Showing posts with label Fantasy Cricket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy Cricket. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

All About the IPL Fantasy League and how to get Involved

The IPL Fantasy League is part of the genre of Fantasy Sports; an online game where you create a virtual team comprised of real cricket players who score points depending on how they perform in matches taking place in real life. In order to win a tournament, you will be working towards getting the most points and the number 1 ranking on the leaderboard.

Understanding the IPL Fantasy League

Essentially, the IPL Fantasy League allows those who love the game of cricket to enjoy the experience of owning a team firsthand. The rules and regulations which govern the Fantasy League are very similar to those which real-life team owners have to follow, and the virtual world has created a lot of interest amongst online gamers, with the Fantasy League growing steadily in popularity.

How the Fantasy League Works
Perhaps the most important piece of advice when it comes to playing the IPL Fantasy League is that you know the rules. If you are in any way unsure as to how the point system works, what the budget constraints are, and how teams are formed, then you will always lag behind all the other players.

Fantasy League teams are not as easy to make as it may seem, and one of the biggest reasons for this is the budget constraints you deal with. You will not simply be allowed to select all of the cricket players you want, and then relax while they win all of the matches. The best recommendation is to choose some of the bigger players, and combine these with some younger ones, who will be priced lower, and mix them up as well as you can.

Players who enjoy the IPL Fantasy League may well find that their increased knowledge helps them when it comes to placing bets at cricket betting sites online, as they will have a better understanding of current stats and situations.

When it comes to team formations, it is common knowledge that 2 batsmen, 2 bowlers, 1 all-rounder and 1 wicket-keeper is the rule of thumb, so your task should be focused on the remaining 5 players. Good guidance to follow is that you select as many all-rounders as you can, and, when this isn’t possible, try to focus on impact players who will be able to deliver points thanks to good strike rates or superior fielding capabilities.

How to Get Involved

You can participate in online IPL Fantasy League games by registering for a new account with a site that offers this type of activity. You will be asked to provide information which may include your email address, full name, a password for your new account, your date of birth, your gender, where you reside, and your most well-liked franchisee.

You may also be able to register for, and create an account, via your Facebook profile, and this option will usually require you to grant access to the IPL Fantasy League site to store and make use of your full name, email address, date of birth, gender, and country of residence from the social-networking account. Once you have set up an account you can start building your Fantasy League dream team and see whether you can enjoy success as a cricketing pro.

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Saturday, June 6, 2009

My Cluttered Mind

During the week leading up to the ICC World Twenty20, besides doing all the team previews and warm-up reviews, I was also busy enrolling myself into fantasy cricket competitions across the web.

Now I am a part of so many of these World T20 fantasy cricket competitions that my mind is all cluttered.

It all started with Scorpicity, who set up a BCC! league on cricketinc's fantasy competition.

That game is so complicated that it required more than one email from Scorpi to make me comprehend the rules and stuff.

Then my reader showed that the Island Cricket boys had set up a fantasy league on Cricinfo, so I hopped on, built a team, and entered that league.

My reader also showed that The Cricket Blog lot from the UK had set up a league for a SuperBru predictions game.

I couldn't be left out could I, so I joined them too.

Then I got an email from Sportsfreak who weighed in to all those demands from me for another tipping competition and finally set one up.

Now this I am excited about because I almost won it the last time, only for some Chinaman to take the lead at the end to deny me my orange cap!

And I don't have to change players and predictions with every match, because the tipping competition is all about making your picks and sticking to them.

Here are all the picks of all the participants of that tipping competition.

I didn't stop there. No way.

I went ahead and built my Fantasy Cricket teams on Cricket Web and Sports Pundit as well!

Having your eggs in multiple baskets surely doesn't work for me because it looks like I won't be winning any of these competitions with this cluttered mind of mine.

Odds are that I may lose track of a few of them before the 20-20 world cup is over.

Thank heavens its only 2 weeks!

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Friday, June 5, 2009

Sports Pundit is Back!

After the success of their IPL fantasy cricket competition, Sports Pundit are back with another fantasy competition for the ICC World Twenty20.

So hop on over, register with them if you aren't already, and play one of the most exciting online cricket games on the web.

