You never know when luck will favor you. Same was the condition of Dipu Ojha. A resident of Kohada village in Bihar’s Arrah district won a cash prize of Rs 1.5 crore by playing IPL fantasy gaming on a mobile gaming app during the KKR vs RCB IPL match on Sunday. He chose Andre Russell as the captain in the match. He is an eighth grade student and works as a car mechanic in a garage.
By his own admission, Ojha had no knowledge about cricket and chose the team just by chance as he had no other work to do. “I loved it. Couldn’t believe it. Thought it was fraud and never get money on such apps. I work in a garage. I’ve been playing fantasy gaming for the last six months. On Sunday, I had no There was no work and Banaya Ojha told PTI, “I saw that it was a match between KKR and RCB. I had very little knowledge about the players.”
He has not yet decided what he will do with this amount.
Talking about IPL match, KKR defeated RCB by 1 run in a thrilling match. But the biggest talking point of the match was the full toss which took the wicket of Virat Kohli. The new Hawk-Eye technology to determine no-balls by height was used when TV umpire Michael Gough deemed a waist-high delivery from KKR’s Harshit Rana fair. Kohli was in full flow, scoring a quickfire 18 off just seven balls before Harshit Aina took a return catch to dismiss the star batsman as RCB moved one run closer to chasing the challenging target of 223. This became a key moment in the defeat. Eden Gardens.
Speaking about the dismissal, KKR’s Phil Salt said: “It’s divided opinion, we know that. From our perspective, we think we would have got away with it there. That’s the rub of the green, in those calls. One of the best,” said the world No. 2 T20I batsman at the night golf event.
The Englishman further stated that taking advantage of technology in this way is ultimately beneficial to the sport as he hinted at the possibility of a future review to assess the effectiveness of these technological advancements.
“They brought in that data, the no-ball data, exactly for that purpose. I think in 12 months’ time there will probably be some kind of review. Is it working? Is it not working “Is this a new thing for the game? “But personally, from a player’s perspective, any time you’re using data and technology to be more accurate and make the right decisions, it’s a new thing for the game.” It’s a good thing.”
With PTI inputs
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