Ind Vs NZ Semifinal: Disney+ Hotstar also made a 'record' with Virat Kohli, 5 crore people watched the match live

Posted on 16th Nov 2023 by rohit kumar

The first semi-final was played between India and New Zealand in the Cricket World Cup tournament on Wednesday. In a thrilling match, the Indian team won and secured a place in the finals.

 

During this, Virat Kohli played a memorable inning and scored the 50th century of his ODI career, with which he made the record of scoring the most centuries in One Day cricket. Crores of people watched this historic match on TV and OTT platforms. The live telecast of the match on Disney Plus Hotstar app recorded viewership records.

 

 

Record of highest concurrency

The platform shared its information, according to which the viewership of the app reached 5.3 crore during the live match. While sharing it on social media, it was written - Thanks to the fans of Team India and Disney Plus Hotstar users for breaking the record.

 

Earlier, the app had touched a new high with 5.1 crore live viewers during the match. The India-New Zealand match is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Many celebrities are also sitting in the auditorium of the stadium to watch the match. These include Thalaivas Rajinikanth, Ranbir Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Kiara Advani, Anushka Sharma, Kunal Khemu, Shahid Kapoor, Mira Kapoor and Soha Ali Khan.

 

Anushka Sharma was caught on camera giving a flying kiss to Virat after his century. Meanwhile, Mira Kapoor was seen cheering up in support of Virat by taking his name. Virat Kohli was also congratulated for his 50th century through social media. Earlier, the record of scoring most centuries in ODI was held by Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 49 centuries.

 

These viewership records were broken before this

Even before this, during the match between India and New Zealand, Disney Plus Hotstar had created a record concurrent viewership and garnered 4.30 crore viewers. This match took place on Sunday, 22 October. Earlier, the concurrent viewership record was broken during the India-Pakistan match, when the platform got 3.50 crore viewers.

 

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