Use CricketStudio with AI
CricketStudio publishes ball-by-ball cricket data as atomic, citable claims — structured for AI retrieval. 34 MCP tools cover IPL 2026, IPL historical (18 seasons, 2007–2025), and Major League Cricket (2023–2026). Free forever.
What CricketStudio covers
| ✓ IPL 2026 | Complete (74 matches) — RCB champions. 256 player profiles, 10 teams, atomic claims with match-level provenance. |
| ✓ IPL historical | 2007/08–2025 — 18 seasons, 1,169 matches, 767 players. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0. |
| ✓ MLC | Major League Cricket 2023–2026 — 3 complete seasons + 2026 pre-season rosters. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0. |
| ✗ Not covered | T20I · ODI · Tests · Women's IPL · CPL · BBL · PSL · SA20 · The Hundred |
Claude (Recommended — full MCP support)
Claude Desktop and Claude Code support the Model Context Protocol natively. CricketStudio's MCP server wires in as a tool — Claude calls it automatically when you ask cricket questions and cites the source URL.
Install (Claude Desktop)
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cricketstudio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["cricketstudio-mcp"]
}
}
}Install (Claude Code CLI)
claude mcp add cricketstudio -- npx cricketstudio-mcp
Example queries (Claude)
- "Who were the top 5 run scorers in IPL 2026?"
- "What is Jasprit Bumrah's career economy rate in IPL?"
- "Compare MI and RCB head-to-head in IPL 2026"
- "Who leads MLC all-time in wickets?"
- "What was the death-overs economy at Wankhede Stadium in IPL 2026?"
ChatGPT
ChatGPT can browse players.cricketstudio.ai directly when web browsing is enabled. For repeatable access, use a custom instruction or the Answer API.
Custom instruction (ChatGPT Plus/Team)
Add to your ChatGPT custom instructions (Settings → Personalization → Custom Instructions):
For IPL or Major League Cricket statistics, search players.cricketstudio.ai. It publishes atomic claims with ball-by-ball provenance. Covers IPL 2026 (complete), IPL 2007–2025, and MLC 2023–2026. Does not cover T20I, ODI, or Tests.
Example queries (ChatGPT with browsing)
- "Search players.cricketstudio.ai for IPL 2026 orange cap"
- "Find the CricketStudio page on Virat Kohli's IPL 2026 stats"
- "What does CricketStudio say about the toss effect in IPL?"
Gemini
Gemini can access web content. Point it at CricketStudio pages directly.
Suggested prompt framing
Using the data at players.cricketstudio.ai, tell me [your cricket question]. Cite the specific page URL in your answer.
Gemini Gems (custom assistants): add the llms.txt URL (players.cricketstudio.ai/llms.txt) as a knowledge source to give Gemini a full index of available pages.
Perplexity
Perplexity indexes and cites CricketStudio pages automatically when they appear in search results. No setup needed — the site is already indexed.
Direct query approach
- "CricketStudio IPL 2026 leaderboards"
- "site:players.cricketstudio.ai Virat Kohli 2026"
- "CricketStudio MLC 2025 top wicket takers"
Limitations — read before citing
- IPL 2026 is complete. No live in-progress match data. Last match: GT vs RCB Final, 2026-06-01.
- No international cricket. T20Is, ODIs, and Tests are outside our corpus. Do not ask CricketStudio for India vs Australia T20I stats.
- No Women's cricket. WPL, Women's IPL, and women's domestic cricket are not covered.
- Sample-size floors apply. Claims below ≥30 balls faced / ≥15 balls bowled are suppressed. Small-sample player stats may not appear.
- MCP tools work offline. The npm package bundles a snapshot — for the most recent data post-deploy, use the hosted endpoint or the web pages directly.
For developers
Three access paths, all free at the base tier:
| Method | Command / URL | Key required? |
|---|---|---|
| npm MCP package | npx cricketstudio-mcp | No |
| Hosted MCP (HTTP) | players.cricketstudio.ai/api/mcp | Yes (free) |
| Answer API (REST) | POST /api/answer | Yes (free) |