How to watch the 2024 T20 World Cup for free

The 2024 T20 World Cup is available on ICC’s official website for free in over 80 territories.

Akhil Arora

Sri Lankan fan with flag cheers his team on at Nassau County Cricket Stadium during the 2024 T20 World Cup
Sri Lankan fan at Nassau County Cricket Stadium // Photo: ICC

The 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup—being hosted by the West Indies and the United States—runs through June. If you’re a cricket fan, it’s undeniable popcorn entertainment. Twenty teams are competing to lift the trophy, from heavyweights India to defending champions England. Sadly, in all the major cricket-loving markets, the 2024 T20 World Cup is behind a paywall. (I’ve written a separate guide that runs through the paid choices.) There are no free-to-air options. But if you’re willing to work a bit more (or are lucky enough), you can watch every match from the T20 World Cup for free. So, how do you go about it?

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How to watch T20 World Cup 2024 on ICC.tv

In over 80 territories around the world, the 2024 T20 World Cup is being streamed for free on ICC.tv. All you need is an ICC account. If you live in those regions, you can watch every match for no charge. (The full list is below.)

If you live somewhere else, you can still do so—by use of a VPN. In addition to protecting your privacy and enhancing your security, a VPN fools a website into thinking that you’re visiting from a different part of the world. As long as your VPN provider has a server in any of the 80 countries below, you can watch the T20 World Cup on ICC.tv.

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Where can I watch for free on ICC.tv?

In the following 80+ territories, you can watch the T20 World Cup for free without a VPN. You’ll need an ICC account. If you don’t have one, you’ll be prompted to create it when you try to watch it on ICC.tv.

  • Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Austria
  • Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria
  • Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Fiji, Finland, France
  • Germany, Greece
  • Hong Kong, Hungary
  • Indonesia, Israel, Italy
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg
  • Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar
  • Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Niue, North Korea, Norway
  • Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal
  • Romania, Russia
  • Samoa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland
  • Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu
  • Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu, Vatican City, Vietnam
Akhil Arora