How Touchcric helps to watch live cricket
Touchcric is one stop platform for the latest cricket match information, broadcast details, schedule, and team previews. We provide a variety of options while explaining the broadcast details so that no matter wherever you are in your home or at your workplace, there’ll be multiple broadcasting sources like TV Channels and Android/IOS apps for live cricket matches.
Touchcric lists all the official broadcasters of a specific cricket tournament or a bilateral series. Using that information you can find a relevant TV Channel or streaming service provider to watch cricket matches.
Ways to watch live cricket match
There are various ways to watch live cricket matches and these services are provided by various platforms on TV and mobile devices. Here are a few of these methods to watch cricket matches:
- TV Channels
- OTT Platforms
- Youtube Channel
- Mobile Apps
In most cases, one platform owns TV Channels, mobile apps, and OTT services. For example, the Star Sports network includes Hotstar Web, Hotstar mobile app, and Star Sports TV Channels that are shared via Videocon and DishTV.
Cricket Broadcasting Rights
The broadcasting rights in cricket are very much like other sports. There are separate rights for live telecast on TV Channels, Online cricket live streaming, and Media rights which include short video clips and highlights. In order to understand it better, take the example of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Star Sports was the official broadcaster of this event, Facebook had the media rights and most of the countries had online streaming broadcasters like Tapmad Pakistan.
Cricket Broadcasters in India
In India, there are 4 main broadcasting sources for cricket fans. These are Star Sports, Sony Sports Network, Fancode, and Sports18. Most of these broadcasters also have some mobile apps or online streaming services such as:
| Broadcaster | Online Streaming Sercvice |
| Star Sports | Hotstar |
| Sony Sports | SonyLiv |
| Fancode | Fancode App and Website |
Star Sports holds the broadcasting rights for the home matches of the Indian cricket team while Sony Sports covers most of the away cricket matches of team India. Surprisingly neither of them will broadcast India vs Westindies series 2023 and the fans will have the online streaming option, Fancode to watch this series live.