It’s cricket fever, folks. Amazon Prime India, after hitting the ball out of the park with its excellent content originals, is now all set to deliver an exhilarating willow experience to its users.
Yes, Amazon Prime Video is all set to Livestream all New Zealand matches in 2022.
And guess what? Capturing the moment ‘the’ Manoj Bajpayee, one of our country’s finest actors, and Kane Williamson, captain of the New Zealand men’s cricket team got together for a fun chat.
The two maestros were seen in a fun banter, much to the glee of their legions of fans.
Allow us to put things into perspective with more details.
Dear readers, the countdown has begun to 2021, to end! And while you already may be making your watchlist for countless series and films on the OTT platform, Amazon has decided to give its users a New Year gift, exclusively for the millions of cricket buffs that call India home.
From 1st January 2022, Amazon Prime Video shall feature live cricket streaming. Sayani Gupta known for her work in Four More Shots Please and Inside Edge also joined the exclusive chat to welcome the star cricketers from New Zealand Men & Women’s cricket teams – Kane Williamson, Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson.
Manoj Bajpayee welcomed Kane in his truest ‘Srikant Tiwari’ style and taught him to say ‘Don’t be a minimum guy’, a famous dialogue from Manoj Bajpayee starrer ‘The Family Man’.
Showcasing true sportsman spirit Kane answered all questions placed by the actor with incredible wit and his trademark humility
While Manoj Bajpayee tried to pull Kane’s leg, Kane’s humour-filled responses left Manoj Bajpayee a tad bit surprised. In a final twist to the hilarious chat, when Manoj asked Kane about his favourite Amazon series, expecting a mention of the much-loved Amazon Original Series ‘Family Man’, Kane quoted ‘Mirzapur’.
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And the icing on the cake was insightful words of Amazon Prime Video’s Country Head – Gaurav Gandhi.
Complimenting Kane on being such a good sport, Gaurav said “I don’t know if it’s just me but your smile is possibly the one that can compete with the one on our logo”.
As the year comes to an end, Gaurav noted, “it’s truly an honour to entertain our diverse customer base and we are humbled by the overwhelming response we have received in India.”
Commenting on Prime Video’s entry into Live cricket, he said, “as we step to the bright new year, the pitch looks great for the game we want to play and we are thrilled to bring India’s most loved sport, Cricket.”
He concluded by saying, “we have a special place in our hearts and our screens for the brilliant and much-admired New Zealand men and women’s cricket teams, both of whom are highly ranked by the ICC across format between two will be an exciting action-packed year for fans across India,”
Insightful, indeed!
To watch the live streaming on Amazon, the members need to log into their Prime Video app on their convenient devices and will be able to find ‘matches’ under “live and upcoming events” or just search for it on the search bar. They can stream it on the web browser, and Internet-connected TVs, Blu-ray players, set-top-boxes, Fire tablets and others.
The users can stream the series between the Indian and New Zealand Women’s Cricket Teams in February 2022, just as the Indian and New Zealand Men’s Cricket Teams as of now booked for November 2022. In addition to matches that are presently scheduled to be played between the Men’s teams as a part of Bangladesh’s tour of New Zealand in January 2022, South Africa’s tour in February 2022, Australia’s tour in March 2022 and Netherland’s tour in March/ April 2022.
So, what are you waiting for? If you still do not have subscribed to Amazon Prime, then do it now!
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