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A free 3D cricket game for India — play live, in your browser
India kit · home pitch: turning
India searches for a cricket game more than the rest of the world put together. This one is free, 3D, and plays in the browser you already have. Howzat Live is a real 3D cricket game — bat, ball, bowler, eleven fielders and a crowd — that runs in the browser on a laptop, a PC or a phone. No download, no app store, no payment. Build your own eleven in India’s kit and play a live match against a real person anywhere in the world, or against the computer at three levels.
Play free as India See the Test match
How Indian pitches play in the game
Set your home ground to India and the pitch turns. Spinners grip and bite, the ball keeps a little low, and the quick bowlers have to work harder for their wickets - the way an afternoon at Chepauk or Eden Gardens goes. It is the opposite of the Australian deck, and switching between the two is half the fun of playing people from other countries. Gully cricket rules, taped-ball instincts, the sweep and the slog: all of it is useful here.
The home ground you choose decides the surface. India is a turning track - spinners grip, the ball keeps low, and sweeping is a skill worth having. Play away in another country and the pitch changes with it, so a side built for Wankhede has to think again at the MCG or at Galle.
IPL cricket game? Here is the honest answer
People in India search for “ipl cricket game” a lot, so to be clear: Howzat Live has no licence from the Indian Premier League and uses no franchise names or player likenesses. What you get instead is your own team. Name all eleven, decide who bats left-handed, who bowls pace and who bowls spin, who keeps wicket, and send them out in India’s colours. Your names go on the scoreboard, the scorecard and the commentary line — c †Rashid b Waqar — and you can save up to twelve teams.
Live, against a real person
One bats, one bowls, the server times every ball so you both see the same delivery. Talk between overs. Quick Match pairs you in seconds.
Laptop, PC or phone
Keyboard on a laptop; swipe and tap on a phone turned sideways. A phone player and a laptop player can face each other in the same match.
T20-length or a full Test
Five, ten or twenty overs a side for a quick game. Or a four-innings Test with declarations, the follow-on, DRS and a save you can come back to days later.
Your flag walks out with you
Pick India — or any of 200+ countries — at sign-up. It sits beside your name on the scoreboard and in chat, and your rating climbs the Scale from 0 to 10.
When Indian players are online
Indian evenings line up with Australian nights, UK afternoons and Pakistan's evening, so the lobby is busiest exactly when you are free. If nobody is free, play the computer: it picks its own field, bowls to a plan, and on a turning deck leans on its spinners.
How to start playing the cricket game in India
- Create a free account — a username, a password and India as your country.
- Build your XI in India’s kit, or use the ready-made side and get straight in.
- Open the lobby and hit Quick Match, or start a Test against the computer.
- Bat or bowl. Bowling is line, length and pace; batting is timing and direction. Five matches earns your first Scale badge.
Questions Indian players ask
Can I play as India in this cricket game?
Yes. Choose the Indian kit, name your own eleven players, decide who opens, who bowls spin and who keeps wicket, and set India as your home ground so the pitch turns.
Is this an IPL cricket game?
No. There is no IPL licence and no franchise names in Howzat Live. It is a free online cricket game where you build your own team in India's kit and play real people live - T20-length matches of 5, 10 or 20 overs, or a full Test match.
Can I play this cricket game on my phone in India without downloading an app?
Yes. Open howzatlive.com in Chrome on any Android phone or Safari on an iPhone, turn the phone sideways, and play with your thumbs. There is nothing to install and it is free.
Is Howzat Live a live cricket game?
Yes - live in the sense that matters for a game: every 1v1 match is played in real time against another person, one batting and one bowling, with the server timing each ball so you both see the same delivery at the same moment. It is not a live-scores site; it is a cricket game you play.
Is this a real 3D cricket game, not a stick-cricket style one?
It is a full 3D cricket game: a bowler with a run-up, a ball that swings, seams or turns off the pitch, a batter you time and direct, eleven fielders who chase, dive and take catches, DRS with ball tracking in Tests, and a crowd. It renders in the browser, so there is nothing to download.
The cricket game in other countries
Every one of these plays on its own kind of pitch. Pick a home ground, then go and play away.
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Howzat Live - a free 3D online cricket game. Built by Hisham Sarwar.