The ins and outs of Fantasy Cricket
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Talking Points:
- The allure of fantasy cricket and how it changes one’s perspective
- ESPN Super Selector and the early days of fantasy cricket
- The popularity of fantasy leagues in the T20 era
- Picking a team and the dangers of biased selections
- Tournament mode v daily mode
- Rajat Bhatia, Sreenath Arvind and the value of unheralded stars
- Chris Gayle, David Warner, ABd – the must-haves
- Rajat Bhatia, Arvind Sreenath, Amit Mishra – the bankable players
- The moment when Fantasy Cricket creators asked – ‘Who is Jasprit Bumrah’
- Automated substitutions, dynamic pricing and the next steps in fantasy cricket
Participants:
Gaurav Sundararaman (@gaurav_sundar) (All ESPNcricinfo articles by Gaurav)
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
Related:
Dueling with Kings – Daniel Barbarasi on Fantasy Sports – Amazon.com
How to boss fantasy cricket – ESPNcricinfo – Part 1, Part 2
Five important tips for Fantasy players – Joy Bhattacharjya – Cricbuzz.com
A $150bn market: How fantasy sports transformed cricket fans from being spectators to stakeholders – Rohan Abraham – Economic Times
Has Fantasy Sports got the right direction in India? – Somesh Chandran – Livemint.com
The allure of fantasy cricket and why it should bother us – Tony Kuriehon – Newsminute
That special whistle: the phenomenon called CSK – 81allout podcast
Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution – Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde – Amazon.com
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Lead image from here.