How to Create a Cricket Team and Add Players in the App

1. Open Create Team

There are a few ways in, and they all open the same form:

• Tap the blue + at the bottom of the app, then Create Team.
• Tap Add Team on Home.
• While setting up a match: on Select Team A (or B), open the Create tab.

You need to be signed in. New to the app? Start with how to use a cricket scoring app.

2. Name the team and add the city

• Team Logo: optional. Tap Upload Logo and pick a square image.
• Team Name: type it in English letters.
• Short Name: fills itself in (Pune Strikers becomes PS). It's what scoreboards show, up to 10 letters. Change it if you like.
• City: required. Start typing and pick it from the list.
• Home Ground: optional.

If you already have a team with the same name, the app says so and offers to open it, so you don't end up with two copies of one club.

3. Add players: five ways

Tap Add Players. The Add Player screen offers:

1. Search Player: find someone who's already on Criconic by name, city or player code, and tap to add them.
2. Upload without number: just the name. Good for a friend who isn't on the app yet; the number can be added later.
3. Paste a list: the fastest way to build a whole squad (next step).
4. Copy from another team: pick players from one of your other teams. They stay the same profiles, so their stats aren't split.
5. Add with Phone number: name plus a 10-digit mobile number, typed or picked from your contacts.

The sixth option, Team QR Code, lets players add themselves (step 6).

4. Paste your squad from WhatsApp

Copy the squad list from your group chat, open Paste a list and tap Paste. Write one name a line, or separate names with commas. Numbering such as "1." and tags such as (c) or (wk) are removed, and a phone number written after a name is added too. Untick anyone you want to leave out, then tap Add players.

Players picked here are saved when you tap Create Team. After that the team is ready, and you can add more at any time from the team page.

5. Avoid duplicate players

Two profiles for the same person split their stats in half. When you type a name that looks like a player you already have, the app shows Already have this player? with the match: same name, sounds the same, or a similar spelling. Tap Use to add that profile instead of making a new one.

6. Set the captain, vice-captain and keeper

Open the team (My Cricket, then Teams). On the Squad tab, tap C, VC or WK next to a player. Every new match starts with these, and you can still change them when you pick the squad for a game.

Added someone by name only? Tap Add number on their row when you have it. The number lets that player sign in to the profile and keep its stats.

7. Let players join with the team QR

On the team page, tap Team QR. A player opens Criconic, taps the camera icon at the top of the app and scans it, then confirms with Confirm & Join Team. They join the squad with their own profile, so you don't type anything.

8. Share the team with another organizer

Does your captain or a co-organizer also pick teams for matches? Tap the people icon at the top of the team page to open Team organizers. Add them by player code or name, or scan their QR (it's in their Settings under My QR).

What happens when you add a phone number

• The number already has a Criconic account: that player joins your squad with their own profile and name, and gets an "Added to a team" notification in the app.
• The number isn't on Criconic yet: a profile is made for it. When that person signs up with the same number, the profile becomes theirs, with every match and stat already on it.
• No SMS is sent, and phone numbers never show in the squad list.

Players added by name only can still get their stats later: they open the profile and tap This is me. More on that in how to track your cricket stats.

Pick the playing XI for a match

A team can be bigger than eleven: add the whole club. When you create a match and choose the team, tick the players who are playing and tap Save Squad. The app remembers the last XI to save time.

Then carry on with the toss and the first ball: see the full scoring tutorial. Organising several teams? Put them in a tournament with a points table: see how to create a cricket tournament.

Cricket team kaise banaye (Hindi mein)