Tuesday 11 April 2017

India’s Home Season of Cricket records 3.1 Bn Gross Impressions across 13 Tests


                            
Mumbai, 11 April (National24News.com) As India consolidated its position as theNo. 1 Test team, Star Sports continued to deliver recordviewership numbers throughout the home season of cricket.The #TestofTheBest campaign for the India-Australia Test series delivered on its promise becoming the highest rated Test series in the history of BARC.The 4-match Test series delivered a total of 1.1 Bn Gross impressions with the third Test match alone recording 383 Mn. Notably, the viewership increased ona series-to-series basis, as India continued its dominance in Test cricket recording 10 wins in 13 tests. 

Source: BARC, All-India 4+ (U+R)
In the shorter ODI and T20 formats, Star Sports communicated the proposition of exciting and unmissable action.Year 2017 for cricket started with a bang on Star Sports as the India-England ODI series became the highest rated bilateral ODI series in the last 5 years. Further, the viewership for both the ODI as well as the T20 format continued to grow at a per match level.

Source:BARC, All-India 4+ (U+R) w/o DD

Lauding the accomplishment,an official Star India spokespersonsaid,“The Indian cricket team continued their high levels of performance as they reclaimed the #1 Test team title, beating opponents like New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and Australia. With success across all the formats, the fans were delighted to witness such an action-packed Home Season of Cricket with every session being exciting and unpredictable.For the advertisers,it reinforces the belief that nothing cuts across like cricket in India.At Star Sports, we understand the pulse of the fans andthat helped us carry out inspiring integrated marketing campaigns that made this home season amemorable one.”
India’s next challenge is to defend the ICC Champions Trophy2017 in June.The fans eagerly await this year’s biggest cricketing event#ChampionsKaWorldCup, asthe defending championsIndia begin their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on the 4thof June. Also, the ICC CT ‘17 will be ViratKohli’s first major ICC tournament as the captain of the Indian team. 
Catch all the action of #ChampionsKaWorldCup only on the Star Sports network.

About Star Sports:
Home to a number of leading domestic and International sports, the Star Sports network with ten channels broadcasts premier sporting events which include cricket coverage under the purview of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia, England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC); Pro Kabaddi; Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL); the Hero Indian Super League (ISL), Premier League, Bundesliga; Badminton World Federation (BWF) events, Premier Badminton League (PBL); Hockey India League (HIL); Formula 1; Wimbledon, The French Open and International Premier Tennis League.

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