The Hitwicket World Cup and Intercontinental Cup
Everyone has been eagerly waiting for the India Cup announcement but it's time for more than just India this time!
Keeping in view the growing international audience, Hitwicket will now take the big leap by introducing International teams and launch the HITWICKET WORLD CUP and INTERCONTINENTAL CUP.
Yep, thats two cups. Why? We have seen previously how hopelessly one-sided many of the matches in the India Cup were. The smaller regions didn't really stand a chance to even compete properly. So we have decided to split all regional and country teams into different competitions. The strongest 16 teams will play in the World Cup, while the rest 22 teams will play in the Intercontinental Cup.
The Four teams that will make it to the Semifinals of the Intercontinental Cup will compete in the World Cup next time, while the four bottom teams in the WC will play in the IC Cup.
Note:
- Telangana and Arunacal Pradesh will be added in the next edition. Existing users can switch to one of these regions after the current elections.
- Details about Fantasy League and Schedule will be posted at a later date.
- From now on the two Cups will be a regular feature in Hitwicket.
Team list for each Cup. This is based on the strength of the current players.
WORLD CUP
INTERCONTINENTAL CUP
Ironic that there are no countries in the World Cup, but that will change in the coming editions as they get stronger.
The best managers may not have the best teams. Managing economy, date of join, training strategy plays a big role in the success of your club. The next pinnacle for Hitwicket will be ever bigger than the club itself!
Magnificent and above managers can compete for the Head Coach role of a World Cup Team.'The Intercontinental Cup'The 22 other teams will compete in the Intercontinental Cup.
Exemplary and above managers can compete for the Head Coach role of a World Cup Team.
The teams that finish Top four in cup will play in the next edition of the World Cup. While the bottom four teams of the World Cup will move to the Intercontinental Cup.Why is it AWESOME?
To prevent a single team from gaining too high an advantage from the salary rebate, there will be a Rs 1 million cap on salary rebate per week. So even if 5 players with combined salary of 1.5M play for states, you receive only 1M as rebate.
The Elections: The latest elections have come to an end.Congratulations to all the Election Winners:
Andhra Pradesh-Sasi Divvela
Assam-Hrishikesh_Pathak
Australia-Siva Harish
Bangladesh-Saroar Remian
Bengal-Nikunj Bhalla
Bihar-punkZEBRA
Chhattisgarh-aki716
Delhi-Ishan
England-Amar Karam Chandani
Goa-Satyam Chodankar
Gujarat-Tanmay Gamit
Haryana-Adolf_Hitler
Himachal Pradesh-Harish Padarthi
Ireland-Goutham Mandava
Jammu & Kashmir-Hishaam
Jharkhand-SirKumar Nitish
Karnataka-PriyAnsh
Kerala-Pritesh_Pillai
Madhya Pradesh-Akshay Tomar
Maharashtra-Nrupal Mhatre
Manipur-Utkarsh Rampal
Meghalaya-Serizawa
Mizoram-Mahantesh
Nagaland-Maximus
New Zealand-Narendra Modi
Odisha-Ashutosh Nanda
Pakistan-Miss Umme Farwa
Punjab-Siddharth Shrotriya
Rajasthan-T.D.vikas
Sikkim-Rishit Arora
South Africa-neo
Sri Lanka-Raj Patel
Tamil Nadu-Sakthi Eka
Tripura-McDeath
Uttar Pradesh-Pulkit Goyal
Uttarakhand-Romil Shukla
West Indies-Lalith Ganesh
Zimbabwe-Amit JangidRewards for the Coaches: Glory is great but surely we need to reward these hard working head coaches isn't it?
Keeping in view the growing international audience, Hitwicket will now take the big leap by introducing International teams and launch the HITWICKET WORLD CUP and INTERCONTINENTAL CUP.
Yep, thats two cups. Why? We have seen previously how hopelessly one-sided many of the matches in the India Cup were. The smaller regions didn't really stand a chance to even compete properly. So we have decided to split all regional and country teams into different competitions. The strongest 16 teams will play in the World Cup, while the rest 22 teams will play in the Intercontinental Cup.
The Four teams that will make it to the Semifinals of the Intercontinental Cup will compete in the World Cup next time, while the four bottom teams in the WC will play in the IC Cup.
Note:
- Telangana and Arunacal Pradesh will be added in the next edition. Existing users can switch to one of these regions after the current elections.
- Details about Fantasy League and Schedule will be posted at a later date.
- From now on the two Cups will be a regular feature in Hitwicket.
Team list for each Cup. This is based on the strength of the current players.
