tech2 News Staff

Cricket fan and Android user? It’s time to do a little jig as Google has added support for cricket updates to the Google Now app. Now, the app lets you pick any of the international cricket teams (even Afghanistan features), and has also added Indian Premier League teams to the mix.

Cricket has been missing from Google’s sports cards on Now since the introduction of the category. The service did have massive support for most football clubs and international teams, as well as most American sports, including college-level competitions.

Now when you open Google Now (on Nexus devices you will reach it with a swipe up from the on-screen navigation buttons), you can add cricket teams to your cards. You can configure your cards by using the Wand icon right at the bottom and then proceed to the Sports teams section. Here you can add any number of teams to your cards list.

Google’s addition of cricket teams comes at a time when there are quite a few tournaments coming up. The World Twenty20 starts this month, followed by the Indian Premier League, one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Google has in the past supported the IPL through live-streaming of matches and highlight packages on YouTube, so it’s not a surprise that it has added cricket cards, even though we think it’s a little belated.