What is the best way
to celebrate the second anniversary of India's second successful World Cup
victory? With song, dance, cine and cricket stars, and quite obviously
quick-fire cricket matches. As the sixth edition of IPL kick-starts tonight,
here are a few apps that will help you stay glued on to all the action as it
happens.
Schedules, Points Table, And Stats
Since T20 matches aren't too long (it just takes
around 3 hours per game), there are chances that you may miss out on some of
the matches, especially those airing in the afternoon. As the tournament
progresses, you can use these apps that not only give you match results, but
also keep you abreast with match schedules, team and player stats, and the
all-important points table.
While there isn't one
single developer offering apps across different mobile platforms, here are a few
options you can look at.
Watch It Live on Mobile - If the matches aren't
being played in your city, or you find them a bit too out of your budget, then
it'll be a better idea to watch live telecast instead. nexGTv , which is
available to both Android and iOS platforms will stream all the 76matches live
along with highlights and re-runs on a video-on-demand section.
If your handset
supports Flash, then you can also turn to IPL on YouTube to catch all the
action live. This is a great option especially when you are stuck at office
with primitive HR policies.
IPL 2013 Schedule &
Scores for Android - For the Android users
the IPL 2013 Schedule & Scores is a handy app to have. Apart from
schedules, and scores, it also gives you access to live matches (from the
YouTube channel) and IPL-based tweets sorted by teams. In fact the app also
lets you create reminders on your device so that you don’t miss out on any of
your favorite team's matches.
IPL for Windows Device - A similar app called
IPL is available for the Windows Phone platform. Download now
IPL 2013 for iPhone and iPad - Those using an
iDevice though will need to get multiple apps to get all of these features. For
match reminders, along with schedules, there is the IPL 2013 .
You can set
reminders and share match schedule via email or SMS with your friends. But the
app does nothing beyond that.
BCCI Official App - If you can live
without the reminders option, the official BCCI app is a better alternative.
That way you can know about all the cricket action that is happening anywhere in
the world.
The app is available for both Android and iOS platforms.
IPL Dugout - If you plan to get
together with a few like-minded cricket-loving pals and enjoy matches in a
stadium, then you'd probably want to know which game is being played in your
city when, and where you can go grab a bite after the matches get over.
That is
where an app such as IPL Dugout can come to your rescue. However, the app which
is available for both the iOS and Android platforms seems to be frozen in 2012
for now. Let's just hope that the app developers decide to give it a new lease
of life before IPL6 goes underway.
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