IPL 2024: The 17th season of the Indian Premier League has created new records in terms of viewership. The IPL 2024 season started on March 22 with the match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This match was watched live by 16.8 crore people and the viewing time was 1,276 crore minutes. The Chennai vs Bangalore match has also become the most watched opening match in the history of the Indian Premier League. These figures are enough to prove that IPL as a league is continuously improving. Learn how crowds broke new records in the first 10 matches.
Record of Corona period also broken
The viewership of the first ten matches of the current IPL season reached 355.58 million. Which is a record for the first ten matches of every season so far. Even though most of the fans were at home during the Corona period, they could not touch this figure. Talking about minutes, matches have been watched for 8028 minutes. Which is 20 percent more than last year. IPL matches are broadcast live in 10 languages. Commentary is also provided along with hints for silent rider fans. However, of the 35 crore viewers, 16.8 crore were for the first match of the season between Chennai-Bangalore, the total viewership for the remaining nine matches is 18.2.