Mumbai: India’s public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) Network will be telecasting the limited-overs edition of the India tour of the West Indies on multiple languages and seven different channels.
This bouquet of channels includes all the platforms of DD National and DD Sports.
DD Sports will be telecasting the series with commentary in English and Hindi, and DD National will have commentary in Hindi and Bhojpuri.
DD Podhigai will telecast the series with Tamil commentary; DD Saptagiri and DD Yadagiri with Telugu commentary; DD Bangla with Bengali commentary; and DD Chandana with Kannada commentary.
The ODI series will start on July 27, followed by the T20I series on August 3.
The T20I series will also see young guns like Tilak Varma and Yashasvi Jaiswal make their series debuts.
All the matches will start at either 7 pm or 8 pm to suit Indian audiences.
This move by DD will give the matches unprecedented reach and availability across all households with a television, making it the most extensive coverage on free-to-air TV.
Speaking about it, Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO, Prasar Bharati, said, "Cricket is loved across the country, and we are delighted that through our large free-to-air network, we will be able to bring the action LIVE to each and every household in their preferred language. With the addition of DD National, which is the oldest and most widely available television channel in India, I am confident to say that this is the maximum reach & distribution for any bilateral Indian cricket match in recent memory."
The channels that will be telecasting the matches are in the following languages:
DD National - Hindi & Bhojpuri language commentary
DD Sports - English and Hindi language commentary
DD Podhigai - Tamil language commentary
DD Chandana - Kannada language commentary
DD Saptagiri - Telugu language commentary
DD Yadagiri - Telugu language commentary
DD Bangla - Bangla language commentary. (UNI)
