The high-stakes encounter, which India won by 88 runs at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, drew record-breaking viewership \u2013 it had a reach of 28.4 million and 1.87 billion minutes consumed, making it the most-watched women\u2019s international cricket match of all time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In terms of television viewership, the India-Pakistan match has become the highest-rated league stage match in the ICC Women\u2019s ODI World Cup history. The India-Australia match on October 12 in Visakhapatnam recorded 4.8 million peak concurrent viewers on JioHotstar, which is also another all-time high for women\u2019s cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe first 11 matches, including India\u2019s matches against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa delivered a reach of 72 million, marking a 166 percent increase from the previous edition. Viewing minutes surged 327 percent to 6.3 billion, underscoring the growing emotional investment of fans.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe first 13 matches of the tournament have already reached over 60 million viewers, a five-fold increase over the 2022 edition, while total watch-time has hit 7 billion minutes, up 12 times from the previous tournament,\u201d further said the ICC in its statement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe first 11 matches, including India\u2019s matches against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa delivered a reach of 72 million, marking a 166 percent increase from the previous edition. Viewing minutes surged 327 percent to 6.3 billion, underscoring the growing emotional investment of fans.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hosts India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, are occupying the fourth spot in the points table with four points from as many games. They need to win their remaining league games against England, New Zealand and Bangladesh to keep themselves in the race for entering the semi-finals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n