India vs England in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 semi-final has officially broken a digital viewership mark that previously belonged to Jake Paul and Mike Tyson.
The match was already one of the biggest events of the tournament, with a place in the final on the line and two huge cricket audiences locked in.
It then turned into something even bigger once the streaming numbers came through.
Photo by Matt Roberts-ICC/ICC via Getty Images
Jay Shah confirmed the scale of the audience after the match, with the semi-final reaching a new global high for live digital viewership.
"Second semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 has shattered the world record for digital viewership," Shah tweeted. "The match between BCCI and England Cricket registered a peak digital concurrency of 65.2 million viewers on JioHotstar, which is the highest for any live event across the world."
That number underlines the scale of India's streaming market and the pull of a knockout game involving England as well.
It also gives cricket a new benchmark in the live digital space, which is becoming more important with every major tournament.
For broadcasters, it is another sign that the biggest cricket matches can now compete with any event in global streaming terms.
The previous mark had been associated with Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, which Netflix said peaked at 65 million concurrent streams during the live event.
That figure was widely treated as the number to beat in live sports streaming.
India vs England has now edged beyond it by reaching 65.2 million, giving the T20 World Cup semi-final the new record.
The difference is small on paper, but it is still enough to push the cricket match ahead of one of the most heavily watched combat sports events of the streaming era.
That shift says plenty about the size of cricket's audience when India are involved in a major knockout game.
Read more:
