Manage your own IPL team

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is almost upon us and every one of you can now be a part of it. Actually, more than just a part of it. You can own, control and play for nothing what the big bosses in the IPL have paid humongous sums of money for.

If you're a cricket lover, a true blue cricket lover, then in all likelihood you're a bit of a pundit too. Well, here's your chance to pit that wildly-ticking cricket brain of yours against the best minds in the business by playing the newly-launched IPL edition of Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket.

Come to think of it, the IPL 2008 is a lot like fantasy cricket in that the players are being bought and sold at a price to play in the league, which is only one of the many things you can do when you play the Cricinfo version of the league.

In the IPL edition of Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket you, as the captain, coach, manager, owner and controller of your team [or teams] can take more than a few decisions that even the Ambanis, the Mallyas, the Warnes and the Modis of the IPL cannot.

The game gives you the means to call up the likes of Dhoni, Warne, Hayden, Symonds, Sachin, Rahul, Sourav ... and a host of other high-class performers to perform for you.

You can also own two handpicked teams, mix and match national and international players, chop and change your sides, nominate trump players and fire Mr. Modi. Okay, you can't do the last bit, but you can do everything else during the 44 days of IPL action.

Play it and you'll discover that the IPL edition of Cricinfo Fantasy Cricket is daringly designed to challenge minds and capture hearts.