Sony Sports activities Community has bagged the tv rights for India’s three-match T20I sequence towards Afghanistan. The ITW Universe, which held the worldwide rights of the matches, have allotted the property to Sony after deliberations with different gamers within the area: JioStar and Zee Unite8.
A high official of the ITW Universe confirmed to Cricbuzz of the choice. The digital rights of the matches are with FanCode.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is the host of the three matches to be performed at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on September 13, 15 and 17. The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formally authorised the schedule.
Request to regulate the schedule
In the meantime, requests have gone to Naseeb Khan, the CEO of Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), to regulate the video games in order that one match will be performed on September 14, the day of Ganesh Chaturthi. Cricbuzz had reported about this on August 11.
“As a media rights and manufacturing associate deeply invested within the success of this sequence, ITW Universe respectfully requests the ACB to contemplate a modest however significant adjustment to the present schedule in order that one of many three matches falls on Monday, 14 September 2026 — Ganesh Chaturthi,” ITW founder Bhairav Shanth stated in a letter to ACB CEO Naseeb Khan.
He has stated ITW’s most popular days of the matches are Friday (September 11), Sunday (September 13) and Monday (September 14 – Ganesh Chaturthi). The choice dates, he stated, are September 13, September 14, and both September 16 or 17 September. “Each choices protect a decent three-match window and require solely a modest shift from the at present confirmed dates,” he wrote in his letter.
“Ganesh Chaturthi is among the most generally noticed and emotionally vital festivals in India — a day of recent beginnings, devotion and collective celebration. By providing to stage a match on this date, the Afghanistan Cricket Board could be making a considerate and gracious gesture that goes past the enjoying area.
“It will exhibit respect for Indian tradition and the emotions of Indian cricket lovers, and reinforce the spirit of goodwill that underpins the BCCI–ACB relationship,” Shanth additional stated.
