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Indian Express
7 days ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
Rohit Sharma recalls India's batting collapse in T20 World Cup 2024: Was panicking… wasn't comfortable
India broke the ICC trophy drought in 2024 when they won the T20 World Cup after 13 years. However, the game was not smooth sailing against South Africa. Both teams going into the game were unbeaten and fought tooth and nail in Barbados. India did manage to lose three early wickets in the powerplay and was in a bit of a pickle. 'I was panicking. I wasn't comfortable. I thought we'd let them into the game. Of course, in the back of my mind, I always believed our lower middle order, although it hadn't batted much during the tournament, had made an impact whenever given the opportunity,' said Rohit Sharma, speaking to Jiostar. 'Not many people are talking about Axar's knock, but it was the game-changer. Scoring 47 off 31 at that stage was vital. And we needed one player to bat through the innings, Virat did that brilliantly,' added Rohit. It would be a partnership between Axar and Virat Kohli that would steady the ship initially for India and help to put on a score of 176/7. Kohli, going into the game, was in a lean patch; however, in the final, he pulled off a 59-ball 76 run innings. 'If you hit three boundaries in the first over, then you've started well. That's what every cricketer wants. The experience of playing for India for so many years helps. You can control your emotions, control your thoughts, and stay in the moment. I'm sure he was thinking the same: 'Today is the day I need to be focused.' Not worrying about what happened before. And he played a brilliant innings, a fantastic partnership with Axar,' said Rohit Sharma In the chase, South Africa at one point did look like they would get there; however, Jasprit Bumrah's two overs changed the tide in the contest, and Suryakumar Yadav took a stunning catch of David Miller in the final to ensure India got over the line.
Time of India
25-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Jiohotstar closes in on Netflix, subscribers touch 300 million
Jiohotstar's overall subscriber base has touched 300 million, just shy of the global OTT giant Netflix's last reported number of 301.63 million, the domestic streaming platform said on Wednesday. Recently concluded edition of the Tata IPL seemed to be aiding in the subscriber addition, which had stood at just 50 million in February as per a media report. The BCCI-promoted cricket league had many firsts in 2025, including digital viewership at 652 million crossing the 537 million on television, as per a report published by its parent Jiostar, which came into being in February this year with the merger of Reliance-led Jiocinema and Disney+Hotstar. Sanjog Gupta, the chief executive for sports and live experiences for Jiostar, suggested that the high viewership also translated into revenues. "We have managed to make this IPL the most monetised edition of the event and also the most monetised sporting event ever in India across advertising and subscription revenue," he said. It can be noted that in 2022, Disney Star had won the TV rights of the tournament by offering Rs 23,575 crore for five years, while the India digital rights was bagged by Reliance-backed Viacom18 for Rs 20,500 crore. There was a 5.16 per cent jump among those who watched the cricket league in the digital format -- then known as Jiocinema -- from 620 million last year. However, the growth was restricted by a marginal 1.6 per cent dip in the TV watchers from the year-ago edition's 546 million who watched it on Star Sports. The final fixture between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings on June 3 won by the Virat Kohli-led team from the southern city, had a reach of 237 million on digital, and 189 million on television, Jiostar said in a report. It can be noted that in February, Jiostar had just 50 million subscribers which raced to 280 million by May with start of the cricketing league, as per a media report. Netflix had 301.6 subscribers across 190 countries as of end-December 2024, with over 18 million added in October-December 2024. The overall reach of IPL across digital and TV mediums for Jiostar stood at 1.19 billion, and the average daily reach touched 121 million on TV and 170 million on digital platforms, the report said. The report said 129 million of the TV viewers were on the higher-cost Star Sports HD, and added that 47 per cent of the overall viewers on Star Sports were women. On the digital front, the reach on the streaming platform Jiohotstar stood at 652 million, while the same on connected TV was 235 million and 417 million watched it on mobile phones. The company's report said Jiostar had 1.04 billion downloads on Android, as per the report. The peak concurrency, which is the maximum number of users watching simultaneously, touched 55.2 million on the digital platforms, it said. The overall watch time on television had stood at 514 billion minutes, the report said. Among the languages, Telugu IPL viewers grew the fastest when compared to the last year's edition with an 87 per cent jump, and were followed by Kannada at 65 per cent, and Tamil at 52 per cent. The growth in the Hindi audience stood at 31 per cent, making it the slowest growing among the top-five language feeds. The company reported that it had 425 advertisers from 40 unique categories, it said, adding that the advertisers included 270 debutants. RCB had the highest video viewership at over 330 million, and Mumbai Indians edged past the league winners in overall TV watch time per team at 106 million billion minutes, as per the Jiostar report.
Indian Express
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
‘Rishabh Pant's achievements…being compared with are legends like Dilip Vengsarkar, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar': Sanjay Manjrekar
Rishabh Pant amassed two hundreds in two innings of the first Test match between India and England at Headingly. Although India has lost the Test match when it comes to batting in overseas conditions, Pant, with his unorthodox method, has shown his mettle again already proved his worth, and even without the gloves, his record commends the place among top batters. 'When you look at all of Rishabh Pant's achievements, the first instinct is to think of him purely as a batter, and understandably so. Because when you're talking about batting exploits in England, scoring twin hundreds, the names he's being compared with are legends like Dilip Vengsarkar, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, and Sunil Gavaskar,' Sanjay Manjrekar said, speaking on Jiostar. Manjrekar would draw comparisons of Pant with Sri Lankan batter Kumara Sangakkara. However, Sangakkara has not kept wickets as regularly as Pant. 'But here's the remarkable part — he's also a wicketkeeper. That's what makes it almost unbelievable. I know someone like Kumar Sangakkara had a phenomenal batting record, but he wasn't quite the keeper that Rishabh Pant is,' Manjrekar said. 'Pant is India's first and last choice as a wicketkeeper in this Test side — and that says a lot. Now, if you look at the numbers — most hundreds by Indians in Tests in England — Rahul Dravid leads with six. And suddenly, you have Pant's name in that same elite bracket. And there's a nice little twist — there are two Rahul's in this story,' Manjrekar observed. Manjrekar also added that Pant might even surpass Rahul Dravid by the end of the England tour. 'You've got KL Rahul, and you've got Rishabh Pant. Who knows, by the time this series is done, Pant could match or even surpass Rahul Dravid. There are still four Tests to go in this series — that's potentially eight innings for Pant. And he's already started in near-perfect fashion.'
