India: Voot to stream Maratha Cricket League T20
June 23, 2021
Indian video streaming platform, Voot, has associated with India’s first cricket reality show, Maratha Cricket League T20, as its exclusive streaming partner.
With a goal to captivate viewers and sports enthusiasts, Maratha Cricket League T20 will bring forth the country’s most loved sport in a fresh avatar. In association with Voot, the ‘talent hunt reality show’ cricket league aims at providing a platform to the undiscovered cricketing talent across the country.
Scheduled to kick-start on August 15th with 200 participants, international coaches and 8 teams, Voot will exclusively stream the 34 matches league to strengthen its commitment towards offering fast paced and edge content to its viewers. As a unique feature, for the first time in the history of cricket across the globe, Maratha Cricket League T20 has introduced ‘Public Voting’. The grand finale is scheduled for September 5th.
Vincent John, Chief Executive Officer, Maratha Cricket League – MCLT20, Squarecut Sports, said: “I’m absolutely delighted to have Voot (Viacom 18) as our official broadcasting partner which is undoubtedly India’s leading OTT platform having largest number of active subscribers across the nation. ‘Maratha Cricket League – MCLT20’ is India’s first Cricket Reality Show designed to discover less fortunate cricketers of India and to give them a platform to tell their stories and display their cricketing talent to the world. The league represents the iconic heritage and glorious history of the Great Maratha Empire and embodies its warrior spirit. Over ten thousand such cricketers were given opportunity to display their talent out of which best 200 will feature in the Season One of MCL-T20. Through the platform of Voot, they will be able to tell their stories. We look forward to long term successful association with Voot (Viacom 18).”
Rudra Pratap Singh, Former India International Cricketer, Vice President and Vice Chairman, Maratha Cricket League – MCLT20, Squarecut Sports, added: “What attracted me most about the MCL-T20 is its unique concept to give a platform to so many less fortunate cricketers to showcase their talent and live their dream through the MCL-T20. Getting Voot as our broadcasting partner magnifies this opportunity a thousand-fold for these undiscovered talented cricketers to tell their stories to the world both on and off the field.”
Chanpreet Arora, Head- AVOD (Voot), Viacom18 Digital Ventures, said: “Sports has always caught the interest of the nation. As a platform that seeks to provide diverse content experiences, a differentiated and first of its kind sports talent hunt reality show that seeks to encourage and build cricketing talent in the country is a great way for us to connect with our users on Voot. The partnership with Maratha Cricket league as streaming partners presents MCL with the opportunity to tap into the large user base of Voot while for Voot, it allows us to drive meaningful engagement with sporting enthusiasts in the country through the unique format. This is the first of more such content innovations to come from our end at Voot.”