India-Australia series get 5.5 TVR

India-Australia series get 5.5 TVR

MUMBAI: The ODI format is still alive, at least when it comes to bilateral series featuring India. However, it is also subject to the law of diminishing returns.
 
Tam data c&s4+ shows that the first five matches in the recently concluded series between India and Australia gave a rating of 5.5. This is a decline over the 2007 series between the two teams which had delivered a rating of 6.7. It is, however, more than the IPL ratings of 4.2 this year and 4.8 in the first edition.
 
The fifth match on 5 November, which went down the wire where Tendulkar scored 175 run,s got a TVR of 7.1. In fact, ratings increased as the series progressed.
 
The first match on 25 October got a rating of 3.6. By contrast, the Champions Trophy only got a rating of 1.6. In the 2007 series, the highest rating was for the sixth match which got a rating of 9.3.