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Fantasy sports targets IPL 2018, looks at a good innings in India

StarPick Ltd launches StarPick India, the country's first international online fantasy sports platform

starpick, (L-R) Trigam Mukherjee , Ulf Ekberg , Rohit Nair
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(L-R) Trigam Mukherjee (Co-foundr), Ulf Ekberg (Co-founder), Rohit Nair (Co-founder)

Samreen Ahmad Bengaluru
As the cricket-frenzy nation gears up to watch the Indian Premier League (IPL), beginning April 7, there is a new set of teams being built by sports fans who will play alongside the eight IPL teams. These are virtual teams of real players who will compete with each other based on their statistical performance in actual games.

Getting the ball rolling for fantasy cricket league in India, UK-based StarPick Limited on Tuesday launched StarPick India, the country’s first international online fantasy sports platform.

“This a digital extension of the sport where people not only watch but actually get in and

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