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Sky criticised for IPL broadcasting mix-up

by Wisden Staff 1 minute read

Sky Sports have been criticised by a number of their customers after their post-match coverage of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) victory over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) overran, preventing subscribers from watching the opening stages of Sunday’s second fixture between Delhi Capitals (DC) and Punjab Kings (PBKS).

Sky‘s dedicated cricket channel Sky Sports Cricket continued to broadcast coverage of RCB’s post-match interviews with Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers despite the second match already having started.

It wasn’t until the game’s third over – 11 minutes after the scheduled start – that Sky began showing the Delhi-Punjab contest. A number of Sky subscribers voiced their discontent over the mishap online.

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According to Sky‘s website, a package that includes Sky Sports Cricket costs £44 a month.

Wisden.com reached out to Sky for comment but at the time of writing are yet to receive a response.

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