Captain picks, edited daily.
The captain pick is the single highest-leverage decision in a fantasy team. Pick the player whose role survives the death overs, not the star who opens. This page walks the math for the 2× captain and 1.5× vice-captain multipliers, with worked examples for T20, ODI and Test formats.
Why the death-overs finisher beats the marquee opener.
The captain's points are doubled at the end of the match and the vice-captain's are multiplied by 1.5. The multiplier applies to the total fantasy score, not to individual events. The captain pick is the single highest-leverage decision in a fantasy team — and the most common trap is picking the headline-name opener instead of the role-fit finisher.
The arithmetic of 2× and 1.5×
A captain who scores 70 fantasy points at the end of the match receives 140 after the multiplier. A vice-captain who scores the same 70 receives 105. The same 70 points from an unmarked player receives 70. The captain pick is worth 70 points of swing; the vice-captain is worth 35. That gap is bigger than any single batting or bowling event on the sheet.
Worked example — T20
A finisher who bats at five in a T20 and finishes on 35* off 18 balls (one four, two sixes) — captain, 2× — lands at roughly 80 fantasy points before the strike-rate bump. After the strike-rate band for the death overs, the same innings lifts past 95. An opener who scores 35 off 28 balls in the powerplay — captain, 2× — lands at roughly 60 fantasy points before the strike-rate band. The death-overs role wins on points even though the strike rates are similar.
Worked example — ODI
The ODI captain logic shifts to the bowler. A frontline seamer who completes the full quota of 10 overs with three wickets and an economy under five — captain, 2× — lands at roughly 165 fantasy points. A top-order batsman who scores 65 with one century bonus — captain, 2× — lands at roughly 130. The bowler's full-quota cushion wins on points.
Worked example — Test
The Test captain logic shifts to the all-rounder. A Test all-rounder who scores 45 with the bat and takes four wickets across two innings — captain, 2× — lands at roughly 240 fantasy points. A specialist batsman with a hundred — captain, 2× — lands at roughly 180. The Test format rewards players who bat in the top six and bowl 20 overs across the match.
The hedge pair — captain and vice-captain
The vice-captain hedge is the in-form all-rounder with a different role from the captain. If the captain is a batsman, the vice-captain should be a bowler; if the captain is a bowler, the vice-captain should be a batsman. The hedge protects the leaderboard position when the captain falls early.
To verify: the multiplier logic, the strike-rate bands and the economy bonuses all live on the points system desk. The numbers above are worked examples built from the in-app Help table — confirm the current values before locking the team.
Five reads the desk makes before the captain pick.
Pick by role, not by name.Verified
Hedge with a different role.Verified
Match type shifts the captain profile.Verified
Credit cost does not predict captain value.To verify
Worked examples beat headline form.Verified
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