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CricBid is an Indian sports-technology platform for cricket tournament management and player drafts. It lets you conduct IPL-style player draft sessions, manage teams and budgets, score matches live ball-by-ball, track points tables, and share public tournament pages — all in one place. It is built for gully cricket, corporate leagues, city T20 tournaments, and everything in between. CricBid is a 100% skill-based platform with no gambling, betting, or wagering of any kind.

To organise a tournament or participate in a player draft as a team manager, you need a CricBid account (free to create with your Indian mobile number via OTP). Fans and spectators can view public tournament pages — teams, scores, points table, gallery — without any account.

Sign up with your mobile number, go to your Dashboard, click "New Tournament", fill in the details (name, city, format, overs, start date), add teams and players, configure draft settings, then launch the player draft session. The step-by-step guide helps you get started in minutes.

No. CricBid is an independent technology platform and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Indian Premier League (IPL), or any state cricket association. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Players are presented for selection one by one. A countdown timer starts (configurable, default 30 seconds). Team managers can submit selection offers in increments set by the organiser. The team with the highest offer when the timer runs out selects the player. CricBid automatically validates offers against each team's allocated budget points and enforces increment rules. This is a private, organisational tool — not a form of gambling or wagering.

Yes! Team managers can participate in the player draft from the CricBid Android app or any browser on a smartphone or laptop. They see the current player profile, live selection status, and a countdown timer in real time, and can submit a selection with a single tap.

Unselected players are moved to an unselected pool. The organiser can re-present them for selection at any time or manually assign them to a team. There is no restriction on how many times a player can be put back for selection.

Yes. When registering players, you can set a base value (e.g., 500, 1000). No team can submit an offer below the base value. You can also set global increment rules (e.g., offers below 1000 go up in 100 steps; above 3000 in 500 steps). These are virtual budget points used purely for the organisational draft process.

Open the match from your tournament dashboard, complete the toss, select the playing XI for both teams, and start scoring ball by ball. For each ball, select runs scored, extras (wide, no-ball, byes, leg-byes), and wicket type if applicable. The scorecard, partnership, and fall of wickets update instantly.

CricBid supports T10, T20, T30, One Day (50 overs), and fully custom formats. You can set the number of overs, balls per over, players per side, and powerplay rules.

Yes. The live scoring screen has an "Undo Last Ball" button. This reverses the most recent ball event including any runs or wickets. This is helpful for correcting mistakes made during fast-paced play.

Yes — the Free plan lets you manage 1 tournament with up to 2 teams at no cost. Paid plans (Starter, Professional, Enterprise) unlock more tournaments, unlimited teams, custom branding, advanced analytics, and priority support. See our Plans page for current pricing in INR.

We accept all major Indian payment methods: UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM UPI), credit and debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, RuPay), net banking, and mobile wallets. Payments are processed securely via Razorpay, which is authorised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Yes. A GST-compliant tax invoice is automatically generated and emailed to your registered email address within 24 hours of each payment. All prices include GST as applicable under the CGST Act, 2017.

Annual plans are eligible for a pro-rated refund within 30 days of purchase. Monthly plans have no partial-month refunds. If a platform-side issue makes the service unavailable for more than 72 consecutive hours, you are entitled to a credit for those days. See our Paid Service Terms for full details or email billing@cricbid.in.

Yes. Only you and team owners you explicitly invite can manage the tournament. You control what is shown on the public tournament page. Player personal details (mobile numbers, etc.) are never shown on public pages.

CricBid complies with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), the IT Act, 2000, and the IT (SPDI) Rules, 2011. We collect only the minimum data necessary, obtain explicit consent, allow data correction and deletion requests, and have appointed a Grievance Officer. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

Yes. You can request account deletion from Dashboard > Settings > Account. Personal data is deleted within 30 days of the request. Payment records are retained for 8 years as required by Indian tax law. Tournament data you created may be retained as part of the sporting record unless you explicitly request deletion.

The CricBid Android app collects your mobile number (for login), device info, and FCM token (for push notifications). Push notifications are sent only with your explicit permission and can be disabled at any time from your device notification settings.

CricBid works on all modern browsers: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge on desktop and mobile. A native Android app is available on the Google Play Store. iOS app is under development.

Currently the platform is in English. Hindi and other Indian language support (Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali) is on our roadmap. Stay tuned to the What's New section for updates.

For urgent issues during a live auction, use the in-app chat support or email support@cricbid.in with your tournament ID and a description of the issue. We aim to respond within 15 minutes during business hours (9 AM – 9 PM IST). You can also pause the auction and resume it once the issue is resolved.

As required under the IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2021 and the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, you can raise a formal grievance by emailing grievance@cricbid.in. We will acknowledge your complaint within 48 hours and resolve it within 30 days. If unresolved, you can approach the National Consumer Helpline at consumerhelpline.gov.in.

You can log in to the CricBid Android app in two ways: with your Indian mobile number via a one-time password (OTP), or with one-tap Google Sign-In. Both methods are free and secure.

From your tournament dashboard, open the team and generate an invite link. Share it via WhatsApp or any messenger. When the team owner taps the link, the CricBid app opens directly to the join-team screen with the invite pre-filled — no manual codes to type.

Yes. CricBid includes an LED Display mode that projects the current player, team budgets, and live selection status on a TV, projector, or large screen at your venue — giving your draft an IPL-style stage presentation.

Yes. You can open a public registration form and share its link. Players fill in their own details (name, age, batting/bowling style, photo, contact) and submit. You then review and approve registrations before adding them to the draft pool. You can open or close registration at any time.

Yes. Each tournament supports sponsor logos, a committee/organising-members list, and a photo gallery. These appear on your public tournament page so fans, sponsors, and participants can see who is running the event and view event photos.

Yes. The Public Links section lets you add custom links — tournament rules, registration forms, a venue map, or a YouTube live-stream URL — which are displayed on your public tournament page for everyone to access.

Yes. CricBid provides a live score overlay that you can display while streaming your match on YouTube or via OBS. As the scorer updates each ball, the overlay reflects the latest score, batsmen, bowler, and run rate in real time.

Yes. You can follow a tournament to receive push notifications for key moments — draft start, match start, and results. Notifications are sent only with your explicit permission and can be turned off at any time from your device settings.