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West Indies
With an aggressive set of batsmen and bowlers who are all clever and skillful, planning against West Indies can be a daunting task. It proved to be the same for Sri Lanka as well in the opening game. While the win may not seem as big as it was by looking at the scoreboard, West Indies were clearly dominant throughout the game.
Chasing a total of 131, the likes of Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis adopted the fifth gear right from the very first ball. Even though the strategy of playing Chris Gayle at number three didn't work, his availability in the middle will always be a big plus for the Caribbean men. At the end of the day, Windies won the match with considerable ease, thanks to the momentum they got at the top. However, their reckless batting style could have backfired if they had a little higher total to chase down. They'll need to be wary of that in the second match.
On paper, West Indies have pretty much all bases covered. Three of the eight batsmen that got to bat in the first match were dismissed for zero and that is something they'll be concerned about. Having said that, it was because of just the way West Indies play. They are clearly heavy on batting strength and if their bowlers are able to contribute yet again, West Indies will sail through.
West Indies Playing 11
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LMP Simmons, Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Jason Holder, F Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Kevin Sinclair, Obed McCoy, FH Edwards.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka are going through a rebuilding phase that now seems to be going on forever. It's been a few years since Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara retired, but Sri Lanka haven't really settled thereafter. They were often found short with batting on most occasions and it wasn't any different in the first match of the series as well.
With the likes of Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka, and Pathum Nissanka available at the top, there is clearly no death of talent in Sri Lanka. Gunathilaka was the top-scorer in the LPL 2020 and Dickwella can smash the ball as hard as any in the game. However, consistency has been an issue with them and that will be their main worry going forward. The presence of Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews adds the much-needed calmness to the team that otherwise looks to be pretty inexperienced.
For Sri Lanka to do well in the upcoming match, their batsmen will have to fire. Realistically, there might be no other way for Sri Lanka to bounce back in the series considering the lineups the two sides have. They certainly have the firepower available and if they can execute their plans, West Indies will have their work cut out.
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Sri Lanka Playing 11
Angelo Mathews, Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Niroshan Dickwella, Dinesh Chandimal, Ashen Bandara, Thisara Perera, Wanidu Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya, PVD Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan.
In today's Finshots, we talk about fantasy gaming apps and their legal status in India.
The Story
Fantasy gaming apps (like Dream11) operate on a very simple premise. Fans assemble a virtual team from a list of real players who they think will outperform in real-life games. Once you have your team, you can enter a contest by paying a small fee. The entry fee is pooled together and the fantasy app promises to distribute the proceeds to the winners. How do you win a game you ask? Well, if your players go out there and score a lot of runs, take wickets and claim a few spectacular catches, you’ll be in line to collect a lot of points. And if you score points above a certain threshold, you could be one of the winners. Potentially, you could win lakhs of rupees overnight — at least that’s what these apps claim. But then, this format of making easy money does look a lot like gambling. Its got all the features — small entry fee, big payouts, a bet on real-life players playing in competitive games. And yet, they are still legal. How?
Well for starters, gambling laws at the central level are a bit vague. In fact, most states have their own take on gambling. For instance, lotteries are legal in 13 states. Casinos are legal in Goa and Sikkim. And the country’s primary gambling law — The Public Gambling Act, 1867, is a byproduct of the colonial enterprise. So these laws weren’t exactly designed to handle activities on the internet. And when fantasy gaming apps like Dream11 started making waves in India, people were obviously befuddled about the legal aspect surrounding the business.
Naturally, the matter was brought to the attention of the Punjab & Haryana High Court and it was up to the learned judges to now rule on the matter — Is Dream11 promoting gambling or is it not?
And to fully understand the nuance here, it is important to realise the difference between a game of chance and a game of skill. Now a game of chance involves an individual betting on an uncertain outcome. Say, a roll of dice or a lottery. In both cases, the outcome has no bearing on the skill of the player. It’s as uncertain as it gets.
A game of skill, on the other hand, depends on the player’s training, experience, conditioning and adroitness. However, even an outside observer will tell you most games involve a combination of skill and chance. Even a real-life game of cricket has a certain amount of chance involved. A simple coin toss can have a massive bearing on the result. And so, courts have relied on the “skill test” to separate the two. If it could be proven that a game is preponderantly a game of skill and not of chance, then the game is said to have passed the “skill test”. Meaning the component of skill must vastly outweigh the component of luck. Then such a game can’t be classified as a gambling activity. But drawing this line isn’t easy. For instance, consider Poker.
As one article states —
Poker has obvious elements of skill: the ability to read people and strategically bet demonstrates a certain level of skill. On the other hand, a game of poker is initiated by the shuffling and dealing of cards, which involves a randomness element that is consistent with games of chance.
So courts don’t have it easy. But after seriously considering the issues at hand here, the judges decided to side with the likes of Dream11.
As Dream11 succinctly states on its website —
The Court, in its ruling, stated that playing the Dream11 game involves considerable skill, judgement and discretion. And that success on Dream11 arises out of users’ exercise, superior knowledge, judgment and attention. The Court also held that ‘the element of skill’ had a predominant influence on the outcome of the Dream11 game, which follows the following format: Participants have to choose a team consisting of at least the same no. of players as playing in a real-life sports team (e.g. 5 in basketball, 7 in kabaddi and 11 in cricket/football). All contests are run for at least the duration of one full sports match. No team changes are allowed by participants after the start of the sports match. On this basis, the Court adjudged that playing on Dream11 constitutes a ‘game of mere skill’, which makes the Dream11 game exempt from the provisions of the Public Gambling Act, 1867 (PGA).
In fact, the company itself drove the point by branding the game with a tagline “Khelo dimag se”. So, as it stands, fantasy gaming apps are a game of skill and unless somebody can prove otherwise, they will continue to remain legal.
Until next time…
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