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Full Private Tournament Guide - Draft

Play full tournament consisting of all the matches and managing your team for each match within the no. of trades (transfers) allowed


Step 1: Create League #back to top

  • To start playing full tournament league the foremost step is to create a league
  • You can create league from here. Enter the required fields and proceed.
  • After clicking on create league you will see a popup showing the customization feature. You can skip that for now by clicking on the Create League. We will discuss this later

Step 2: Customization Feature #back to top

  • Cricbattle is the only platform which allows you to customize more than 90% of the league rules set by the admin.
  • Here are list of some of the popular rules which user customizes the most:
    a. Team combination
    b. Change no. of trades allowed
    c. Team submit lock time
    d. Modify scoring rules
    e. Enable playoff format (IPL style, World cup style, NFL style)
    f. Inter team trade
    g. Exclude no result matches
    h. Changing player's role
    i. Modify Draft order
    There are many more rules apart from these.
  • We have offered different packages named as Advanced Professional & Ultimate. Purchasing these packages will let you customize those rules which are included in these packages or you can individually purchase these rules separately
  • You can enable these customization either while creating the league or from the league rules page, after you have created the league
  • You will be able to edit the rules which you have purchased.

Step 3: League Rules #back to top

It is important to understand all the league rules which will improve your fantasy experience for IPL tournament. Below we will explain the most important rules and how to customize it

  • Change lock time for team submit deadline - This feature allows you to choose what lock time you want to keep. IT can be 0, 10, 30, 60 mins before the match start time. You can choose the value from the dropdown
  • Modify scoring rules - You can change the value of different elements which will affect the scoring in your league. For example how many points for each runs scored, each wicket taken, each sixes hit, each maiden over bowled, etc.
  • Enable playoff format - Only Cricbattle offers different playoff format. You can play the qualifiers and eliminator format of IPL in your league. In world cup you can play the Semi Final and Final format. Also we provide you option to exclude the matches during playoff period and conclude your league with the group matches only
  • To know elaborately about Playoffs, Click here to visit the Playoffs Guide section

  • Change no. of trades - In the full tournament it is very important how you manage your trades. By this you can remove the non performing players and add new players in your team. You can control how many trades you want to allow for the whole season. Use the dropdown to change the value You can also choose separate trade settings during playoff period
  • Inter-Team trades - This option allows you to trade players from any other league member's team. You can offer a player from your team in return of a player from other member's team. If the opponent member accepts your trade your player's will be traded. League manager has the power to veto a trade if it appears to be unfair in terms of fair play.
  • Modify team combination - You can modify the team combination of your league by choosing the minimum / maximum value for Bat, Bowl, AR, WK role. Under the special rules tab you will find the option to change your team combination setting. In draft you can even modify the draft player combination rules also
  • Changing player's role - This feature allows you to change the player's role set by us. You can adjust these values as per your preference. Under the special rules tab you will find the option to change these rules

Step 4: Draft Players (Create Team) #back to top

  • After joining/creating the league you can create your team by playing the Draft
  • Draft is a process of picking players for your team. In draft all the league members meet online or offline to pick players as per their draft sequence
  • So what happens if you are unable to be present during draft? You can do a Pre Draft Selection
  • Pre Draft Selection: - As you can see, here you can create your priority list. If you are unable to present during online draft, then the system will pick players on your behalf, based on this list.
  • Online Draft: - Below shown is the draft room. From here you will be able to create your team
  • 1. Draft Order: - This shows the order by which you and other league members will pick their team. When your turn comes you can pick a player
  • 2. Timer: - The person who has the current pick will get 2 minutes to pick a player. Use your time wisely
  • 3. Available Players: - This shows all the players available for this tournament. You need to pick players from list just by clicking on the "DRAFT" button against each player
  • 4. My Team: - Here you can see the players whom you have already selected in your team
  • 5. Opponent's Team - Here you can see other league member's team and the players they have already picked
  • 6. Chatbox: - Use this space to chat with your league members to make this draft more interesting

Step 5: Manage Your Team #back to top

  • After you have created your team you need to manage the team for the whole tournament
  • You can rotate players within your playing XI and bench player to field the players who are playing a given match
  • When a match starts your players will score points based on their performance.

