India Tour England 2026 Broadcast Channels Guide

India tour England 2026 is the highest-profile international cricket property of the calendar year — five Tests, three ODIs, five T20Is across nine venues, and a fan base spread across at least eight time zones. The single question every fan asks first is the same: where do I watch. This is the country-by-country answer, with channel name, OTT route and the actual day-pass cost in local currency.

The Master Broadcast Table

Region	TV Channel	OTT / Streaming	Day Pass / Sub Cost
India	Sony Sports Network	JioHotstar	INR 149 / month (mobile)
UK	Sky Sports Cricket	NOW Sports	£14.99 / day
UK (TNT free?)	None FTA	Highlights only on BBC	n/a
Ireland	Sky Sports Cricket	NOW Sports	€18 / day
USA	Willow TV	Willow.tv	$9.99 / month
Canada	Willow TV	Willow.tv	CAD 12.99
Australia	Fox Cricket	Kayo Sports	AUD 27.50 / month
New Zealand	Sky Sport NZ	Sky Sport Now	NZD 24.99 / month
South Africa	SuperSport	DStv Stream	ZAR 119 / month
Pakistan	PTV Sports / Ten Sports	Tamasha (free), Tapmad	Free / PKR 350
Bangladesh	T Sports	T Sports app	Free
Sri Lanka	TV1	ThePapare	Free
GCC (UAE/KSA)	StarzPlay Cricket	StarzPlay	AED 30 / month
Singapore / Asia	StarHub	StarHub TV+	SGD 15.90 / month

The full series schedule sits in our India tour of England 2026 schedule guide.

India — JioHotstar Pricing Tiers

Tier	Cost (INR / month)	Resolution	Devices
Mobile	149	720p	1 mobile only
Super	299	1080p	2 devices
Premium	499	4K + Dolby	4 devices

Sony Sports pay-TV is the alternative for households without a JioFiber connection. Free-to-air for India-England 2026 is limited to Hindi-feed highlights on Sony.

UK — Sky's Day Pass Is The Casual Route

Sky Sports Cricket is the exclusive UK rights holder. The full season pass is around £40-50 / month bundled; the casual route is NOW Sports day pass at £14.99 — useful for a single Test day or T20I. TNT and BBC do not carry Test cricket beyond highlights.

USA — Willow Remains The Single Destination

Willow TV is the singular cricket destination for North America at $9.99 / month, with selected Test fixtures available on ESPN+ depending on rights sublicensing. The full Willow.tv catalogue covers every fixture of the India tour. The USA fan's practical issue is the time zone — Test cricket starts at 6:00 AM ET / 3:00 AM PT.

Australia — Fox Cricket With Kayo As Streaming

Fox Cricket carries every fixture; Kayo Sports is the cheapest streaming route at AUD 27.50 / month with no contract lock-in. The Australia time zone makes Test cricket a 9 PM AEST start — ideal for prime-time viewing. The England summer 2026 full fixtures piece covers the broader season.

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka — Free-to-Air Routes

PTV Sports remains free-to-air in Pakistan with Ten Sports as the secondary cable route. T Sports in Bangladesh streams free via the T Sports app. Sri Lanka's TV1 carries every Test fixture free, with ThePapare app as the digital alternative. The South Asian diaspora's most-cost-effective option, if travelling, is to use VPN-based access to these regional streams — but this typically violates rights agreements and varies in legal grey area by country.

GCC and Singapore — StarzPlay Picks Up The Right

StarzPlay Cricket remains the GCC's primary cricket destination at AED 30 / month, with Etisalat and Du carrying the channel as a sports add-on. Singapore's StarHub bundles cricket into the SGD 15.90 sports tier.

OTT vs Cable — Which Route Is Better Value

For a fan watching only the India series, OTT day-passes are cheaper than the season-bundled cable subscription in every market except Pakistan and Bangladesh (where cable is already free-to-air). A Sky NOW day-pass over five Test days plus three ODI days plus five T20I days totals £194; a Sky Cricket monthly is £40-50, so for a fan watching the full series the monthly route is cheaper. The broadcast rights row context shapes how these prices may shift through 2027.

How To Use This Page

Pick your country's row, click through to the listed OTT, and decide between the day-pass and the monthly route based on how many fixtures you intend to watch. The Test starts in IST 3:30 PM and runs through 11:00 PM IST — plan your subscription window to span those days specifically.