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Editorial

Editorial standards

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CricHD Guide is independent editorial. The standards below describe how we source information, handle errors and maintain editorial integrity.

Sourcing

Broadcaster assignments are cross-checked against official sources before publication:

  • BCCI media releases for India home tours and IPL.
  • PCB media releases for PSL and Pakistan tours.
  • ICC media notes for global events (Champions Trophy, T20 World Cup, World Test Championship, Asia Cup).
  • Cricket Australia and ECB media releases for Australian and English series.
  • Direct platform pages: Star Sports, JioHotstar, Sony Sports, PTV Sports, A Sports, Tapmad TV, Sky Sports, Fox Cricket.

Subscription pricing is pulled from each platform’s public consumer page and updated when prices change.

Fixture data is sourced from official tournament publications and reconciled against the home-board calendar.

Independence

  • We are not affiliated with any of the broadcasters we cover.
  • We do not run affiliate links, paid placements, sponsored content or paid reviews.
  • We are not affiliated with crichd.top, crichd.is or any of the unauthorised proxy domains historically using the CricHD name.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we correct it in place and add a dated correction note at the bottom of the affected page. Email [email protected] or [email protected]. We will respond within 48 working hours.

We do not silently rewrite history — if a broadcaster allocation changes mid-season, that gets a dated update note, not an invisible swap.

Editorial process

Each page is reviewed against:

  1. Source confirmation: every broadcaster claim cites the official rights-holder publication.
  2. Fixture cross-check: every series window is reconciled against the home-board calendar.
  3. Legal-status framing: each market’s coverage reflects actual licensing, including blackouts where they exist (most notably the IPL blackout in Pakistan).
  4. Clean separation of editorial from unauthorised activity — we never advise on circumvention.

What we don’t do

We don’t:

  • Aggregate or repost unauthorised streams.
  • Maintain a list of “mirror sites” or “proxies”.
  • Advise on VPN use to circumvent geo-blocks or PEMRA blackouts.
  • Run a comments section (we do not host user-generated content).

Contact: [email protected]

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].