Formats of T20 Cricket Games
People are quite excited about the phenomenon which starts along with the IPL, as apart from their roles of a spectator, critic and commentator, fantasy premier league ipl is offering them a chance to own a team in a competition with its own set of rules and regulations.
The introduction of such a tournament has not only made them interested in the game but also glued them to their TV sets.
It is a digital competition that made a debut last year,
and had over 500,000 players across the globe participating during 2013. “When we approached IPL last year, we were confident about the appeal of the game, as well as how it would help grow the craze of t20 cricket games beyond the traditional boundaries�, said Ramesh Srivats, Founder, TenTenTen Digital Products. The company created and manages the digital competition, even as it builds digital properties for companies that look to exponentially increase a brand’s engagement with its audience.
Players are asked to create their own team with a name, emblem and motto and were given 10 million fake Dollars using which they could pick a squad of 11 players. Players earned points based on their squad’s actual performance in the IPL t20 cricket games, Srivats explained. Explaining some of the features, Srivats said, the stealth mode lets players hide one’s squad changes from opponents. Similarly, scheduled subscriptions allow players to schedule changes one match in advance and the all Star is the place where digital competition meets blockbuster entertainment and lets users create their own star-studded dream squad, he added.�Apart from this, there is the Facebook Leagues, which will allow players to check their rank among their Facebook friends and Dishooms that will allow the players to send fun messages to members within their league,� Srivats said.
With half a million participants, the competition ended up becoming the largest digital competition, said Srivats, adding that this year, new features have been added to fuel the awareness and engagement for IPL. “We expect a million players to play the competition this time, taking the fantasy premier league ipl fever to the next level globally,�’ he added. While the competition site saw nearly 15 million visits and over 100 million page views in a space of two months last year, it also created tremendous involvement and social buzz with lakhs of tweets and Facebook updates. Encouraged by the success, the competition was extended to the Champions T20 2013, with TenTenTen handling all the responsibilities for the same.
It is considered to be a game of skill and is not related to sports betting or gambling in any manner since no user picks one team, but rather users / sports fans need to use their skill and sports knowledge to determine which athletes / players to choose to build the highest scoring team. So, in fantasy premier league ipl, users are NOT betting or gambling on any outcome of any match, an action that requires no skill. Instead users are choosing players that represent the user’s own sports team, and competing against the teams of other sports fans to determine who has the highest skill and knowledge about which players will score the most points in a game.
