Exciting Broadcast Plans Unveiled for the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024!

Global Coverage for the T20 World Cup

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the broadcasting details for the upcoming Men’s T20 World Cup, which will feature 20 teams competing in 55 matches from February 7 to March 8.

Co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, this tournament will be available globally through various platforms including television, digital, and audio services.

In addition to the main event, fans can catch official warm-up matches on select TV and digital channels, providing a sneak peek at the teams ahead of the tournament's commencement.

In India, JioStar will air the tournament via Star Sports on traditional TV and through the JioHotstar digital platform.

All matches will be broadcast in five languages—English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada—on JioStar’s platforms, with additional regional feeds in Bengali, Bhojpuri, and Haryanvi available on JioHotstar.

Coverage in Marathi and Indian Sign Language will also be provided for all matches involving Team India, including the semi-finals and the final on JioHotstar.

Building on the success of previous ICC events, a vertical live feed will be available in English and Hindi on JioHotstar, catering to mobile-first audiences.

Moreover, viewers can enjoy a 360-degree view of the matches and utilize the Multi-cam feature, which allows them to engage with the live action from various perspectives, including Hero, Stump, Battery, Field view, and Multi-View.

JioStar has teamed up with PVR – Inox for nationwide screenings of several matches during the T20 World Cup.

Star Sports will also be accessible to audiences in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives through its distribution partners across the region.

For Sri Lanka, Dialog TV will act as the official broadcast partner, providing extensive coverage throughout the island, including live telecasts on linear TV, ThePapare.com, and the Dialog Play mobile app.

Additionally, Dialog TV will offer a Sinhala language feed for all matches on both their linear and digital platforms.

Coverage will be further enhanced through Dialog TV’s free-to-air partner, TV Supreme, and Sri Lanka Telecom’s PEO TV platform.

Fans in the UK and Ireland can catch the action on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event, with digital streaming available through NOW. Sky Sports will also provide Hindi commentary for the semi-finals and the final.

As Italy makes its debut in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Sky Italia will broadcast all matches involving Italy, along with the semi-finals and the final, live on their platforms.

South African fans can follow all the live action through SuperSport’s extensive TV and digital services across sub-Saharan Africa.

In Australia, coverage will be available on Prime Video, with an additional Hindi commentary feed for all India matches, semi-finals, and the final.

New Zealand viewers can watch the matches on SKY Sport, which will also provide Hindi commentary for all India games, including the semi-finals and the final.

In Pakistan, coverage will be provided by PTV and Myco, supported by digital partners Tamasha, ARY Zapp, and Tapmad. The ICC will also create an Urdu commentary feed for Pakistan matches, broadcast on PTV Home and streamed by digital partners.

Willow TV will continue to deliver live coverage of ICC events in the United States and Canada. All 55 matches will be streamed in both English and Hindi, with free access to all USA matches for viewers in the US and Canada. These matches will also be available free of charge on Willow’s official YouTube channel.

Commentary in English and Hindi will be available via Willow DTC and CricBuzz DTC platforms, while other Willow platforms will carry only English commentary. In collaboration with popular social media figure Jomboy, Willow will provide an alternative commentary option for the USA vs. India and USA vs. Pakistan matches.

In the UAE and the broader MENA region, the tournament will be broadcast on CricLife Max, accessible via StarzPlay. Additionally, fans across the Middle East can enjoy StarzPlay’s coverage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on the big screen, thanks to partnerships with VOX (UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman), Reel (UAE), Roxy, Cinepolis, Star (UAE), Mukta (Bahrain), and Epix Cinema (Bahrain).

ESPN will broadcast all matches live in the Caribbean Islands, while the Disney+ app will stream the event across Latin America. Some matches will feature Portuguese commentary on ESPN’s linear TV platforms in Brazil.

Total Sports Management (Bangladesh) will broadcast the event via leading linear channels T Sports & Nagorik TV, as well as on the digital platform Rabbithole.

Additional broadcasters include PNG Digicel (Pacific Islands), Hub Sports 4 (Singapore), and Lemar TV (Afghanistan), which will also offer commentary in Pashto and Dari. In Nepal, Kantipur TV will air the tournament, with some matches produced locally in Nepali.

Nepali commentary will also be accessible in certain regions through ICC.tv, expanding reach to Nepali-speaking viewers. In the Netherlands, NOS will live stream all matches involving the Netherlands, catering to cricket fans in the country.

For viewers in Malaysia and Hong Kong, matches can be watched on the CricBuzz channel through their partnerships with Astro Cricket and PCCW.

Additionally, the tournament will be available in-flight and at sea on Sport 24, allowing fans to stay updated on the action while traveling.

All remaining territories will be streamed live and free via the ICC’s own platform, ICC.tv. Besides live match coverage, ICC.tv will offer commentary in multiple languages, including Japanese and Bahasa, with some matches also available live on the ICC’s official YouTube channel.

In addition to live video, the ICC mobile app will provide worldwide access to commentary in English. In the UK and Ireland, BBC will broadcast radio coverage, while in Australia, listeners can tune into ABC and SEN.

For Indian audiences, All India Radio will offer live audio commentary, and in Sri Lanka, Derana FM will provide live ball-by-ball commentary for all matches.