PremiumAmazon Prime Video forays into live cricket, to cover New Zealand men’s and women’s teams
Manoj Bajpayee and Sayani Gupta welcomed players from both the New Zealand men’s and women’s cricket team to the event.
Last Updated: 03.24 PM, Dec 20, 2021
Amazon Prime Video is expanding its wings, as the streaming giant announced its collaboration with New Zealand Cricket. The platform will begin streaming live cricket from January 1 next year .
Amazon Prime Video has signed a multi-year deal with New Zealand cricket and will exclusively stream the games of both the men’s and women’s teams across ODIs, test and t-20s.
Prime users will be able to stream the series between the Indian Women’s team and the New Zealand Women’s team in February 2022 as well as the series between the Indian Men’s team and New Zealand Men’s team, scheduled for November 2022.
The live coverage and streaming of the New Zealand team will start with the Bangladesh tour of New Zealand in January 2022, followed by South Africa’s tour in February 2022, Australia’s tour in March 2022 and Netherland’s tour in March/ April 2022.
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“Cricket is undoubtedly the most loved sport in India and our collaboration with New Zealand Cricket underlines our commitment to give our customers what they want.” said Gaurav Gandhi, country head, Amazon Prime Video, India, as he announced the streamer’s foray into sports.
"It's a really exciting partnership and journey together. The people in India know just how exciting the game of cricket can be, the drama and competition that comes with it, and it makes way for entertainment viewing. Hopefully, there will be plenty of this through Amazon Prime Video and the team is looking forward to starting this season.” said Kane Williamson, New Zealand Men’s team captain, about the partnership.
The New Zealand cricket team, which included Kane Willaimson, Sophie Devine, captain of the New Zealand Women’s Cricket Team, Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson was welcomed to the event by Manoj Bajpayee and Sayani Gupta.