India Tour of Zimbabwe LIVE Broadcast – Sony Sports Acquires Rights: The low key India tour of Zimbabwe will be broadcasted LIVE on Sony Sports Network. India will play 3 ODI Games against Zimbabwe starting August 18th. Sony lost out to Star Sports on IPL & Cricket Australia rights recently. The network still has the rights to broadcast England Cricket, Sri Lanka Cricket & Pakistan Cricket Board: Follow Indian Cricket LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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India Tour of Zimbabwe LIVE Broadcast: Sony Sports network acquires rights to Broadcast & LIVE INDIA vs Zimbabwe series LIVE in AUGUST: Check details
The upcoming tour consists of three ODIs, which will take place between August 18 and August 22. The venue for all three ODIs will be the Harare Sports Club in Harare. The live-action can also be viewed on the company’s OTT platform, SonyLIV.
India toured Zimbabwe back in 2016 for three ODIs and T20Is each and won both bilateral series’.
- 1st ODI: 18TH Aug
- 2nd ODI: 20th Aug
- 3rd ODI: 22nd AUG
When will be the Indian team picked for Zimbabwe? The selectors are likely to pick second string of Indian players for Zimbabwe series.
Senior players of the team will play in the Asia Cup 2022, which according to the available information will be played from August 27 to September 11 in UAE. The upcoming edition of the Asia Cup will be played in the T20 format.
Sony gets tour to Zimbabwe lose Cricket Australia Broadcast Rights: Meanwhile the bad news for Sony is that they have lost the Cricket Australia rights to Star Sports.
Star Sports have reached an agreement with Cricket Australia for their broadcast rights in India. The deal comes after Star Sports recently bagged the IPL media rights for the next cycle. The CA deal means that Star Sports will broadcast the Border Gavaskar Trophy, The Ashes, India’s international games, IPL and the T20 World Cup in India.
CA Broadcast Rights: Another BLOW for Sony Sports, Star Sports sign BLOCKBUSTER agreement with Cricket Australia, to broadcast IPL, Ashes and Border Gavaskar Trophy for next 4 years – Check out
As per a Cricbuzz report, Star Sports have reached an agreement with Cricket Australia for the broadcast rights for the next four years. The deal has a provision to be extended by four more years and has been signed by both parties. The agreement, for both TV and digital rights, kicks in from next season. The current rights are with Sony, who continue to suffer due to the growing competition.
CA Broadcast Rights: Sony Sports continue to suffer from competition
- Sony Sports continue to lose out on broadcast rights with Star Sports edging them out of the competition.
- Current holders of Australia cricket rights, Star have now agreed on a four-year deal from next season.
- Star already has IPL, India’s home games, T20 World Cup in their pocket.
- The TV giants recently bagged the IPL media rights last month for the next five years. Viacom bought out the digital rights.
- Star have now added Big Bash League, Ashes, Border Gavaskar Trophy to their already impressive offering.
- Star is also set to be in competition for the ICC rights for the next cycle.
- Star Sports – IPL, India’s home games, Ashes, Border Gavaskar Trophy, T20 World Cup, Big Bash League
- Sony Sports – India tour of England, Pakistan Super League
Sony lost out to Star and Viacom18 in the IPL media rights auction, failing to bag either package. The loss of Australia cricket broadcast rights leaves them with rights for only England among the top teams. Sony are expected to be in the mix for the ICC media rights, but will once again face Star and Viacom, alongside international entities like Amazon and Facebook.
The report states that Cricket Australia though remain tight-lipped on the agreement. A CA spokesman refused to comment and said, “Nothing we can say on the record on that at the moment. I’ll let you know if that changes.”
CA Broadcast Rights: Another BLOW for Sony Sports, Star Sports sign BLOCKBUSTER agreement with Cricket Australia, to broadcast IPL, Ashes and Border Gavaskar Trophy for next 4 years – Check out
Sony Sports have also suffered when it comes to Football, losing out on the FIFA World Cup Rights for the tournament in Qatar. Viacom18 will broadcast the extravaganza in India and also hold digital rights for the same. Viacom have also taken up LaLiga and Serie A rights. Sony Sports now only have UEFA rights to their name.
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