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Yahoo! Cricket was a cricket website based in India. While in name part of the US-based Yahoo!'s Yahoo! Sports, it is hosted and administered by Yahoo! India.

In February 2009, Yahoo! India signed a three-year partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC), to become the exclusive online partner for all ICC events. [1] This includes the ICC World Twenty20, ICC Champions Trophy and ICC Cricket World Cup. [1] According to comScore, April 2009 data, Yahoo! Cricket was attracting 2.43 million unique users per month, which ranked it as the top cricket site in India. [1]

In August 2021, Yahoo! India shut down the website because of new foreign direct investment regulations of India. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "ICC talks up its sponsorship effect on Yahoo India!". bigstarcricket.com. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
  2. Saroha, Aditya (26 August 2021). "Yahoo shuts down news sites in India over FDI regulations" via The Hindu.