India, Feb. 22 -- Ashneer Grover-led fantasy cricket platform CrickPe has halted operations within a couple of years of its launch.

The fantasy platform, which was the first product of Grover's startup Third Unicorn, was launched ahead of the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2023. However, it has stopped rolling out new contests.

"We've had an amazing innings together, While we won't be rolling out new contests on the app anymore, this is just a timeout," a message on the CrickPe app shows.

However, Grover hinted that Third Unicorn has decided to look at other opportunities beyond CrickPe.

Responding to Inc42's questions, he said, "CrickPe has been halted end 2024 as we are not keen on the space given misplaced connotation ...