MUMBAI: Neo Prime, formerly Neo Cricket, has sealed the broadcast rights for the West Indies tour of Bangladesh for Indian sub-continent and the US market.

Fresh from winning their first major title in eight years, the World Twenty20 Champions aim to continue their ascent in the world rankings as they tour Bangladesh for 2 Tests, 5 One Day Internationals and 1 T20.

Neo Sports Broadcast COO Prasana Krishnan said, "West Indies cricket is on a high after their World T20 victory and we are thrilled to have stalwarts like Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels and Shivnarine Chanderpaul playing on Neo for our viewers in the Indian Sub-continent and the US to enjoy."

Nimbus Communications, the parent company of Neo Sports Broadcast, incidentally held the broadcast rights for Bangladesh cricket. Currently, the Bangladesh Cricket Board is without an official broadcaster following a cold response from broadcasters to international media rights tender.

MUMBAI: The global sale of tickets for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 2012 Sri Lanka has begun with demand expected to be high for the first ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Asia.

A maximum of four tickets can be purchased by each person for the super eights, semi-finals and finals, and a maximum of six tickets per person for the rest of the matches.

Online booking of tickets will be available by logging onto www.icc-cricket.com, and buyers must produce a receipt confirming their purchase to redeem their match ticket at the box office. Ticket collection will take place from 1 August.

Prices starting at $0.25 for the single group games and the final itself has tickets ranging from $2.50 - $45.

Attendance at the ICC Women?s World Twenty20 during the group stages in Galle will be free of charge. The women?s semi-finals and final will be played on the same day on the same ground as the men?s and will be covered by the same ticket.