Australia is the first opponent in their home series as the New Home of Indian Cricket for Viacom18.

on September 13, 2023, in Mumbai: Viacom18 has revealed its plans for the three-ODI series between India and Australia starting September 22 after acquiring exclusive media rights for BCCI International and Domestic Matches.

On JioCinema, the first international series in the rights cycle will be freely available in 11 different languages. The series will be broadcast live on the following channels: Colours Tamil (Tamil), Colours Bangla Cinema (Bengali), Colours Kannada Cinema (Kannada), Colours Cineplex Superhits (Hindi), Sports18 – 1 SD, and Sports18 – 1 HD (English) on linear/offline TV.

For both teams, the series is crucial since they both want to build momentum before the 50-over World Cup. The expert panel for the series across languages will include Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Aakash Chopra, Nikhil Chopra, Amit Mishra, Anirudha Srikkanth, Abhinav Mukund, Hanuma Vihari, Venkatpathy Raju, Sarandeep Singh, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Rahul Sharma, VRV Singh, Kiran More, Sheldon Jackson, Bhargav Bhatt, Jatin Paranjpe, Shreevats Goswami, VA Jagadeesh among others.

In a never-before-seen presentation, JioCinema will give viewers their preferred sport for free when the IPL 2023 shatters all records and achieves unparalleled levels of engagement, viewership, and concurrency. The limited-overs action will be available in the following languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.

With that duty, we will continue to bring about the paradigm shift in how sports are consumed, according to Viacom18 – Sports CEO Anil Jayaraj. “The 3-match ODI series between India and Australia will give viewers a peek into unquestionably the new home of Indian cricket,” he added. “We constantly strive to provide fans with what they want in never-before-seen ways, and digital allows us to continuously push the envelope. When combined with linear/offline TV, we will deliver BCCI events on an unmatched scale.”

The series will be streamed live in 4K on JioCinema, and viewers will have the option to participate in the well-known predict and win fan engagement contest Jeeto Dhan Dhana Dhan. Jeeto Dhan Dhana Dhan, which was originally introduced during the 2023 TATA IPL, was a smashing success, with tens of thousands of participants winning thrilling rewards, including over 60 contestants driving away in a high-end hatchback. The competition also produced moving tales of how winning the car transformed people’s lives in India’s rural regions.

Series of one-day internationals between Australia and India