No broadcaster yet for India'sseries against B'desh
The absence of key Indian players
for the Bangladesh series has not
gone down well with Indian
broadcasters and there is a
possibility that the three-match
ODI series will not be televised for
audience in India.
According to a report on the
Mirror , Bangladesh's Gazi TV,
which has the rights for covering
cricket in Bangladesh, approached
Star Sports and Sony Six for
broadcasting the series in India.
Star Sports made an offer of less
than USD one million for the
series, which the host broadcaster
is not happy with while Sony Six,
which is covering the Football
World Cup, did not show any
interest.
Speaking to the Mirror , CFO and
head of operations of Gazi Group,
Salahuddin Chowdhury said: "Star
has offered a less than million
dollars for three matches. That is
too less in comparison to the cost
of the rights. Because of the
BCCI's problems with Neo and
Ten, we can't sell the rights to
them. Unless, something dramatic
happens over the next two days, I
cannot assure you that the
matches will be telecast in India."
"There would be a lot of
overlapping time between the
World Cup matches and ODIs We've
a planned a few pre-match shows
for the World Cup and we could
not have spared our channel for
cricket," the CEO of Sony Six,
Prasanna Krishnan told the Mirror .
For Indian fans who are eager to
watch the action on television,
there is a glimmer of hope as
Doordarshan is reportedly open to
a revenue-sharing deal with Gazi
TV.
The Indian selectors had decided
to rest some of the star players
like MS Dhoni, Vira Kohli, Rohit
Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra
Jadeja and R Ashwin while
appointing Suresh Raina as the
captain of a new-look ODI side.
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