Star Sports to telecast Women’s Asia Cup live

Women’s Asia Cup-2022 to be held in Sylhet will be telecast live on Star Sports. As per the agreement with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), the Indian channel will broadcast the games of the tournament.

Apart from this, no matches will be telecast on any local TV channel. Whether it will be broadcast on any online platform or not is not final yet.

Star Disney has bought the TV rights for the tournament under the ACC from 2016 to 2023. Accordingly, the TV rights of Men’s Asia Cup, Women’s Asia Cup, Emerging Asia Cup and U-19 Asia Cup are secured by Star Sports.

Women’s Asia Cup media manager Mostafa Faridul Islam confirmed the matter to risingbd. He said, “Star Sports will telecast the tournament as the TV rights holder. So far the issue of watching games on any online platform has not been finalised.

The eighth edition of the Women’s Asia Cup will be held from October 1. All the matches of the tournament will be held in Sylhet.

Nine out of 24 matches will be played at Outer Cricket Stadium in Sylhet. The remaining 15 matches will be held at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Seven teams will face each other in T20 format in league system. The final match will be held on October 15.