2019 IPL at Superbru
The 2019 IPL begins this weekend with last year's champions, the Chennai Super Kings, taking on a Royal Challengers Bangalore side that disappointed again last season despite boasting two of the tournament's greatest batsmen - Virat Kholi and AB de Villiers.
The competition is always great at Superbru with two games available for you to play. Our daily fantasy game gives you the chance to pick a four-player team for each and every day of this year's tournament while our more traditional predictor game requires you to pick a winner for each match and how close you believe the fixture will be.
Throughout this article you can learn a little more about the squads each of this year's franchises have in terms of overseas players. These are of course subject to change with injuries, as today has proved with two South African quicks, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi, withdrawing from the tournament.
Chennai Super Kings are expected to be as strong as ever but it is the team they beat in the 2018 final that the bookies currently have as favourites to scoop this year's trophy. Sunrisers Hyderabad have been competitive for a few seasons now having won the tournament in 2016 as well as coming runners up last year. The Sunrisers' bowling stands out as a particular strength, with excellent leg-spinner Rashid Khan and the ever-reliable Bhuvneshwar Kumar both part of their attack.
Both of those players tend to be in the wickets meaning they are solid fantasy options though the wide fantasy scoring system we have in place at Superbru means that other actions are important to consider. In the case of bowling, economy rates are important. For this reason, Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Sunil Narine has proved himself to be a great pick in recent seasons; the Trinidadian has the best IPL career economy rate of any bowler (6.54) despite playing 98 matches!
An explosive batting performance is where you can really pick up points though and with there being space for two batsmen and an all-rounder in your 4-man team (though all players receive points for all three areas of the game), it's the time your selected players spend at the crease that really matters. Interestingly, the IPL's two all-time top run scorers will be up against each other in this year's opening game as Suresh Raina (4985 runs) and Virat Kholi (4948 runs) will both be eager to become the first player to reach 5,000 IPL runs. As is often the case when RCB are playing, the fantasy picks made so far by the Superbru community for Day One show Kholi and de Villiers to be by far the most popular options.
You can join each of our games for this year's IPL via the links below. We hope you enjoy the tournament and be aware that the Cricket World Cup follows soon afterwards! Our predictor game for the CWC is also now live so you can join nice and early with the fantasy equivalent to follow very soon.
Click here to play Superbru's IPL FANTASY game
Click here to play Superbru's IPL PREDICTOR game
Best of luck to all!
The competition is always great at Superbru with two games available for you to play. Our daily fantasy game gives you the chance to pick a four-player team for each and every day of this year's tournament while our more traditional predictor game requires you to pick a winner for each match and how close you believe the fixture will be.
Throughout this article you can learn a little more about the squads each of this year's franchises have in terms of overseas players. These are of course subject to change with injuries, as today has proved with two South African quicks, Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi, withdrawing from the tournament.
Chennai Super Kings are expected to be as strong as ever but it is the team they beat in the 2018 final that the bookies currently have as favourites to scoop this year's trophy. Sunrisers Hyderabad have been competitive for a few seasons now having won the tournament in 2016 as well as coming runners up last year. The Sunrisers' bowling stands out as a particular strength, with excellent leg-spinner Rashid Khan and the ever-reliable Bhuvneshwar Kumar both part of their attack.
Both of those players tend to be in the wickets meaning they are solid fantasy options though the wide fantasy scoring system we have in place at Superbru means that other actions are important to consider. In the case of bowling, economy rates are important. For this reason, Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Sunil Narine has proved himself to be a great pick in recent seasons; the Trinidadian has the best IPL career economy rate of any bowler (6.54) despite playing 98 matches!
An explosive batting performance is where you can really pick up points though and with there being space for two batsmen and an all-rounder in your 4-man team (though all players receive points for all three areas of the game), it's the time your selected players spend at the crease that really matters. Interestingly, the IPL's two all-time top run scorers will be up against each other in this year's opening game as Suresh Raina (4985 runs) and Virat Kholi (4948 runs) will both be eager to become the first player to reach 5,000 IPL runs. As is often the case when RCB are playing, the fantasy picks made so far by the Superbru community for Day One show Kholi and de Villiers to be by far the most popular options.
You can join each of our games for this year's IPL via the links below. We hope you enjoy the tournament and be aware that the Cricket World Cup follows soon afterwards! Our predictor game for the CWC is also now live so you can join nice and early with the fantasy equivalent to follow very soon.
Click here to play Superbru's IPL FANTASY game
Click here to play Superbru's IPL PREDICTOR game
Best of luck to all!
Sticking with the daily format rather than per match also adds an interesting tactical element to the game between the balance of the two matches, which increases pick diversity and scoring differentiation.
The daily setup is also consistent with the Test Cricket structure where matches starting on the same day are grouped in the same round - e.g. the triple match round on Boxing day last year. 22 Mar 11:20
He mailed me today to say that there are at least bonus points in play for the IPL like the soccer for players managing to pick a full-house - that is a start! Let's BUG THEM UNTIL THEY CANNOT REFUSE ANY LONGER! ;-)) 22 Mar 22:24
Thanks for the feedback on the previous system. I never played under those rules. I guess it has been simplified, and I understand that the new system perhaps favors the amateur. Being relatively clueless myself, I’m okay with the current system. 26 Mar 15:29
I was relieved to see that UK Subscription channel BT Sport have FINALLY added the IPL to its Programme Guide, this was after some last minute deal was cut. Sounds like Brexit!