Afghanistan's tour of Ireland opens at Bready Cricket Club, Magheramason on 5 August 2026 with a 3:15 PM IST start. A Dream11 build built around Rashid Khan as the highest-ceiling captain, Ibrahim Zadran as the batting-floor safety net, and the head-to-head reality of Afghanistan having won the last six ODIs against Ireland.
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Your captain's fantasy points are doubled. Picking the right captain is the single largest swing in any weekly lineup — the captain framework on the strategy page walks through how to choose.
Each lineup gets 100 credits to build an XI of 11. Premium players cost 10-11 credits each, leaving you tight on bench depth — the salary math breakdown shows how to stretch it without leaving your captain short on credits.
Across 247 tracked IPL matches, the top-scoring player averaged a 2.0× multiplier. The 'captain = top 3 scorer' heuristic held 58.6% of the time, so chasing the upside is rewarded — not always correct.
As of July 2026, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Assam, Odisha and Sikkim restrict paid fantasy contests. Tamil Nadu and Nagaland keep their existing regimes. Always verify on the app before paying in.
Each step takes 60-90 seconds inside the app. The whole flow — sign-up, KYC, contest entry — fits inside a lunch break.
Install the app from the Android APK or iOS store, then register with your mobile number. OTP verification finishes in under a minute.
Upload PAN and Aadhaar (or a state-specific alternative). Most accounts clear KYC inside 30 minutes; rare cases stretch to 4 hours.
Open the upcoming matches tab, choose a contest (free practice, head-to-head, or a large prize pool), and lock your entry fee.
Spend 100 credits on 11 players. Pick a captain (2× points) and a vice-captain (1.5×). Lock your team before the toss — late swaps cost you.
Watch the match live inside the app. Winnings land in your wallet inside minutes; withdraw to a linked bank account via UPI/IMPS in 4-15 minutes.
Each hub is a deep dive with verified data and primary-source citations. Read in any order.
Salary cap math, lineup rules, the 11-player roster, captain/vice-captain mechanic, and the points system explained end-to-end.
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Reading pre-match odds, toss decisions, dew math, and how to weigh venue, form, and head-to-head records before locking your captain.
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Differential picks, ownership percentages, captain heuristics, death-overs bowling value, and the 4-factor form index.
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Real-time fantasy points feed, projected total swings, in-app last-hour swap rules, and the live-toss decision tree.
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Weekly, monthly, all-time prize pool breakdowns. Real winner profiles, payout ratios, and the most common winning lineups.
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Self-exclusion, deposit caps, cooling-off windows, 18+ verification, and the warning signs of chasing losses. Non-negotiable reading.
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10-team franchise intel, IPL 2026 squad tracker, the mega-auction summary, and the franchise-by-franchise captain report.
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Full match calendar, venue map, double-headers, playoff dates, and the squad-replacement windows after the auction.
Open the hub →These are the standard scoring rules across major Indian fantasy cricket apps. Always verify the exact scoring on the app before you pick your XI.
| Action | Points | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Run scored | +1 per run | Boundaries and sixes add no bonus in standard scoring |
| Boundary bonus | +4 (4s) / +6 (6s) | Stacked on top of run points |
| Wicket (excl. run-out) | +25 | Bowlers, including LBW and bowled |
| Maiden over | +4 (T20) / +8 (ODI) | Only bowled maidens — not run-outs |
| Catch | +8 | Outfield and slip catches |
| Stumping | +12 | Wicketkeeper credit |
| Run-out direct hit | +12 | Single fielder effects the dismissal |
| 50-run milestone | +8 | Bonus on completing the milestone |
| Century | +16 | Total: 100-run bonus = 16 (half-century + century both applied) |
| Captain multiplier | ×2.0 | Vice-captain ×1.5 |
| Duck (batter, batting first) | −2 | Some apps exclude top-order batters; verify per app |
Every page is a step-by-step walkthrough with screenshots and exact button paths. Mapped to the major Indian apps in 2026.
Android APK + iOS install paths, the warning signs of a fake APK site, and the official links that survive Google search.
Read the walkthrough →The exact code, the playthrough requirement (8× on most apps), and the order of operations to clear it without locking your bankroll.
Read the walkthrough →4-15 minutes for UPI, 30-60 minutes for IMPS. The mandatory bank linking workflow, the reasons a withdrawal can stall, and the appeal path.
Read the walkthrough →The safe captain vs differential captain framework. When to pick a bowler C, when to skip the consensus pick, and the venue-form matrix.
Read the framework →Fantasy cricket is a skill game, but a small set of avoidable mistakes eats most bankrolls. Read this once before your first contest.
Some apps pre-select a captain based on ownership %. Auto-picks often chase the popular choice, which is rarely the highest-ceiling pick.
A T20 XI and an ODI XI differ in role balance. Playing the same XI across formats destroys your ceiling.
