Presnio.com launches 'Desi ya Aussie' team manager game

Bangalore, Sep 30 (UNI) Presino.com, a city based start-up, today announced the launch of its fantasy team manager game 'Desi ya Aussie', for the upcoming four-Test series -Border-Gavaskar Trophy-between Australia and India.

The game format enables users to pick their own squads from players of the two teams and manage them throughout the tournament.

Their squads earn points based on the actual performance of the players they have picked.

Briefing mediapersons, Latha Iyer, CEO of persino.com, said the gaming platform would offer cash prizes worth Rs 2 lakh. All games can be played free of cost and there would be no subscription fee for the participants.

''Sports landscape in India is changing rapidly. Add to that with the growing influence of new media like the internet on the mobile content services, presino.com has an opportunity to create a vibrant sporting community,'' she said.

''Desi ya Aussie'' was a step in this direction. The gaming platform would offer an interesting and challenging fare to sports fans to show their prowess at picking the best players and predicting sport event outcomes, she added.

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