Fantasy Cricket — From Chanting Sachin Sachin…To Making Your Own Star Team! Wish Fulfillment Or Living The Dream?
I don’t intend on wasting a paragraph talking about cricket as a religion in India, because it would amount to preaching to the choir for the obvious reasons. Most of us growing up have tried to swing one out of the park or maybe emulate Shoaib Akhtar’s run up. Eventually all of us lost that feeling of euphoria, that’s not to say that some of us still follow cricket religiously.
But guess what, with the IPL season 10 knocking at the door it’s that time of the year when adrenaline rush is at it’s peak!
How about some delicious cheesy pizza to munch on while you cheer your team on this IPL. Grab mouthwatering discounts from Dominos while placing your order.
Working professionals will be taking early leaves and the silent alleys will be filled with cacophony every afternoon. Your sports bar bill might go up exponentially and maybe it’s high time you dust out your old jerseys.
As the cricket fever grips all of the country, here’s how you can make it all the more exciting and special: By taking part in Fantasy Cricket Leagues!
That’s right, you can form your own team and choose your favorite players to brag rights as the ultimate cricket guru.
What are the rules?
Now, for the uninitiated here’s what you need to know about Fantasy Cricket League. The rules are very simple:
i) You need to pick a set of players from the teams that are participating, for eg. from the 8 teams playing in IPL season 10.
ii) Based on how these players perform in the actual game, you will be provided points. So, if your chosen player performs well you get points and vice versa.
iii) At the end of the league, the one with the most points on the leader board takes home the glory!
It is totally legal in India and is a game of skills rather than luck. It’s the role of a owner, coach and team selector all rolled into one. Think of it like this, you have your very own IPL team :)
Where to play?
There are various websites that offer you a chance to play fantasy cricket, the likes of daily fantasy cricket, GrabOn’s cricket fantasy, oye captain, cricketinc, champs11, draft india, khel11, cricket country and more.
Now while most of the listed websites offer a chance to play fantasy cricket, GrabOn lets you do more than just forming a team and waiting patiently for the outcome. Currently in it’s 3rd year of hosting fantasy cricket, GrabOn offers contests like Match Predictor and Tournament Predictor. As the name suggests, these contests allow you to predict the outcome before the match begins. So, give them grey cells a thorough rubbing, assess the pitch and look at the team composition and answer simple questions like who’ll win the match?, who will take most wickets? or who will score most runs in the match? And if you guess correctly you can win points and stay ahead in the leader boards. Tournament Predictor helps you do so for the entire league. This is perhaps one of the best things I’ve come across in a fantasy cricket league tournament. Definitely worth a shot!
Now that you’re up to speed with everything Fantasy Cricket, gear up for the showdown as it begins on April 5th alongside the 10th installment of Indian Premier League. I wish you all the luck and May the odds be ever in your favor!
