"Sachin Tendulkar had once said his career was extended due to the use of technology. It made him find a solution based on quick feed back which helped him correct his mistakes, mostly batting mistakes," Srinath said in a panel discussion during Microsoft's first edition of its Machine Learning and data Sciences Conference here.
Asked whether the relevance of a coach would diminish in the event of too much use of technology in future, Srinath said the coach's job will never diminish but his abilities will be judged from how intelligently he uses the digital data.
"The coach's job will never shrink. How intelligently thecoach will use the data will be the matter that needs to beseen," Srinath said.
Batting for Srinath, former Indian opening batsman AkashChopra said the role of coach will not wither away because thecomputer data will only empower the players but execution hasto be done by human beings, that is the players.
However, the technology does not promise wickets or runs, it is just a support system and nothing more than that, Srinath said.
Earlier, Microsoft showcased the power of advanced dataanalytics and machine learning in sports.
The company has created a platform for software developers in India to build solutions that could change the way sports administration and sports management are approached today, Microsoft Corporate Vice President (Data Group) Joseph Sirosh said.
This machine learning-based platform offers insights into improving accuracy of predicting target scores in weather-interrupted T20 cricket matches, Sirosh added.
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