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UAE cricket fans were caught unawares as most of them could not get to the watch the opening ceremony and match of India Premier League on TV yesterday.

Gulf News was flooded with calls from many fans after they had tuned into OSN HD channel, through which they watched the last year’s IPL, to find they were not telecasting the event. Many fans thus missed watching defending champions Mumbai Indians versus two-time winners Chennai Super Kings’ match at the Wankhede Stadium.

This year, beIN Sports have acquired the rights to bring IPL to the fans, for which additional subscription is required. A few fans who found out that beIN is telecasting the event immediately contacted etisalat and realised that to get this channel one will have to subscribe. Some fans tried watching IPL online but Hotstar, which has the rights for live streaming, is not available here.