Disney Star, the official broadcaster of the Indian Premier League 2024, has kicked off the spectacular tournament with a record-breaking Opening Day. Let us tell you that on the first day of the Indian Premier League 2024, 16.8 crore viewers watched the telecast of this fantastic tournament in which a watch time of 1276 crore minutes was recorded. This is the highest watch time ever for the opening day of any IPL season.

For the first time, 8 out of 10 captains were shown on the opening day of IPL 2024 on Disney Star Network, which also shows that this time the challenge is going to be very high for everyone. Let us tell you, the Indian Premier League 2024 started from March 22 and the first match of this important tournament was played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Star Sports spokesperson said, ‘This is truly a historic achievement and without the love of all the fans we would not have been able to make this record. We would also like to thank the Board of Control for Cricket in India, without whose support we would not have been able to achieve this feat. The Indian Premier League is a very good tournament and Star Sports will continue to win the hearts of many fans like this.

Many great matches have been played so far in the Indian Premier League 2024.

Many legends and players of the World Cup winning team participated in the opening day of the Indian Premier League 2024. Navjot Singh Sidhu also returned to the commentary panel. Not only this, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth also won hearts by giving tremendous commentary. Steve Smith and Stuart Broad also made their debut. Kevin Pietersen, Matthew Hayden, Brian Lara, Dale Steyn have also been seen playing important roles in Tata IPL 2024 so far.

In comparison, Jio Cinema on digital saw 11.3 crore viewers on the first day of the Indian Premier League. The streamer claimed that they recorded a jump of 51% on the first day of IPL 2024. A total of 660 crore minutes were watched on JioCinema on the first day, the company said in a statement. Star Sports also launched IPL in 4K with Atmos Sound on the leading DTH platform for an immersive audio experience.