Record TRP for IPL 2024 Opening Ceremony: 16.8 Crore Viewers

The IPL 2024 opening ceremony set a new record in TV viewership. A whopping 16.8 crore viewers watched this momentous ceremony. As per reports, a total of 1276 crore minutes of people watching the first day of the 17th season of the IPL. This is touted to be the highest ever for the first day of any IPL season. This huge TV viewership is due to a lot of excitement leading up to this 17th season. More than 24.5 Crore different people had shown interest in the IPL before it even started.

This is not all. In another record, this IPL had the most people ever watching at the same time on TV, with 6.1 crore viewers on Disney Star. On the internet, JioCinema had a lot of people watching too, with 11.3 crore viewers on the first day of the IPL. They said this was 51% more than last year. They had a total of 660 crore minutes of watch time.

This year, the opening day of IPL had 8 out of the 10 team captains, which is the most ever. The opening day had many famous people presenting the games, including former players like Navjot Singh Sidhu, Harbhajan Singh, and others. Also, stars like Steve Smith and Stuart Broad made their IPL debut this year. The first day of IPL 2024 had a mix of cricket stars, celebrities, and presenters to make sure everyone had fun watching. It had former IPL players and champions presenting the games in 9 different languages.