WORLD CUP
- Maharashtra
- Delhi
- Tamil Nadu
- Bengal
- Gujarat
- Assam
- Karnataka
- Punjab
- Uttar Pradesh
- Haryana
- Rajasthan
- Andhra Pradesh
- Kerala
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Bihar
- Goa
INTERCONTINENTAL CUP
- Australia
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- West Indies
- England
- Bangladesh
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
- Ireland
- Himachal Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Odisha
- Tripura
- Jharkhand
- Meghalaya
- Sikkim
- Chhattisgarh
- Manipur
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Uttarakhand
Ironic that there are no countries in the World Cup, but that will change in the coming editions as they get stronger.
The best managers may not have the best teams. Managing economy, date of join, training strategy plays a big role in the success of your club. The next pinnacle for Hitwicket will be ever bigger than the club itself!
- The 10 International Countries along with the 28 Regions of India will be represented by an official team.
- Each team will be headed by a Head Coach. eg: England Head Coach, Maharashtra Head Coach .
- The Head coach is elected by the users of that region.
- The job of the coach is to find the best players from the region, assemble the right squad balance and set match orders for the duration of the tournament.
Magnificent and above managers can compete for the Head Coach role of a World Cup Team.'The Intercontinental Cup'The 22 other teams will compete in the Intercontinental Cup.
Exemplary and above managers can compete for the Head Coach role of a World Cup Team.
The teams that finish Top four in cup will play in the next edition of the World Cup. While the bottom four teams of the World Cup will move to the Intercontinental Cup.Why is it AWESOME?
- Winning the World Cup will be the absolute pinnacle of Hitwicket managerial achievements!
- The coach will be leading a team of top class players (possible all of them will be 10*+). This may not be possible with your own team.
- The absolute BEST managers of Hitwicket are expected to take part here, expect competition to be tough!
- Players gain more experience for the matches they play for the state teams than they do for regular league games.
- The Hitwicket Fantasy League, where ALL managers stand a chance to earn MRP!
- The Head coach is elected by the users of that region.
- After getting elected, the Head coach can choose 2 assistant coaches to assist him, they need to be atleast 'Remarkable' in manager level.
- The Head coach and his assistants can see the skills of their region's players.
- The Head coach and his assistants will have to scout the Hitwicket world to find the best talent for their teams.
To prevent a single team from gaining too high an advantage from the salary rebate, there will be a Rs 1 million cap on salary rebate per week. So even if 5 players with combined salary of 1.5M play for states, you receive only 1M as rebate.
The Elections: The latest elections have come to an end.Congratulations to all the Election Winners:
Andhra Pradesh-Sasi Divvela
Assam-Hrishikesh_Pathak
Australia-Siva Harish
Bangladesh-Saroar Remian
Bengal-Nikunj Bhalla
Bihar-punkZEBRA
Chhattisgarh-aki716
Delhi-Ishan
England-Amar Karam Chandani
Goa-Satyam Chodankar
Gujarat-Tanmay Gamit
Haryana-Adolf_Hitler
Himachal Pradesh-Harish Padarthi
Ireland-Goutham Mandava
Jammu & Kashmir-Hishaam
Jharkhand-SirKumar Nitish
Karnataka-PriyAnsh
Kerala-Pritesh_Pillai
Madhya Pradesh-Akshay Tomar
Maharashtra-Nrupal Mhatre
Manipur-Utkarsh Rampal
Meghalaya-Serizawa
Mizoram-Mahantesh
Nagaland-Maximus
New Zealand-Narendra Modi
Odisha-Ashutosh Nanda
Pakistan-Miss Umme Farwa
Punjab-Siddharth Shrotriya
Rajasthan-T.D.vikas
Sikkim-Rishit Arora
South Africa-neo
Sri Lanka-Raj Patel
Tamil Nadu-Sakthi Eka
Tripura-McDeath
Uttar Pradesh-Pulkit Goyal
Uttarakhand-Romil Shukla
West Indies-Lalith Ganesh
Zimbabwe-Amit JangidRewards for the Coaches: Glory is great but surely we need to reward these hard working head coaches isn't it?
- 200 MRP for Winning the election.
- 500 MRP for Finalist.
- 1000 MRP for winning the Cup!
- 50 MPR for each match won.
- Your club history will commemorate your appointment as Head or Assistant Coach and your achievements in the Cup.
- Assistant coaches will get 50 MRP for every competitive match won by their team.
World & Intercontinental Cup Fantasy League
1) Schedule: Before each match day of the World Cup, users can select their Fantasy Team of max 11 players from among the World Cup squads.
Deadline: 4:00 pm on Matchday (Wednesday). The Fantasy League ends after the Group stages.
2) Squad Selection: The list of all Batsmen and Bowlers in World Cup squads will be shown to you. You need to make selections based on this list.