Fancy your chances in Fantasy Cricket for the World T20?

If so, then pay a visit to Sports Pundit and build your team with the best players taking part in the 20-20 world cup.

If you manage to win their fantasy competition, you could win yourself a free trip for 2 to a cricket event.

What are you waiting for then?

Go play some Fantasy Cricket.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Sports Pundit at the New Cricket Temple

There's a new pundit in town.

Its the Sports Pundit!

You heard that right. Sports Pundit.

The folks over there have set up their own sports temple providing updates about all sports including the latest cricket news from around the world along with a host of other stuff like forums for discussion, exclusive articles, and team and player profiles.

What appealed the most to me though was their IPL Fantasy League.

The Indian Premier League is in itself a fantasy cricket tournament with the likes of Mukesh Ambani, Shahrukh Khan, Vijay Mallya, and corporate henchmen putting their heads together to build a team comprising of leading cricketers from around the world.

For people like me, active on fantasy cricket leagues on the web, the IPL was a dream come true - It was a real budget, real players, and real teams.

I have been playing fantasy cricket for a long time and never did I think that such an excercise would come to life and change the cricketing world forever.

The IPL did just that.

But now, fantasy cricket lovers, have the chance to take part in the mother of all fantasy leagues in the one being offered by Sports Pundit.

You will be the boss and bring together a team from the teams formed by the leading personalities in India.

Buy KP from Mallya, JP Duminy from Ambani, Chris Gayle from Shahrukh Khan, Yuvraj Singh from Preity, Viru from GMR, Gilchrist from Deccan Herald, Dhoni from India Cements, and Warnie from Shilpa Shetty and rule the roost!

If you win the competition you will get yourself 2 free tickets to travel to England for the T20 World Cup in June!

Now that's some incentive.

There are weekly prizes to be won too in the form of IPL team T-shirts.

But what interests me the most is the Mini-Leagues.

The best Mini-League, comprising of atleast 10 fantasy teams, will win a bat and a ball for each member.

Now here's what I would like all of you to do.

Hop on to Sports Pundit and register yourself.

Check out what the game is all about.

As the IPL kick-off date nears, I will create a Mini-League, and give you all access to it.

Let this be the coming together of the blogging cricket brains.

Check it out and see what I'm talking about - The Sports Pundit IPL Fantasy Cricket League.

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Monday, November 10, 2008

I Won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy !!!

I'll tell you how!

I hardly covered the series here on Well Pitched as I was giving my two-bits over at the BCC!, where you will find opinions from the other Bored Members as well.

At the same time, there were a number of other blogs giving their views and facts on the series and I just resorted to commenting on them.

The Australians JRod and Nestaquin did daily updates including previews and reviews of each day of each test.

I reckon that if any of you have not watched this series, just hop on to Cricket with Balls and 99.94 and you'll feel like you didn't miss a single delivery.

On the Indian front, besides the BCC!, the usual suspects continued with their expert voices throughout the series.

Homer, Ottayan, Soulberry, Straight Points, Som, Victoria, Scorpicity, Trideep, John, Naked Cricket, Samir, Poshin, and Srinivasarao were the ones that I mostly followed.

There were tributes for Ganguly, tributes for Kumble, praise for Dhoni, criticism for Dravid, elation over India's victories, pot shots at Ponting, discussion over Australia's fall and India's rise, debates over slow over rates, Australia's spin options, India's future and a whole lot more.

The series promised to be an entertainer, and it was just that, although the Aussie fans may differ with that opinion.

For some of them it was a first to see their team be dominated in this manner. For others, it was a reminder of the 80s.

Nevertheless, whether the guard has changed or not, whether Australia's dominance is over or not, Whether Dhoni is India's best captain ever or not, the fact that India vs Australia provides the most intense battle on the cricket field was definitely proven over the last month.

For me, it was all the more entertaining as I witnessed my rise to the top of the "Cricket with Balls Cricket League" over at Cricinfo, which was managed by JRod throughout the series.

I was hovering somewhere around number 7 or 8 after the 3rd test, but managed to end the series at the first position.

Gambhir's ban and Kumble's retirement forced me to substitute before the 4th test.

