IPL 2019 News: Netflix to stream Mumbai Indians’ documentary in March

Dixit Bhargav | 06/02/2019
Netflix to stream Mumbai Indians' documentary

Netflix to stream Mumbai Indians’ documentary: Netflix has announced a documentary on renowned IPL franchise.

Worldwide famous online streaming platform Netflix has announced an eight-part documentary on three-time Indian Premier League winning franchise Mumbai Indians. It is worth mentioning that it will be the first documentary made on any franchise of the cash-rich league.

All the eight parts of the documentary will be made available on the platform from March 1. It is believed that the documentary will cover the whole journey of the franchise till now.

Right from the auction ahead of the maiden IPL season in 2008 to the last season where the Indians failed to qualify for the knockouts, one can expect all the on and off-field anecdotes to be included in the documentary.

Titled ‘Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians’, the documentary has been produced by Condé Nast Entertainment. Al Edgington, Joe LaBracio, Jeremy Finn, Jamie Stewart and James Maby are the executive producers of the documentary.

It is also believed that the documentary will comprise of viewpoints of vital individual at the franchise in captain Rohit Sharma, coach Mahela Jayawardene, owner Neeta Ambani and most importantly the loyal supporters of the franchise.

The announcement was made yesterday after a tweet was uploaded on the official Twitter handle of Twitter India. “Sleepless nights? Nervous nail biting? Screaming at your screen? If you’ve experienced any or all of these symptoms you might have Cricket Fever, premieres 1st March,” the caption read.

Slated to release just over three weeks before the 12th season of the IPL, the documentary is likely to aid the franchise build on their wealthy fan-following.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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