How is fantasy cricket changing the perspective of spectators?

Fantasy sports, the new trend that has been doing the rounds since long, is a major cause for the change of perspective among spectators. The growth of the fantasy sports market had been witnessing a steady growth in terms of popularity.

Cricket being the most loved sport across the globe is no way behind in terms of fantasy cricket. The most played fantasy sports is fantasy cricket followed by fantasy football and other sports. A lot of websites & applications have come up with different concepts and alterations taking the craziness for the sport a notch higher.

What is Fantasy Cricket?

Fantasy cricket is just a modified version of the game that runs in the veins of people across the world. Fantasy cricket, as the term suggests, refers to a virtual adaptation of the original game. The game requires users to create a virtual team and participate in the game to win various rewards.  

How is Fantasy Cricket Played?

There are various platforms that offer a wide array of fantasy cricket leagues for the lovers to show-off their skills and knowledge. Different websites follow different patterns & measures, but the base concept is the same, which is creating a virtual team of 11 players and participating in various available game contests on the platform. The individuals are then awarded points based on their teams’ performance and then given rewards.

MyTeam11, one of the most popular fantasy cricket apps, allows its users to win monetary rewards. The how to play procedure for fantasy cricket at MyTeam11 comprises of primarily 6 steps, that are a cake walk, even for the players that know nothing about fantasy sports.

How is Fantasy cricket causing a change in the momentum?

Fantasy cricket has been creating a shift in the momentum with its out of the box concept. The primary reason behind the thriving popularity of the concept is the accessibility provided to the fans for being a part of the game rather than being a mere spectator. However, there are many more reasons associated with the constant success and popularity of fantasy cricket among folks which can be summarized as:

A huge Fan base for the actual Game

The original version of the sport is a popular call across the world among people and recognized as a widely celebrated game after soccer. The popularity of the actual game influences the thrill call for fantasy cricket in one way or the other. The spectators, who were only watching the game sitting tight in front of their television sets, now have the liberty to become a part of the sport.

The Control Factor

Another important factor that is helping fantasy cricket achieve a high-praising place among the people is the feeling of holding prime power among people. Often a conflict of one player being the best from 1 side of the competitors whereas one other player from the opponent team is known to create havoc on the field. In such cases, the fantasy cricket league apps offer a control illusion to the users where they can pick the best of the players from both the teams to create their own set of 11 supremos.

Rewards

Another illuminating factor behind the prime call of fantasy cricket, are the rewards that are offered to the users. A pleasure to feel yourself a part of the game, alongside having control of your own team, becomes much more magnificent when rewards are offered. Different popular fantasy sports platform offers various prizes (monetary and non-monetary) to make the user experience a lot more profound. 

Fantasy Cricket and MyTeam11

Fantasy cricket at one of the leading/best fantasy sports platforms in India is catching the users by their eye-balls with its multiple playing modes and various other benefits. Where at one hand top fantasy websites in India are offering a single playing mode, MyTeam11 is offering dual playing modes to keep up the spirit and excitement of the game. MyTeam11 apart from offering various monetary rewards to its users has various non-monetary rewards like a trip to the UK for watching the world cup live, etc. 

If you still haven’t tried fantasy games offered in the market, then, get set with your skills and knowledge & start playing to taste the recent trend.

World Cup 2019: Four players India will heavily depend upon

1. Virat Kohli

The 30-year-old batsman, who will be leading the Indian team, will have enormous responsibilities on his soldiers. Over the past few years, he has been the most important member of the team and currently, he is regarded as the best batsman in the world. As a result of his hard work and dedication towards the game, he has already surpassed the legends of the game at a very young age.

 In one day internationals, he became the fastest batsman to score 10,000 runs in just 205 innings and currently is at the second spot in the list of most centuries in one day. He has been a recipient of many awards such as ‘ICC cricketer of the year’ for two consecutive years, 2017 and 2018 respectively. He will be a part of the Indian World cup squad for the third time. He will have a huge responsibility on his shoulder as he will lead the team for the first time in 50 overs World Cup and Every Indian will be expecting from him to make Indian team win their third World Cup title.

2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Every Indian Cricket fan still remembers MS Dhoni’s match winning six in World Cup 2011 final against Sri Lanka. The 37 years old keeper batsman from Ranchi will play a key role in upcoming World cup. This will be his fourth and most probably the last world cup. He is the only captain to win all the ICC trophies i.e. ICC World T20 in 2007, ICC World Cup 2011 and ICC Champions trophy 2013. Although, he will not captain the team this time, but his experience and decision making ability at tough situations will definitely benefit Indian team. In the upcoming World Cup, he will be a big support for Indian skipper, only his presence on the field will give Indian team good advantage and Virat will be also keen to make full use of him, to lift his first World Cup trophy as a captain.

