BT Sport announce they will air every IPL match just 24 hours before opener

It was scheduled to only be screened on digital platform Hotstar and Star Gold

Sky Sports are not broadcasting it despite agreeing 'multi-year deal' in 2018

BT Sport have come in at the eleventh hour to reveal that they will show every game of this year's Indian Premier League, starting on Saturday.

Twenty20's premier global tournament was scheduled to only be screened on digital platform Hotstar and TV channel Star Gold in the UK.

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But BT Sport have reached an agreement with host broadcasters Star India to show the entirety of the tournament, beginning with the curtainraiser between Super Kings and Royal Challengers at the weekend.

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Sky Sports are not showing this year's edition despite trumpeting a 'multi-year deal' only 12 months ago.

Only last March Sky announced they would 'broadcast 60 live IPL matches each year in the UK and Ireland starting with the 2018 tournament'.

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They responded on Twitter: 'We negotiated 60 matches last year, in what was to be a multi-year deal, although nowhere did it say multiple consecutive years.

'This year, Star India have chosen to retain full coverage.'

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