Cricket
Smart IPL 2026 betting habits in five lines
Smart IPL 2026 betting is a plain routine repeated all season: check the fixture, cap your sessions, bet live only with a stream, keep payout details ready.
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Head of Cricket
Rohan Mehta
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Articles
- 43
- Based in
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Marathi
Quick overview
- Role: Head of Cricket, with 10 years' experience.
- Covers: IPL & WPL, t20 match phases, betting exchanges, odds movement, bankroll discipline.
- How they work: Starts from venue scoring data and recent phase-by-phase team numbers, not reputation.
- Based in: Mumbai, Maharashtra. Writes in English, Hindi, Marathi.
About Rohan
Rohan has spent a decade around cricket, first as a reporter on the Mumbai club and Ranji Trophy circuit, then as a data analyst building ball-by-ball models for fantasy cricket. He joined Malik Mumbai to lead cricket coverage and now signs off every IPL and WPL prediction on the site.
His writing leans on match phases: how a side scores in the powerplay, who bowls the death overs and which match-ups swing a chase. He is just as likely to tell readers to skip a market as to back one, and his guides on betting discipline are among the most read on the blog.
- IPL & WPL
- T20 match phases
- Betting exchanges
- Odds movement
- Bankroll discipline
Experience
2025 – present
Head of Cricket, Malik Mumbai
Leads IPL, WPL and domestic T20 coverage, edits the cricket desk and logs every published pick.
2019 – 2025
Cricket data analyst
Built ball-by-ball projection models and player ratings for a fantasy cricket platform.
2016 – 2019
Sports reporter
Covered Mumbai club cricket, the Ranji Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for a regional daily.
How Rohan works
- Starts from venue scoring data and recent phase-by-phase team numbers, not reputation.
- Checks the toss and dew history for every ground before settling on a side.
- Gives a confidence score with each pick and records the result, win or lose.
Articles by Rohan Mehta(43)
Cricket 28 · Match Previews 12 · Betting Basics 3
Cricket
IPL 2026 betting mistakes to avoid
The IPL 2026 betting mistakes that cost the most: the wrong fixture, a deposit pending at the toss, live bets without a stream and uncapped session betting.
· 2 min read
Cricket
How to bet on cricket markets: a beginner's walk-through
How to bet on cricket: why it's different from cricket games and fantasy apps, the five steps to placing a cricket bet, and how in-play cricket markets behave.
· 2 min read
Cricket
IPL 2026: a betting routine for every match of the season
A repeatable routine for every IPL 2026 match: find the right fixture, fund early, bet with limits, check settlement and budget weekly for 70-odd games.
· 2 min read
Cricket
How IPL betting differs from other cricket betting
Why IPL betting feels different: deeper markets, heavier session betting, double-headers and late finishes. What changes, what stays the same and how to adjust.
· 2 min read
Cricket
IPL 2026 betting tips: habits that last a whole season
IPL 2026 betting tips that hold up all season: bet on named fixtures, start small, size session bets carefully and never chase a collapse after a bad over.
· 2 min read
Betting Basics
When is the best time to place a cricket bet?
Pre-match, at the toss or in-play? The best time to place a cricket bet depends on the market you want. How each window works and how to size stakes for it.
· 2 min read
Cricket
IPL and T20 World Cup: betting on both without mixing them up
Betting on the IPL and T20 World Cup in one season: avoiding fixture mix-ups when calendars clash, how market depth differs, and one limit for both.
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Cricket
IPL live betting: what changes once the match starts
How in-play IPL betting works: which markets move fastest, why session stakes should be smaller, how cash-out works and avoiding double-header mix-ups.
· 2 min read
Match Previews
Gujarat Giants vs RCB Women: WPL betting notes
GG-W vs RCB-W betting notes: what the team codes mean, how to avoid the men's RCB market, which WPL markets to start with and what a postponement means.
· 2 min read
Cricket
IPL, WPL and BBL: how betting differs across three T20 leagues
IPL, WPL and BBL betting compared: market depth, start times in India, easily confused team names, and how to manage one budget when the leagues overlap.
· 2 min read
Match Previews
Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz: WPL markets explained
Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz in the WPL: opening the right fixture, how match winner, toss and live totals behave, and why made-up scorelines are worthless.
· 2 min read
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