How to Play
Everything you need to know to build a winning fantasy team — how points are scored, the rules Team Builder enforces, and how leagues work.
Fantasy Points
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Run scored | +1 |
| Four (bonus) | +1 |
| Six (bonus) | +2 |
| Half-century bonus (50 runs) | +8 |
| Century bonus (100 runs) | +16 |
| Dismissed for a duck (batter/all-rounder/WK) | −2 |
| Wicket | +25 |
| 3-wicket haul bonus | +8 |
| 5-wicket haul bonus | +16 |
| Maiden over | +8 |
| Catch | +8 |
| Stumping | +12 |
| Run out (direct hit / assist) | +8 |
Team Composition Rules
| Rule | Limit |
|---|---|
| Squad size | 11 players |
| Credit cap | 100 credits |
| Batters | 4–6 |
| Bowlers | 3–6 |
| All-rounders | 1–4 |
| Wicketkeeper | 1–2 |
| Max players from one real-life team | 7 |
These are the exact rules Team Builder enforces live as you pick your 11 — the credit-cap bar and role counters there won’t let you save a team outside them.
Captain & Vice-Captain
Captain — 2×: doubles every point they earn. Vice-Captain — 1.5×: earns 1.5x their points.
Pick both from your finalized 11 in Team Builder’s second step, where each candidate’s ownership % is shown so the choice isn’t blind.
How Leagues Work
Public Leagues
Open to everyone — this is the Global Leaderboard. Every team you save is automatically ranked against the entire NPL Fantasy community, free of charge.
Private Leagues
Invite-only groups of friends, family, or coworkers. Create one from League Create in seconds and share the generated invite code — anyone with the code can join, also free.
One squad, every league. Your Tournament Squad and its points are what get ranked in the Global Leaderboard and in every private league you join — there’s no separate squad to build per league.
Tournament Squad vs. Team Builder
Team Builder
Per-match. Pick 11 from just the two sides playing, before that match locks. Scores the “Matches” tab on the Global Leaderboard only. Build a fresh team for every match you want to enter.
Tournament Squad
Season-long. Draft 15 players once, from every team in the league. Scores the Overall Season leaderboard and every league you’re in — no rebuilding required match to match.
Your Tournament Squad splits into a Playing XI (11 starters) and a 4-player bench, in priority order. Each scoring window, if one of your Playing XI didn’t feature in a real match — rested, injured, or simply no fixture that window — your top eligible bench player automatically covers them. Nothing to do if you’re short on time; it only matters if you want to actively manage it.
A Gameweek is one full round of fixtures — every team plays once — and it’s the shared deadline for transfers, Playing XI changes, and Captain/Vice-Captain. Captain/VC changes are free and unlimited between Gameweeks. Transfers are more limited: one free transfer unlocks roughly every 3 days and banks up to 2 unused at a time; extra transfers beyond that cost −4 points, same as switching a player mid-season on most fantasy platforms.