Ketaki Varhadi

Ketaki writes every page on cricketx.co.in. Her subject is narrow on purpose: one crash game, Cricket X, and the questions people in India ask before they play it — which product the name means, how a round settles, how to get the game on a phone and what a welcome pack really asks of you.

A woman sitting at a kitchen table writing in a small notebook, filling the frame, one phone propped against a cup in front of her is the only screen in the room, it shows a red ball in a periwinkle blue sky, the white figure "1.50x" and one violet button reading "Collect"

What she covers

The round. The betting window, the strike, Collect, the end of the flight, and what the history column can and cannot tell you.
The two panels. What happens to your return when one panel leaves early and the other stays late — and why the odds of the flight stay exactly where they were.
The name. Why a search for the game turns up a VR trainer, an esports app, score apps and a betting exchange, and how to tell them apart in seconds.
The phone. Browser or platform app, Android or iPhone, and which downloads to leave alone.
The pack. The four-part release of the deposit bonus and whether crash rounds count toward it.

How she works

She plays the rounds she writes about, on a phone, at small stakes, and keeps notes on what the screen shows at each step. When a description on the site stops matching the screen, the page is rewritten rather than patched. She does not write predictions, does not sell signals and does not quote figures the studio has not published; where review sites disagree, as they do on the return figure, the page says so and sends you to the rules panel in the game.

What she will not do

Ask you for an account, a password, a code or a payment, or recommend an agent who sells IDs. The only outside link on the site is the Play Cricket X button, and the about page explains how it is paid for.

Start with one round, from bet to collect.