Dubai, Feb 15 (UNI) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the details of its broadcast arrangements for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, where eight teams will
put it all on the line across 19 days in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
The event where every match counts kicks off on 19 February as hosts Pakistan face New Zealand, with the Final taking place on March 9 where the victorious team will claim the iconic white jackets.
The ICC, through its direct broadcast partnerships with world class broadcasters will bring the thrilling 15 match, two-week competition to fans across the globe.
In India, the JioStar network will be the home of the Men’s Champions Trophy 2025, offering fans a never-seen-before presentation of an ICC event.
For the first time ever on digital, an ICC tournament will be streamed live across 16 feeds, including nine languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Haryanvi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada. The live streaming on JioHotstar will be complemented by four multi-cam feeds. On TV, in addition
to the English feed, the network will provide coverage in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, across Star Sports and Sports18 channels.
Two of the most popular innovations enhancing ICC cricket coverage on digital return for the Men’s Champions Trophy 2025: the Indian Sign Language feed and Audio Descriptive Commentary, ensuring an inclusive experience for all audiences. This ground-breaking initiative by the JioStar network won a National Award in the Category of Institutions Engaged in Empowering Persons with Disabilities 2024.
The hugely successful vertical feed (MaxView), produced in collaboration with the ICC, will also be available in Hindi and English, providing fans with an easier and more intuitive mobile viewing experience, allowing them to consume content on the go.
In the host country Pakistan, fans will be able to watch the first global tournament on home soil since 1996 via linear partners PTV and Ten Sports, and digitally through the Myco and Tamasha apps. In the United Arab Emirates and the entire MENA region, all matches will be broadcasted on CricLife MAX and CricLife MAX2, with streaming available on STARZPLAY.
For cricket fans in the UK they can catch all 15 matches live on Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action and digitally via the SkyGO, NOW and Sky Sports App.
In the USA and Canada, WillowTV will be the home for Champions Trophy coverage and the 15 matches will also be available via the Willow by Cricbuzz app with Hindi coverage also available. Fans in the Caribbean can watch all the action live via ESPN Caribbean on TV and stream through the ESPN Play Caribbean app.
Amazon is the home of ICC Cricket in Australia, with coverage of the returning Men’s Champions Trophy available on Prime Video. For the first time ever Amazon will also be broadcasting an ICC event in Hindi. In New Zealand, Sky Sport NZ continues to be the go-to broadcaster for ICC events, with coverage also available via the Now and SkyGo app.
Fans supporting South Africa can watch all the action live via SuperSport and its app which will be available across South Africa and to the 52 Sub-Saharan Africa territories.
Nagorik TV and T Sports will be the linear TV broadcasters in Bangladesh, with Toffee making the entire two-week competition available on their app and website. In Afghanistan, the Men’s
Champions Trophy will be available on linear via ATN.
Maharaja TV in Sri Lanka continue their coverage of ICC's events through TV1 on linear and Sirasa via digital.
The ICC’s commitment to taking cricket to more fans across the world is highlighted again through ICC.tv. Fans in cricket loving markets such as Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will also be able to watch
all 15 Men’s Champions Trophy matches on ICC.tv.
In more than 80 territories, all matches from the tournament will be live and free on ICC.tv, including in Nepal, Japan, and Malaysia. This will enable more fans in these markets to enjoy the sport whilst building ICC.tv as a cricket destination
For fans wanting to listen to coverage directly from the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy, the ICC will
live radio broadcast all matches free globally via the match centre on the ICC website and app.
In the UK, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra will provide audio coverage on all 15 ICC Men’s Champions Trophy matches.
In India, audio coverage will be available on All India Radio and in host country Pakistan HUM 106.2FM will be the destination for fans.
Talk 100.3FM and Big 106.2 will be the home of the Men’s Champions Trophy in the UAE, whilst
fans in Bangladesh can listen via Radio Shadhin 92.4 and Radio Bhumi 92.8, with Lakhanda
Radio providing coverage in Sri Lanka.
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