MUMBAI: Star Sports has inked a deal with Cricket Canada to telecast the Global T20 Canada League in India, a source close to the development told Indiantelevision.com. The network will broadcast the matches on Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 HD. Fans can also tune in to the action on Star India’s OTT Hotstar.
The Global T20 Cricket League, which kick starts on Thursday, will be aired in Canada on Asian Television Network (ATN).
Global T20 Canada has also announced TV deals in other countries like the UK (FreeSports), Australia (Fox Sports), Pakistan (Geo Sports), Middle East (Orbit Showtime Network), Bangladesh (Ghazi TV) and the Caribbean (Sportsmax).
The 22-match tournament opens with the Toronto Nationals taking on the Vancouver Knights and runs through July 15.
Toronto and Vancouver will be joined by the Winnipeg Hawks, Edmonton Royals, Montreal Tigers and a Cricket West Indies B team. All matches will be played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ont., just north of Toronto.
The Global T20 Canada is the brainchild of the Mercuri Group, an India-based media company whose affiliate Mercuri Canada has signed a 25-year deal with Cricket Canada.
The tournament has drawn 96 players from some 20 countries including Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Shahid Afridi, Daren Sammy, Lasith Malinga, Steve Smith, Sunil Narine, David Miller and Dwayne Bravo.
In an official statement Global T20 Canada website, the league’s chairman Gurmeet Singh said, “The schedule reveal is another symbolic step towards bringing the excitement and spectacle of pro Twenty20 cricket to Canada, and making cricket and Canadian sport history. With the calibre of talent coming to Canada, fans will see top international stars in every match from the opener through to the final.”
Former Australian skipper Smith, along with vice-captain David Warner, made headlines recently for their role in a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. They were given 12-month bans by Cricket Australia but are allowed to play abroad.
Smith will play for Toronto while Warner was drafted by Winnipeg.
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