mumbai amazon prime video on tuesday announced its debut into live sports in india by acquiring the india territory rights for the new zealand cricket nzc through 20252026with this announcement amazon prime video becomes the first indian streaming service to secure exclusive live cricket rights from a major cricketing boardthe multiyear deal between amazon and the new zealand cricket board will give prime video the right to stream all international cricket matches to be played in new zealand for both mens and womens cricket across odi t20i and test formats starting late 2021the deal also includes team indias tour of new zealand in early 2022 and a second tour the dates for which will be announced later the rights for 20202021 season starting later this month are intended to be syndicated by amazongaurav gandhi director country general manager amazon prime video said the team is looking forward to bringing indias favourite game to the streamerover the last few years amazon prime video has become the goto destination for world class entertainment in india be it our amazon original series or the biggest blockbuster movies across languages gandhi said in a statement we are thrilled to work with new zealand cricket on this endeavor as they have a strong passionate and muchloved cricket team and the cricketing rivalry between the two countries has been fantastic we are happy to make this collaboration with new zealand cricket our first live sport offering in india and are confident that our prime members will be delighted with this initiative he addeddavid white chief executive new zealand cricket said one of nzcs key goals is to extend our teams global reach and to build closer relationships around the world and in terms of that particular objective we dont think we could be in better hands india has always been important for viewership of nzc no other country follows cricket like india so its exciting to be announcing this agreement with indias leading streamerthe indian territory new zealand cricket rights package is the latest in prime videos growing lineup of live sports around the world including thursday night football the premier league atp tour events wta the us open tennis uefa champions league autumn nations cup rugby and the seattle sounders fcfans can also subscribe to streaming services such as eurosport mlbtv nba league pass and pga tour live through prime video channelsthis in addition to a selection of popular docuseries for sports fans including the test a new era for australias team which follows the australian mens cricket team during during the 20182019 season and emmywinning amazon original all or nothing among others