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IPL team Gujarat Lions has created a digital platform for fans to interact with each other and the team Through its partnership with  sports  engagement platform Rooter, Indian Premier League (IPL) team Gujarat Lions has created a digital platform for fans to interact with each other and the team. Gujarat Lions’ fans, while using the Rooter app, will get access to customised homepages, chat forums, and profile pages. In preparation for this innovation, Rooter’s homepage underwent a revamp making alterations and improvements in user interface. “In the simplest of terms, we have created a Gujarat Lions zone within the Rooter app; almost similar to a sub-app, completely customised for the Lions fan with match updates and discussion forums,” says Piyush Kumar, chief executive and founder, Rooter. While there are many social media platforms for fans to engage with the content and each other, Rooter provides a different take on the engagement by ‘gamifying’ the platf...

Defending champions Sunrisers  Hyderabad  rode on a solid top order contribution and some disciplined bowling to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 35 runs in the opening match of the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday. Asked to bat first by the visitors, Hyderabad posted a commanding 207/4 in their allotted 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. In reply, RCB were bowled out for 172 runs in 19.4 overs. RCB  started their chase in explosive fashion as Chris Gayle and Mandeep Singh scored around 10 runs an over in the first five overs. The visitors suffered their first blow when a Rashid Khan delivery found an inside edge off Mandeep's bat before hitting the stumps. They suffered a bigger blow in the next over when Gayle slightly mistimed a shot off Deepak Hooda only to offer a skier to David Warner at long-off. Kedar Jadhav and Travis Head gave RCB a glimmer of hope with a 56-run stand off 31 balls but Ben Cutting prod...