Since I wanted both Dhoni and Sehwag in the team, I was forced to include Krejza as it didn't leave me enough money for Lee or bhajji.

At the end of it, it all worked out perfectly for me as every player contributed during the 4th test.

Sachin hit a 100, Sehwag, Ganguly, and Dhoni hit half centuries, Krejza picked up an astonishing 8 wickets, Katich hit a 100, Hussey hit 90, Mishra picked up 2 wickets, Sehwag hit 90 odd, Dhoni another half century, and Krejza picked up 4 more wickets.

I didn't think Krejza would give me any points, and he ended up giving me more than anyone else!

And I was on top of the world!

Mishra's 3 wickets today just helped consolidate my position.

I feel like I've won the trophy!

It make me proud to get ahead of experts such as Nestaquin, Aashrey, Vijendra, Moses, JRod, Miriam, and others.

It has been a pleasure fellow fantasy players.

Thank you JRod, thank you all.

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Q's Lucky Days !!!

Its not usual for me to be leading in a competition. Any kind of competition.

I haven't won any of the super selector games run by ESPN.

I have never won any of the fantasy cricket games on Cricinfo or Cricketweb or Dreamcricket.

I have never won the lottery.

I have never won any kind of quiz contest.

I have never won the 1st prize for doing a crossword right because the winners are picked by draws.

And I surely haven't won any prizes in any of the thousands of draws that these shopping malls around Dubai have.

Which is why when I saw this, I kind of jumped out of my seat.

Global Competitions

PositionTotal PointsCompetition NameTeam NameModifications Left
1/977638
Northern Hemisphere Tests Start
Don Q's Northern Sub Unit
4


This is cricketweb's fantasy competition for the tests between England and New Zealand and Australia and the West Indies.

And I am in 1st position currently out of 977 fantasy cricket players.

How fun!

Its a job half done since another 3 tests are left. But I will enjoy the moment of glory.

And that too after leading in Sportsfreak's tipping competition for bloggers.

Lucky Days definitely!

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Fantasy Cricket Anyone?

Its time for more Fantasy Cricket. The response to the previous competition I set up was not that great, probably due to the short notice. David Barry was the only one out of the bloggers who joined the competition. He even ended up winning the league in the first 2 tests before I made a strong comeback in the 3rd test :-)

The Commonwealth Series is coming up involving arguably the 3 best ODI sides in the world today - Australia, Sri Lanka, and India.

The most interesting fantasy competition is on cricketweb. You have to choose 11 players from Aus, SL, and Ind for the entire commonwealth series - 25 substitutions will be allowed during course of the competition in between matches. Follow this link to create your team for that. Once you have registered and created your team, follow the link that says 'User Comp - Join' on the left side bar. You will be asked for the key - plug in the following:

1200811083

Let the games begin!

You can also join the on going competition on espnstar by following this link. You can make a team for the 4th test and once that is over, make one for the Commonwealth Series. Each game is scored separately so it doesn't make a difference that you didn't take part during the first 3 tests.

After registering and making your team, follow the 'join league' link on the left bar, and enter the following in the required fields:

username: Don Q's Downunder Competition
password: downunder

I hope this time I attract more fantasy players. Let me know if you need any help.

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Monday, December 24, 2007

For Fantasy Cricket Lovers.

Soulberry, Uncle J, Ottayan, David and all other visitors - do you guys take part in the fantasy cricket competitions around the web?

I have a link to the one on cricketweb on the top bar but there are a couple more on espnstar and cricinfo for the India vs Australia series.

I created a team and a user competition on both espnstar and cricinfo. I thought it would be a good idea to have a little fun with fantasy teams and see how we bloggers and the readers fare against each other. This is an invitation to all of you to join the fantasy cricket bandwagon and my user competitions :-)

If you are interested, follow the links given above. You will need to register, if you are not already, and once that is done all you need to do is build your fantasy team. How the game works is explained on the websites. I'm sure you all know :-)

On espnstar, after creating your team, follow the link to 'Join League' and enter the following in the required fields:

username: Don Q's Downunder Competition
password: downunder

For the one on cricinfo, I will have to send invites to email addresses, thus if you want to join, let me know your email address.

If any of you have already running user competitions, please let me know. I would love to join.

Let the games begin.

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