Dream11 to step up tech infra, hiring over Indian Premier League success

With a user base of more than 100 million, and user concurrency of over 5.5 million, the platform has a solid backend analytics platform, much of which is built in-house

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has resumed after an unprecedented mid-tournament break due to the pandemic, and Dream11 is back in action. In May, the cricket stopped, not the planning at Dream11.
 
“A lot of our deadlines are tournament-driven, so we back-calculate, and plan accordingly,” said Bhavit Sheth, chief operating officer and co-founder, Dream Sports and Dream11.
 
“We do quarterly and six-monthly planning. Basically, once this IPL gets over, planning for the next season will begin immediately,” he added.
 
From running specific analytics to load-testing for 5.5 million simultaneous users, Dream11 takes cricket very seriously. With a