Big blow to crores of cricket fans, people of this country will not be able to watch World Cup 2023 matches for free

There are only a few hours left for the World Cup 2023 to start. Tomorrow, on October 5, the first match will be played between last time's winner England, and runner-up New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Before this, heartbreaking news is coming for crores of cricket fans of one country who took part in the tournament. Fans of this country will not be able to watch the World Cup 2023 matches for free. The SABC confirmed this and said that their deal with DStv could not be reached. Therefore its spectators will not be able to enjoy the match for free.

According to South African media, South African cricket fans who do not have DSTV will not be able to watch the World Cup 2023 matches live. The SABC has failed to reach an agreement on media rights sharing for the 2023 World Cup. Because of this, millions of people there will not be able to watch the World Cup 2023 matches for free.

In fact, something similar happened there during the Rugby World Cup 2023 last month. The national broadcaster has issued a statement saying that it has held talks with MultiChoice regarding the sub-leasing of free-to-air broadcast rights of Cricket World Cup 2023.

Now the SABC regrets to announce that the corporation has failed to secure the rights of South African viewers. The SABC once again suffered a loss in taking over the broadcast rights to the game.