Why you searched for “CricHD”
CricHD has been one of the most-searched unauthorised cricket streaming brands for over a decade — the domain rotation (crichd.top, crichd.is, plus a long tail of mirrors and proxies) made it the default landing place for cricket viewers in both India and Pakistan who wanted to skip subscriptions. That model is on borrowed time. Rights-holder enforcement, ISP-level blocks, and the consolidation of legal streaming (JioHotstar in India, Tapmad TV in Pakistan) have made the legal route both simpler and cheaper than it used to be.
This page maps the major series that the CricHD brand was best known for — IPL, PSL, India tours, Pakistan tours, ICC events — to the licensed platform that carries each one inside India and Pakistan.
Cricket schedule — legal broadcasters by country
Bilateral India + Pakistan rights split, with UK and Australia for the diaspora. Tour windows shift; confirm kick-off against the rights-holder app on match day.
| Series | Format | Window | Teams | India (legal) | Pakistan (legal) | UK (legal) | Australia (legal) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Champions Trophy 2026 | ODI | Feb 2026 | 8 nations (TBC host: Pakistan) | Star Sports / JioHotstar | PTV Sports / Tapmad TV | Sky Sports Cricket | Fox Cricket / Kayo Sports |
| IPL 2026 | T20 league | Mar–May 2026 | 10 franchises | Star Sports + JioHotstar | Not licensed (PEMRA blackout) | Sky Sports Cricket | Fox Cricket |
| PSL 2026 | T20 league | Apr–May 2026 | 6 franchises | Sony Sports (subject to confirmation) | PTV Sports / Tapmad TV / A Sports | Sky Sports / Willow TV | TBC |
| England tour of India | Tests + ODIs + T20Is | Jan–Feb 2026 | India vs England | Star Sports + JioHotstar | PTV / Ten Sports | Sky Sports Cricket / TNT Sports | Fox Cricket |
| Australia vs India ODI series | ODI | Oct–Nov 2026 (tentative) | India vs Australia | Sony Sports / JioHotstar | Ten Sports | Sky Sports Cricket | Fox Cricket / Channel 7 |
| ICC T20 World Cup 2026 | T20 World Cup | Feb–Mar 2026 (India + Sri Lanka hosts) | 20 nations | Star Sports + JioHotstar + DD Sports (selected) | PTV / A Sports | Sky Sports Cricket | Fox Cricket / Channel 7 |
| BBL 2025/26 finals | T20 league knockout | Feb 2026 | Top-5 BBL | Sony Sports | Sony Sports (selected) | BT Sport / TNT Sports | Channel 7 + Fox Cricket |
| The Hundred 2026 | 100-ball league | Aug 2026 | 8 franchises | Sony Sports (TBC) | TBC | Sky Sports + BBC (selected) | Fox Cricket (TBC) |
| CPL 2026 | T20 league | Aug–Sep 2026 | 6 franchises | FanCode / Star Sports | Tapmad TV | Sky Sports / FanCode | Kayo Sports |
| ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 | T20 World Cup (Women) | Jun 2026 (England host) | 10 nations | Star Sports / JioHotstar | PTV | Sky Sports + BBC | Fox Cricket |
| Asia Cup 2026 | T20 / ODI (TBC) | Sep 2026 | 6 nations | Star Sports / JioHotstar | PTV / A Sports | Sky Sports | Fox Cricket |
| WTC 2025–27 cycle: India tests | Test | Through Jun 2027 | India + opponents | Star Sports + JioHotstar | Ten Sports | Sky Sports Cricket | Fox Cricket |
| Sri Lanka tour of Australia | ODI + T20I | Feb 2026 | Sri Lanka vs Australia | FanCode | Tapmad TV | Sky Sports (selected) | Fox Cricket / Channel 7 |
| Pakistan vs Bangladesh ODI series | ODI | Apr 2026 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Ten Sports | PTV Sports / A Sports | Sky Sports (selected) | TBC |
| Pakistan tour of England | Tests + ODIs + T20Is | Jul–Aug 2026 | Pakistan vs England | Sony Sports | PTV Sports / A Sports | Sky Sports Cricket | Fox Cricket (selected) |
CricHD Guide is editorial only — we do not host, embed or link to unauthorised streams. Match access is via the licensed broadcaster apps listed above.
Cricket broadcasters by country
| Series CricHD was searched for | Legal carrier in India | Legal carrier in Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| IPL | Star Sports + JioHotstar | Not licensed (PEMRA blackout) |
| PSL | Sony Sports (TBC) | PTV Sports + A Sports + Tapmad TV |
| ICC Champions Trophy 2026 | Star Sports + JioHotstar | PTV Sports + Tapmad TV |
| ICC T20 World Cup 2026 | Star Sports + JioHotstar + DD Sports (selected) | PTV / A Sports |
| England tour of India | Star Sports + JioHotstar | PTV / Ten Sports |
| Pakistan tour of England | Sony Sports | PTV Sports + A Sports |
| Australia vs India | Sony Sports / JioHotstar | Ten Sports |
| BBL finals | Sony Sports | Sony Sports (selected) |
CricHD domain history
The brand has cycled through dozens of domains. The pattern is the same each time: a .tv, .top, .is, .live or .online TLD goes up, captures search traffic for “crichd live” or “crichd ipl psl” for a few weeks or months, then disappears under takedown pressure and reappears at the next mirror. Rights-holders (BCCI, PCB and the ICC) have all pursued enforcement actions; ISP-level blocks in both India and Pakistan have hit some variants, though the cat-and-mouse cycle continues.
The most-cited variants over the years: crichd.top, crichd.is, crichd.tv, crichd.cc, crichd.online, plus a long tail of subdomain prefixes (watch, live, mobile).
What about smartcric?
Smartcric is the second-most-searched unauthorised cricket-streaming brand alongside CricHD. The two operate independently but serve overlapping audiences. We run a separate editorial site for that brand at smartcric.video with the same editorial premise: legal alternatives, not unauthorised streams.
CricHD Guide is not CricHD
This site (crichd.video) is independent editorial. We use the CricHD name for search-redirection — pointing readers who searched for the unauthorised brand to the licensed Indian and Pakistani broadcasters that hold cricket rights. We do not host, embed, link to or describe any unauthorised stream. We are not affiliated with crichd.top, crichd.is or any of the proxy domains the brand has used.
The editorial position: the legal route is now better than it was. JioHotstar in India bundles every BCCI-licensed match (and ICC events) under one subscription that costs a fraction of the historic Star Sports DTH bill. PTV Sports in Pakistan carries PSL free-to-air, with Tapmad TV providing the legal digital experience. The friction that originally drove viewers toward CricHD — fragmented rights, expensive DTH, no good streaming app — has largely been resolved on the legal side.
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