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Software geek triumphs on ‘Super Selector’
Software MNC Induslogic vice president (management) Dheeraj Jain, has won the November episode of the Star Sports' Super Selector show.
He will fly Down Under to watch Australia wage war with South Africa on Boxing Day to see which test team is the best. His team composition was better than the other 265,000 entries. He has also won a Maruti-Suzuki Versa.
The programme will air this evening on Star Sports at 5:00 pm with repeats on 7 December at 6:30 pm, 8 December at 10:30 pm and 9 December at 10.30 am. On ESPN it will air on 6 December at 7 pm, 8 December at 6:30 pm and 9 December at 11:30 am.
Dheeraj's Super Score was 4330. Ironically, although he is a huge fan of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, the batting maestro did not feature in his list.
His team included dashing South African opening pair Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Girsten, Zimbabawe's Flower brothers Andy and Grant, South African allrounders Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock and Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
Tendulkar was omitted as he could not include all those who are valued at 150.
Dheeraj Jain is delighted at the thought of sharing the spotlight with ESPN Star Sports' commentators. He enjoys the professional and consistent aproach of the Aussies.
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Book Cricket gets a digital century on News18 amid T20 fever
Nostalgic classroom game revamped in English, Hindi plus Telugu on web and app.
MUMBAI: When the T20 World Cup fever hits fever pitch, News18 decides to flip the script straight back to the classroom. The digital news platform has revived the timeless schoolyard favourite Book Cricket as an interactive online game, perfectly timed to ride the cricket wave gripping fans across the globe. The reimagined Book Cricket ditches textbooks for smartphones, blending old-school nostalgia with modern gameplay. Once a sneaky recess pastime played by flicking book pages to score runs, the digital version now offers seamless fun for anyone craving a quick cricket fix between overs.
Available in English, Hindi and Telugu (with more languages planned across News18’s network), the game sits within the platform’s fast-growing gaming portfolio of over 20 titles, all built in-house. It joins event-driven hits like ‘Kursi Catcher’ and ‘Result Rewind’ during the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections, plus festive specials such as ‘Durga’s Astras’ for Durga Puja and ‘Mouse Modak’ for Ganesh Chaturthi.
News18 Digital CEO Mitul Sangani said, “Gaming is a key pillar of our engagement strategy. At News18, we uniquely combine our newsroom agility with immersive gaming experiences. By blending credible content with interactive formats, we are creating meaningful engagement in an era defined by shrinking attention spans and evolving consumption habits.”
Select titles have expanded beyond News18.com to CNBC-TV18.com and Firstpost.com, reflecting the network’s push to deepen user interaction across platforms. The Book Cricket game is live now at https://www.news18.com/games/book-cricket/.
In a tournament where every boundary counts, News18’s digital Book Cricket proves the simplest games can still deliver the biggest smiles no syllabus required, just pure cricket joy one page-flip at a time.
