New Delhi: A popular Australian podcast has removed videos of the 2025 Indian Premier League after receiving a legal letter from the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The Grade Cricketer hosts Sam Perry and Ian Higgins received a legal notice from the BCCI and the IPL during the last weekend and decided to wipe out the videos from all its social media profiles.
“You may have noticed that every single video from our coverage of this year’s cricket tournament has been removed from YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Instagram and X,” Perry said on the podcast on Monday.
“This is something we’ve done ourselves, it hasn’t been done to us, we have removed these videos. On Saturday evening Australian time we received a very polite legal letter about elements of our content from the cricket tournament we speak to you about pertaining specifically to this season. As a result we decided to take those videos down,” he added.
“The legal notice was related to claims that Grade Cricketer IPL videos featured still photography shots from the tournament that the BCCI considered to be used for ‘commercial’ rather than ‘editorial’ purposes,” a report in the Sydney Morning Herald said.
In its disclaimers, the IPL states that its audio and videos are exclusively meant for usage in editorial purposes.
“Media are allowed to use the press conference video/audio on their respective websites or mobile applications for editorial use. The press conference video/audio cannot be uploaded on social media platforms including but not limited to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter),” it is written in akk IPL media advisories.
Perry and Higgins plan to fly down to India to host several live shows later this week.
“It’s very important to note we’re going to continue to post coverage of the tournament, at the same cadence that we do. In fact, there’s going to be more in the next couple of weeks because we’re going to India,” Perry said.
“But our approach to content has been consistent for five years, we just now have a deeper understanding of what is and isn’t passing muster.”
Perry added that they might rename The Grade Cricketer’s daily show called ‘The Big IPL Breakfast’ after this development.
“We are considering changing its name to the Big Cricket tournament Breakfast,” he said.
The Grade Cricketer hosts Sam Perry and Ian Higgins received a legal notice from the BCCI and the IPL during the last weekend and decided to wipe out the videos from all its social media profiles. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
