◉ CricHD Guide
Independent editorial — official broadcasters only

Editorial

About CricHD Guide

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CricHD Guide is an independent editorial reference site for legal cricket broadcasting in India and Pakistan. The site exists to redirect search demand for the long-running unauthorised “CricHD” streaming brand toward licensed broadcasters — Star Sports, JioHotstar, Sony Sports Ten and DD Sports in India; PTV Sports, A Sports, Tapmad TV, ARY Sports and Geo Super in Pakistan.

Editorial mission

We publish:

  • Fixture windows for major cricket series (IPL, PSL, India and Pakistan tours, ICC events).
  • The licensed broadcaster carrying each series in India, Pakistan and the major diaspora markets.
  • Subscription tier and pricing comparisons across licensed platforms.
  • Free-to-air carry information where it exists (DD Sports in India, PTV Sports in Pakistan).
  • Editorial context on the rights market and brand history.

We never publish:

  • Links, iframes or embeds to unauthorised streams.
  • Instructions on circumventing geo-blocks, PEMRA blackouts or rights-holder DRM.
  • Affiliate links or paid placements (this is editorial, not commercial referral).

Methodology

Broadcaster assignments are cross-checked against official rights-holder publications: BCCI media releases for India home tours, PCB releases for PSL and Pakistan tours, ICC media notes for global events, and platform-level confirmation from Star Sports, JioHotstar, Sony Sports, PTV Sports, A Sports and Tapmad TV. Subscription pricing is pulled from each platform’s public consumer pages and updated on price changes.

Fixture data is sourced from official tournament publications and reconciled against the home-board calendar (BCCI for India, PCB for Pakistan, CA for Australia, ECB for England).

Dual-region scope

CricHD Guide treats India and Pakistan as co-primary markets, not one-with-an-add-on-section. The historic CricHD brand served both demand pools equally; our editorial scope mirrors that. The EN-IN homepage leads with IPL and India tours; the EN-PK section (at /pk/) leads with PSL and Pakistan tours. The schedule data is shared because the fixtures themselves are factual; the legal-status framing differs by country because the broadcaster splits genuinely differ.

Contact

All copyright queries receive a response within 48 working hours under the relevant national framework — DPDPA 2023 in India, PECA 2016 in Pakistan.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I watch IPL 2026 legally in India?
Star Sports holds the IPL 2026 television rights in India, with JioHotstar carrying the digital stream. The combined Disney–Reliance JV unified IPL distribution from the 2024 season onwards, so a single JioHotstar subscription covers mobile, smart-TV and connected-device streaming. Star Sports broadcasts the linear feed across Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali language tracks.
Why is the IPL blacked out in Pakistan?
PEMRA (the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority) maintains a long-standing blackout on IPL broadcasts following bilateral tensions. No licensed Pakistani channel carries IPL — viewers inside Pakistan can only watch via licensed platforms in other markets (which generally requires a paid subscription in that market). CricHD Guide does not advise on circumventing the blackout; we list the legal carriers for completeness.
Who broadcasts India tours and Test cricket in India?
India home tours (Test, ODI, T20I) are on the BCCI broadcast contract held by Star Sports + JioHotstar through 2027/28. DD Sports retains free-to-air rights for selected men’s senior India home matches under government FTA mandates, which means a slice of every India home series remains accessible on linear TV without a subscription.
What is CricHD Guide and is it the same as crichd.top?
CricHD Guide is an independent editorial reference site — we are not affiliated with crichd.top, crichd.is or any of the proxy domains historically associated with the CricHD brand. Those unauthorised streaming sites have rotated domains for years and remain a target of rights-holder takedown action. This site exists to redirect search demand for the brand toward the licensed Indian and Pakistani broadcasters that hold cricket rights legitimately. Copyright queries: [email protected].