Once the bankroll dips, players often stack low-probability contests in an attempt to recover.
If two of your 11 are from one side and your captain is a third, a collapse from that franchise zeroes a chunk of your XI.
The toss decides whether dew changes the second-innings chase math. Last-minute swaps cost you in many contests.
A PAN-Aadhaar mismatch, a name spelling typo, or a banned state residency can stall KYC at the worst moment.
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Houlihan Lokey's 2026 study values the league at $20.6 billion — an 11% jump year-on-year — with RCB and Rajasthan Royals headlining the franchise-sale records.
India interim head coach VVS Laxman told the Rajasthan Royals teenager he will "break all the records at the international level" after he was named Player of the Series in the 3-0 T20I sweep of Zimbabwe in Harare.
Temasek India MD Vishesh Shrivastav told Reuters the firm remains interested in IPL franchise opportunities, citing the league as a marquee property.
Captain math, pitch baseline and role balance for the tour opener.
Filtered for form, venue compatibility, and role scarcity.
Eight common questions, with the answers we'd give in the same email.
Yes, in most states. The Supreme Court ruling in 2021 classified fantasy sports as games of skill, not gambling. Five states currently restrict paid contests — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Assam, Odisha and Sikkim — but free practice contests remain available. Always verify your state's status on the app before paying an entry fee.
UPI withdrawals clear in 4-15 minutes once KYC is complete. IMPS takes 30-60 minutes. NEFT runs in batches — typically 2-4 hours during banking hours. Withdrawals over ₹2 lakh may take 24-48 hours for additional source-of-funds verification.
Most Indian fantasy cricket apps let you start with ₹100. The first-deposit bonus tiers often step up at ₹500, ₹1,000, and ₹5,000. The minimum entry fee for a contest is typically ₹1-₹5 — small enough to play a practice lineup before committing a full bankroll.
No. Each app locks one PAN to one account. A second account triggers immediate suspension, withdrawal holds, and potential lifetime bans. Family members can use their own KYC, but the same PAN cannot register twice on the same platform.
Fantasy cricket rewards skill across an entire match — you build a roster and score on runs, wickets, catches. Prediction apps fix a yes/no outcome and resolve instantly. Skill edge math favours fantasy over the long term because variance is lower across 11-player XIs than single-result bets.
Yes. Most welcome bonuses carry an 8× playthrough requirement on eligible contests. A ₹500 bonus needs ₹4,000 of contest entry before it converts to withdrawable cash. Free contests usually don't count toward the playthrough.
Both. The Android version lives on Google Play in most cases; an APK mirror covers devices that can't install from the Play Store. iOS users get a stable App Store build. The web version supports lineup edits and result tracking for users on desktop.
Every major app publishes a contest-resolution rulebook before a match starts. Disputes follow a 3-step path: in-app support ticket → email to the dispute desk → escalation to the platform's internal ombudsman. The ombudsman response window is 7-14 days.
Download the app, complete KYC in under 30 minutes, and lock your first captain pick before the next IPL fixture.
The fantasy cricket editorial desk uses a 4-factor model that combines (1) recent-form regression with 6-inning windows, (2) Bayesian player valuation that updates priors every match, (3) Monte Carlo simulation across 10,000 contest outcomes, and (4) backtesting against the 247-match IPL 2024-25 historical sample. Each method has a documented use case — no single method carries more than 40% of the weight in any given captain pick. The methods were developed and validated against the public ball-by-ball feed.
The recent-form regression uses the last 6 innings as the training sample, weighted 1.5× for the most recent 3. The model projects expected fantasy points-per-match with a confidence interval — a top-order batter with strong recent form gets a projection of 42-58 points; the same batter with cooling form gets 30-45 points. The regression never produces a point estimate without bounds.
The Bayesian layer updates player priors after every match. A batter with career 35 points/match who delivers 80 points in a single match gets a soft prior update — the next match projects at 38-44, not 80. The Bayesian approach prevents recency spikes from contaminating the captain math. Variance is preserved, not averaged out.
The Monte Carlo layer runs 10,000 simulated contests per captain decision. Each simulation samples player points from the projected distribution, applies the captain ×2 multiplier, and ranks the XI total. The simulation tells you the probability of a top-1% finish vs a top-50% finish vs a top-90% finish. The captain pick is selected to maximise the top-1% probability.
The fantasy cricket editorial desk computes a role-adjusted baseline for each player. Top-order batters, middle-order batters, all-rounders, wicketkeeper-batters, and bowlers each have different baseline point expectations — comparing across roles without the baseline misses the role-fit signal. The 5-step framework below produces the baseline.
The role-adjusted baseline produces a single expected points-per-match number that's comparable across players in the same contest. Captain picks maximise against the baseline, not against the raw points projection.
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