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India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final played on 9 March.
The 2025 season of the Champions Trophy has broken several records of broadcasting. This is the most viewed season in the history of the tournament. The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the viewership of this tournament held in Pakistan on Wednesday.
The world coverage of the tournament from 19 February to 9 March watched 368 billion global minutes, 19% higher than the previous tournament held in England and Wales in 2017. Not only this, it also achieved 308 million global viewing minutes per over, which is the highest ever for any ICC event.
52.1% more viewed from last season The India-New Zealand final in Dubai became the most viewed Champions Trophy match with 65.3 billion live viewing minutes, which broke the record set during the 2017 finals by 52.1 percent.
The exciting final live watch time is third in the world’s most viewed ICC matches in terms of the world. The match in India is also the third most watched ICC match, which is behind the final between India vs New Zealand semi-finals and India-Australia in the ODI World Cup 2023.
Indian team with Champions Trophy.
The most seen Champions Trophy in Australia The tournament was also the most viewed Champions Trophy in Australia so far, with an increase of 65% in the total hours of viewing in 2017. Despite falling behind in the attempt to win the Champions Trophy of hosts Pakistan, the number of spectators in Pakistan was 24% higher than the 2017 season. While Pakistan became the champion in 2017.
ICC Chairman Jai Shah said- ‘These numbers reflect the growing global appeal of the game and the strength of our partnership. It is also encouraging to see the growth of audience in markets like Australia. Where the Amazon Prime Video increased the number of viewers by 65% as compared to the 2017 season.
