With USD 335,950 total bidding, the auction by CricFlix, in association with RevSportz & Fanatic Sports, garners a huge response
New Delhi, December 25, 2021: World’s first authentic cricket augmented reality non-fungible token (NFT) auction, conducted by CricFlix in association with RevSportz and Fanatic Sports, witnessed a remarkable bidding as digital rights of bat signed by MS Dhoni-led 2011 World Cup-winning team and David Warner’s signed IPL jersey were sold for a massive price in Dubai.
With fierce bidding to get hands-on the historic digital artefacts, a bat signed by the Indian team, which handed the country the ODI World Cup after 28 years, was sold for USD 25,000 (INR 18,76,000). However, Australia batsman Warner’s 2016 IPL-winning signed jersey topped the chart with the highest bid of USD 30,000 (INR 22,51,200).
Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement Test ticket, the first day cover signed and a jersey signed were the first ones to go under the hammer and were picked up by ardent fan Amal Khan from Mumbai for USD 40,000 (INR 30,01,600).
“The Cricket NFT AR market store auction was a 100% record-breaking success having sold out all 23 items in one NFT auction. The entire catalogue was sold out for US$ 335,950 (Approximately INR 2.5 Crore) Cricflix has affirmed its position as the pioneer in the AR NFT Spacez. Cricflix has already captured around 960+ of the world’s rarest ever cricket memorabilia in their purest form to Digital and already started preserving them in Blockchain for the future generations,” said Anwar Hussein, Co- Founder of CricFlix.
With an exclusive collection of 23 rare artifacts of world cricket, including the official souvenir and team autographs from India’s maiden tour to England in 1932 were sold for USD14,500 (INR 10,88,080) and USD14,000 (INR 10,50,560) respectively. The CricFlix’s auction roaster also saw the Don Brandman signed NFT stamp being sold for USD 26,600 (INR19,96,064).
Lata Mangeshkar concert recording for the 1983 World Cup-winning team was bought for USD 21,000 (INR 15,75,840) while Balasaheb Thackeray cartoons and autographs from India’s first tour of Pakistan in 1952 were auctioned for USD 15,000 (INR 11,25,600).
Digital rights of India’s first-ever Test skipper CK Naiyudu’s collection, including his original bank account book and passport, were sold for USD 7500 (INR 5,62,800) and USD 9800 (INR 7,35,392) respectively. Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami’s 2017 World Cup semi-final jersey fetched USD 10,000 (INR 7,50,400). It was also the first-ever NFT from the women’s cricketing world.
Sports NFTs have emerged as the game-changing digital assets and CricFlix’s rare AI-based NFT auction provides fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to not only acquire unique ownership rights on these historic collectables but also generate revenue and experience some of the best fan moments. “We are delighted with the response. It will be a unique, exciting, and fulfilling experience for the fans to not just enjoy financial benefits but also experience top sporting moments across the globe.
This collaboration between Cricflix, Revsport, and Fanatic Sports is a game-changer and sets a new benchmark in future NFT auctions.” said Raghav Gupta, Founder & CEO, Fanatic Sports.
