After changing venues twice in a row, the T20 World Cup 2021 finally started on October 17, 2021, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The seventh edition of the 20-over cricket World Cup will run until November 14, 2021. The UAE and Oman are co-hosting the tournament of 45 matches of 16 countries. As always, some media in Bangladesh have allowed the viewers to watch the sports live. Let’s see where to enjoy the T20 World Cup 2021 matches live from Bangladesh.
T20 World Cup 2021 at a glance
Four stadiums have been determined for T20 matches and they are Al Emirates Cricket Stadium, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Cricket Stadium, and Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium.
The entire tournament includes Selection and Super 12 rounds. In the selection round, 8 teams will be equally distributed into two groups where they will compete against each other. According to the T20 ranking, the four qualified countries will join the top eight countries who are already in the Super 12.
Apart from Bangladesh, Oman, Sri Lanka, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, and Namibia are in the qualifying round.
West Indies, India, England, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Afghanistan are already enlisted in the Super 12.
T20 World Cup 2021 live streaming
Broadcast media
In addition to Bangladesh Television (BTV), two private TV channels in Bangladesh will broadcast the T20 matches live. Those channels are Gazi Television (GTV) and T Sports.
The first-round matches will be held twice a day from 17 October to 23 October 2021, which will be shown live at 4 pm and 8 pm Bangladesh time. The splendid contests of the Super 12 rounds will be shown from October 24 to November 8, 2021. One match will be played on October 25, October 28, November 1, and November 8. Those will be broadcast live at 8 pm Bangladesh time.
After the two semi-final matches on November 10 and 11, the final will be held on November 14 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Bangladeshi people will be able to watch these three matches live at 8 pm.
T20 Cup live watch
Live streaming channels of T20 World Cup 2021
Digital media
Launched in 2017, Rabbithole, the sports OTT platform of Bangladesh, has got the right to broadcast all the matches of the T20 World Cup 2021. In other words, the subscribers of Rabbithole are getting the opportunity of live streaming the matches of this year’s T20 World Cup.
Apart from the website and mobile app, they have also arranged to watch the matches live on Bioscope, an OTT platform, and MyGP app, a one-stop service of Grameenphone. In this regard, Rabbithole has recently signed an agreement with Grameen Phone. Subscribers will be able to enjoy exciting cricket matches by purchasing certain internet data and making bKash payments.
In addition to these, subscribers can watch the matches through several mobile apps including Toffee, Hotflix, Binge, My Sports, and Game-On.
In a nutshell
Due to the epidemic Covid-19, the arrangement of the T20 World Cup 2021 tournament was going through a lot of risks. After the matches were finally played on the field, the worries of the world came to an end. Ranging from the sports gallery to the household living rooms, the fans are rejoicing in full swing to enjoy the long-awaited T20 world matches. Every cricket fan is engaged in the same discussion, will the traditional top-order team win the championship this time, or will an underdog team come up with a surprise?
Source: United News of Bangladesh