New Indian Express
25-06-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
Jiohotstar closes in on Netflix, subscribers touch 300 million
MUMBAI: Jiohotstar's overall subscriber base has touched 300 million, just shy of the global OTT giant Netflix's last reported number of 301.63 million, the domestic streaming platform said on Wednesday. The recently concluded edition of the Tata IPL seemed to be aiding in the subscriber addition, which had stood at just 50 million in February as per a media report. The BCCI-promoted cricket league had many firsts in 2025, including digital viewership at 652 million crossing the 537 million on television, as per a report published by its parent Jiostar, which came into being in February this year with the merger of Reliance-led Jiocinema and Disney+Hotstar. Sanjog Gupta, the chief executive for sports and live experiences for Jiostar, suggested that the high viewership also translated into revenues. "We have managed to make this IPL the most monetised edition of the event and also the most monetised sporting event ever in India across advertising and subscription revenue," he said. It can be noted that in 2022, Disney Star had won the TV rights of the tournament by offering Rs 23,575 crore for five years, while the India digital rights was bagged by Reliance-backed Viacom18 for Rs 20,500 crore. There was a 5.16 per cent jump among those who watched the cricket league in the digital format -- then known as Jiocinema -- from 620 million last year. However, the growth was restricted by a marginal 1.6 per cent dip in the TV watchers from the year-ago edition's 546 million who watched it on Star Sports. The final fixture between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings on June 3 won by the Virat Kohli-led team from the southern city, had a reach of 237 million on digital, and 189 million on television, Jiostar said in a report. It can be noted that in February, Jiostar had just 50 million subscribers which raced to 280 million by May with start of the cricketing league, as per a media report.
Economic Times
25-06-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Jiohotstar closes in on Netflix, subscribers touch 300 million
Jiohotstar's subscriber base reached 300 million, nearing Netflix's global numbers. The Tata IPL edition aided subscriber addition. Digital viewership crossed television viewership. Jiostar reported high viewership translated into revenues. Digital viewership of the cricket league increased. The final fixture between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings had a reach of 237 million on digital. Telugu IPL viewers grew the fastest. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Jiohotstar's overall subscriber base has touched 300 million, just shy of the global OTT giant Netflix's last reported number of 301.63 million, the domestic streaming platform said on concluded edition of the Tata IPL seemed to be aiding in the subscriber addition, which had stood at just 50 million in February as per a media BCCI-promoted cricket league had many firsts in 2025, including digital viewership at 652 million crossing the 537 million on television, as per a report published by its parent Jiostar, which came into being in February this year with the merger of Reliance-led Jiocinema and Disney+ Gupta, the chief executive for sports and live experiences for Jiostar, suggested that the high viewership also translated into revenues."We have managed to make this IPL the most monetised edition of the event and also the most monetised sporting event ever in India across advertising and subscription revenue," he can be noted that in 2022, Disney Star had won the TV rights of the tournament by offering Rs 23,575 crore for five years, while the India digital rights was bagged by Reliance-backed Viacom18 for Rs 20,500 was a 5.16 per cent jump among those who watched the cricket league in the digital format -- then known as Jiocinema -- from 620 million last year. However, the growth was restricted by a marginal 1.6 per cent dip in the TV watchers from the year-ago edition's 546 million who watched it on Star final fixture between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings on June 3 won by the Virat Kohli-led team from the southern city, had a reach of 237 million on digital, and 189 million on television, Jiostar said in a can be noted that in February, Jiostar had just 50 million subscribers which raced to 280 million by May with start of the cricketing league, as per a media had 301.6 subscribers across 190 countries as of end-December 2024, with over 18 million added in October-December overall reach of IPL across digital and TV mediums for Jiostar stood at 1.19 billion, and the average daily reach touched 121 million on TV and 170 million on digital platforms, the report report said 129 million of the TV viewers were on the higher-cost Star Sports HD, and added that 47 per cent of the overall viewers on Star Sports were the digital front, the reach on the streaming platform Jiohotstar stood at 652 million, while the same on connected TV was 235 million and 417 million watched it on mobile company's report said Jiostar had 1.04 billion downloads on Android, as per the peak concurrency, which is the maximum number of users watching simultaneously, touched 55.2 million on the digital platforms, it overall watch time on television had stood at 514 billion minutes, the report the languages, Telugu IPL viewers grew the fastest when compared to the last year's edition with an 87 per cent jump, and were followed by Kannada at 65 per cent, and Tamil at 52 per growth in the Hindi audience stood at 31 per cent, making it the slowest growing among the top-five language company reported that it had 425 advertisers from 40 unique categories, it said, adding that the advertisers included 270 had the highest video viewership at over 330 million, and Mumbai Indians edged past the league winners in overall TV watch time per team at 106 million billion minutes, as per the Jiostar report.
