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Why Should you play Fantasy Cricket?

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In a cricket worshiping nation like   India  fantasy sport   is  still a new  arrival in the market. Fantasy cricket is however growing popular with each passing  days  as more and more people are joining various fantasy gaming sites. Nevertheless, there is still a vast  multitude  of population who are unfamiliar or are hesitant to  play online cricket games  or any fantasy gaming for that matter. This article therefore is to show why you should play fantasy cricket and what is the perk of participating in such fantasy gaming.   You Like Cricket :     This is the first and probably the reason that is enough to explain why you should  play fantasy cricket . If you are passionate for the game but unable to play it in real life, you can channelize your effort to play it online on fantasy gaming sites.     You Get  t o  Make a Team of Your Own :     Live the game. Prove to yourself and to others how good your knowledge is of cricket by building your own fantasy

Why the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) is failing in case of T20 Cricket

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  Let’s be honest, cricket rules are not as simple as football; much of the time the ranks and ratings of teams are the results of the prolonged mathematical calculations and statistics. Duckworth-Lewis Method or at present Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method is one such method that involves intricate mathematical calculations that is often despised by viewers and sometimes by the players themselves simply because they don’t understand exactly how it works.  So before proceeding on to why this method is failing especially in the modern T20 format, let’s look back as to what is this Duckworth-Lewis method and how it came into being.    What is Duckworth-Lewis  method ?   To put it simply, this is a mathematical formulation that is used to calculate which team should win in limited over match, if the match is interrupted by rain or other hazards in weather.  It is calculated based on how much assets are left to both the teams where ‘assets’ are usually considered in terms

Why Fantasy Sports is now a booming business in India

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As recorded last in a combined report by  IFSG ( Indian Federation for Sports Gaming) and AC Nielsen in 2017, there are now about 7 million fantasy players in India with engagement rate as high as 89% in a month and 96% in a year. What this denotes is that about 89% people participate in such fantasy gaming at least once in a month and 96% do it at least once in year.  So,  with the user engagement being so high, fantasy sports gaming industry is a thriving business and yet has huge scope for further growth.    For those who are unaware of the beauty of the fantasy sports gaming, it basically allows the passionate sports lover to participate in the real on-ground game of their liking. In simple words, what makes fantasy gaming so ahead of any other forms of online gaming is its capability to quench the desire of the people who themselves can’t play on field and yet can participate in the real game.  Fantasy Cricket  in India in particular is big deal now with around 30