Indo-Pak ICC Champions Trophy Match Hits 60 Crore Views

The India-Pakistan game of the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday had 60.2 crore views on JioHotstar, the merged streaming app of JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar.

While 'viewers' counts the total number of people who watched a content, however many times they tuned in or out, 'views' denoted the aggregate of times the content was viewed, including repeated viewing by the same individual.

Conversely, Disney+ Hotstar, which was the official broadcaster, had shown total simultaneous viewership data on its site during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 and the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 matches.

The 2023 World Cup India vs Pakistan match had a 3.5 crore peak concurrency of viewers on Disney+ Hotstar, and the same high stakes match in the 2024

T20 World Cup had 5.3 crore concurrent viewers. For the Asia Cup, however, the peak concurrency for the India vs Pakistan match was at 2.8 crore viewers.

The data regarding the number of unique viewers for the ongoing Champions Trophy has not been made available yet.

During yesterday's match, the excitement reached new heights as Virat Kohli led his team to victory while chasing a target of 241 runs. His match-winning shot not only sealed the win but also marked his 51st ODI century, keeping fans on the edge of their seats until the very end.

The excitement began immediately, with Mohammed Shami's opening over causing views to spike to 6.8 crore. By the final over of Pakistan's innings, the count had risen to 32.1 crore, reaching 32.2 crore during the innings break.

India's run chase initially surged to 33.8 crore views, then held steady at 36.2 crore for an extended period, before soaring as the team neared victory.

The match was broadcast live on the linear channels of JioStar, the new joint venture created after the merger of Viacom18 and Star India. However, TV viewership numbers are not available.