West Indies tour of India – INDIA WI LIVE Streaming: For the first time for Indian cricket, West Indies will not tour India…
West Indies tour of India – India WI Live Streaming: For the first time for Indian cricket, the West Indies tour of India will not be broadcast live by any private satellite channel. Rather, the three ODIs and five-match T20I series will be live streamed only by Fancode, the OTT platform owned by Dream11’s parent unit. Sports OTT platform now partnered with DD Prasar Bharati to broadcast matches live on DD Freedish Follow IND vs WI LIVE updates with insidesport.in
This is the first time after a very long time that matches related to Indian cricket will be broadcast on the Free to Air (FTA) platform.
The ODI series and three T20Is will be hosted in Trinidad and Tobago and St Kitts and Nevis, with the last two T20Is scheduled for Lauderhill, Florida in the United States.
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Bharat Y Live Streaming: It is worth noting that since the beginning of the cable and satellite television era, this would be the first time that the series would not be available for broadcast on private sports networks.
Fancode being a CWI partner has decided to stream the series exclusively on its platform.
Mayank Kumar Agarwal, CEO, Prasar Bharati said, “Cricket is the undisputed leader in sports and entertainment in India. Even in the fast-paced digital age, television continues to be a significant market and audience for sports consumption, and we are expected to share the upcoming tour of West Indies with India through DD Sports. We are delighted to bring this to the masses.While Fancode is building an unparalleled digital experience for sports fans, the expansion of the rights to DD Sports will mean a wider reach for the series to all sports fans.
Fancode co-founder Prasanna Krishnan said, DD Sports’ reach is unbeatable in smaller cities and towns, making it the ideal platform to broadcast West Indies’ tour of India, while we continue to build a better digital experience for fans nationally.
India West Indies series not on private channels: The series will be absent on private channels, for the record.
Normally DD only broadcasts India Cricket on Freedish for which sharing of content by the rights holder is mandatory. In this case, the rights holder is a subscription-based digital platform with no TV channels.
Last year, Fancode entered into an agreement with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to air the series till 2024. During the rights period, India is scheduled to tour West Indies in addition to the upcoming series.
Other teams that will tour the West Indies during the rights period for the cricket series include England, Australia, South Africa and Pakistan. Earlier, the rights of WICB were with Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI).
Fancode decided to go after Consolidated Rights (TV + Digital) as it seeks to grow its subscriber base. It is learned that a spot in ODIs on DD Sports costs Rs 3 lakhs and Rs 5 lakhs for Twenty20 Internationals. Vin Global Media is the sales agent selling series on DD Sports to advertisers. The ad revenue is the norm and will be shared 75:25 in favor of the rights holder which is fancode in this case.
The ODI series will begin on July 22, IST at 7 PM, followed by two more games on July 24 and 27 respectively. After the ODI, 5 T20 matches will be played from 29 July. Check out the full tour schedule here:
West Indies tour of India schedule
ODI
1st ODI: 22 July (Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain)
2nd ODI: July 24 (Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain)
3rd ODI: July 27 (Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain)
All ODI matches LIVE from 7 PM IST
T20I
1st T20I: 29 July: (Brian Lara Stadium, Port of Spain)
2nd T20I: August 1 (Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis)
3rd T20I: August 2 (Warner Park, St Kitts and Nevis)
4th T20I: August 6 (Broward County Ground, Florida, USA)
5th T20I: August 7 (Broward County Ground, Florida, USA)
India T20 Team WI: Rohit Sharma (C), I Kishan, KL Rahul*, Suryakumar Yadav, D Hooda, S Iyer, D Karthik, R Pant, H Pandya, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, R Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav*, B Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
India ODI Team WI: Indian team for 3 ODIs: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohd Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
All T20 matches will be live from 8 PM IST
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