BCCI President overwhelmed with the ratings, termed, IPL as the world’s best tournament.
“We decided to move ahead with our plan because we wanted to bring normalcy in everyone’s lives and wanted to bring the game back. I am not surprised with the feedback. This is the best tournament in the world,” Ganguly said.
According to reports, the opening week of the tournament was watched by 269 million viewers, 11 million more per match compared to the like period of last year’s edition. The BARC-Nielsen report titled ‘Television Viewership and Advertising Consumption of IPL-13 2020’ revealed that the opening week of the ongoing IPL edition saw a 15 percent growth in viewing minutes as compared to 2019.
As per Ganguly and his statement the 2020 IPL has been a ‘smash hit’, there has been so much drama involved. All these, along with so much more has made the IPL the best tournament in the world, he added.