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Star India acquires cricket rights from BCCI till 2023 for a record Rs 6138 crore

April 5, 2018, 8:22 PM

Nation Next Newsroom | Delhi

Star India, on Thursday, acquired the cricket broadcast rights from BCCI for five years (2018-2023) for a record Rs 6138.1 crore. — Star India has acquired the cricket broadcast rights till 2023 from Board of Control for Cricket in India. (Photo Source: Getty Images)

Star India, on Thursday, acquired the cricket broadcast rights from Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for five years (2018-2023) for a record Rs 6138.1 crore. The announcement was made by BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary. Star Sports India won the three-day bidding war for the broadcast of international and domestic matches rights, which had Sony and Reliance as the other key bidders.

The official announcement from Mr. Amitabh Choudhary, Acting Hony. Secretary of the BCCI as Star India bags BCCI India International and Domestic media rights for INR 6138.1 crore for the next five years. pic.twitter.com/nONJv9sJkP

? BCCI (@BCCI) April 5, 2018

Interestingly, Star India has paid more than 59.31 percent money in 2018 than the money it paid in 2012 for acquiring the rights. While the per match value was previously Rs 43 crore, it is now Rs 60 crore per match for the 102 international matches (across formats), which Star India will broadcast over the next five years. Star Sports India has now worldwide TV and digital rights for these matches.

Notably, Star Sports India also has the broadcasting rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL), which it acquired in September 2017 for Rs 16, 347.5 crore.

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Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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January 2, 2022

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Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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