The Fantasy IPL Podcast

We're back! It's been a nice break but IPL never truly sleeps, and we're taking a look at some of our favorite players as they make their mark on international and franchise cricket world-wide. Plus we'll relive some of our favorite (and least favorite) players with a fun game of rankings. Finally, we do a deep dive into the IPL 2023 players playing in the new Major League Cricket in the USA, and see which teams are set to take home the inaugural trophy. Check us out on twitter @fantasyiplpod or drop us a line at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com. We appreciate the continuing support!

IPL 2023 is over but the podcast lives on! Join us for one more wrap up of the season where we'll talk about those wild last couple matches, rain delays, and fantasy heroics from your favorite players. Of course, we also will announce the long-awaited winners of the first annual Fantasy IPL Awards, and talk about the podcast going forward - just because IPL is done doesn't mean we are, and we're looking foreward to helping you whet your fantasy apetite throughout the offseason. Thanks again for joining us for the incredible ride that producing this podcast and surviving IPL 2023 has been. If you want to stay in touch, subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to it, and follow us on twitter @FantasyIPLPod.

The two new kids on the block, Gujarat and Lucknow, both lost their playoff openers. That didn't mean you had to lose your fantasy match, and there were plenty of points to go around. For our last playoff episode we'll break down the players to have and players to avoid for the final two matches. Do you pick an extra bowler or some middle-order batters? Is Akash Madwhal a flash in the pan or the real deal? Finally, we are thrilled to announce the nominees for the first annual Fantasy IPL Awards! Join us for the pomp and circumstance of the nominations, then check us out on twitter @fantasyiplpod to submit your votes! We'll have one more wrap-up season after the final when we will announce the award winners. Don't miss it!

We made it to the fantasy playoffs! We hope our advice helped you get to the top of the league through the last 70 matches, now it's time to finish in style. We're here once again to make sense of the chaos. We'll start with some general playoff advice with transfers strategies, teams to target and when to use those boosters if you're still holding onto them. Then we'll dig deep into the qualifiers, match 71 and 7s, before finishing with some MVP picks you must have for each playoff team. Finally, an exiciting announcement at the end about the next couple episodes. Stick around! Want more? Check us out on twitter @fantasyiplpod or email fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com Happy playoffs!

This is it IPL fans! The final four matches of the regular season are upon us, and the playoff picture is as murky as ever. We can't help the IPL teams but if you want your playoff picture to be more clear, listen in to this final episode of the regular season and finish with a weekend to remember. Hopefully you've been wise with your transfers because besides breaking down the usual upcoming match info, we also have some deep picks to reach for this weekend; players that nobody else will have on their roster and will bring you over the top. And if that wasn't enough, we finally address the big questions like who is the fantasy hot pocket, and just how much does Whit love de Kock. Thank again for taking this ride with us. We'll see you in the playoffs! Follow us on twitter @fantasyiplpod or reach out on email at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com.

LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON! It's upon us, the final moments of th IPL Fantasy Season. The guys breakdown a wild weekend that saw one of the most complete dismantlings in IPL history and some amazing centuries from some of our favorite batters. The upcoming matches are crucial for the IPL points table but could also make or break your fantasy season. We'll walk through the week's matches, and at the end, break down some strategies to finish strong including where to use those boosters you've been hanging on to for way too long. A special thanks to our Indian fans for helping make us one of the most popular fantasy sports podcasts in their country! Give us a shoutout on twitter @fantasyiplpod or email fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com, we'd love from you!

As the superstars of IPL prove their worth, we discuss who's really trustworthy and who's just a blip on the radar. Even though some teams are positioned well on the points table for the IPL playoffs, those same teams can create fantasy points headaches. We're coming down to the wire and now, more than ever, capitalizing on the matches that will produce and sidestepping the duds is critical. We've got some ideas about which matches are worth more than others and some food for thought as the playoff picture comes into view. Are your favorite teams and players about to change their identity as the season wraps?

The season is now officially on fire with 8 teams within one win or loss of each other. Teams like DC and SRH coming alive and others like Lucknow flailing has thrown fantasy into chaos. We try to make sense of it in this episode, pulling what we know from the wild weekend and looking forward to this week. There is a double-turnaround this week (MI & KKR at the same time) and Whit has some must-hear advice for planning for it. But as much as we love the IPL, we also have some frustrations from the season, so please join us to vent about some of our favorite things to love-to-hate. Thank you to all our listeners! We'd love to hear from you and answer any questions, so reach out to us on twitter @fantasyiplpod or at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com.

This week saw some real stinkers for fantasy in the IPL. How do you handle bad weather, slow pitches, and other wrenches thrown into your fantasy plans? The guys have some ideas in today's episode; they'll also break down the weekend's matches and take a look at some interesting middle-order batters. All that and more on the Fantasy IPL Podcast. Can't get enough? Hang out with us on twitter @fantasyiplpod or email us directly at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

Yashavai Jaiswal made us all swoon this weekend, but between him and Suyash Sharma's hair, we're not sure which we're falling for harder. This weekend was a thriller for fantasy and the guys are here to pull out the critical things we learned to help us going forward. They take a look at upcoming matches, and have an especially juicy booster opportunity to share. Finally, Mark & Dan each pick some "Heroes and Zeroes" for the back half of the season. Don't miss a minute! Get more Fantasy IPL content at @fantasyiplpod on twitter, or reach out to the guys directly at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com.

