Doordarshan to telecast T20 World Cup matches

New Delhi: Prasar Bharati has announced that it will telecast the T20 World Cup being organised in West Indies and USA starting June 2 on DD Free Dish platform. 

Doordarshan will follow up the coverage of T20 World Cup with a line up of a number of global international sporting events. 

This includes Live/ deferred live and highlights of the Paris Olympics Games 2024(July 26-August 11, 2024), Paris Paralympic Games (August 28- September 8, 2024), International Cricket Series between India Vs Zimbabwe (July 6-July 11, 2024) and India Vs Sri Lanka (July 27 -August 7, 2024) and Ladies and Men’s finals of the French Open 2024 (June 8-9, 2024) and Wimbledon 2024 (July 13-14, 2024).

The announcement was made by CEO Prasar Bharati, Gaurav Dwivedi during an interaction with the media in New Delhi. 

During the interaction, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Sanjay Jaju along with Chairman, Prasar Bharati, Navneet Kumar Sehgal; CEO, Prasar Bharati, Dwivedi and DG, Doordarshan, Kanchan Prasad, launched a special anthem ‘Jazba’ for the T20 World Cup sung by Sukhwinder Singh. 

The Secretary also launched a promo of the gala T20 event narrated in the voice of the story teller Neelesh Misra.

Doordarshan has reached an understanding with global sports bodies like NBA and PGTA for showcasing their content on DD Sports. 

Dwivedi also informed the gathering about the arrangements made by both Doordarshan and All India Radio for the counting process on Tuesday.