iB Cricket Super-over League 2019: Preview, Teams, Players, Fixtures and more
Cricket on VR (Virtual Reality)? seems pretty interesting right, ProYuga will be conducting world's first VR Cricket Tournament known as in Cricket Super-over League from 15th March to 20th April.
The tournament would feature some of the world's top cricketers both retired as well as current players like Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Andre Russell, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, Harbhajan Singh, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Herschelle Gibbs and Mohammad Kaif.
It's basically a Virtual Reality cricket league of four teams each consisting of three players. The players will have a one-on-one face-off in the competition. The tournament will have 6 league matches, 3 Qualifier matches and 3 Finals to decide the Winner.
The team which tops the points table would go straight into the finals while the second placed and the third-placed teams will have to compete for the void spot in the finals.
12 cricket stars gear up for an ultimate face-off in virtual reality in a series of nail-biting matches (from 15th March to 20th April), thrilling chases, epic finishes and a whole lot of fun!
Witness the action as your favourite cricket stars from across the world battle it out in the new format of cricket, the world’s most immersive vSport, in Cricket. This is something new and with the popularity of eSports these days this game might become popular among the cricket fans.
During the launch event, VVS Laxman stated that the game is not that easy and is primarily focused for fans of cricket to have an opportunity to experience the game in any cricket stadium, among the crowd, with commentary all in Virtual Reality.
Teams
Blue Blasters:- Virender Sehwag, Shubman Gill and Mohammad Kaif
Orange Chargers:- VVS Laxman, Andre Russell and Prithvi Shaw
Yellow Strikers:-Suresh Raina, Brendon McCullum and Chris Lynn
Black Thunders:- Harbhajan Singh, Herschelle Gibbs and Tillakaratne Dilshan
Fixtures
League Stage
Match 1: March 15th, Virender Sehwag (Blue Blasters) vs Brendon Mcclumn (Yellow Strikers)
Match 2: March 18th, Tillakaratne Dilshan (Black Thunders) vs VVS Laxman (Orange Chargers)
Match 3: March 21st, Suresh Raina (Yellow Strikers) vs Harbhajan Singh (Black Thunders)
Match 4: March 24th, Shubman Gill (Blue Blasters) vs Prithvi Shaw (Orange Chargers)
Match 5: March 27th, Herschel Gibbs (Black Thunders) vs Mohammad Kaif (Blue Blasters)
Match 6: March 30th, Chris Lynn (Yellow Strikers) vs Andre Russell (Orange Chargers)
*Table Toppers Qualify for Finals Directly
*2nd & 3rd Teams Compete in Qualifiers for the finals
*4th Team gets Eliminated
Qualifiers
Match 1: April 3rd, 2nd Team (Player 1) vs 3rd Team (Player 1)
Match 2: April 6th, 2nd Team (Player 2) vs 3rd Team (Player 2)
Match 3: April 9th, 2nd Team (Player 3) vs 3rd Team (Player 3)
Finals
Match 1: April 13th, Table Toppers (Player 1) vs Qualifier Team (Player 1)
Match 2: April 17th, Table Toppers (Player 2) vs Qualifier Team (Player 2)
Match 3: April 20th, Table Toppers (Player 3) vs Qualifier Team (Player 3)
*All the 12 matches will be played from 12:00 PM IST LIVE
Live Telecast: Viu App and on YouTube/viuindia