Kabuni will host its inaugural Playtime on 7 June in Mumbai, bringing together iconic cricketers, school leaders, parents, young players, media, technology partners and industry stakeholders for a first look at the company’s vision for the future of cricket.
The invite-only event will introduce Kabuni’s ambition to democratise cricket coaching and create a new talent pathway for young cricketers by combining top level, personalised cricket coaching, a technology-led experience and a brand new national participation league.
Kabuni Playtime 2026 will be hosted by Indian cricketing personalities Ridhima Pathak and Tanay Tiwari, bringing together two respected voices from Indian cricket coverage. Ridhima is a recognised sports presenter and anchor with experience across major cricket and sports broadcasts, while Tanay is known as a cricket presenter, commentator and storyteller, with experience across leading cricket platforms including Star Sports and Cricbuzz.
Kabuni Playtime 2026 will be opened by Kabuni Founder and CEO, Nimesh Patel, who will outline the company’s long-term vision, its launch plans for India and the opportunities for aspiring young cricketers across the country. He will also be joined on stage by a special guest, whose identity remains under wraps ahead of the event.
A major focus of the event will be a live demonstration of Kabuni’s revolutionary interactive cricket experience, K10. Designed to show how real-world cricket actions can drive digital gameplay, scoring and visual storytelling, K10 creates a more engaging, elevated and exciting way for players to train, compete and improve.
While attendance at the Kabuni Playtime 2026 is by invitation only, the K10 demonstration will be livestreamed so cricket fans around the world can experience the most exciting, high-energy moment of the event in real time.
Cricket Meets Live Digital Gameplay
The K10 demonstration will feature four Kabuni Super Coaches, including Sourav Ganguly, Shane Watson, AB de Villiers and Shreyas Iyer. For those not at the event in Mumbai - full details of the Livestream will be announced shortly.
The Super Coaches will be paired with four pre-selected young players from Mumbai to create four two-person teams, who will battle it out on stage in the world’s first live K10 contest.
Each team will face 10 balls, with both players taking part in the action. Scores will be combined to determine the winner, with points awarded for runs, strike rate and boundary hitting. Wickets will carry negative points, adding a risk-reward element to every shot and every decision.
But K10 goes beyond a traditional cricket contest.
Players will be represented inside a live digital environment through personalised Kabuni avatars, with the action reflected on large-format screens throughout the game. As shots are played, the digital world will respond in real time with scoring updates, animations, field visuals and live leaderboards.
With Ridhima Pathak and Tanay Tiwari guiding the live action, the K10 demonstration will combine cricket insight, broadcast energy and digital gameplay to create a spectator experience designed for both the room and the livestream audience.
By livestreaming the K10 demonstration, Kabuni will take the action beyond the room and give cricket fans everywhere the chance to watch Super Coaches, young Mumbai players and live digital gameplay come together for the first time.
Kabuni Playtime 2026 will also introduce Kabuni’s official avatar, Buddy, alongside custom visual identities created for each participating team.
Introducing Kabuni’s Vision for Cricket Development
While the live K10 demonstration will be an exciting spectator experience, Kabuni Playtime 2026 is also an important platform for Kabuni to present its broader vision for cricket development.
Kabuni is building a sports technology platform designed to make top level cricket coaching, structured competition and meaningful opportunity more accessible to young players.
Combining AI, biomechanics, motion tracking and performance data, Kabuni delivers personalised, real-time coaching designed to help players understand exactly what to improve and how to improve it.
Built around a “1% improvement” philosophy, the platform focuses on small, measurable changes that compound into meaningful development over time.
At the centre of Kabuni’s India launch is the Kabuni Premier League, a new national participation pathway for 12-16 year old cricketers. Players will be able to register, choose a Super Coach team, attend trials and compete for one of just 150 places at the Kabuni Premier League Finals.
The involvement of Kabuni Super Coaches Sourav Ganguly, Shane Watson, AB de Villiers and Shreyas Iyer reflects the company’s ambition to connect the next generation of cricketers with some of the most respected names in the game.
Together, these elements offer a glimpse of how cricket development could become more accessible, more interactive and more closely connected to real playing opportunities.
For young players, that opportunity begins with a simple question:
Do you want to play for a legend?
On 7 June in Mumbai, Kabuni will bring this to life.
