MUMBAI: Star Sports will be broadcasting Australian home cricket games starting 2023 to 2030. Australian cricket summer is back on Disney Star as the broadcast channel has acquired the rights of telecasting Australian home summer along with Australian domestic tournaments including the newly popular Big Bash League and Women’s Big Bash League starting from 2023 to 2030. Star Sports was originally part of Cricket Australia’s broadcast partner for many years before 2017. Sony Sports Network acquired the broadcasting rights for the next 5 years after 2017. Now Star has won back and will be providing the Australian summer games to viewers.
Star Sports Network in a tweet announced the deal and stated, “Star Sports is proud to be the home of Australian cricket in India. The best of Australian men’s and Women’s cricket along with the Big Bash League will be hosted at India’s most loved destination for Sports fans. Cricket Australia and Star Sport via this long-term association, look forward to deepening relationships with fans, attracting new audiences, and growing fandom for the sport”. With this, Star has managed to win back one of the major events in the sporting calendar.
Australian captain Pat Cummins also welcomed the Star Sport in Cricket Australia family and expressed his pleasure with Cricket Australia joining the deal with Star Sports for the next 7 years.
