The Indian IT sector has been looking forward to cashing in on the wrong decisions made by umpires during cricket matches.With the cicket software market pegged at Rs 100 cr & set to grow substantially, many IT companies have already developed software to provide a solution to improve umpiring standards.The Banglore-based Stumpvision, which has Indian skipper Anil Kumble as one of its directions, has developed a cricket-related software which was put to use by John Wright & Greg Chappel during their coaching stints in India. This company has also showed its eagerness to work in the direction of umpiring technology solutions.

“The awful state of umpiring could be improved only by the use of technology,” says an official of the country. Another Banglore-based company, Swantha Software Solutions, has given a demo of its umpiring applications software 3rd Eye  to Cricket Australia. “The Software can aggregate all data analysis at the end of the match & assess the umpire’s performance on real time basis,” said Swantha cofounder Sanjay Rao. The software was used in the Karnatka-Mumbai Ranji match to monitor  the umpire’s performance. “The company has been waiting for an order from Australia’s cricket board,” said an official of  the company.
The other companies which are ready to make a foray into the cricket software market are Satyam Computer Services & Technologies, whose software is already in the market to analyse player’s performance.