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The final match played on 9 March received a watch-time on 230 million TVs and 53 billion digital platforms.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 has broken the viewership records in India. The tournament performed 23% better than the 2023 World Cup. India and Pakistan match was seen 19.5 billion minutes.
The watch of the tournament was 137 billion minutes on Time Star Sports and a total of 250 billion minutes on geographstar including 110 billion minutes. The number of viewers on TV of the final played between India and New Zealand reached 122 million and Geiographs 61 million.
Second highest rating ODI in final TV history India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final of the Champions Trophy. Apart from the final World Cup matches, this became the second highest rating ODI in TV history. The match received on 230 million TVs and 53 billion digital platform watch-time.
Indian team with Champions Trophy.
Indo-Pak match one of the more viewed ODIs in India The big match of the tournament was a league-stage match between India and Pakistan in Dubai. It became one of the most viewed ODIs in India. The match was seen more than 26 billion minutes on TV. It also broke the record of the World Cup 2023 India-Pakistan match. That match was seen 19.5 billion minutes. The Champions Trophy match achieved 10.8% more television ratings, with 206 million people watched live action on TV.
In the match played on 23 February, Virat Kohli scored a 51st century of his ODI career.
Champions Trophy brilliant return after 8 years: Shah Talking about the rating, ICC President Jai Shah said,
The Champions Trophy made a spectacular comeback after 8 years and the number of spectators from India increased continuously. Especially the final between India and New Zealand.
He further said, ‘Watching the match of so many audiences shows the popularity of cricket in India. The audience has increased by spreading the ICC event to the audience in different languages. Throusing cricket was seen throughout the event. Its credit goes to the coverage of Geostar. The matches were broadcast live on Star Sports and Sports 18 in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, while digital streaming on Geographstar included record 16 feeds, including nine language options such as Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri and Haryanvi. ‘
New camera angles were brought to make interesting: Gupta Jio Star’s sports CEO Sanjog Gupta said, ‘This achievement is the result of our multi-platform geostar and’ mega-cast ‘strength for sports. To make the tournament interesting, new camera angles were brought, which led to the audience more engaged. Its examples were seen on the increase in the number of spectators for the final.