Head-to-Head Fantasy Cricket
PitchRival runs season-long head-to-head fantasy cricket leagues — the same format as ESPN Fantasy Football, applied to IPL cricket. Draft your squad, compete every gameweek, reach the championship.
Start your league — freeRound-robin H2H matchups. Every win builds your record toward playoff seeding.
Top teams face off. The top seeds have home-field advantage from their regular season record.
One week. One matchup. Season-long bragging rights on the line.
A fresh opponent every gameweek. Standings update in real time as IPL matches finish.
Designate a captain (2×) and vice-captain (1.5×) each week. The right pick can decide a matchup.
Points update ball-by-ball from CricketData API. Watch your matchup move in real time.
2, 4, or 6 teams advance to the postseason. Semifinals, championship, optional consolation bracket.
Points For, Points Against, streak, weekly breakdowns — every number tracked all season.
Commissioner can configure a MOM bonus (e.g. +25 pts) for IPL MOTM award winners each week.
Scoring rules are fully customisable per league. The commissioner can adjust any value when creating the league.
Each gameweek your 11 starting players earn fantasy points from every IPL match that week. Runs, wickets, catches, economy rate, strike rate bonuses — all of it counts. Your total is compared against one opponent's total. The higher score wins the matchup. Wins and losses accumulate into a season record that determines playoff seeding.
PitchRival uses 8 gameweeks aligned to the IPL 2026 schedule: 6 regular-season weeks of head-to-head matchups, semifinals in week 7, and the championship in week 8. Each gameweek runs Monday–Sunday so every IPL match that week contributes to your score.
Before each gameweek you designate one player as Captain (C) and one as Vice-Captain (VC). Your captain earns 2× points for the week; your vice-captain earns 1.5×. Picking the right captain is often the biggest single decision of the week — a Kohli century with the captain's 2× multiplier can swing a matchup by 80+ points.
The commissioner sets the playoff format when creating the league — 2, 4, or 6 teams advance. In the default 4-team format: the top 4 teams by win record face off in semifinals during week 7, then winners meet in the championship and losers play for third place in week 8. A 6-team format adds wildcard rounds for seeds 3–6.
Tiebreakers are resolved by total points scored (Points For) across all regular-season weeks. If still tied, Points Against is used. This means every point matters in every matchup — even a blowout loss affects your playoff seeding.
Yes — and you should. Your roster stays fixed (unless you make a waiver claim or trade), but you choose which 11 players start each week and who sits on bench. Players lock 5 minutes before their IPL team's first match of the week, so you have flexibility right up until the action starts.
Create your league, run your draft, and set your first lineup. The IPL season is already underway.