India, March 13 -- Fantasy sport as a phenomenon in India was largely unheard of until as recently as three or even two years ago. For a cricket crazy nation with over a billion people finding different reasons to justify their love for the sport, to not be fully introduced to esport (or fantasy sport) wasn't just surprising, but also inexplicably odd. It took its time, but fantasy sport is well and truly here in India and is one of the fastest growing online businesses to flourish in recent times.

From hardly a few online sports platform catering to the needs of enthusiasts to getting the most ordinary cricket fans to join the bandwagon, the rising numbers of fantasy sport are unbelievable, to say the least. Before dwelling on what exac...