BCCI responds to the reaction on the cover of the Duleep trophy and announces television arrangements for the domestic event

Cricket control advice in India (BCCI) finally responded to growing criticism from cricket fans during the total absence of live coverage for the DULEEP 2025 trophy quarter -finals. After days of indignation of social media targeting the richest cricket council in the world for not having broadcast one of the first national tournaments in India, the secretary of the BCCI Devajit Saikia announced that the final match will be broadcast live from September 11 to 15. The controversy broke out when fans discovered that despite presenting Indian cricket players like Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep YadavAnd Arshdeep SinghThe quarter -final matches from August 28 at the Bengaluru Center of Excellence received no television or digital coverage.

DULEEP TROPHY 2025 digital blackout which triggered the controversy

The absence of live coverage for the opening matches of the Duleep trophy sparked an unprecedented wave of criticism on social media platforms. Cricket enthusiasts, already hungry for cricket action since IndiaThe series of tests against England Concluded on August 4, expressed his frustration of being unable to watch the second most important tournament in domestic cricket.

The criticism intensified as the fans underlined the irony that “even the Gully Cricket matches are broadcast live” on YouTube, while a prestigious tournament featured the best cricket players in India has remained invisible to viewers. The backlash was particularly clear since the 2024 edition of the tournament was completely broadcast on the Sports18 and Jiocinema network.

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BCCI breaks the silence on the Duleep Broadcast Backlash trophy

In response to the assembly pressure, the BCCI secretary, Saikia, tried to clarify the position of the council, declaring: “There will be a live television of the Duleep Trophy final. We have an agreement with our broadcaster to ensure a live television of 100 days of domestic cricket, which means that all our national tournaments are covered live“However, this explanation did not do much to satisfy the fans, who wonder why the only final receives coverage while the semi-finals and the quarter-finals remain blackened.

BCCI’s current broadcast partner, Viacom18, obtained rights to Indian cricket thanks to an agreement of five years worth 5,963 crosses from September 2023 to March 2028. As part of this agreement, Viacom18 holds television and digital rights for all digital BCCI matches, with sports18, dealing with television and Jiocinema. Despite this complete agreement covering “100 days of domestic cricket”, sources suggest that the broadcaster’s contract only authorizes a fixed number of television days, requiring careful management of matches receives coverage.

The tournament itself took place without visual documentation for fans, with convincing scenarios, especially Mohammed ShamiThe return of injuries and performance outside competitions of players as Yash Dhull And Ankit Kumarof which the centuries have helped the northern zone to go to the semi-finals. The central area has also obtained their semi-final point through impressive screens of Danish malewar,, Rajat PatidarAnd Yash Rathod. These performances, which could have captivated the cricket public at the national level, remain largely invisible due to the dissemination failure, emphasizing the disconnection between the declared commitment of the BCCI towards domestic cricket and its practical implementation of coverage policies.

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