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Cricket fans replace sweeps with swipes

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This time last year, the Indian Premier League (IPL) was reaching its climax and cricket fans were getting worked up with the World Cup.

How different it is now, with deserted stadiums, no IPL, and the T20 World Cup likely to be postponed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Cricket addicts can only get their fix virtually. So it’s not surprising that digital games are seeing a spike in usage. Diehard fans who miss seeing Virat Kohli clip a ball to the midwicket fence can get an animated figure of the Indian captain to execute the stroke.

They can choose when Jasprit Bumrah bowls his slower one and where he pitches it. The most popular cricket game on Google Play Store is WCC (World Cricket Championship).

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