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India has created a record after 20 years by defeating New Zealand in an ICC tournament. Rohit Sharma created many records with his powerful batting. Similarly, Virat Kohli also made some records by playing an innings of 95 runs. Disney Plus Hotstar also created a global record during this time. So far, no international cricket match has recorded as many spectators as the India vs New Zealand World Cup 2023 match. All this happened with double excitement.
In fact, the Indian team had to score 49 runs in the last 10 overs to win. Virat Kohli was batting after scoring 71 runs. In such a scenario, there was double excitement whether Virat Kohli would be able to complete his second consecutive century and whether Team India would beat New Zealand for the first time in 20 years. In such a situation, people were watching live streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar. There was a time when the concurrent viewership on Hotstar was 4.3 crore (43 million).
Until now, GeoCinema held the record for the highest peak concurrent viewership in the history of international cricket or league cricket. In the final of IPL 2023 Chennai Super Kings During the Vs Gujarat Titans match, 3.5 crore (35 million) people watched the match live digitally simultaneously. At the same time, this record of only 35 million on Hotstar happened during the India-Pakistan match of this World Cup, but there was less enthusiasm.
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Apart from this Asia Cup 2023 Hotstar also set a new record during the India vs Pakistan match in 2017, when the combined viewership was 2.8 crores i.e. 28 million. However, all these records were now broken during the match played amidst the mountains in Dharamshala on October 22, as the crowd was eager to witness Virat Kohli’s century and Team India’s victory. Virat may not have scored a century, but Team India got the win they needed.