Cadbury 5 Star: Now lost in Cricket Fever

~Brings you the World's Largest Online Cricket League with Zapak.com~

Mumbai, May 27, 2009: Don't just watch the Cricket League, be a part of it! Cadbury 5 Star along with Zapak.com has announced the launch of ‘5 Star Indian Online League’.

Witnessing the rising steam and craze for cricket this season, 5 Star along with Zapak wants to give an opportunity to the gamers of the country to prove their mettle. The league is ready to provide opportunities to young enthusiasts to compete against the best in the country. The platform extends the chance to give an experience of what it takes to be the best along with prizes worth Rs.1 crore.

How do you participate?
3 simple steps:

I – Log on to www.5stariol.zapak.com and choose your team
There are 8 city leagues that a user needs to choose from just like your very own IPL! After the user chooses his/her league, he/she has to play 2 cricket games – bowling and batting to attain a hi-score in both (collectively).

II – City Team Selection
50 high-scorers from each city will come to nearest Zapak Gameplex and the top 11 make it to the city team.

III – Grand Finale
The total score of Top 11 gamers will constitute the final city score and two teams (of 11 players each) will compete against each other for the Finale.

The winners of the 5 Star Indian Online League will win a seat on the Board of Zapak Cricket in India (BZCI). This Board controls game ratings, writes Game Reviews for every game, Selects Game of the Week, Selects Daily Poll, Pick Hot Cricketing Topic of the Week, Expert Blogs (write with Krish Srikanth), Test new Cricket games etc.

Apart from this winners will also get Kolkata Knight Riders merchandise. There are other prizes like free downloadable games, Cricket kits, Gameplex coupons, Game Cds etc.

Sanjay Purohit, Director - Marketing Cadbury India said “Cricket is on everybody’s mind nowadays and we wanted to reach out to our TG in the digital space via this cricket fever. This property together with Zapak.com will cater to all cricket lovers and help them experience a never before cricket league.”

This league will go on for 4 weeks till mid June 2009. This is a chance for cricket lovers to be a part of an actually cricket league and represent their city.

So log on to www.5stariol.zapak.com and start gaming!