India’s win over Pakistan in the Women’s World Cup broke every viewership record ever set in women’s cricket.
The India-Pakistan rivalry was given a new spark and this was in women case cricket. This became more than a match when they faced off in October in Colombo and it was all a world incident. The ICC also affirmed on Thursday that the high-voltage controversy between North and South was the most-viewed international women-cricket match in history.
India didn’t just win by 88 runs. They attracted the attention of the world. The show was watched by 28.4 million people and gained 1.87 billion minutes of viewing time. No aspect of women cricket has been even half of that size.
The same is told by television numbers. This India-Pakistan match has now become the most rated match in the history of the Women world cup played in group stages. Even the India-Australia match the previous day in Visakhapatnam had its own record bucking up to 4.8 million simultaneous viewers on JioCinema.
The ICC records that the initial 11 matches involving games of India with Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and South Africa were viewed by 72 million people. It is an increase of 166 percent over the previous version. Minutes of total viewing increased by 327 percent to 6.3 billion. The total reach set a record of more than 60 million viewers already by the 13th game five times as compared to 2022.
There has been an extended coverage of broadcast coverage. Star Sports and JioCinema offer broadcasting of matches in five languages such and English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada, with Indian Sign Language. The fans are allowed to alternate between the camera angles, as well as attempting Max View, which makes the action more intimate than ever.
On their part, India are placed fourth in the table with four points in four games. The England, New Zealand, and Bangladesh would be removing the chances of India by Harmanpreet Kaur one of their side. The masses are gaining in size, the vitality is real. And women are finally being watched playing cricket by the world.
