🏏 Calling All Cricket Fans! | ICC Champions Trophy Fantasy Contest - Play, Predict & Win (150+ Steem)!

Hello Hello Cricket fans,

Are you ready for the most exciting Sports challenge on Steemit? Well, say no more! As the ICC Champions Trophy is just five days away, I am thrilled to announce a daily Fantasy Cricket Contest! 🏏 Stay with me for a fantastic 15 days, enjoy the heat of the biggest stage of Cricket, and win rewards throughout the tournament!

If you are a true Cricket fan, this is your chance! Play, Predict & Win!

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Tournament Overview

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ICC Champions Trophy is the second most prestigious ICC ODI event, featuring the top 08 ranked teams. This year will be the ninth edition, hosted by Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March 2025. The tournament was started in 1998, and ICC decided to cancel it after 2017, to continue only one major event per format. But once again they brought it back in 2021, from 2025. So, here, the best 08 teams in the 2023 Cricket World Cup are qualified!

• The participants - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa

• See more details here, Weekly CRICKET Review - LXXXi | 2025 ICC Champions Trophy

• See match schedule here

• See the updated Team squads here

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Contest Overview

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I think most of you are familiar with this concept. Well, I will break down it simply. According to the contest schedule, there will be 15 matches, one per day, with the Final from the 19th of February.

So, for each day, you guys have to create your Fantasy XI combining players from both teams. The trick is you should predict the combination that will perform the best in that match. Because the points are calculated according to that.

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✅ Team Combination

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• 11 players per team
• A balanced squad: 3–5 Batters, 2-4 All-rounders, 3–5 Bowlers, 1 Wicketkeeper
• Choose a Captain (2x points) and Vice-Captain (1.5x points)

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• The wicketkeeper should be one of the real wicketkeepers from any team. You can choose the remaining wicket-keeper as a general player but his stumping points will not be added.

• No need to choose a real captain or vice-captain, so you can choose any player for these two positions to maximize your points.

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✅ Points System

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Action	Points Awarded
Batting Points
Runs Scored	1 per run
50+ Runs Bonus	+10
100+ Runs Bonus	+20
Boundary Bonus	+3 for a six, +2 for a four
Out for a duck	-5
Bowling Points
Wickets taken	10 per wicket
3+ Wickets Bonus	+15
5+ Wickets Bonus	+20
Maiden overs	+5
20+ runs conceded for an over	-5
Fielding Points
Catch Taken	6 per catch
Stumping/Run-Out	8 per dismissal

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✅ Contest Schedule & Deadlines

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• Contest starts on 19th of February, 2025. I will publish the contest announcement post 12-24 hours before starting of the match for each match. So, you guys have the time to make the teams and participate.
• Participants must submit your teams before the first ball. You guys can edit the team combination until that time, even considering the toss, and team news. I will check it with the Steemworld.
• Points and winners will be updated daily, and so will the prizes.

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✅ Winners Criteria & Prizes

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So, the total team points for each entry will be separately calculated. Yeah, I know it will be a very busy week for me. There will be two types of winners.

• Daily Winners: Top three Highest scorers of the day (10 Steem will be shared per the day)
• Overall Tournament Winner: Top three Highest scorers across all matches (prizes will be announced later)

The prize pool will indeed be increased with the level of excitement and support from you guys!

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✅The way of participating

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So, you have to do a small thing.

• After I announce the contest for the match, you can predict the team, and submit as a comment on that post or as a separate post. (if it's a separate post comment on the link)

• In the post or comment, you have to mention the team, their positions according to the guidelines in the Team Combination section, and a small justification for the team.

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So, are you ready guys?

The main reason for this early post is to share the message, as a promotion, and to clarify any misunderstanding.

Let me know if you have any suggestions or additions!

PS: This contest is exclusively for genuine Cricket lovers! As you can see I have to put a lot of effort into calculating the points, and so on. So, I hope you guys will do me the favor without copy-pasting others' entries just to win a prize.

📢 The contest officially starts in 5 days! Start planning your strategies now! 🚀

As we have a small time window for a match, spread the message with your friends.

Let's have some fun boys!

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So, that's it for today!! Until the next time! Enjoy!

cc: @disconnect

Thank you.
Best Regards!