Sorry there is no role for a keeper this time.
3) Restrictions:
You are free to choose any player (no restriction on skills/TSI), except:
a) You can select maximum of 3 players from a single team.
b) You can select a particular player a maximum of 3 times for the duration of the Cup. So if you pick the best player in the game for the first 3 matches, you can no longer choose him for the rest of the matches.
c) You cannot have more than 6 players of a particular type (batsmen/bowlers) in your team.
Quite a bit of planning and calculations are needed to select the right player for the right match days. Maybe select seamers before a green pitch match or save up selection of the top players for particular matches?
4) Points: After the matches are done, teams are awarded points based on their fantasy team selection.
- Run = 1 pt
- Wicket = 10 pts
5) Captain:
You can designate one player in your fantasy team as your captain (he does not have to captain a state side) and you will get 50% bonus points on every point he earns for you.
6) Rewards:
a) You get 1 MRP for every 20 points your team earns.
b) Match Day Toppers
#1 Rs 1 Million + 150 MRP
#2 Rs 700k + 100 MRP
#3 Rs 500k + 80 MRP
c) Overall Toppers
#1 5M + 500 MRP
#2 3M + 300 MRP
#3 1M + 100 MRP
Incase both teams earn the same number of points, the team with the player who earned the most points will be declared the winner.
Fantasy LeaguesThere is more to the Fantasy Game than just squad selection, now you have a chance to compete to win Credits!
Deadline: 4:00 pm on Matchday (Wednesday). The Fantasy League ends after the Group stages.
2) Squad Selection: The list of all Batsmen and Bowlers in World Cup squads will be shown to you. You need to make selections based on this list.
Sorry there is no role for a keeper this time.
3) Restrictions:
You are free to choose any player (no restriction on skills/TSI), except:
a) You can select maximum of 3 players from a single team.
b) You can select a particular player a maximum of 3 times for the duration of the Cup. So if you pick the best player in the game for the first 3 matches, you can no longer choose him for the rest of the matches.
c) You cannot have more than 6 players of a particular type (batsmen/bowlers) in your team.
Quite a bit of planning and calculations are needed to select the right player for the right match days. Maybe select seamers before a green pitch match or save up selection of the top players for particular matches?
4) Points: After the matches are done, teams are awarded points based on their fantasy team selection.
- Run = 1 pt
- Wicket = 10 pts
5) Captain:
You can designate one player in your fantasy team as your captain (he does not have to captain a state side) and you will get 50% bonus points on every point he earns for you.
6) Rewards:
a) You get 1 MRP for every 20 points your team earns.
b) Match Day Toppers
#1 Rs 1 Million + 150 MRP
#2 Rs 700k + 100 MRP
#3 Rs 500k + 80 MRP
c) Overall Toppers
#1 5M + 500 MRP
#2 3M + 300 MRP
#3 1M + 100 MRP
Incase both teams earn the same number of points, the team with the player who earned the most points will be declared the winner.
Fantasy LeaguesThere is more to the Fantasy Game than just squad selection, now you have a chance to compete to win Credits!
- There are limited number of Leagues avilable where you can enroll your Fantasy Team for the cost of 3 Credits.
- There will be 15 teams in each league so every Team has a good chance of winning the 5 Credits Prize that will be awarded to the winner of EACH League EVERY match day!
- You can even enroll yourself in multiple leagues and improve your chances of winning.
- Incase of Tie in points, the Team that joined the League first will be declared the winner.
- Maybe talk to your friends and occupy an entire League to compete.
The U20 Cup
The U20 Cup is an optional competition of Hitwicket.Teams with atleast 11 youth players i.e. players who will be no older than 19yrs 69 days on the registration deadline can register for the U20 Cup. Maximum of 16 players of a team can participate in U20 Cup. Players participating in U20 cup cannot be fired/sold until their respective team gets knocked out of the cup. There will be NO ticket sales for the match (crowd will have free entry, just like friendlies). The Hitwicket Council will pay both teams a fixed fee of Rs. 200,000 per match as sponsorship. Manager Reputation Points: 20 points per match win; 200 pts for semifinalists; 500 pts for Runner-up and 1000 points for the winner. Match Win money - Rs 250k prize for each match win. U20 matches don't effect Training or Fitness. Players gain experience with every match they play, the captain receives 30% boost in exp gain as well.
U20 Predictor
The U20 predictor is another way for you to earn MRP. For every U20 match day, Hitwicket gives you 5 (maximum) matches to predict the result of. If you predict the right winner, then you get 3 points for that match. A correctly predicted tie will give you 5 points. If you predict the results of all matches correctly, then you will get be rewarded with a bonus of 10 MRP.