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CSK take on struggling Daredevils
Raipur: Table-toppers Chennai Super Kings (CSK) would take on a struggling Delhi Daredevils when they clash in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium here on Tuesday.
The Super Kings have sealed a place in the playoffs with 16 points from 12 games while the Daredevils are on the penultimate spot on the table with just four wins from 12 games.
As the outcome of the contest will bring no significant changes to the ladder, it will be an experiment for the Super Kings to test some of their bench strength while Daredevils would want to win the contest and bow out of the tournament with their heads held high.
After a few below-par performances, two-time champions CSK have got back to winning ways after they beat Rajasthan Royals at Chepauk on Sunday night. Chasing CSK’s 157/5, the Royals fell short by 12 runs as left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja pocketed 4/11.
The Daredevils, in their last encounter, went close but could not hunt down the target against Sunrisers Hyderabad, who pulled off a stunning 6-run victory on Saturday.
The head-to-head encounters also tilt the contest in favour of the Super Kings, who have clinched 9 out of 14 games.
However, while going into the encounter, both teams will not yield an inch of space as CSK would want to end in top-2 and Delhi would not want their pride being hurt more.
After failing to fire in the last few matches, CSK’s West Indies opener Dwayne Smith would want to make the most of the last few encounters he has in hand before getting into the playoffs. South African Faf du Plesis and Suresh Raina would also want to do the same.
The likes of the veteran seamer Ashish Nehra and Jadeja would share the load of the CSK bowling attack which has been a little inconsistent for the last few matches.
The Daredevils are looking to end the tourney on a high and would simply throw in all the dices in order to cause an upset. Skipper JP Duminy would hope his talismanic all-rounder Yuvraj Singh would come good including top-order willowers Shreyas Iyer and Quinton de Kock.
The squads:
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Baba Aparajith, Ishwar Pandey, Mithun Minhas, Pawan Negi, Ronit More, Rahul Sharma, Ankush Bains, Irfan Pathan, Pratyush Singh, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Michael Hussey, Matt Henry, Samuel Badree, Kyle Abbott, Andrew Tye.
Delhi Daredevils: JP Duminy (captain), Quinton de Kock, Mayank Agarwal, Manoj Tiwary, Yuvraj Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Angelo Mathews, Kedar Jadhav, Imran Tahir, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Zaheer Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami, C.M. Gautam, Gurinder Sandhu, Jayant Yadav, Albie Morkel, Srikar Bharat, Marcus Stoinis, Dominic Muthuswamy, Shreyas Iyer, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Karapak Jiyas, Travis Head.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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