Booster season is upon us! We're halfway through the season and things are heating up. Coming off the back of a record setting IPL match in Lucknow, we're here to guide you through it. Plus, Mark loses his cool over a booster he hasn't even played yet, and we talk venues. All that and more on The Fantasy IPL Podcast. Want more? Email us at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com or check us out on twitter @fantasyiplpod!

Today Mark & Whit start with a quick review of the recent GT vs MI match that wrapped up the first half of the season. They pick right up with a preview of Match 37 and 38, then we take a deep dive into the most mysterious of boosters, the 3x. Who is your pick for 3x this year? Are you going with a tried and true, a new hotness, or a complete rando. We'll look at the best in every category and hopefully provide a little clarity.

Whit's back from Iceland! At the midpoint(ish) of the season we're mixing up the format a bit; rather than review the last few matches we're taking each team in turn and reviewing the season so far. What surprised us, what are we keeping in mind looking forward, and who do we think will turn up the heat in the back half of IPL 2023. Is Hardik back? Who's the best MI to park on your roster? Will RCB's big 3 keep it up now that they're leaving Chinnaswamy? We tackle all these questions and more in Episode 11 of the Fantasy IPL Podast. Join the action by checking us out on twitter at https://twitter.com/FantasyIPLPod

Mark flying solo again for this one, but that gives him a chance to do what he does best: dive into the number of Fantasy IPL and help set you up to maximize your lineup. We're talking about matches 29 to 33 which includes some big ones like Rajasthan and Bangalore at Chinnaswamy, and Lucknow & Gujarat's star-studded matchup. Plus he'll do a deep dive into what he learned when the fantasy "stars aligned" and looked at upcoming matches for a few surprising booster picks. Questions? Suggestions? Reach out to us at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com, or both Whit and Mark can be found on twitter @fantasyiplpod.

Whit's on vacay this week so we're mixing things up a bit. Joining me as a guest host is Brett Feichtinger, the manager of the fantasy-championship winning "Rising Brett Supergiants." We have a chat about his secrets to success, what it's like starting a league from scratch in a sport you know nothing about, and how the sport has changed even in just 3 years. We look at this weeks matches a bit and finish with some lighting-round questions about Dhoni, Orange Army, and championship odds. Thanks for joining us! This and the next episode will be a little diffrent than our usual. Let us know what you think at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com or check us out at our new twitter page, @FantasyIPLPod.

An extra long episode today as we cover all the way through Match 24 on Monday. Lots to wrap up after a wild week of IPL where 4 matches were decided by the last ball. Lots of questions still to sort out as the league comes into focus, including who to trust from KKR, hidden gems from Chinnaswamy, where is QDK, and has and has the RoMISS caterpillar finally become the RoHIT butterfly we've been waiting for. Plus, Whit puts Mark to the test with a guessing game to wrap up the episode, featuring players who are quietly becoming fantasy ballers. Question? Comments? Get in touch at fantasyiplpodcast@gmail.com.

Listen to Mark tilt live on air after picking Yash for his uncapped instead of Rinku yesterday. Plus, do they call him Dhawan because he's 'dhawan' player worth having from Punjab in your lineup? We're reliving the heartbreak and heart attacks from the weekend and breaking down the week's exciting (and not so exciting, looking at you DC vs MI) matches. Plus the guys will take you on a journey in the fantasy time machine back to 2022 to see if there are any gems to dig up and take back to the future with us.

This is the first of our weekly League Episodes, a special episode we put out specifically for our home IPL Cricket League. We'll talk about awards, best and worst teams, throw some shade, and have a little fun. League Episodes will be a little more free-wheeling, unscripted, and may not be as family friendly as our main show. So listen if you want, or wait until our next standard show drops on Sunday.

The season is well underway and teams are starting to take shape. Get a head start on this weekends matches, dig into the bargain bin for the best cheap players, and cringe at some IPL puns with us on Episode 6 of The Fantasy IPL Podast. Now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and many others.

With this episode we take a look at some surprising over and under performers. We'll also scroll through the matches in the rear view mirror and see what we can find out when forecasting matches 6-10. There's definitely a few opportunities to exploit! Is the "all-rounder" not the position it used to be? And, will home games make a difference?

In our last pre-season episode we get to the nitty gritty and start looking for players and matches we want to take advantage of for the first slate of matches. We also give you the heads up on players you might not know are unavailable, get a little deeper into the boosters, and even reveal our tentative starting eleven line ups!

Part 3 of our pres-season series looks at getting you started, now that the IPL Dream 11 website is up and running. Mark and Whit also discuss how they've added their own fun, misunderstandings, and mispronunciations into their home league and the wisdom they've learned from being "the commish."

In part 2 of the 4-part 2023 season preview, Mark & Whit break down the ins and outs of Fantasy IPL format on Dream 11. Learn about setting a lineup, managing transfers, and what things like "Overseas" and "Uncapped" mean. Then they breakdown the advantages and disadvantages of each position and how they score points. Finally, the episode ends with some tips and tricks the guys have learned from their years of fantasy sports experience.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Fantasy IPL Podcast. Today, Mark & Whit start with the basics: What is IPL Cricket, what is Fantasy IPL, and why should you start playing even if you don't know a cricket bat from a croquet mallet. Then they break down some of the teams and top players, beginning what will likely be a tradition of butchering Indian names (we're getting better, I promise!). Find out how Fantasy Cricket differs from the most popular fantasy sport, American Football. This episode is part of a 4-part series to kick off the 2023 season of Fantasy IPL. Tune back in every day over the next 3 days for the next 3 episodes, leading up to the opening bowl when GT hosts CSK on March 31. You'll be ready to kick off your fantasy season in style.