DreamCricket.com

What DreamCricket.com does

DreamCricket.com is a privately held, USA-based cricket media and commerce platform founded in 2000 and operated under the legal entity Indus Business Solutions. It launched as the world's first online fantasy cricket website and in 2004 pivoted into an integrated USA cricket platform combining content, e-commerce, youth development, and fantasy gaming. The company's core technology is a web-based fantasy cricket game (with a mobile deployment launched in 2007 via Mobio) and a cricket news and community portal publishing live scores, USA cricket news, world cricket coverage, and American cricket history articles (9,332+ articles published to date). It also operates a video content platform with 100+ cricket titles acquired since 2004.

DreamCricket monetizes through four revenue streams. First, e-commerce hardware sales via PavilionShop.com — the company holds distribution rights for MRF, Kookaburra, Flicx, and Gunn & Moore cricket equipment in North America, supported by physical retail presence in New Jersey (a 3,200 sq ft store with indoor batting cages) and a Fremont, California equipment outpost. Second, cricket content/media supported by advertising, sponsored awards programs (New Inning Foundation USA Cricket Awards), and content syndication via RSS and social. Third, youth development through DreamCricket Academy offering 5-day cricket camps at $250 per participant, partnered with Darren Lehman Cricket Academy and Master Strokes Cricket Americas for coaching. Fourth, fantasy cricket gaming and prospective licensing royalties as the company currently bids for the ICC's official cricket gaming rights.

The company serves a niche but engaged customer base of cricket enthusiasts in North America, USA cricket players, youth cricketers (ages 10-19), and equipment purchasers. Distribution is purely domestic (USA) and customer segments are predominantly SMB/individual consumers rather than enterprise accounts. Leadership is founder-led with no disclosed institutional capital: CEO Kranthi Bayya oversees operations including PavilionShop.com, with co-founders Ara Pararajasingham (Product Strategy, India Operations) and Mahender Bohra (Technology Strategy) and an advisory board including Rhodes Scholar Boria Majumdar. The business remains a small-scale, founder-operated niche operator with 1-10 employees.

Name

DreamCricket.com

Legal name

indus business solutions

Website

https://dreamcricket.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DreamCricket.com is a US-based cricket platform combining fantasy gaming, news/content, equipment e-commerce via PavilionShop.com, and the DreamCricket Academy coaching program, serving cricket enthusiasts, USA cricket players, and youth cricketers across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cricket Media, Equipment Retail, and Youth Cricket Development

NAICS

Sporting Goods Retailers (45911), Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers (459120)

SIC

Sporting & Athletic Goods, Nec (3949), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Cricket Equipment Retail (CRAMAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cricket Leagues (MPAKAAAF), Fantasy Contests, Leagues & Tournament Organizers (MPAEAHAF), Fantasy Tools & Optimization (Lineup Builders, Projections, Simulators) (MPAEAHAD)

Keywords

• Cricket news media
• Cricket equipment retail
• Youth cricket coaching
• Fantasy cricket gaming
• Cricket community portal

Headquarters

HQ city

Somerset

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Retail: Online cricket equipment retail through PavilionShop.com and physical store in New Jersey. Products include cricket bats, balls, protective gear from brands like Gunn & Moore, MRF, Kookaburra. Distributor for MRF and Kookaburra cricket equipment.
2. Fantasy Cricket & Gaming: Online fantasy cricket gaming platform. DreamCricket has also competed for ICC's official cricket gaming rights, indicating potential future expansion into mobile and console cricket gaming.
3. Cricket Content/Media: Cricket news website covering USA cricket, world cricket, and American cricket history. Content includes articles, blogs, match coverage, and historical features.
4. Cricket Academy & Camps: Youth cricket coaching through camps and programs. 5-day camps at $250. Partner with Darren Lehman Cricket Academy and Master Strokes Cricket Americas for coaching programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

DreamCricket.com operates a multi-vertical cricket platform that combines an online fantasy cricket gaming website, a cricket news and community portal with live scores, an e-commerce retail store (PavilionShop.com) selling cricket equipment from brands such as MRF, Kookaburra, and Gunn & Moore, and a youth cricket coaching academy offering camps and training across the USA. The company sells directly to individual cricket enthusiasts, players, and families in North America.

Product overview

DreamCricket.com operates as a multi-platform cricket ecosystem consisting of a core fantasy cricket gaming platform (launched in 2000 as the world's first Fantasy Cricket website), a comprehensive cricket news and community portal offering live scores and USA cricket coverage, the PavilionShop.com online retail store for cricket equipment (distributor for MRF, Gunn & Moore, Kookaburra), and the DreamCricket Academy for coaching services with physical facilities in New Jersey. The company also maintains a video content platform with cricket titles and rights. The products work together as an integrated cricket ecosystem serving the North American market, combining digital gaming, content, e-commerce, and physical retail/training services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PavilionShop.com: Online cricket equipment retail store operated by DreamCricket, selling cricket bats, balls, protective gear, and accessories from brands like Gunn & Moore, MRF, and Kookaburra.
• DreamCricket Academy
• DreamCricket Pavilion

