Fans will now have to pay a minimum subscription fee to watch the online streaming of their favourite sporting event, the Indian Premier League. The IPL 2025 season will reportedly move behind a paywall following the billion dollar merger of JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar.

IPL 2025 fans face a shock as JioCinema and Hotstar merge, raising subscription prices for live match streaming.

IPL 2025 begins on March 22, but Indian cricket fans face disappointment as JioCinema and Hotstar's merger leads to the end of free streaming. The new app, JioHotstar, will require subscriptions after a trial period,

The landscape of cricket streaming in India is set for a major overhaul as JioHotstar, the newly launched streaming platform from the merger of JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar, has announced the end of free IPL streaming.