How to Play

For every IPL match, you predict two things: who wins and who gets Man of the Match. That's it. Get it right, earn points. Climb the leaderboard. Talk trash to your friends.

The season has 74 matches split across 10 segments (9 regular + playoffs). Points per match increase as the tournament progresses, so late-season matches matter more.

Each segment runs Monday to Sunday. The player with the most points in a segment wins a segment bonus. Bonuses grow as the season progresses:

Segment 1: Matches 1–2 • Seg 2: 3–11 • Seg 3: 12–20 • Seg 4: 21–29 • Seg 5: 30–38 • Seg 6: 39–46 • Seg 7: 47–54 • Seg 8: 55–62 • Seg 9: 63–70 • Seg 10: 71–74 (Playoffs)

Predictions lock Monday at 7:00 PM IST (30 minutes before the first match of the week). You can change weekend match predictions before Friday's first match, but those changed predictions earn 90% of normal points.

Starting from Segment 3, you can activate Fire & Ice on any segment. It's a double-or-nothing bet on your own predictions:

• Correct prediction: 1.5x points
• Wrong prediction: −0.5x penalty (you lose points)

You get 3 uses for the entire season. Choose wisely — once you activate it for a segment, it applies to every match in that segment.

Note: Fire & Ice is not applicable to the Final Segment (Segment 10 — the four playoff matches). Playoff scoring uses its own option-based multipliers and dependencies; F&I cannot stack on top.

Sustained performance earns milestone bonuses across two independent tracks:

Graduated, not cumulative. Higher milestone replaces lower. Maximum possible: 60 (streak) + 60 (MOTM) = 120 bonus points.

Before the season heats up, predict three awards: Orange Cap (most runs), Purple Cap (most wickets), and Tournament MVP.

Max possible: 120 points if you nail all three early. That's a massive swing.

Playoff Team Predictions: Before Segment 8 starts (Match 55 · 11 May 2026, 7:30 PM IST), predict which 4 teams make the playoffs.

• All 4 correct: 90 points
• 3 of 4 correct: 40 points
• 2 or fewer correct: 0 points

Playoff Match Base Points (Segment 10):

MOTM doubles the match's points (subject to the option multiplier and dependency below).

Three Options for Playoff Predictions: You pick one option for the season. The option determines when you commit each pick and how Q2 & Final are scored.

Each avatar can be marked public or private from its profile settings. Aggregate stats (total points, rank, streaks) are always visible — only individual picks are gated.

When a private avatar's picks become visible:

Your own avatar's picks are always visible to you regardless of privacy. League admins can also see all picks within their league for administration purposes.

Anyone can create a league. Go to Create League and set it up:

• League name & description — give it some personality
• Public leaderboard — visible to everyone, or private to members only
• Mid-week changes — allow or block mid-week prediction changes
• Auto-lock predictions — lock 30 minutes before match start
• Max avatars per user — set from 1 to 5 (see below)

Once created, you get a 6-character join code. Share it with your group — that's how people join. As the league admin, you can manage settings and players through the admin panel.

A single user can create multiple avatars in the same league (up to the limit set by the league admin, default 3). Each avatar has its own predictions, points, and leaderboard position.

When joining a league, choose how many avatars to create. Names are auto-generated as Name1, Name2, etc. You can also add more avatars later from the league page.

Rankings update automatically after every match result. Each league has its own leaderboard.

• Primary sort: total points (higher is better)
• Tiebreaker: earlier join date ranks higher

You can be #1 in one league and #15 in another — different competition, different dynamics. Rankings include all points: match predictions, Fire & Ice multipliers, segment bonuses, excellence bonuses, Nostradamus, and playoffs.