Step 6: Score History - TPB #back to top

  • Track the scoring progress of your team and other opponents from the Score History page
  • You can also track the player's performance from every opponent user's team
  • Your scores for each match will get accumulated throughout the tournament and rankings will be based on total points scored

Step 7: Matchup - H2H #back to top

  • In H2H matchup users will be pit against an opponent user in each round
  • Track the scoring progress of your team and your opponent from the Matchup page
  • You can also track the status of other matchup matches going on in your league
  • Score more points than your opponent to win that given round and get win points

Step 8: Improve Your Team #back to top

  • After a match has ended you can analyze the player's performance.
  • You need to create strategies on which player to keep and remove from your team, to maximize your scoring opportunity
  • You will be allowed some limited no. of trades which you must use wisely to make player transfers
  • Use the "Trade Players" menu to add new players in your team
  • Select a player whom you want to remove from your team and then select a player from the available player's pool and then click on "Replace & Save" button
  • Research and improve your team to score more points to rank higher on the leaderboard

Step 9: Leaderboard#back to top

  • As the tournament progresses you will keep on accumulating points for each matches played.
  • For TPB Leagues - The users scoring most points will rank higher in the League Standings and prizes will be won accordingly
  • For H2H Leagues - The users winning most no. of H2H rounds will rank higher in the League Standings

Full Public Tournament Guide - Draft

Play full tournament consisting of all the matches and managing your team for each match within the no. of trades (transfers) allowed


Step 1: Join League #back to top

  • You can choose from the available leagues to join.

Step 2: Customization Feature #back to top

  • Cricbattle is the only platform which allows you to customize more than 90% of the league rules set by the admin.
  • Here are list of some of the popular rules which user customizes the most:
    a. Team combination
    b. Change no. of trades allowed
    c. Team submit lock time
    d. Modify scoring rules
    e. Enable playoff format (IPL style, World cup style, NFL style)
    f. Inter team trade
    g. Exclude no result matches
    h. Changing player's role
    i. Modify Draft order
    There are many more rules apart from these.

To know elaborately about Playoffs, Click here to visit the Playoffs Guide section

Step 3: League Rules #back to top

It is important to understand all the league rules which will improve your fantasy experience for IPL tournament. Below we will explain the most important rules.

  • Lock time for team submit deadline - This feature determines what lock time is kept for the league. It can be 0, 10, 30, 60 mins before the match start time.
  • Scoring rules - This setting determines the value of different elements which will affect the scoring of league. For example how many points for each runs scored, each wicket taken, each sixes hit, each maiden over bowled, etc.
  • Playoff format - Only Cricbattle offers different playoff format. You can play the qualifiers and eliminator format of IPL in your league. In world cup you can play the Semi Final and Final format. Also we provide you option to exclude the matches during playoff period and conclude your league with the group matches only
  • To know elaborately about Playoffs, Click here to visit the Playoffs Guide section

  • No. of trades - In the full tournament it is very important how you manage your trades. By this you can remove the non performing players and add new players in your team.
  • Team combination - This settings determines the team combination of your league by choosing the minimum / maximum value for Bat, Bowl, AR, WK role.

Step 4: Draft Players (Create Team) #back to top

  • After joining/creating the league you can create your team by playing the Draft
  • Draft is a process of picking players for your team. In draft all the league members meet online or offline to pick players as per their draft sequence
  • So what happens if you are unable to be present during draft? You can do a Pre Draft Selection
  • Pre Draft Selection: - As you can see, here you can create your priority list. If you are unable to present during online draft, then the system will pick players on your behalf, based on this list.
  • Online Draft: - Below shown is the draft room. From here you will be able to create your team
  • 1. Draft Order: - This shows the order by which you and other league members will pick their team. When your turn comes you can pick a player
  • 2. Timer: - The person who has the current pick will get 2 minutes to pick a player. Use your time wisely
  • 3. Available Players: - This shows all the players available for this tournament. You need to pick players from list just by clicking on the "DRAFT" button against each player
  • 4. My Team: - Here you can see the players whom you have already selected in your team
  • 5. Opponent's Team - Here you can see other league member's team and the players they have already picked
  • 6. Chatbox: - Use this space to chat with your league members to make this draft more interesting

Step 5: Manage Your Team #back to top

  • After you have created your team you need to manage the team for the whole tournament
  • You can rotate players within your playing XI and bench player to field the players who are playing a given match
  • When a match starts your players will score points based on their performance.

