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Mint Explainer: Can Dream11’s watch-party pivot change how India watches sports?

Mint Explainer Mint Explainer: Can Dream11’s watch-party pivot change how India watches sports? Sakshi Sadashiv 6 min read 07 Dec 2025, 04:46 pm IST Dream11 CEO Harsh Jain says the opportunity is large enough to justify the pivot: the firm pegs the TAM for such sports engagement at $10 billion in revenue. Summary The new pivot isn’t Dream11 entering sports for the first time; it’s shifting from playing around cricket to watching and interacting around cricket, moving the experience from fantasy contests to social viewing.

Mint Explainer: Can Dream11’s watch-party pivot change how India watches sports?

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  • Subscribe now Dream11, the fantasy gaming giant with 250 million users, is rewriting its playbook.
  • It now looks to recast itself as a sports entertainment platform, betting on India’s rising ‘watch-party’ culture, where fans stream matches, interact and hang out online.
  • The shift from fantasy gaming to live, creator-led engagement comes after the real-money ban gutted its core business, pushing the firm to reinvent itself as a place where viewers watch with influencers, as sports viewing becomes more social.
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