'To mein apna yearly subscription cancel kardun?' - Fans puzzled as Asia Cup, ODI World Cup 2023 to be live-streamed for free of cost

In the next few months, the fans will be entertained as Asia Cup 2023 and ODI World Cup 2023 will take place. The continental tournament will start on August 30 while the showpiece event will commence on October 5. The Asian tournament is only eight days away from its start. It will be played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka as India expressed its inability to travel to Pakistan.

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Meanwhile, ahead of the tournament, the broadcaster has announced that the live streaming of both tournaments is free for the fans. For the unversed, the fans have to pay for a yearly subscription to the online streaming platform in question. The platform in question provides two kinds of subscriptions, one that is only accessible on Android and one on Android and laptops, PCs, etc.

Asia Cup 2023 schedule

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Irrespective of their positions after the first round
– Pakistan will remain A1; India will remain A2.
– If either of them (India or Pakistan) doesn’t qualify, Nepal will take their position.
– Sri Lanka will remain B1; Bangladesh will remain B2.
– If either of them (Sri Lanka or Bangladesh) don’t qualify, then Afghanistan will take their position

Sri Lanka will be the defending champions, having won it last year. India and Sri Lanka are the most successful teams in the history of the tournament. On the other hand, the likes of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have announced their squads for the tournament.

This is how Twitter reacted

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To mein apna yearly subscription cancel kardun?

— Anubhav shahi 48 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@anni_sun_naa) August 22, 2023

All credit goes to Mukesh Ambani. 🔥🔥
Thank you 🙏❤️

— 🤡 (@HrithiksAvenger) August 21, 2023

Mukesh Ambani to hot star pic.twitter.com/fY1kl2Iw5p

— Peaky Balvinder (@peaky_balvinder) August 21, 2023

Systum mei rehna padega pic.twitter.com/88Vy7Y7byj

— Abhishek (@be_mewadi) August 21, 2023

12M Subscribers Lost will be Recovered
Good move by Hotstar

— Pandu Raj (@CSKianPanduRaj) August 21, 2023

Jio cinema creating the same price war that Jio Mobile did. It will inevitably lead to competition either merging, consolidating, or perishing.

I wish there was a paid stream too with fewer ads that viewers could choose, but looks like free cricket streaming is the way forward.

— cricBC (@cricBC) August 22, 2023

Insaniyat pic.twitter.com/EbsM85tUQq

— memes_hallabol (@memes_hallabol) August 21, 2023

Mota bhai sabko free ka chaska laga rahe 🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/rYFHse5Ych

— 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢🥂 (@Oyye_Senpai) August 21, 2023

Jio cinema ne free kar rakha hai to inhe free karna pada hai warna ye kabhi nahi karte

— Shankar Raika (@ShankarRaika51) August 21, 2023

Hmm log tho link se dekhege

— SUPRVIRAT (@kohlidrift) August 21, 2023

Mukesh Ambani setting the trend once again and others following suit.

— Zucker Doctor (@DoctorLFC) August 21, 2023

Jio ne sab ko free krne par majboor kar diya

— Pawan Shukla (@Shukla8175) August 21, 2023

Jio - IPL free
Hotstar - Asia Cup/World cup free

— Nikhil Prashar 🇮🇳 (@Cjsan420nikhil1) August 21, 2023