Products and services

• DreamCricket.com Fantasy Cricket Platform The original fantasy cricket gaming platform launched in 2000, considered the world's first Fantasy Cricket website, allowing users to create virtual teams and compete based on real player performances. Targeted at cricket enthusiasts in North America.
• DreamCricket.com Cricket News Portal USA cricket community portal providing live cricket scores, news, blogs, and coverage of cricket tests, ODIs, IPL, and USA cricket events. Targeted at cricket enthusiasts in North America.
• PavilionShop.com Cricket Equipment Store Online cricket equipment retail store launched in 2005, distributing MRF, Gunn & Moore, and Kookaburra cricket equipment. Transformed from single-brand retailer to a leading cricket equipment purveyor in the USA. Targeted at cricket players and enthusiasts in North America.
• DreamCricket Academy Youth Coaching Program
• Cricket Video Rights Catalog Cricket video content platform started in 2004 with rights for Richie Benaud's Greatest XI DVD, expanding to a catalog of 100 cricket titles by 2006 including Ashes 2005 series. Targeted at cricket video consumers in North America.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ICC (International Cricket Council)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026DreamCricket is competing for ICC's official cricket gaming rights through an invitation to tender. The ICC has outlined a licensing framework spanning mobile and console platforms, signaling a more structured, commercially driven approach to gaming rights. Dream Cricket is among the bidders including EA Sports, Big Ant Studios, Krafton, Reliance Jio, Lightfury Games, and Nazara Technologies.
• Darren Lehman Cricket AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with former India U19 player and USA Men's Captain Sushil Nadkarni's Master Strokes Cricket Americas to present 5-day cricket camps. The DLCA coaching methodology has seen 22 players progress to international cricket from its High Performance Program in Australia, including Joe Root, Sam Billings, Jason Roy, Alex Hales, and Liam Plunkett.
• Cricket America (Ten Sports)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBecame content partner to Cricket America (Ten Sports) in Spring 2007 for cricket news and content distribution.
• MRF Cricket EquipmentcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBecame distributor for MRF cricket equipment in USA starting 2005. MRF is a leading cricket equipment manufacturer.
• Kookaburra Cricket EquipmentcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBecame distributor for Kookaburra cricket equipment in USA starting 2006. Kookaburra is a major international cricket equipment brand.
• Gunn & MooreminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStarted selling Gunn & Moore equipment in USA in 2003 as a precursor to The Pavilion online store.
• Flicx Cricket PitchesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBecame distributor for Flicx Cricket Pitches for North America in Spring 2007.
• Gemini Bowling MachinesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBecame distributor for Gemini Bowling Machines for North America in Spring 2007.
• New Inning FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerDreamCricket sponsors the New Inning Foundation USA Cricket Awards. Recipients receive $500 DreamCricket.com Pavilion Shop gift cards. Awards recognize USA's top performers including Bowler of the Year, Batsman of the Year, Junior Cricketer of the Year, and Individual Performance of the Year.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ESPNcricinfo: The dominant global cricket content, scores, and news platform. Competes directly with DreamCricket's cricket news and live-scores portal but operates at vastly larger scale under the ESPN brand, offering much broader coverage.
• Cricbuzz: Leading cricket scores, news, and editorial app globally. Directly comparable to DreamCricket's content/news portal and overlapping in the US diaspora audience, with much stronger mobile engagement metrics.
• FanDuel: Large US-based daily fantasy sports operator. While not cricket-specific, it competes for the same fantasy gaming wallet share in the US, has vastly superior technology and marketing, and represents the structural threat to DreamCricket's legacy fantasy platform.

Regional players

• Willow TV: US-based cricket streaming service. Operates in the same North American cricket fan market as DreamCricket and competes for the same engaged diaspora audience, but monetises via subscription streaming rather than retail/content.
• Major League Cricket (MLC): US professional T20 cricket league launching/scaling in the US market. Both MLC and DreamCricket's academy/tournaments serve the same US cricket growth thesis, and MLC's success directly expands DreamCricket's addressable market.

Direct peers

• Dream11: India's leading fantasy sports platform and DreamCricket's direct functional equivalent in the fantasy cricket category. While India-focused, it represents the scale ceiling for cricket-specific fantasy gaming that DreamCricket pioneered.
• Nazara Technologies: India-listed gaming and sports media company that is also a bidder for the ICC gaming rights alongside DreamCricket. Directly comparable as a cricket gaming/IP competitor pursuing the same licensing opportunity.

Emerging players

• Cricket Country: Cricket news, live scores, and editorial site covering international cricket. Similar content/community model to DreamCricket's news portal, with overlapping diaspora audience but a stronger India-centric focus.

Others

• USA Cricket: National governing body for cricket in the United States. An ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor, but its governance decisions, league structures, and grassroots programmes directly shape DreamCricket's operating environment.
• MRF: Leading global cricket equipment manufacturer and DreamCricket's US distribution partner since 2005. Represents the supplier side of the cricket equipment value chain that PavilionShop.com distributes into the US market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dreamcricket
• Facebookfacebook.com/dreamcricket
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dreamcricket-com

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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