Online Cricket Betting
Most online bookmakers offer betting on Twenty20, One-Day International, and Test matches. Twenty20 has become the most popular form of Cricket for punters, but ODI and five-day Test are still popular as well. International events like the ICC World Cup and Twenty20 Cricket World Cup also receive heavy betting action.
How to Bet on Cricket
Cricket is one of the easier sports to place bets online, with betting options that are simple to understand. Cricket isn’t like football or rugby where there are so many variations of each bet. With that said, there are a lot of fun prop bets that can be made, but most of them are simple to understand as well. We list the most common types of cricket bets you can place.
Match Betting on the Money Line
Match betting in cricket on the money line is the most common way to bet on Cricket. They are simple wagers where the punter selects the team they think will win the match, and the odds are based on the strength of each team. No handicap is employed in money line bets.
Example:
Chennai Super Kings: 1.57
Mumbai Indians: 2.37
In the match above, the Super Kings are the favoured team. For every £1 wagered, £1.57 would be paid out for winning bets (£.57 profit). For the Indians, every £1 wagered would return £2.37 (£1.37 profit).
Cricket Prop Bets
There are a lot of Cricket prop bets available, but punters need to be selective about the types of props they wager on. Some have a standard vig of 10% like money line bets typically have, but some are higher. Those who are looking to make consistent profits with online Cricket betting need to do the math before placing prop bets.
Popular Cricket Prop Bets:
- Top Batsman
- Man of the Match
- Top Bowler
- Race to 10 Runs
- Most Match Sixes
Live Betting
Most online cricket betting sites now offer live betting on Cricket. If you’re not familiar with live betting, these are prop bets based on a variety of things that might happen during a match. Live betting is becoming more & more popular, and combined with a mobile phone, live bets can be placed while you’re watching the game from the stands.
Most online bookmakers accept live bets for as little as £1-5, which can make a game affordably entertaining.
What Cricket Leagues & Internationals Can I Bet On?
All of the most popular international Cricket events can be bet on, with all of the standard betting options. Futures betting for international events are very popular as well, like over/under cricket bets, and generally offered months in advance. While value can sometimes be found when futures odds are first posted, early betting also means that the bookmaker will be holding onto your money for a long time. We recommend that serious punters working with a bankroll keep their futures bets to a maximum of .5%.
Cricket Betting in India
While field hockey is the official sport of India, Cricket is more popular. The Indian Premier League is one of the biggest professional sporting leagues in the world, and betting volume is massive. Like everywhere, Twenty20 is the most popular format of Cricket in India, although their ODI and Test teams have found success in international events as well. We also provide a great list of cricket betting tips for your convenience.
Indian Premier League
Although the Indian Premier League (IPL) is still very young (2008), it is already the largest Cricket league in the world, with more fan support and betting action than any other. All of the standard Cricket betting options are available for IPL, at nearly every online bookmaker.
India vs. Pakistan
The rivalry between Pakistan and India is a bitter one, and these matchups see some of the highest volume of betting for any professional sport in the world. Every online bookmaker that offers Cricket betting offers betting for India vs. Pakistan matchups.
The Pakistan vs. India rivalry heated up even more at the 2011 World Cup when accusations of match fixing were pointed at players on the Pakistani team. After their Semi-Final win over Pakistan, rumors of match fixing were also pointed at the Indian team. Punters need to keep an eye on these types of things during big matchups like India vs. Pakistan, because your wagers could be affected.