With the IPL fever heating up, everybody can understand the urgency to remain in touch with the latest scores and updates from the stadiums across the Indian subcontinent. To facilitate this, we have some amazing android apps that will blow your mind away with the commentary, ball-by-ball details and the analysis. Here are 7 such amazing apps for you.
Official DLF IPL 2012
This official app has been adopted by the DLF IPL 2012 for android phones. It provides all the info that you could wish for, which includes up-to-date match scores, results, fixtures, team profiles, player profiles and of course, the latest pictures and videos of the tournament. It also provides post-match information and videos.
ESPN Cricinfo
Even since ESPN, a leading sports channel in the world, acquired the cricket-hungry Cricinfo, match reporting and coverage has never been the same. The IPL too gets intensive and extensive coverage through the ball-by-ball commentary, incisive and provocative opinions, breaking news and the best – pieces by the best cricketers in the world. The app also offers push notifications and a special lean-back functionality mode.
CricketNext Live for Android
With so many IPL apps available, the only way to stand out is through specialization. And Cricket Live specializes in offering more than 36 different angles of the action going on. It is also reputed to have the fastest refreshing scorecard and a host of other details like the highlights and replays. The standard offerings are also there for the taking.
Cricket IPL 2011
This app strives to set itself apart from the other IPL apps with its Ads-free experience and ease of use. It claims that though it cannot win matches for your teams, it will surely ensure that you miss no moment of the action. Their live commentary feature allows the user to engage with the renowned commentators while their tailor-made notifications along with reminders keep you in touch throughout the two months of the glorious IPL.
Cricket Pro – IPL 5
Cricket Pro is an app that capitalizes on the social networking craze along with the IPL hype! Thus it brings a new dimension to following an IPL cricket match. It allows for auto SMSing to friends. It is also customizable to get notifications and make possible calendar syncing – all which can be socially networked. This will definitely prove to be an ideal on-the-go app for any cricket fan.
LIVE Cricket Scores
While you are investing in an app for the IPL, thinking long-term will help! The LIVE cricket score app not only promises extensive coverage during the IPL but for long after that too. It covers all the matches of all the Test playing nations. And this includes games in the T20, ODI, Test and Twenty20 formats of the game. The app is quick and occupies very little space.
NDTV Cricket
Started by the official NDTV channel, this app provides coverage not only for the international matches but also for the domestic ones. It provides options to receive notifications automatically or when you choose. It offers super-fast live score updates through push technology. There are also photos in abundance – something that one would definitely want in the glitz and glamour of the IPL.