Red Bull M.E.O. Cricket Invitational Scheduled for December 16 in Mumbai; All You Need to Know

Red Bull M.E.O. Season 5 has come to an end, but the fun doesn’t stop there. The people at Red Bull India have just announced the Red Bull M.E.O. Cricket Invitational which will take place on December 16, 2022, at the Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai.

The Esports world will venture out from the comfort of their homes to play cricket matches in front of a live audience. The event will also be livestreamed on the official Red Bull Game On YouTube Channel. The stream will begin at 2 PM,with a countdown of 30 mins.

On top of that, the winners of Red Bull M.E.O. Season 5 WCC (World Cricket Championship) will be a part of the event. The toss itself will be decided on WCC 3 through a one over match between the winner, Rachakonda Sai Kumar, and runner-up, Ujjwal Sharma, at the previous event. The winner of the match can elect to start with batting or bowling.

On the day, there will be 2 teams of 8 that will comprise of the top content creators of the country. Team Red will be led by Ankit ‘V3nom’ Pant and Team Blue will be led by Ujjawal Chaurasia, popularly known as Techno Gamerz. Both teams will participate in a box cricket match that will start from 2:30 PM.

Check out the players and rules for the Red Bull M.E.O. Cricket Invitational below:

Team Red:

• Ankit Panth
• Jonathan
• K18
• Ghatak
• Rakazone
• Xyaa
• Gunshot
• Rakachonda Sai Kumar

Team Blue:

• Techno Gamerz
• Rachit Roo
• Kronten
• Gamerfleet
• Tbone
• Sharkshe
• Fa2
• Ujjwal Sharma

Rules:

• Each team is made up of 8 players.
• The bowler must bowl 6 legal deliveries to constitute an over.
• The game will have two umpires standing at either end of the wicket. The umpires make decisions on whether the batsmen are out after an appeal and also check that the bowler has bowled a legal delivery.
• All umpire decisions are final, there are no reviews.
• A batsmen can be given out by either being bowled ( the ball hitting their stumps), caught (fielder catches the ball without it bouncing), Leg Before Wicket (the ball hits the batsmen’s pads impeding its line into the stumps), stumped (the wicket keeper strikes the stumps with their gloves whilst the batsmen is outside of their crease with ball in hand), hit wicket (the batsmen hits their own wicket), Handled ball ( the batsmen handles the cricket ball on purpose), timed out (the player fails to reach the crease within 30 seconds of the previous batsmen leaving the field), hit ball twice (batsmen hits the cricket ball twice with their bat) and obstruction ( the batsmen purposely prevents the fielder from getting the ball).
• The scores are then cumulative and the team with the most runs after each innings are the winner.
• The fielding team must have one designated wicket keeper who is the only person allow to wear pads and gloves on the field. The wicket keeper stands behind the opposite end to the bowler to catch the ball.