3. Rohit Sharma

The 31-years-old, Indian opener will play a massive role in World Cup 2019. Since he has been promoted to open the innings for India in 2013, his game has improved a lot. Currently, he is the only batsman in the world to score three double centuries in One-day internationals. This will be his second appearance in the World Cup for India. Previously, he has played only one World Cup for India in which he scored 330 runs at an average of 47.39 with the best score of 137 runs. He will be eyeing to increase this average in World Cup 2019 because India’s World Cup triumph will be highly dependent on his performance. Rohit Sharma has been involved in various partnerships with Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Virat Kohli in the past. Now, the fans will be expecting him to be among the top three batsmen in the tournament. Rest the time will tell.

4. Jasprit Bumrah

Over the past two years, Bumrah’s performance graph has gone very high. His ability to make batsmen feel uncomfortable and take wickets in the crucial stage has made him one of the most dangerous bowlers of the game, India has ever produced. Cricketing legends have now started calling his ‘Yorkers’ most effective among fast bowlers playing international cricket now. During the 2017 Sri Lanka tour, Bumrah recorded the most wickets (15) taken by any fast bowler in a bilateral ODI series of five or fewer match. The 26-years-old right hand fast bowler, known for his unorthodox action and ability to execute perfect Yorkers in the death overs, will play a significant role for India in World cup 2019. He is considered one of India’s fastest bowler currently with an average speed of 142 km/hr. India’s bowling unit will be heavily dependent on Bumrah in World Cup 2019. Indian skipper Virat Kohli will be expecting from him to give his best like Zaheer Khan, who was the leading wicket-taker (21) in 2011 World Cup.

Rest will depend on time. If you want more information and cricket update, then stay tuned to MyTeam11.

IPL 2019: Champions vs. Champions

The 15^th match of the ongoing IPL will be a thrilling game as both the teams have lifted the trophy three times each. Mumbai Indians won the trophy in the year 2013, 2015 and 2017, whereas the defending champions, Chennai Super Kings, have taken the trophy home in 2010, 2011 and 2018. Both the teams have faced each other thrice in the IPL finale, in which Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings twice, whereas Chennai defeated Mumbai only once.

Both the teams have confronted each other 26 times in IPL, out of which Mumbai Indians won 14 matches and Chennai Super Kings won 12 games. Thus, Mumbai Indians have an upper hand over Chennai Super Kings. But now the time has changed; we cannot predict the winner by previous records or their history. Chennai Super Kings are currently the defending champions, and they have won all the three matches they played in this year because of which they are at the top of the points table. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, didn’t even make it to the playoffs last season and has only won one match out of three games they played this year.

Both the teams have some star players in their squad which will make the contest even more interesting. Chennai Super Kings team has Shane Watson, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni, who have the capability to turn the match on its heads, whereas Mumbai Indians have Rohit Sharma, Quinton De Kock and, Yuvraj Singh, who have created their records whether it be Rohit Sharma’s three double centuries or 6 sixes by Yuvraj Singh in an over. The rest will depend on time.

If you want to catch the latest updates about the IPL upcoming fixtures, then stay tuned to MyTeam11.

Match Prediction: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

The 14^th match of the 12^th edition of the Indian Premier League will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match will be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

The upcoming match is greatly awaited as both the teams have played three matches each and haven’t won any of the matches. The 14^th match will serve as a massive chance to both the teams to register their first-ever victory of the on-going season. Will Virat’s team get hold of today’s game or will Rahane’s team makes a mark on the field. Let’s know what are the possibilities for today’s match.

Pitch Conditions

The 14^th match of the season is scheduled to be held at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium of Jaipur. Talking about the weather conditions the city is expected to suffer from scorching heat entire day, but the temperature is expected to go down gradually till evening. The pitch is known for its favorable conditions for knocking off some decent scores & make the chase game a bit more interesting.

Average 1^st Innings Score: 157 runs

Average 2^nd Innings Score: 143 runs

Team Analysis: Rajasthan Royals

The team Rajasthan Royals will be heading towards their 4^th game of the season & another chance of gearing up for their first victory. Considering the team configuration for the upcoming game, then, the team can take Aston Turner in for the game. Either Dhawal Kulkarni or Jaydev Unadkat might be replaced in the upcoming game.

Probable Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni / Varun Aaron, Jaydev Unadkat / Varun Aaron

Team Analysis: Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore, on the other hand, also haven’t won any matches yet. As far as the team’s playing XI is concerned then, Marcus Stoinis and Nathan Coulter-Nile are expected to join the team for the upcoming match. The players might replace Shimron Hetmyer and Colin de Grandhomme for the game.

Probable Playing XI: Parthiv Patel (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Let’s see what will happen in the upcoming face-off between Rajasthan Royals & Royal Challengers Bangalore, and who will win their first game of the season. Till then if you want to stay updated with the latest sports tuff, then, stay tuned to MyTeam11.