Cricket Tournaments and Leagues
There are 100+ cricket competitions held around the world every year. These include local Indian tournaments and international championships involving national teams. Bookmakers provide an opportunity to cricket betting during popular competitions. Most of the bookmakers offer increased bonuses during the tournaments.
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Popular Cricket Tournaments and Championships
Below you will find information about the most important tournaments for Indian fans.
Indian Premier League (IPL)
An argument can be made for the shape of the world. But IPL there can be no argument made when it comes to the love of cricket among the Indian people. This cricket fanatic country has over 400 million cricket fans that watch the sport regularly. So, India hosting one of the most thrilling cricket tournaments in the world is no surprise to anybody. The tournament is held via the stages below.
- A double round-robin league stage;
- Playoffs Round consisting of two qualifiers and an eliminators match;
- The Final.
IPL contributed over $160 million to the Indian economy in 2015. In 2019 this behemoth of a cricket tournament had a net worth of over $6.7 billion.
ICC Cricket World Cup
Perhaps the most essential of all the cricket tournaments. The ICC Cricket World Cup isn’t the only tournament the International Cricket Council hosts, but it certainly is the biggest and can be named as the “King of Kings” among all the tournaments. Overall playing with 14 teams at a total this behemoth of a cricket tournament settles in 4 stages:
- League Stage;
- Quarter Finals;
- Semi-Finals;
- The Final.
The winners of the final are deemed as “World Champions” for the next four years.
ICC World T20
As one of the newest forms of cricket, T-twenty format has expanded to new horizons beyond anyone’s imagination. The proof of that is the world cricket tournament held by all the major cricket teams. And the reasons to that could be:
- The fast-paced nature makes it extremely thrilling;
- It overcomes the long-time issue with the sport about cricket being too time-consuming;
- The world tournament happens only within two years;
- Records are made and broken regularly.
ICC Champions Trophy
It is the battle of the world’s finest. Only the top-ranking teams face off against each other. It first started in 1998 with the idea of being a knockout cricket tournament for the ICC World Cup. Eventually, the hype of the tournament went so off the chart that they decided to name it the ICC Champion Trophy.
The Ashes
“Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust” – the Bible quote signifies the death of all creatures. But The Ashes Series played between Australia and England stands tall like the immortal Phoenix, rising from the dust of its death. It is a five-match test series that takes place every four years. These two teams collide in one of the greatest rivalries in the history of cricket.
Big Bash League
The journey of the Big Bash League started in 2011 in the country of Australia. Played in T-20 format the cricket tournament has players from all over the world participating in it. The teams are formed under the states of the country. The eight teams competing are:
- Perth Scorchers;
- Adelaide Strikers;
- Sydney Sixers;
- Sydney Thunder;
- Melbourne Renegades;
- Melbourne Stars;
- Hobart Hurricanes;
- Brisbane Heat.
Big Bash League has the 6th highest number of attendants in all the cricket tournaments around the world.
Popular Cricket Tournaments and Leagues
Below you will find a list of local and international cricket competitions that Indians can bet on.
- Asia Cup;
- Commonwealth Games Women;
- County Championship;
- CSA 4-Day Series;
- CSA One-Day Challenge;
- CSA T20 Challenge;
- Caribbean Premier League;
- Czech Super Series;
- Darwin ODI Cricket Series;
- Darwin T20 League;
- Duleep Trophy;
- European Cricket League;
- European Cricket Series T10;
- Fairbreak Invitational Womens T20;
- Finnish Premier League;
- Finnish T10 League;
- Global T20 Canada;
- Hallyburton Johnstone Shield;
- Hong Kong Womens Premier League T20;
- The Hundred Men’s Competition;
- The Hundred Women’s Competition;
- ICC Cricket World Cup League Two;
- ICC T20 World Cup Warm-up Matches;
- ICC Under 19 World Cup;
- ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup;
- ICC Women’s T20 World Cup;
- India vs Australia;
- India vs Bangladesh;
- Bangladesh Premier League;
- India vs New Zealand;
- Indian Premier League;
- Inter-Provincial 50 Over Trophy;
- Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy;
- International League T20;
- Jharkhand T20 League;
- Lanka Premier League;
- Legends League Cricket;
- Maharaja Trophy KSCA;
- Major League Cricket;
- Marsh One Day Cup;
- Masters Champions League;
- Mumbai T20;
- Mzansi Super League;
- Oman Pentagular T20 Series;
- Oman Quadrangular Series;
- Pakistan Cup;
- Pakistan Super League;
- Plunket Shield;
- Qatar T10 League;
- Quaid-e-Azam Trophy;
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy;
- Ranji Trophy;
- Road Safety World Series;
- Royal London One-Day Cup;
- SA20 T20 League;
- Saurashtra Premier League;
- Sheffield Shield;
- St Lucia T10 Blast;
- Stockholm T10 League;
- Super Smash;
- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy;
- T20 Blast;
- Abu Dhabi T10 League;
- T20 Global League;
- Tamil Nadu Premier League;
- Tanzania T10 League;
- Test Championship;
- The 6ixty;
- The 6ixty Women;
- The Ford Trophy;;
- Vanuatu Blast T10 League;
- Vijay Hazare Trophy;
- Vincy Premier League T10;
- Women’s Premier League;
- Women’s Ashes;
- Womens Asia Cup;
- Womens Big Bash League;
- Womens National Cricket League;
- Charlotte Edwards Cup;
- Womens Super 50 Series;
- Womens Super Smash;
- Womens Super T20 Trophy;
- Womens T20 Blaze;
- Womens T20 Challenge;
- World Cricket League.
During tournaments we regularly update our predictions and odds for betting from leading bookmakers. You can find detailed information about the teams’ lineups, scores and important moments in the match center, where you can find all the data about live matches, upcoming matches, as well as the results of competitions.