With New Zealand’s matches beginning early in the morning for those living in India, it’s fair to say that it wouldn’t amass viewership figures that will have heads turning.

Their rights to the IPL broadcast - which they beat Sony and Facebook to the crease in 2017 for $2.6 billion – is set to end in 2023, while the rights to Indian National cricket is up for grabs in 2024. Presently, it is Disney-owned Star Sports and Disney Plus Hotstar that hold the broadcast and streaming rights for nearly all of India’s international matches and domestic cricket tournaments. He added that it makes for an “interesting dimension” to their overall offerings, and that they are “happy” to assess opportunities coming their way, indicating that this is possibly the first of many cricket broadcast rights acquisitions. Gaurav Gandhi, Prime Video’s country manager, described their move to offer live cricket in India - a country that worships the sport like none other – as one that made sense. Read | Amazon Prime Video makes live sports foray in India with cricket rights The American streaming service announced last month their purchase of the broadcast rights to all of New Zealand’s home matches across all formats from 2021-2026.īoth men’s and women’s team matches played in New Zealand will be streamed from the latter stages of 2021, until the end of the 2025-26 cricketing season.

Amazon Prime Video is in the process of assembling a live cricket offering in India, in what is a bid to edge out their competitors, the Financial Times reported.

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