Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally responded to increasing criticism from cricket fans about the full lack of live coverage for the current Duleep Trophy 2025 quarterfinals. After days of indignation on social media aimed at the world’s richest cricket board for not broadcasting one of the most important domestic tournaments of India, BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia announced that the last match will be broadcast live from 11-15 September. The controversy broke out when Fans discovered that despite prominent Indian cricketers such as Like Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep YadavAnd Arshdeep SinghThe quarter -final games from 28 August in the Center of Excellence of Bengaluru received zero television or digital reporting.
Digital Black -Out Van Duleep Trophy 2025 that led to controversy
The absence of live coverage for the opening matches of the Duleep trophy led to an unprecedented wave of criticism of social media platforms. Cricket enthusiasts, since then starved from cricket promotion IndiaTest series against England Closed on August 4, their frustration expressed that they were unable to view it on the second most important tournament of the Interior Cricket.
The criticism was intensified as fans on the irony that “even tricket matches are streamed live” on YouTube, while a prestigious tournament with the top cricketers of India remained invisible to viewers. The return was particularly sharp, given that the 2024 edition of the tournament was fully broadcast on Sports18 Network and Jiocinema.
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BCCI breaks silence on Duleep Trophy Broadcast Backlash
In response to increasing pressure, BCCI secretary Saikia tried to clarify and explained the position of the board: “There will be a live broadcast of the final of the Duleep trophy. We have an agreement with our broadcaster to ensure a live broadcast of 100 days of domestic cricket, which means that all our domestic tournaments are treated live“However, this statement has made little to satisfy fans, who wonder why only the final will receive coverage, while semi -finals and quarterfinals have come out.
The current broadcast partner of the BCCI, ViaCom18, has organized the rights to the Indian cricket through a five-year deal worth £ 5,963 from September 2023 to March 2028. Under this agreement, VIACOM18 has both television and digital rights for all BCCI-Binnenlandse and International competitions, with Sport18. Despite this extensive deal for ‘100 days of domestic cricket’, sources suggest that the contract of the broadcaster only allows a fixed number of broadcasting days, for which careful management is required for which agreements receive cover.
The tournament itself continued without visual documentation for fans, with fascinating storylines, including Mohammed Shami‘s return from injury and striking versions of players such as Yash Dhull And Ankit Kumarwhose centuries northern zone helped move to the semi -final. Central zone has also protected their semi -final by impressive displays of Danish Malewar” Rajat PatidarAnd Yash Rathod. These versions, which could have fascinated national cricket audiences, remain largely unseen because of the broadcast, and emphasize the decoupling between the indicated dedication of the BCCI to domestic cricket and the practical implementation of the coverage policy.
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