The deal includes New Zealand’s upcoming tour of India across October and November. (Sameera Peiris/Getty Images)

Sky New Zealand, the country’s pay-TV heavyweight, has announced the four-year renewal of its broadcast partnership with Indian cricket’s BCCI governing body.

The deal, which will run through to 2028, covers all Indian men’s national team cricket matches taking place at home across the span of the contract.

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This will include New Zealand’s upcoming tour of India, which will consist of three test matches taking place from October 16 through November 5 this year.

Beyond tests, Twenty20 format matches and one-day internationals are also included in the deal, amounting to 72 fixtures in all through 2028.

The deal will be inaugurated on September 19 with the beginning of Bangladesh’s tour of India, which will run through October 13.

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Following New Zealand’s tour of the country, the BCCI’s home international schedule for the 2024-25 period will close out with England’s tour of the country from January 23-February 12, 2025.

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Speaking on the deal, Sky New Zealand chief content and commercial officer Jonny Errington stated: “We know how much our customers value cricket, and in particular the caliber of the international cricket played in India, so it is pleasing to confirm coverage of these matches, alongside our broader cricket line up.”

Sky NZ holds a host of cricket rights in the country, most prominently including the rights to major events organized by the sport’s International Cricket Council (ICC) global governing body through 2028.

Renewed in May, that deal covers 16 ICC events (having started with the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup earlier this year), and will run through the 2028 edition of that same competition, which New Zealand will co-host with India.

Domestic New Zealand Cricket rights, meanwhile, are held exclusively by TVNZ, through a three-year deal unveiled in late 2022.