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Wickets of Raina, Dhoni changed the game: Fleming
Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) coach Stephen Fleming has said that spinner Harbhajan Singh’s back-to-back wickets of key player Suresh Raina and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni proved to be the turning point, helping Mumbai Indians win Qualifier 1 and enter the Indian Premier League (IPL) final.
Mumbai’s Lendl Simmons rose to the occasion as he scored 65 off 51 balls which was followed by man-of-the-match Kieron Pollard’s 17-ball 41 that helped the hosts post a challenging 187/6 here on Tuesday evening. In reply, CSK lost wickets at regular intervals and were bowled out for 162 in 19 overs.
“Yes it was a tough loss, tough game for us. Mumbai are very good at home, we have identified that. They have played very well and worked very hard on their home conditions. We created opportunities that didn’t go our way,” Fleming said.
“We did well to restrict them to 187 but the game changed with the two balls of Harbhajan Singh in the 11th over. Losing wickets in clumps makes it difficult when you chase a big score. Wickets of two big players Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni were the turning point.”
With the win, Mumbai entered the final to be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on May 24. CSK will get a second chance to make it to the summit clash. They will face the winner of the Eliminator between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Qualifier 2 in Ranchi on May 22.
“The players are getting tired at this stage. So getting rid of a game and travel would have been good. But we couldn’t afford that luxury. We now have to dig very deep. Disappointed not to win here but happy to have got another chance to prove and rectify our mistakes,” said the former New Zealand captain.
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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