India’s comprehensive victory over Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday at the ongoing ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 turned out to be a mega blockbuster, touching a record 602 million views on the freshly minted streaming platform JioHotstar.
The total views during the live stream for the India-Pakistan match on JioHotstar, formed by the recent merger of JioCinema and Disney+ HotStar, reached 602m when Virat Kohli hit the winning runs chasing a target of 241 runs.
It is important to note that JioHotstar stopped displaying live concurrent viewers after the merger of Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema. Prior to the merger, Disney+ Hotstar displayed concurrent viewers, whereas JioCinema showed total views.
Kohli himself completed his 51st century with the last stroke, to the delight of India’s fans. In the end, it was a routine cruise for India, overhauling the 244-run target Pakistan had set in 42.3 overs with six wickets in hand and effectively progressing to the knockouts.
The modern-day batting great, arguably the greatest in this 50-over format, scripted his 51st hundred and crossed 14,000 runs in ODIs.
Returning to the match viewership, when the first over of the match was bowled by Mohammed Shami, the viewership jumped to 68m at the end of it and kept increasing through the match.
The viewership reached 321m in the last over of Pakistan’s innings and reached 322m during the innings break.
When India began their run chase, the viewership increased to 338m and remained stable at 362m for a substantial period before surging to record levels when India inched towards a victory.
The previous record for the highest peak concurrency was at 35m crore registered in 2023 when India played Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup on the erstwhile Disney+ HotStar.
In the Asia Cup, the peak concurrency in the India vs Pakistan match was of 28m viewers.
As far as linear TV viewership data for the match, which was live telecast on Star Sports and Sports18, is concerned however, the numbers will be released the Thursday after next (March 6th) by the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
