IPL was just over last month and now its the ICC World T20. And though the world cup is turning out to be a series of upsets with netherlands beating england and audtralia out of the tournament It seems like cricket is buzzing in the online world. Utilizing this craze for cricket both Gaming Hungama & Sagoon are trying to get the fans attention. Here’s a look at what they are doing..
Gaming Hungama:
Gaming Hungama hungama.com’s gaming portal has launched four interactive and online cricket games for its crcket crazy fans. Games like “Reach the Pitch”, “Cricket Colours”, “Cricket jigsaw” & “Cricket Word” are the four games added to the current list of over 200 games.
These four games are highly interactive applications which are available on Orkut across the globe. While each game has its own unique way of promoting cricket, “Reach the Pitch” is a fun game involving the players in the bus to be taken to the stadium avoiding all obstacles which was similar to the real scenario of Sri Lankan Bus escaping the terrorists in Pakistan this year. While “Cricket Word” is a game entirely on cricket Vocabulary ,” Cricket Jigsaw” and “Cricket Colours” are a set of puzzle and colour codes respectively. These games are a first of their kind and cricket fans from across the world can have a thrilling experience.
Gaming Hungama may be the first to give a cricket-spin to more familiar games like jigsaw, it sure won’t be long before other gaming portals like zapak.com, freeogames.com, thegameblazer.com, gaminghungama.com will catch on to the new trend
Sagoon’s Cricket Website:
Again, with the onset of the ICC World T20 , the fans are eager to get the latest updates with the latest happenings on the matches.Sagoon’s cricket.sagoon.com is an attempt to keep users updated with the latest happenings in cricket with News, Blogs and Videos on the site.
Although the site also features live scorecard, ball by ball commentary similar to other cricket websites, its user interface is better than others. The statistics compiled in graphs displaying a detailed information on the different partnerships, the run-rate progressions and runs scored over-by-over in graphical formats and the wagon-wheel of all the batsmen. It categorizes the information in a single page with a complete overview of Live Matches, International Tours, Upcoming Matches, Cricket News, Scoreborad and Cricket Blogs in a multidimensional snapshot from the very first click. The site also keeps updates about the match squad and the umpires of the matches. The highlights of recent matches are also available on the site with complete innings information, graphical stats, videos and images. The users gets full access to their favorite players’ profile in all the formats of the game, experts’ comments on series, matches, individual’s performance and all time favorite videos in cricket.
With T20 on a high the cricket fans should definitely check out this website for a detailed analysis of the matches..
Its obvious that cricket fever is currently on the high in India. Be it Online games like the above which are sure to be the new rage, or the emergence of sites like Sagoon or older sites like cricinfo revamping their sites, all brands are definitely viewing the T20 world cup as an opportunity which should not be missed at any cost.
