5 Common Myths About Fantasy Sports

Cricket is unquestionably one of the popular sports. With the Indian T20 league currently in action, cricket fans from all over the country are making teams in fantasy cricket leagues and winning millions and billions by playing the game smartly and generating some myths too.   

However, any novice checking out the game may feel that it’s easy. Just create a team, follow the actual gameplay and keep scoring and winning cash prizes. If you’re one of those people, you’re wrong! To play a successful game of fantasy cricket and win big cash prizes, these 5 myths need to be tackled.

Myth 1: Fantasy sports are just copies of real-world sports

While there are obviously similarities between fantasy games and real-life sports, it’s a big mistake to think that conventional sporting thoughts and strategies can make you a successful fantasy game player. Each fantasy game has its own scoring system, with extra weightage given to various factors or actions.

The fantasy scoring system also results in team compositions you’d never find in the traditional sport. A scenario where you go into a game with just 2 or 3 specialist batters and as many as 4 all-rounders is perfectly plausible in fantasy cricket because you have the luxury of picking players from both teams.

Myth 2: The winners are simply lucky

Of course, there’s an element of luck involved in fantasy sports just like in most real-world sports. Your captain could get injured midway through a game, or any unknown player could produce a match-winning effort. But by and large, a lot of thought goes into picking a winning XI. When it comes to fantasy sports, luck might just be the added factor but it’s not the main thing itself.

Myth 3: You need to play sports to win fantasy games

Some game sense and basic knowledge of the players involved helps quite a bit, but ultimately it’s your strategies that win you fantasy games. The most successful players understand the quirks in the scoring system and appreciate that it’s not always the best-known or highly rated players that perform best on any given day. The player who applies conventional sporting wisdom and picks, for example, 6 specialist batters, a wicketkeeper and 4 bowlers will seldom win.

Myth 4: Playing fantasy sports is illegal in India

Playing fantasy sports for real money as well as for free is considered a perfectly legal activity in India. This was reinforced by a verdict of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, which clearly said that fantasy sports is a game of skill and couldn’t be equated to gambling. While activities like tossing a coin or rolling dice are governed purely by luck, fantasy sports requires players to utilize their knowledge and expertise of the game and skills to win.

Myth 5: You can become successful in fantasy games overnight

One of the biggest myths. Of course not! You might find a lot of success stories being posted on fantasy cricket apps. But winning is not always guaranteed in the game. If your team is not up to the mark or if high-ranking batters and wicket-taking bowlers are not able to perform well in the match, there’s absolutely no way for you to win and take home grand prizes. It takes skill, patience and a lot of practice.

Now that you’re aware of the truth behind these myths, you can enjoy your fantasy gaming experience without any reservations. Download the Howzat fantasy app and pick your team for the next Indian T20 League game. If you’d rather try another sport, there are dozens of football contests hosted each week too. So get playing and start winning!