Is Disney+ Hotstar Following Jio's Footsteps? Rumours Suggest Streamer Might Offer Free Streaming Of ICC Cricket World Cup Matches

The latest buzz around the rumour mill is that the marquee cricket tournaments- Asia Cup 2023 as well as the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, could be made available as free-to-stream to all mobile phone users by Disney+Hostar. Making the Asia Cup and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup available to a wider audience, we believe, will help us grow the overall eco-system,” uncorroborated media reports quoted Sajith Sivanandan, Head, Disney+ Hotstar as saying..@DisneyPlusHS announced that the Asia Cup & ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup tournaments being held later this year, will be made available as free-to-view to all mobile phone users accessing Disney+ Hotstar! They now want to generate buzz in order to recoup lost… pic.twitter.com/G2W6wL4wa3 — Vipin Tiwari June 9, 2023 Jio Cinema magic : Disney+ Hotstar has announced that the Asia Cup and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup tournaments being held later this year, will be made available as free-to-view to all mobile phone users accessing Disney+ Hotstar#AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/Fcsuq3mr6E — Vipin Tiwari June 9, 2023 Meanwhile, while the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup later this year is scheduled to be played in India in October-November which will be preceded by the Asia Cup 2023, there is still no clarity on where the continental tournament be played this year. In case, only one country gets to host Asia Cup, Sri Lanka has emerged as a clear favourite among the Asian Cricket Council nations.