On Monday, Star India Pvt. Ltd won the rights for audio-visual production services for Indian Premier League (IPL) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Domestic Cricket for the 2018-19 season. The BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary, in an official statement, informed that the board had invited Request For Proposal (RFP) documents for services relating to the live production of all matches for IPL Season 2018 and Domestic Cricket Season 2018-19.

The service agreement and the contract term will cover one season of the IPL (2018) and one season of Domestic Cricket (2018-2019), Amitabh Choudhary further said in the statement. While the BCCI statement didn’t specify any details, it was understood that Star India Pvt. Ltd. and the International Management Group were the only two interested attempt, with Star walking away with the rights for having submitted the lowest bid of approximately Rs. 9.5 crore. This would mean that for the first time, the IPL broadcaster would also produce live content.

The statement also read, "The BCCI, however, reserves the right to extend the term for one more Season of IPL (2019) and one more Season of Domestic Cricket (2019-2020) and at its discretion, further extend the term to include IPL Season 2020, as provided for in the Services Agreement."