Step 6: Score History - TPB #back to top

  • Track the scoring progress of your team and other opponents from the Score History page
  • You can also track the player's performance from every opponent user's team
  • Your scores for each match will get accumulated throughout the tournament and rankings will be based on total points scored

Step 7: Matchup - H2H #back to top

  • In H2H matchup users will be pit against an opponent user in each round
  • Track the scoring progress of your team and your opponent from the Matchup page
  • You can also track the status of other matchup matches going on in your league
  • Score more points than your opponent to win that given round and get win points

Step 8: Improve Your Team #back to top

  • After a match has ended you can analyze the player's performance.
  • You need to create strategies on which player to keep and remove from your team, to maximize your scoring opportunity
  • You will be allowed some limited no. of trades which you must use wisely to make player transfers
  • Use the "Trade Players" menu to add new players in your team
  • Select a player whom you want to remove from your team and then select a player from the available player's pool and then click on "Replace & Save" button
  • Research and improve your team to score more points to rank higher on the leaderboard

Step 9: Leaderboard#back to top

  • As the tournament progresses you will keep on accumulating points for each matches played.
  • For TPB Leagues - The users scoring most points will rank higher in the League Standings and prizes will be won accordingly
  • For H2H Leagues - The users winning most no. of H2H rounds will rank higher in the League Standings

Private Daily League Guide - Draft

Play full tournament consisting of all the matches and managing your team for each match within the no. of trades (transfers) allowed


Step 1: Create League #back to top

  • To start playing private daily league the foremost step is to create a league
  • You can create league from here. Enter the required fields and proceed.
  • After clicking on create league you will see a popup showing the customization feature. You can skip that for now by clicking on the Create League. We will discuss this later

Step 2: Customization Feature #back to top

  • Cricbattle is the only platform which allows you to customize more than 90% of the league rules set by the admin.
  • Here are list of some of the popular rules which user customizes the most:
    a. Team combination
    b. Change no. of trades allowed
    c. Team submit lock time
    d. Modify scoring rules
    e. Enable playoff format (IPL style, World cup style, NFL style)
    f. Inter team trade
    g. Exclude no result matches
    h. Changing player's role
    i. Modify Draft order
    There are many more rules apart from these.
  • We have offered different packages named as Advanced Professional & Ultimate. Purchasing these packages will let you customize those rules which are included in these packages or you can individually purchase these rules separately
  • You can enable these customization either while creating the league or from the league rules page, after you have created the league
  • You will be able to edit the rules which you have purchased.

Step 3: League Rules #back to top

It is important to understand all the league rules which will improve your fantasy experience for daily leagues. Below we will explain the most important rules and how to customize it

  • Change lock time for team submit deadline - This feature allows you to choose what lock time you want to keep. IT can be 0, 10, 30, 60 mins before the match start time. You can choose the value from the dropdown
  • Modify scoring rules - You can change the value of different elements which will affect the scoring in your league. For example how many points for each runs scored, each wicket taken, each sixes hit, each maiden over bowled, etc.
  • Enable playoff format - Only Cricbattle offers different playoff format. You can play the qualifiers and eliminator format of IPL in your league. In world cup you can play the Semi Final and Final format. Also we provide you option to exclude the matches during playoff period and conclude your league with the group matches only
  • To know elaborately about Playoffs, Click here to visit the Playoffs Guide section

  • Change no. of trades - In the full tournament it is very important how you manage your trades. By this you can remove the non performing players and add new players in your team. You can control how many trades you want to allow for the whole season. Use the dropdown to change the value You can also choose separate trade settings during playoff period
  • Inter-Team trades - This option allows you to trade players from any other league member's team. You can offer a player from your team in return of a player from other member's team. If the opponent member accepts your trade your player's will be traded. League manager has the power to veto a trade if it appears to be unfair in terms of fair play.
  • Modify team combination - You can modify the team combination of your league by choosing the minimum / maximum value for Bat, Bowl, AR, WK role. Under the special rules tab you will find the option to change your team combination setting. In draft you can even modify the draft player combination rules also
  • Changing player's role - This feature allows you to change the player's role set by us. You can adjust these values as per your preference. Under the special rules tab you will find the option to change these rules

Step 4: Draft Players (Create Team) #back to top

  • After joining/creating the league you can create your team by playing the Draft
  • Draft is a process of picking players for your team. In draft all the league members meet online or offline to pick players as per their draft sequence
  • So what happens if you are unable to be present during draft? You can do a Pre Draft Selection
  • Pre Draft Selection: - As you can see, here you can create your priority list. If you are unable to present during online draft, then the system will pick players on your behalf, based on this list.
  • Online Draft: - Below shown is the draft room. From here you will be able to create your team
  • 1. Draft Order: - This shows the order by which you and other league members will pick their team. When your turn comes you can pick a player
  • 2. Timer: - The person who has the current pick will get 2 minutes to pick a player. Use your time wisely
  • 3. Available Players: - This shows all the players available for this tournament. You need to pick players from list just by clicking on the "DRAFT" button against each player
  • 4. My Team: - Here you can see the players whom you have already selected in your team
  • 5. Opponent's Team - Here you can see other league member's team and the players they have already picked
  • 6. Chatbox: - Use this space to chat with your league members to make this draft more interesting

Step 5: Manage Your Team #back to top

  • After you have created your team you need to manage the team to make changes until the match deadline
  • You can rotate players within your playing XI and bench player to field the players who are playing a given match
  • When a match starts your players will score points based on their performance.

