Cricket match prediction discussions

[virasog]

Last T20 World Cup was a disaster. And not just because of the time zone. The tournament was scheduled during rainy season, and a number of matches (including those involving the Indian team) were washed out. A few more matches were impacted and overs were cut short. The broadcasters were pissed off, but the ICC just ignored their concerns. For the next cycle (2028-31), I am not expecting a repeat of the $3.04 billion deal that they got for the current cycle. They would be lucky if they get $2 billion.

I agree with the observations you mentioned about T20 world cup but what makes you think that in the next world cup it will be hard to get  a deal of 2$ billion ? The next ICC T20 World Cup will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka and I don't think India will settle for any less budget. Or are you suggesting that we had the budget of $3 billion only because it was held in the first world country, the United States of America  

[Sithara007]

I agree with the observations you mentioned about T20 world cup but what makes you think that in the next world cup it will be hard to get  a deal of 2$ billion ? The next ICC T20 World Cup will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka and I don't think India will settle for any less budget. Or are you suggesting that we had the budget of $3 billion only because it was held in the first world country, the United States of America  

Disney Star won media rights for 2024-27 cycle, and they paid a total of $3.04 billion. And so far, it is turning out to be a loss making exercise for them. First of all, the deal between Disney Star and Zee fell apart. Zee was supposed to pay $1.4 billion to Disney for TV rights, but they backed off from that deal. So the entire deal had to be managed by Disney. And they made a loss in the first year, as the ICC was not very supportive. Given this, there is a good chance that they will not bid for 2028-31.