ICC Champions Trophy Fantasy Contest - Viii (Afghanistan vs England) - Play, Predict & Win (150+ Steem)!

Hello Hello Cricket fans,

The wait is finally over! The ICC Champions Trophy is running smoothly, and you are going to join the most exciting Sports challenge on Steemit! ICC Champions Trophy Fantasy Contest. 🏏 Stay with me for a fantastic 15 days, let's enjoy the thrilling encounters, and win rewards throughout the tournament!

If you are a true Cricket fan, this is your chance! Play, Predict & Win!

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Contest Overview

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I think most of you are familiar with this concept. Well, I will break down it. According to the contest schedule, there will be 15 matches, one per day, starting from the 19th of February.

So, for each day, you guys have to create your Fantasy XI combining players from both teams. The trick is you should predict the combination that will perform the best in that match. Because the points are calculated according to that.

You can see the full details in my last announcement post. We have already hosted the contest for the first 7 matches. The boys are already having fun!

Leaderboard after seven matches - 02/25

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🔢	User	Points
1️⃣	@sabbirakib	3543.85
2️⃣	@the-gorilla	3524.7
3️⃣	@ahsansharif	3227.65
4️⃣	@dove11	3039.2
5️⃣	@damindu	3001.6
6️⃣	@abdul-rakib	2997.2
7️⃣	@disconnect	2960.1
8️⃣	@iqrabatool34	2832.9
9️⃣	@saikat01	1913.55
🔟	@abdullahw2	1417.5
1️⃣1️⃣	@artist1111	1030.5

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Keep in touch to win the grand prize!

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Match 08 - Afghanistan vs England

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📅 Date: February 26, 2025
🕒Time: 09:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL
📍 Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Afghanistan	England
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Batter)	Jos Buttler (WK
Rahmat Shah (Batter)	Harry Brook (Batter)
Sediqullah Atal (Batter)	Ben Duckett (Batter)
Ibrahim Zadran (Batter)	Joe Root (Batter)
Gulbadin Naib (Allrounder)	Liam Livingstone (Allrounder)
Azmatullah Omarzai (Allrounder)	Jamie Smith (WK)
Mohammad Nabi (Allrounder)	Philip Salt (WK)
Rashid Khan (Bowling Allrounder)	Tom Banton (WK)
Nangeyalia Kharote (Allrounder)	Jamie Overton (Bowler)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)	Gus Atkinson (Bowler)
Ikram Alikhil (WK)	Jofra Archer (Bowler)
Fazalhaq Farooqi (Bowler)	Adil Rashid (Bowler)
Fareed Ahmad Malik (Bowler)	Saqib Mahmood (Bowler)
Noor Ahmad (Bowler)	Mark Wood (Bowler)
Naveed Zadran (Bowler)	Rehan Ahmed (Bowler)

The squads

• Please remember that I have taken the latest update of the squads. Anyhow, you have the chance to edit the team combination until the first ball, even considering the toss, and team news.

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✅ Team Combination

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• 11 players per team

With some, misunderstandings about team combinations in the last few matches, I relaxed the limitations, so you guys have more freedom to choose the team. And there will be a very low chance for disqualifications with this.

• A balanced squad: 2–6 Batters, 1-5 All-rounders, 2–6 Bowlers, 1 Wicketkeeper
• Choose a Captain (2x points) and Vice-Captain (1.5x points)

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• The wicketkeeper should be one of the real wicketkeepers from any team. You can choose the remaining wicket-keeper as a general player but his stumping points will not be added.

• No need to choose a real captain or vice-captain, so you can choose any player for these two positions to maximize your points.

• Please remember that the batting points for ballers, as well as balling points for a batter, will also be calculated.

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✅ Points System

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Action	Points Awarded
Batting Points
Runs Scored	1 per run
50+ Runs Bonus	+10
100+ Runs Bonus	+20
Boundary Bonus	+3 for a six, +2 for a four
Out for a duck	-5
Bowling Points
Wickets taken	10 per wicket
3+ Wickets Bonus	+15
5+ Wickets Bonus	+20
Maiden overs	+5
8+ average (minimum 3 overs)	-5
Fielding Points
Catch Taken	6 per catch
Stumping/Run-Out	8 per dismissal

• New Update: Now you can predict the winning team of the match as well. If you are right, the total points will be multiplied by 1.1 factor.

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✅The way of participating

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So, you have to do a small thing.

• You have to predict the team, and submit as a comment on this post or as a separate post. (if it's a separate post, comment the link here)

• In the post or comment, you have to mention the team, their positions (whether baller/ batter, etc) according to the guidelines in the Team Combination section.

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✅ Rules

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• Just follow the guidelines and make your team.

• Resteem this post, and mention your friends to promote the event.

• Participants must submit your teams before the first ball. You guys can edit the team combination until that time, even considering the toss, and team news. I will check it with the Steemworld.

• For the first match I gave a small time to edit just after starting the match, as people are getting used to it, but not from the next one.

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✅ Winners Criteria & Prizes

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So, the total team points for each entry will be separately calculated. Yeah, I know it will be a very busy week for me. I have already made the format.

There will be two types of winners.

• Daily Winners: Top three Highest scorers of the day (10 Steem will be shared per the day)
• Overall Tournament Winner: Top three Highest scorers across all matches (prizes will be announced later)

The prize pool will indeed be increased with the level of excitement and support from you guys!

• Points and winners will be updated daily, and so will the prizes.

• There will be no separate post for announcing the winners, (as there will be so many posts.) I will announce the winners as a comment in this post a few hours after the match.

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Let me know if you have any suggestions or additions!

Next match update will be shared 12-24 hours before starting of the match

PS: This contest is exclusively for genuine Cricket lovers! As you can see I have to put a lot of effort into calculating the points, and so on. So, I hope you guys will do me the favor without copy-pasting others' entries just to win a prize.

Let's have some fun boys! Start building your team

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So, that's it for today!! Until the next time! Enjoy!

cc: @disconnect

Thank you.
Best Regards!