Abhishek Desai - Founder of @CricHeroes

Abhishek Desai

Founder of @CricHeroes

Abhishek Desai is the founder and CEO of CricHeroes, the world’s leading digital platform for grassroots cricket. Launched in 2016, CricHeroes has transformed the way amateur cricketers score matches, analyze performance, and gain recognition, with over 35 million users across 120+ countries and more than 10 million matches scored to date.

With a background in software engineering and over two decades of entrepreneurial experience, Abhishek previously co-founded Digicorp, a successful software product development firm. His passion for cricket and technology led him to build CricHeroes with the vision of making grassroots cricket truly world-class through data, design, and digital tools.

Abhishek is a firm believer in bootstrapped innovation and has built CricHeroes into a globally respected brand with minimal outside funding. Under his leadership, CricHeroes continues to pioneer advancements in live streaming, AI-powered highlights, performance analytics, and cricket commerce through its ecosystem of products and services.

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