TV coverage in Bangladesh unlikely for Antigua Test

For the primary time since 2001, a Take a look at match involving Bangladesh won’t be broadcast on TV in Bangladesh as negotiations between the rights-holders and Bangladesh’s TV networks didn’t materialise for the rights to the Take a look at collection within the West Indies. The Antigua Take a look at, which begins on June 16, will solely be out there on the ICC’s streaming channel for a subscription payment.

However there are efforts being made to point out the matches free of charge on the BCB’s social media handles.

“The Bangladeshi channels aren’t all for displaying these matches, however the BCB and Whole Sports activities Administration (TSM) have managed to place it on ICC.TV in order that the folks of Bangladesh aren’t disadvantaged of the protection,” Moinul Haque Chowdhury, proprietor of TSM, the corporate that purchased the rights from CWI, reported Prothom Alo.

BCB director Ismail Haider Mallick stated, “We try to point out the matches on BCB’s Fb and YouTube channels free of charge”.

It has come up to now after T-Sports activities or Gazi TV, the Bangladeshi channels which were displaying all of Bangladesh’s worldwide cricket lately did not land a cope with TSM. Each channels have reportedly purchased the BCB’s broadcasting rights for 2021-23 from Ban Tech, who had initially purchased it from the board for $19.07 million final 12 months.

However such a TV blackout was on the playing cards from earlier this 12 months when the Bangladesh broadcasting rights have been solely picked up per week from the beginning of the New Zealand vs Bangladesh Take a look at collection in January. Final 12 months, the Bangladesh vs Australia T20I collection wasn’t aired in Australia because of an absence of curiosity.

The final time a Bangladesh Take a look at wasn’t proven was again in 2001 throughout the Asian Take a look at Championship when one of many matches wasn’t proven in Bangladesh.

Throughout a month-long tour, Bangladesh will play West Indies for 2 Assessments, three T20Is and three ODIs.