches in guiding their players, then why not.”

He further mentioned that data collection is the primary objective and then it’s up to the coaches and batsmen to analyze it according to their needs and use it to better themselves. None of the Indian batsmen is using the sensor at the current time, however.