Cricbuzz is an Indian cricket news website owned by Times Internet. It features, news, articles and live coverage of cricket matches including videos, text commentary, player stats and team rankings. Their website also offers a mobile app.[1]
Cricbuzz is one of the most popular mobile apps for cricket news and scores.[2] The site was the seventh most searched for site in India in 2014.[3] The mobile app has over 100 million downloads as of February 2022 and the website is used by more than 50 million users worldwide, generating 2.6 billion page views in Jan 2015.[4]
History
Cricbuzz was created by Pankaj Chhaparwal, Piyush Agrawal, and Pravin Hegde in 2004.[5] In 2010, Cricbuzz started developing a mobile app for live cricket news and scores.
In November 2014, Times Internet, a subsidiary of Times of India acquired a majority stake in Cricbuzz for an undisclosed sum. The website continues to be managed by the original founders.[5][6]
In January 2015, Times Internet-owned GoCricket was merged into Cricbuzz. GoCricket's website was redirected to Cricbuzz and the GoCricket mobile app was also merged with that of Cricbuzz.[6] Cricbuzz hired Harsha Bhogle as ‘Voice of Cricket’ in September 2016 and has produced over 150 videos with the esteemed commentator and cricket expert ever since.[7]
In August 2015, Cricbuzz was named the title sponsor of the India-Sri Lanka test series.[8][9]
Cricbuzz was reported to be the second most downloaded news app in the world for the second quarter of 2019.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ Cricbuzz. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ↑ Cricbuzz targets 82 million users. The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ Google India's top 10 searches of 2014. The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ Cricbuzz targets 75 million users. The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Times Internet acquires Cricbuzz. The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 GoCricket mergers into Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ Harsha Bhogle's partnership with Cricbuzz hits the 100 million milestone - ET BrandEquity, www.ETBrandEquity.com. ETBrandEquity.com. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ↑ Cricbuzz named title sponsor. The Hindu. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ Cricbuzz is title sponsor for India-Sri Lanka Test Series. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ↑ Cricbuzz emerges as second most downloaded news app in world. Entrackr(19 July 2019). Retrieved 13 March 2023.
External links
ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 – Points distribution
Points available per match Percentage of points*
Win 12 100 Tie 6 100 Draw 4 33.33 Loss 0 0
- Teams will be ranked on percentage of points won
- For slow over-rates teams will lose one championship point for each over short.
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