Synopsis Hitwicket Superstars is a multiplayer cricket strategy game that allows gamers to go beyond playing cricket and don the hat of a team manager. ETtech (Illustration: Rahul Awasthi) Multiplayer cricket strategy gaming app Hitwicket has made key hires in its engineering and product divisions - Eve Chang has been appointed as the product head and Krishnakanth Mallik Chaganti has been named vice-president of engineering with immediate effect. Chang will be responsible for planning the product roadmap, assisting in production management, mentoring the team, and execute live operations with more engaging and entertaining content for fans. In a career spanning 15 years across three continents, she was the product owner of Temple Run and Temple Run 2 (Imangi) with over a billion downloads. She was also the product owner of Bejeweled Blitz during her time at Electronic Arts (EA). Prior to that, she has worked with Activision on the Call of Duty Online with Tencent as the publisher, where she was the producer and handled everything from production, communication and oversaw legal approvals and user testing. Meanwhile, Chaganti will be heading the engineering function and will focus on building high performance technology teams that are geared towards supporting the roadmaps of the games as well as building the next generation of games tech. With more than 10+ years of experience in game development, he is a tech leader/entrepreneur and was most recently the cofounder and CTO of Playmat. Some of the games he has worked on include Tetris, Disney's Infinity - WiiU, Heroes of Dragon Age, Monopoly Slots, and Plants vs Zombies. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories Hitwicket Superstars is a multiplayer cricket strategy game that allows gamers to go beyond playing cricket and don the hat of a team manager. Founded by Keerti Singh and Kashyap Reddy, the game is played across 100 countries. “We are delighted to welcome Eve and Mallik to the team as we strive to make the first global esports IP from India. They are a perfect fit as their varied expertise will have an immediate effect in growing our momentum multi-fold. Their experience in gaming particularly in growth of mobile games will help us expand globally," said Reddy, cofounder, Hitwicket. In November last year, the cricket gaming app announced that it had raised $3 million in funding from Prime Venture Partners. Don’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp. click here! Thursday, 09 Mar, 2023 Experience Your Economic Times Newspaper, The Digital Way! Read Complete Print Edition » Front Page Pure Politics Disruption Companies & Economy More Short-term Yields Up, Re Down After Powell Rate Signal Bond yields at the shorter end of the curve exceeded those of long-tenor sovereign debt in India while the rupee retreated Wednesday, reflecting the likelihood of outflows from local assets after the US Federal Reserve indicated rates would continue to harden. India to Top China as Walmart’s Largest Int’l Market in ’23: CFO India is likely to surpass China and emerge as the largest international market for Walmart this year, a top company executive said. Sebi Mulls PCVs to Offer Long Funding Amid allegations of fierce valuation games that drive startups to dress up numbers and venture capitalists to spin stories to investors, the idea of permanent capital vehicles (PCVs) to offer long, patient funding to unlisted outfits of Indian entrepreneurs is being explored. Read More News on hitwicket hiring hitwicket cricket gaming app eve chang product head krishnakanth chaganti vp engineering eve chang temple run eve chang call of duty chaganti playmat chaganti disney multiplayer cricket strategy game Stay on top of technology and startup news that matters. Subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest and must-read tech news, delivered straight to your inbox. . . . more less ETPrime stories of the day Strategy A balancing act: key takeaways for India from G20 ministers’ meeting 7 mins read Investing Growth will be theme in 2023; manufacturing to offer opportunities: Neelesh Surana of Mirae Asset 5 mins read 4 insights to start your day, featuring Iran’s lithium discovery 5 mins read Subscribe to ETPrime.