Finally, some good news for cricket lovers, the beloved IPL is back. After so many rumors and so many doubts for this year, “Will It happen, will it not” And finally we have the answer, “It will”. It is all set to begin in September with a relocated venue to UAE. With the official statement by ICC on their postponement of the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup, the window has opened up for IPL. It is scheduled to take place in September with BCCI preferring the start from September 26. The final fixtures and complete schedule, yet to be decided.  

A little disappointment for Indian fans as they will be missing out their thrill to witness it in the stadiums, but nevertheless, we are getting some high-quality action-packed cricket. It is thrills, skills, and fun of the fair, as one of the biggest cricket tournament, is all set to begin.

There is no denying the fact that the action is a ‘guaranteed’ in the IPL, and most of us don't want to stay away from the action. Few apps will help in the cause, to keep us in the track of the on-going action. Cricbuzz is one of them which comes in mind, with the regular ball by ball text commentary describing each moment beautifully, as they have been doing it in the past. When it comes to streaming, Hotstar might come in handy with live streaming but do keep your internet connection in-check while using Hotstar, the buffering sign is the last thing a sports lover would like to see during important moments of the match.

Another terrific app is Sports Tiger, which provides plenty of services, such as live cricket score, it has on the go-live scorecard update, push-notifications for match updates. One of the most phenomenal thing about the app is, it provides sports news within 60 words. Well, that’s handy and saves time. The app also provides fantasy tips which are a great help to create our teams for fantasy team apps. Of course, there are some great fantasy team apps in the market. Because accept it not for once we did had this thought of having our own IPL team at least once.

Espncricinfo is the other app that is handy in getting all the stats about the players and teams. The app has such a huge database that provides detailed stats for each player and each team.

In opinion, there are ample apps that are providing us services to keep us updated, with regular match updates, live scorecards, and regular match updates, but, Sports Tiger is one app to look out for, this app is like a compilation of all apps which provide such vast variety of services. The app has an interesting interface and their 60-words news taking the cake. They surely are capturing many eyeballs, as cricket resumes in one of its finest forms.