Prasar Bharati has announced that Doordarshan will telecast the T20 World Cup being held in the West Indies and USA, starting June 2 on the DD’s free dish platform. Doordarshan will follow up the high-profile coverage of the T20 World Cup with a lineup of telecasts of several major global international sporting events.
This includes Live/ deferred live and highlights of :
• The Paris Olympics Games 2024 (26th July-11th August 2024);
• Paris Paralympic Games (28th August- 8th September 2024);
• International Cricket Series between India Vs Zimbabwe (6th July -1th July 2024);
• India Vs Sri Lanka (27th July -7th August 2024);
• Ladies and Men’s finals of the French Open 2024 (8th & 9th June 2024);
• Wimbledon 2024 (13th & 14th July 2024).
The channel also launched a special anthem ‘Jazba’ for the T20 World Cup sung by Sukhwinder Singh, and a promo for the gala T20 event narrated in the voice of the famous storyteller Neelesh Misra.