Draft against a friend, captain it live
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 🇮🇳
True bounce, lightning outfield, and boundary-filled high-scoring surface. Minimal sideways movement. Expect 200+ scores. Bowlers must rely on variations, yorkers, and death discipline.
- ✅Explosive openers & middle-order power hitters
- ✅Death-over specialists with lethal yorkers & slower balls
- ✅Finishers and all-rounders add maximum value
- ✅Boundary riders & agile fielders thrive
No open matches right now.
Tap "Find Match" above or switch to "Create Custom" to host!
• 11 Players each (ABBA order, 22 picks) against a ₹120 Cr Cap.
• Must pick at least 1 Keeper (WK) and 5 Bowling options.
• Toss winner chooses BAT or BOWL.
• Batting 1st: Sets 1-11 order. Bowling 1st: Sets 20-over plan.
• Batting Intent: Anchor / Normal / Attack.
• Fielding: Attacking / Balanced / Defensive / Boundary Save.
• DRS (15s) reviews & Fall-of-Wicket (45s) promotions.
• Defending captain sets 20-over bowling; chasing captain sets order!
IPL multiplayer draft: play a cricket auction with friends online
IPL Versus is a free, two-player cricket draft simulator. You and a friend build rival squads from the same pool of real IPL players, then captain them against each other in a live T20, ball by ball. It is the multiplayer side of the IPL auction game: the same real players and prices, but with a human on the other side of the table.
HOW A 1V1 SNAKE DRAFT WORKS
- Pick a season and a ground in the room creator, then choose a public room or a private one. A private room gives you a link to send to a friend.
- Both captains pick from one shared pool, taking turns. Every player you take is gone for the other side, so the early picks matter and the order of the turns is a snake: whoever picks second gets the next two picks in a row when the order reverses.
- Each squad is eleven players and has to be able to field a legal XI: no more than four overseas players and at least five bowling options. The draft will not let you pick yourself into a side you cannot play.
- Every player has a price taken from the IPL auction, and each captain has a purse of 120 crore for the eleven. Spend big on a star and the rest of the side comes cheap.
- Once both squads are set you move to the match: set the batting and bowling plans, choose who bowls each over and take reviews, with the result decided in real time against your friend.
DRAFT TIPS
- Do not blow the purse on the first pick. A side of eleven needs ten more good players.
- Count your overseas slots early. Four go quickly, and the cheap Indian all-rounders are what finish a legal XI.
- Check the pitch report beside the room creator. Spin-friendly grounds reward a different squad from pace and bounce.
- Run out of time on a pick and the game picks for you, so keep a shortlist.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- Is this a real auction, with bidding?
- No. It is a snake draft against a salary purse: you take turns picking from one shared pool, and every player has a price. It plays like a mock auction because the purse makes you choose between stars and depth.
- Can I play an IPL auction with friends online?
- Yes. Create a private room, copy the link and send it to a friend. They open it, take the other seat, and the draft starts when you are both in.
- What if I have nobody to play?
- Use Quick Match to be paired with another player waiting in the lobby, or join one of the open public rooms listed above.
- Is it free?
- Yes. There is nothing to install, and you can start a room without signing in.
Want to practise first? Try the solo IPL auction game, try the IPL 2026 auction simulator, read how IPL auctions work, or see the overseas player rules.