Cricket is a popular sport played almost in every backstreet in India by children and adults alike. But, when you hear the word “Fantasy Cricket,” you either feel confused by what it means or are pretty familiar with it. Either way, this article would provide you with a brief description of the term- Fantasy Cricket. It would also showcase how to play fantasy cricket online and the reasons behind its immense popularity in India. So, here is the promised description of what you would experience and expect from the Fantasy Cricket game on CardsRoyale, the hands-down best fantasy cricket app.
As you may guess from its name, Fantasy Cricket is related to religion among Indians- cricket, but it is also quite different from the original sport. It falls under the genre of fantasy games. In contrast to regular cricket, Fantasy Cricket is an online app-based game for cricket fanatics worldwide. So, instead of skills and strength on the cricket field, Fantasy Cricket requires a different skill set. It requires the mental ability to calculate and predict. Yes, you would slowly but surely realize that it requires a ton of planning strategies, patience, perseverance, brainpower, and a lot of mental strength to play and succeed in Fantasy Cricket.
In the game, you would have to make teams of real-life cricketers. You would earn points for the performances displayed by cricketers of your fantasy team in real matches. You can use these points to redeem cash. If cricketers in your team don’t perform well in their respective cricket matches, your points would be deducted and reduced. So, the game revolves around real matches played by the cricketers handpicked by you to form the team.
Cricket is perhaps the most complicated sport when it comes to fantasy sports. For, there are too many areas to cover – batting, bowling, fielding and then there are instances, almost in every match, where players reach certain milestones.
A batsman scoring a fifty or a century or a bowler bowling a maiden over or getting a Five-wicket haul can be considered as milestones. These rare events should be awarded with extra rewards, i.e. “Bonus Points“.
Here is the breakdown of cricket points system on CardsRoyale, including the bonus points you get when a player in your team reaches a certain milestone.
Here is a list of all the bonus points that you can earn.
Run | +1 |
Boundary Bonus | +1 |
Six Bonus | +2 |
30 Run Bonus | +4 |
Half-century Bonus | +8 |
Century Bonus | +16 |
Dismissal for a duck | -2 |
Wicket | +25 |
LBW / Bowled | +8 |
3 Wicket Bonus | +4 |
4 Wicket Bonus | +8 |
5 Wicket Bonus | +16 |
Maiden Over | +12 |
Catch | +8 |
3 Catch Bonus | +4 |
Stumping | +12 |
Direct hit | +12 |
Not a direct hit | +6 |
Captain | +2x |
Vice-Captain | +1.5X |
In announced lineups | +4 |
Below 5 runs per over | +6 |
Between 5-5.99 runs per over | +4 |
Between 6-7 runs per over | +2 |
Between 11.01-12 runs per over | -2 |
Between 11.01-12 runs per over | -4 |
Above 12 runs per over | -6 |
Between 150.01-170 runs per 100 balls | +4 |
Between 130-150 runs per 100 balls | +2 |
Between 60-70 runs per 100 balls | -2 |
Between 50-59.99 runs per 100 balls | -4 |
Below 50 runs per 100 balls | -6 |