There was a clash between India and Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 on Sunday (15 February). In this Group A match, Team India had unilaterally defeated Pakistan by 61 runs. As strong as the performance of the Indian team was at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, an increase in viewership was also seen.
JioHotstar, the official digital broadcaster of the tournament, said on Friday (February 20) that the India-Pakistan mega-match was viewed more than 20 billion minutes i.e. 33 crore hours across all platforms. This is 42 percent more than the watch time of the clash between the two arch-rivals in the last edition.
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Final record broken
Before the match against India, Pakistan had created a lot of drama. Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif had asked the Pakistan team to boycott the match with India. Later, when ICC showed strictness on Pakistan Cricket Board, Shahbaz government had to take a U-turn, due to which this match got huge hype.
The India-Pakistan match, played amid high drama, had a digital reach of 163 million, which is a new record for the highest reach in the T20 World Cup. In terms of reach, this match even left behind the India-South Africa final match of the previous edition.
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Record viewers on every platform
If we compare the digital reach of this match with the India-Pakistan match of T20 World Cup 2024, an increase of 56 percent was recorded. The reach of this match on mobile was 1.2 times more than that of the previous edition. Connected TV viewership increased 2.4 times. The television rating (TVR) of this match on linear TV increased by 71 percent, making it the highest rated India-Pakistan T20 match since 2021.
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