JioStar and ICC have each denied rumors of a break-up and stated that the published partnership will proceed for main cricket occasions in India. A latest media report acknowledged that JioStar had informed the cricket governing physique that they did not wish to proceed with the remaining two years of their four-year deal, citing heavy monetary losses.
Nevertheless, each events got here along with a joint assertion, saying that the latest experiences do not counsel the present place of the organizations concerning the deal. The report had additionally acknowledged that the published of the T20 World Cup 2026 was put in jeopardy by JioStar’s choice to drag out of the deal.
“The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) and JioStar have famous latest media experiences in regards to the standing of the ICC’s media rights settlement in India. These experiences don’t mirror the place of both group. The present settlement between the ICC and JioStar stays absolutely in power, and JioStar continues because the ICC’s official media rights companion in India. Any suggestion that JioStar has withdrawn from the settlement is wrong.”
“JioStar is absolutely dedicated to honor its contractual obligations in letter and spirit. Each organizations stay centered on delivering uninterrupted, world-class protection of upcoming ICC occasions to followers throughout India, together with the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup, one of many sport’s most anticipated world tournaments,” learn the assertion.
The T20 World Cup 2026 would be the subsequent main occasion being broadcast by JioStar in India and the assertion stated that the preparation for the longer term occasions are progressing as deliberate.
Preparations for these occasions are progressing precisely as deliberate, and there’s no impression on viewers, advertisers, or business companions. ICC and JioStar, as long-term business companions, keep common communication on operational, business and strategic issues centered on the position the partnership can play in rising the game,” learn the joint assertion from JioStar and ICC.
JioStar and ICC penned a deal for the 2024-27 cycle, value an estimated three billion US {dollars}. In 2025, JioStar served because the broadcasting house for the Champions Trophy and the Ladies’s World Cup 2025, which occurred in India and Sri Lanka.
In keeping with the deal, one ICC match shall be broadcast by JioStar annually.
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