A practical My11Circle India guide to private circle groups — how to create a circle, invite teammates, set the entry fee, read the leaderboard and run an IPL 2026 fantasy contest with friends.
Circle mode is the headline private-group feature on My11Circle India. Instead of competing in an open public contest with thousands of entries, you create a closed contest — called a circle — invite up to 11 friends, agree on an entry fee, and play a head-to-head fantasy cricket match on a private leaderboard.
The premise is built into the brand: my 11 circle = eleven friends forming one private fantasy XI. It is the same scoring engine as the public app — same player points, same captain and vice-captain multipliers — but the contestant pool, the chat, and the prize pool are scoped entirely to your group.
If you have ever wanted to run an IPL fantasy league with your office colleagues, college hostel, or Sunday cricket group without paying a 30% platform fee to a public mega contest, circle mode is the answer. The platform takes a small processing slice on each circle entry, the rest of the prize pool is distributed inside your group.
The mechanic is simpler than most users expect. The circle you create behaves like a self-contained sub-app inside My11Circle: it has its own chat thread, its own invite link, its own prize-pool math, and its own private leaderboard.
The entire flow takes under five minutes from "I want to create a circle" to "circle is live and friends are joining". The heaviest friction is getting friends to actually install the app and complete KYC before kickoff — which is why the timing matters more than the mechanics.
If you are running a circle for the first time, follow this sequence. It is the same flow that experienced circle hosts on My11Circle use every match week during the IPL season.
Once created, the circle generates a 6-character invite code and a shareable deep-link. Both are visible in the circle header inside the app.
The economics of a private circle on My11Circle are straightforward, but it helps to know how the platform's fee math works before you commit your friends' money.
| Entry tier | Player cap | Min players | Platform fee (approx.) | Net prize pool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rs 10 | 11 | 3 | Rs 11 (10%) | Rs 99 (max, all 11 join) |
| Rs 25 | 11 | 3 | Rs 27 (10%) | Rs 248 (max) |
| Rs 50 | 11 | 5 | Rs 55 (10%) | Rs 495 (max) |
| Rs 100 | 11 | 5 | Rs 110 (10%) | Rs 990 (max) |
| Custom (e.g. Rs 500) | 11 | 5 | Rs 550 (10%) | Rs 4,950 (max) |
If fewer than the minimum players join, the circle is cancelled and your entry fee is refunded in full — no platform fee is deducted in this case. Always set a realistic minimum; a 10-player circle with a Rs 100 entry fee rarely fills unless your group is large and active.
The circle leaderboard updates in real time as the match progresses. There is no separate scoring system inside a circle — it uses the public app's player points table — but the leaderboard view is private to your invitees only.
Winnings are tiered: usually 50% to 1st place, 30% to 2nd, 20% to 3rd. For 5+ player circles, the breakdown extends to top 3; for 11-player circles, the breakdown extends to top 5. The exact split is shown when you create the circle.
Inviting friends to a circle is the friction point. Most circle hosts say the bottleneck is not the app — it is the KYC step the invitee has to complete before they can submit a lineup. Plan for that.
Pro tip: send the invite 24 hours before the match, not 30 minutes. Friends who have not completed KYC will fail to join at the last minute, and that is how circles die before they even start.
My11Circle enforces a handful of rules inside private groups. Most are obvious; a few are not.
Most rule violations on My11Circle are unintentional — players forget the same-lineup rule and submit two different XIs. Read the fine print on the circle creation screen before paying.
Ready to host your first circle?
My11Circle supports up to 11 players per circle — the same number as a cricket playing XI. That is the limit defined in the app's private-group module and matches the brand's "11 friends = one XI" framing.
Yes. The circle creator can pick from preset tiers (Rs 10, 25, 50, 100) or enter a custom amount within the platform's allowed range. The fee is locked once the circle is created and cannot be changed for that match.
If the circle does not reach the minimum player threshold before the match starts, the platform typically cancels the circle and refunds the entry fee. The minimum threshold depends on the prize pool tier — usually 3 players for small circles, 5 players for the Rs 1,000+ tier.
Yes. Circle mode is the headline private-group feature and runs through every major cricket series — IPL, T20 World Cup, bilateral ODI series, and the Big Bash League. Availability for any specific match is shown on the match card inside the app.
Winnings are credited to your main My11Circle wallet once the contest is settled and your KYC is verified. The platform does not lock winnings inside the circle — they move to the main balance and can be withdrawn via UPI or used to enter other contests.
Yes. There is no cap on the number of private circles you create for a single match. Power users run separate circles for different friend groups, office colleagues, and family members to keep leaderboards separated.
Circle mode is a private leaderboard variant. The scoring engine, player points and captain multipliers are identical to public contests — only the contestant pool and prize pool are scoped to your invitees.