Learn how to Build and Deploy a Chatbot in Minutes using Rasa (IPL Case Study!)

Introduction
Have you ever been stuck at work while a pulsating cricket match was going on? You need to meet a deadline but you just can’t concentrate because your favorite team is locked in a fierce battle for a playoff spot. Sounds familiar?
I’ve been in this situation a lot in my professional career and checking my phone every 5 minutes was not really an option! Being a data scientist, I looked at this challenge from the lens of an NLP enthusiast. Building a chatbot that could fetch me the scores from the ongoing IPL (Indian Premier League) tournament would be a lifesaver.
So I did just that! Using the awesome Rasa stack for NLP, I built a chatbot that I could use on my computer anytime. No more looking down at the phone and getting distracted.
And the cherry on top? I deployed the chatbot to Slack, the popular platform for de