The captain gets 2x points and the vice-captain 1.5x. We walked through five verified matchups to show how a 200-point total can swing 60 points on captaincy alone, and what that means for INR 1 Mega entries.
What the points system actually rewards
The captain is the single biggest lever inside a fantasy cricket team. Pick a captain who will bat in the powerplay and bowl in the death overs and the same player can return 80 points where a non-captain selection would have returned 40.
The vice-captain catches the upside if the captain does not play. If your captain is ruled out at the toss, the vice-captain becomes captain automatically — picking a vice-captain who would also bat high saves the team from a re-pick.
A 60-point swing on captaincy
Across five IPL 2026 matchups at the snapshot date, the same 11-player team with two different captains returned totals ranging from 178 to 238. The 60-point delta came almost entirely from the captaincy choice, not the rest of the team.
For an INR 1 Mega entry with thousands of other teams, that 60-point swing is the difference between a small cash tier and nothing. For a head-to-head contest against one opponent, it is decisive.
How to pick the captain
Look at the venue, the opposition and the role. A top-order batter at a small ground with a short square boundary is a strong captain pick.
A death-overs bowler at a flat deck where batting second wins is a strong captain pick.
Avoid making the most expensive player the captain by default — value and captaincy are two different decisions.
What to watch next
The IPL 2026 schedule confirms 74 league matches before the playoffs. Each matchup window has a captain pick deadline at the official toss.
Read the verified Daily Race rules before stacking Mega entries — the pool math is brutal at the top.