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  • CricHQ expands India executive team

    CricHQ expands India executive team

    MUMBAI: CricHQ, a cricket technology company is on an expansion spree. The company, which is looking at expanding its executive team in India has appointed Karthik Ramanujam as director of digital sales and marketing for the India market.

     

    Ramanujam brings with him over 16 years of experience in ad sales, content and digital marketing, with earlier stints at NDTV Media, Sony Entertainment Television, Ten Sports, Vdopia and Qyuki Digital Media. In his current role, he will support global sales and user acquisition for CricHQ’s online and mobile platforms.

     

    CricHQ CEO Simon Baker said, “We are very bullish about the Indian market opportunity and are building a strong team here to take full advantage of this opportunity. Karthik’s appointment is a significant boost for CricHQ’s India operations and it also sets the stage for more senior level hires in the near future.”

     

    The company plans to hire 15 professionals for its corporate office in Bangalore in the next few months, which are in addition to over 70 professionals currently employed in India. CricHQ currently has presence in Chennai and Kochi. The Chennai office has 50 employees engaged in product development and data capture and analysis; whereas the Kochi office focuses on CricHQ’s global operations. The company aims to expand its India head count to over 400 employees in the next three years.

  • Datawind enters into partnerships with CricHQ

    Datawind enters into partnerships with CricHQ

    NEW DELHI: To satisfy the needs of a fanatic cricket nation, Datawind – the maker of Aakash PC Tablets – has signed a long term partnership with global cricket technology company CricHQ.

    This partnership will see Datawind pre-installing the CricHQ app on all its tablet devices. With the ability to score matches, watch training videos and receive live ball-by-ball updates from cricket around the world the CricHQ app will give Datawind customers across India an enhanced way to interact with the game they love.

    This initiative between CricHQ and Datawind is aimed at bridging the digital gap between professional and grassroots cricketers across rural and urban India by providing them with a cricket technology usually reserved for the games elite.

    Commenting on this partnership, DataWind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said, “From an amateur gali cricketer in a small town to a professional player, anyone can afford our low cost PC Tablet. This Rs 4999 device not only allows you to make phone calls, access high speed internet, study with preloaded NCERT e-books, but now, with the CricHQ app coming preloaded, it also allows you to live score your own cricket matches, receive live ball-by-ball updates from cricket around the world and even access cricket coaching videos.”

    CricHQ co-founder Stephen Fleming and former captain of the New Zealand‘s national cricket team said, “At CricHQ, our goal is to provide a cricket technology platform that enhances the way the entire cricket community experiences the game we all love. With the CricHQ app now coming pre-installed on DataWind devices it marks an important step in achieving this goal. We are especially excited at the opportunity our DataWind partnership provides of connecting cricket fans across India with the content they love to consume.”