KXIP video analyst gets attached with Indian women team

There are people who are always behind the scene but nevertheless play an important part in the success of the team.

There are people who are always behind the scene but nevertheless play an important part in the success of the team. Ashish Tuli,a video-analyst,is ready for another innings after serving the Kings XI Punjab- this time for the Indian women cricket team that takes part in the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies. “It would be my first national assignment and I am proud to have got a chance to serve my country,” said the 34-year-old. Ashish,incidentally,had worked with the Under-19 women team during a camp in Dharamshala last year.

Starting his journey as a video-analyst six years back,Ashish remembers how there were not any video-analyst or academies for the same when he started. “It was a new concept at that time and there were no video-analyst working with any of the state cricket associations. It was then I got in touch with Anurag Thakur,president,Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association,and he showed immense faith in me and gave me the opportunity. I owe a lot to him. Since,then my journey into cricket began,” shares Ashish,who is also involved with NCA and BCCI.

During the initial periods of his career,Ashish had developed a software for video-analysing with which he executed his work for HPCA. Then three years back he cleared the test conducted by NCA to become the lone video-analyst from the Northern India to have cleared the exams.

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“Now there are more than 11 video-analysts working with different academies. Video analysing is an interesting concept. Initially this concept was popular in western countries but now it is slowly picking up in India. Showing the uncomfortable zones of the player,rectifying their faults and help them do better- it surely involves lots of work,” said Ashish,who is also the coach of Blue Caps Academy,Chandigarh.

As the younger brother of Arun Tulli who had played a Ranji match for Punjab,Ashish was also a budding cricketer till a severe injury cut his cricketing career short. “I have only played a district match for Punjab. I was severely injured when I was 10. That injury cut my cricketing career short but in my heart I was always attached to cricket. That’s why I entered into video-analysing,” he shared.

Right now Ashish can’t wait for IPL to get over so that he can start working with the coaches and the team. “IPL gets over on April 25 and probably I will join the Indian women team on that very day. Then I will sit with the coach and see how I can help the team win. There is not much difference in the way the men and women team play cricket. And as a proud Indian I am ready to give my 100 percent to the team and the country,” said Ashish.

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