Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025<\/a> season after receiving a legal notice from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).<\/p>\nThe podcast, hosted by Australians Sam Perry and Ian Higgins, had been running a daily IPL show called The Big IPL Breakfast since the start of the current season. But now, they have been forced to change the name too. Perry and Higgins are set to travel to India later this week for three live shows during the tournament.<\/p>\n
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS ADWhy did they delete their IPL 2025 content?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Grade Cricketer is hugely popular in India and across the globe, with over a million fans tuning in every day to watch their IPL-related content.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, the show\u2019s team received a legal letter from the BCCI and IPL authorities. They were asked to take down hundreds of videos from YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and X because the videos had photos and logos from the tournament.<\/p>\n
The BCCI has reportedly claimed that the podcast was using still images from the IPL for \u201ccommercial\u201d use instead of just \u201ceditorial\u201d or reporting purposes. This crackdown seems stricter than before because while cricket boards have earlier targeted illegal use of video clips, going after photos like this is a new move.<\/p>\n
To avoid any bans or suspensions on their social media accounts, the podcast team decided to remove all their IPL-related videos themselves.<\/p>\n
Perry explains their decision to remove videos<\/strong><\/p>\nSam Perry explained in his latest YouTube video: \u201cYou may have noticed that every single video from our coverage of this year\u2019s big cricket tournament has been removed from YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Instagram and X. This is something we\u2019ve done ourselves, it hasn\u2019t been done to us, we have removed these videos.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOn 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
However, Perry said that they would still continue to cover the IPL 2025 regularly, and even more so now because they are traveling to India for their live shows.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very important to note we\u2019re going to continue to post coverage of the tournament, at the same cadence that we do. In fact, there\u2019s going to be more in the next couple of weeks because we\u2019re going to India. But our approach to content has been consistent for five years, we just now have a deeper understanding of what is and isn\u2019t passing muster.\u201d<\/p>\n
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