This IPL (Indian Premier League) season, Baidu's MoboMarket will kick off its first 'Cricket Guessing Game' for fans to predict scores and win prizes. According to the Baidu India team, the Cricket Guessing Game is the ultimate playground for cricket enthusiasts to get together and have fun with their friends and family.
Available in-app on MoboMarket, the online game allows players to win points based on their guesses of IPL match outcomes. Players will earn 1,000 complementary points the first time they start the game on MoboMarket, and will then be able to use those points to support their team or guess the result of matches. In addition, players can earn more points by creating a group and inviting their friends to join.
The Cricket Guessing Game will be divided into four phases. At the end of each phase, qualified users will have a chance to win prizes, including mobile phones and mobile recharge credits. At the end of the 4th phase, all players who successfully created a group will get rewards based on the number of friends they invited and will win a guaranteed prize of upto Rs.2500 mobile recharge credits.
"IPL is such a big thing in India, we can definitely see a growing trend of cricket-related apps on MoboMarket during the ICC and IPL season. That's why we decided to launch this game, to give all the diehard fans out there a little bit more fun," said Tim Yang, general manager of Baidu India.
MoboMarket is Baidu's international Android marketplace for audiences outside China. With a library of over 660,000 Android apps, it is a one-stop shop for apps, games and more. MoboMarket now supports 5 Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Tamil and Bengali.
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese-language Internet search provider. As a technology-based media company, Baidu aims to provide the best and most equitable way for people to find what they're looking for. In addition to serving individual Internet search users, Baidu provides an effective platform for businesses to reach potential customers. Baidu's ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol 'BIDU'.
