Shubman Gill Tries New AI‑Powered Forehead Wearable in Auckland Training

Shubman Gill, India’s opening batsman, tried the unreleased Temple AI fitness tracker during a net session in Auckland on Thursday. The device, created by Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal, sits on the forehead just above the eyes and records brain‑related signals while the wearer moves. Gill wore it while batting in the nets alongside Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul, according to a RevSportz report. Temple measures cerebral blood flow, nervous‑system activity and cognitive stress, offering data that go beyond the steps and heart‑rate metrics of typical wrist‑worn gadgets. The wearable has previously been spotted on Indian badminton star PV Sindhu, but it has not yet reached the market and details on price or full technical specs remain scarce. Goyal’s company says that athlete adoption could help decode how the body reacts to intense training, though it has not explained whether Gill’s trial is linked to any official Indian fitness assessment programme. The device is part of a growing class of head‑mounted sensors that aim to capture real‑time brain function during sport, a niche still far from mainstream consumer use.

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Forehead‑mounted trackers like Temple target the brain’s response to physical strain, a data point that wrist devices cannot capture. Such technology is still experimental, and its value for coaches or medical staff will depend on how accurately it translates raw signals into actionable insights.