Step 6: Matchup #back to top

  • Track the scoring progress of your team and opponent's from the Matchup page
  • You can also track the player's performance from opponent user's team
  • Your scores for that match will be accumulated as the match progresses and rankings will be based on total points scored

Step 7: Leaderboard #back to top

  • The user scoring most points will rank higher in the leaderboard and prizes will be won accordingly

Public Daily League Guide - Draft

Play quick matches daily on our offerings of Daily Leagues. You can earn daily rewards and prizes


Step 1: Join League #back to top

  • Select the match in which you want to play.
  • You can choose from the available leagues to join.
  • You can also choose to play One on One league with our celebrity players.

Step 2: Customization Feature #back to top

  • Cricbattle is the only platform which allows you to customize more than 90% of the league rules set by the admin.
  • Here are list of some of the popular rules which user customizes the most:
    a. Team combination
    b. Team submit lock time
    c. Modify scoring rules
    d. Inter team trade
    e. Exclude no result matches
    f. Changing player's role
    g. Modify Draft order
    There are many more rules apart from these.

To know elaborately about Playoffs, Click here to visit the Playoffs Guide section

Step 3: League Rules #back to top

It is important to understand all the league rules which will improve your fantasy experience for daily leagues. Below we will explain the most important rules.

  • Lock time for team submit deadline - This feature determines what lock time is kept for the league. It can be 0, 10, 30, 60 mins before the match start time.
  • Scoring rules - This setting determines the value of different elements which will affect the scoring of league. For example how many points for each runs scored, each wicket taken, each sixes hit, each maiden over bowled, etc.
  • No. of trades - In the full tournament it is very important how you manage your trades. By this you can remove the non performing players and add new players in your team.
  • Team combination - This settings determines the team combination of your league by choosing the minimum / maximum value for Bat, Bowl, AR, WK role.

Step 4: Draft Players (Create Team) #back to top

  • After joining/creating the league you can create your team by playing the Draft
  • Draft is a process of picking players for your team. In draft all the league members meet online or offline to pick players as per their draft sequence
  • So what happens if you are unable to be present during draft? You can do a Pre Draft Selection
  • Pre Draft Selection: - As you can see, here you can create your priority list. If you are unable to present during online draft, then the system will pick players on your behalf, based on this list.
  • Online Draft: - Below shown is the draft room. From here you will be able to create your team
  • 1. Draft Order: - This shows the order by which you and other league members will pick their team. When your turn comes you can pick a player
  • 2. Timer: - The person who has the current pick will get 2 minutes to pick a player. Use your time wisely
  • 3. Available Players: - This shows all the players available for this tournament. You need to pick players from list just by clicking on the "DRAFT" button against each player
  • 4. My Team: - Here you can see the players whom you have already selected in your team
  • 5. Opponent's Team - Here you can see other league member's team and the players they have already picked
  • 6. Chatbox: - Use this space to chat with your league members to make this draft more interesting

Step 5: Manage Your Team #back to top

  • After you have created your team you need to manage the team to make changes until the match deadline
  • You can rotate players within your playing XI and bench player to field the players who are playing a given match
  • When a match starts your players will score points based on their performance.

Step 6: Matchup #back to top

  • Track the scoring progress of your team and opponent's from the Matchup page
  • You can also track the player's performance from opponent user's team
  • Your scores for that match will be accumulated as the match progresses and rankings will be based on total points scored

Step 7: Leaderboard #back to top

  • The user scoring most points will rank higher in the leaderboard and prizes will be won accordingly

Step by Step Guide - Draft


Step 1: Cricbattle's Draft Interface #back to top

Step 2: Draft Flow #back to top

Step 3: Draft Rules #back to top

Step 4: Pre-Draft Player Selection #back to top

Step by Step Guide - Auction


Step 1: Cricbattle's Auction Interface #back to top

Step 2: Auction Flow #back to top

Step 3: Auction Rules #back to top

Step 4: Pre-Auction Player Selection #back to top

Step 5: Trade-Blind Bidding Flow #back to top