My journey from India to Melbourne did not begin with a company. It began with cricket, a wish to study at Deakin University and a lot of questions about what came next.
Today I build at the intersection of sport, technology and people. The connection between those things became clearer through study, work inside sports organisations and conversations with people doing the work behind the game.
Cricket gave me a foundation
Playing cricket taught me to prepare, pay attention and keep working when the result was uncertain. Those habits followed me into other parts of my life. A match asks you to make decisions with the information available, accept the outcome and learn for the next one.
During my business studies at Navrachana University, being Sports Head also gave me a different view of sport. Organising tournaments meant working with people and taking responsibility for the things that had to happen before anyone could play.
Melbourne made the questions real
I still remember what my first day at Deakin meant to me. A place I had imagined studying at became a campus I could walk into. Moving countries was a new beginning, and studying Business Analytics gave me another way to understand problems.
Data becomes useful when it helps someone make a decision. That is the part that interests me. I want to understand the people, the question they are trying to answer and what they can do with the result.
The work inside clubs shaped the next step
Cricket analysis and social media work at Cricket Performance Lab, matchday and multimedia work with Richmond Cricket Club, and digital media work with Indoor Sports Victoria brought me closer to how sports organisations operate.
The experience connected my interest in the game with the systems around it. Sport needs more than performance on the field. It needs communication, organised information and people who can move the work forward.
Why I became a builder
I founded Sports Insight Media to work on the problems behind the scenes. I also built SIM_Playmakers because the conversations between people in sport matter. Useful technology and a strong community can help each other.
My approach is simple: start with the real problem, understand the people and make the solution clear enough to use. AI and analytics are part of the toolkit. The person using the result is the reason to build it.
What I want to document here
This journal is where I will share what I am learning, what I am building and the questions I am still working through. Some stories come from cricket. Some come from being an international student. Others come from building a business and bringing people together.
The journey is still moving. I want the writing to make that progress visible, with the work and the lessons behind it.
Earlier chapters: my first day at Deakin, joining Cricket Performance Lab and the Richmond Cricket Club season.