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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

‘ESPNcricinfo CricCaster Powered by NEXA’

As on March 3, 2025.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Please read these terms and conditions (“Contest Terms”) before entering the ‘ESPNcricinfo CricCaster Powered by NEXA’ contest (“Contest”) conducted by Star India Private Limited (“Company”). These Contest Terms are in addition to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and the Supplemental Privacy Policy for India (collectively, the “Platform Terms” which are available on https://www.espncricinfo.com/). In the event of any conflict between the Contest Terms and the Platform Terms, the Contest Terms below shall prevail, to the extent of such conflict. By participating in the Contest, you agree to be bound by these Contest Terms and represent that you satisfy all of the eligibility requirements set out herein below:

  1. Eligibility:
    1. Entry to the Contest is open to adult [aged 18 (eighteen) years and above] Indian citizens that are residents of India (“Participant(s)/You”).
    2. The Participant should not have a criminal conviction or an arrangement or a contract that prevents the Participant from participating in the Contest.
    3. The Participant should have proof of age, citizenship and residency when requested by the Company and must be mandatorily submitted by the Participant as may be required by the Company to confirm the eligibility of the Participant.
    4. The Participant should abide by all the applicable laws at all times.
    5. Any Participant eligible for participating in the Contest in the manner specified herein may participate only once during the Contest Period (as defined below).
    6. Employees, affiliates, directors and representatives of the Company and their immediate family member(s) are not eligible to participate in this Contest.
  2. Contest Period: Participation in the Contest shall be open and valid from March 3, 2025 (“Start Date”), and shall remain valid till May 26, 2025 or until such time as Company may declare (“Contest Period”) on its website https://www.espncricinfo.com/ and/or the ESPNCricinfo application (together, the “Platform”). The Company may alter the duration of the Contest Period at its sole and absolute discretion and any such alteration will be updated in these Contest Terms and/or the Platform. It shall be the sole responsibility of the Participant to stay updated with these Contest Terms.
  3. Participation Mechanism for the Contest:
    1. Phase I: March 3, 2025, to March 25, 2025.
      Participants may participate in this Contest by completing the below in the manner provided herein or as may be directed on the Platform:
      1. Participants must upload a 1-minute recording showing their love of cricket (“Entry”) on Instagram or such other social media platform as the Company may specify from time to time, during the period from the Start Date till March 25, 2025.
      2. The recording will need to include the hashtags: #ESPNCricinfo #CricCaster #MarutiSuzukiarena (“Hashtags”) to be considered as an Entry for the Contest. The Company may at any time during the Contest Period change the account to be tagged and/or the hashtag to be used. If the Company does so, the new account and/or hashtag mentioned in promotional materials published by the Company in relation to the Contest will need to be used in the post.
      3. Each Entry should showcase the Participant’s cricket knowledge, technological savvy, ability to communicate, story telling skills and camera presence.

      By posting an Entry with the Hashtags, you (i) agree with the Contest Terms as defined in this document; and (ii) allow the Company to use your post on Instagram or any part thereof, in connection with the Contest, without (a) any additional consent being required from you or any other third party; and (b) any payment being due to you or any third party for such use.

    2. Phase II: March 26, 2025, to April 5, 2025.
      After reviewing all complete and suitably tagged Entries, the Company’s editorial team and/or cricket commentators and/or experts (“Judges”) shall shortlist 20 (twenty) Participants (or such other number of Participants that the Company may decide), based on their Entries, for the next round of the Contest (“Shortlisted Participants”). ESPNcricinfo’s official Instagram handle(s) (“Platform Handle”) will leave a comment on each of these 20 Shortlisted Participants’ posts, with details of the next assignment for moving forward in the Contest. Each Shortlisted Participant will be required to submit a video via a direct message to the Platform Handle (“Additional Entry”). Each Additional Entry will need to be related to a cricket-related topic specified by the Company.
    3. Phase III: April 10, 2025.
      The Judges will select 4 Shortlisted Participants for the next phase of the Contest (“Fantastic Four”), which selection shall be based on the content, quality of the Additional Entries submitted by all Shortlisted Participants.
    4. Phase IV: April 16, 2025, to May 19, 2025.
      Each of the Fantastic Four will be assisted by the Company (including by way of providing scripting, editorial support) to help him/her to create 5 vox pox videos (“Vox Pox”), for incorporation in a cricket-related show produced by or for the Company. The Entries, the Additional Entries and the Vox Pox shall collectively be referred to as the “Content”.
    5. Phase IV: May 20, 2025.
      The Judges shall consider various aspects of the Vox Pox (including without limitation content delivery, cricket insight and analysis, quality of conversation and storytelling, adaptability, on-the-spot thinking, digital appeal) to select 1 (one) of the Fantastic Four as the winner of the Contest (“Winner”).
  4. Guidelines for uploading Content: The Participants should only upload Content which satisfies the following criteria, and the Participants agree and accept that the Company, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to reject any Entry which does not adhere to the requirements stated below:
    1. The Entry shall not be less than 45 seconds long and shall not exceed 60 seconds in duration and should be easily understandable and audible.
    2. The uploaded Entry should not be pixelated/blurred and should be of a high resolution (1080x1350 pixels (4:5) or 1080x1920 pixels (9:16)) and in portrait orientation.
    3. You must submit any Entry voluntarily and only on your own behalf and featuring only yourself. The Entry should not feature any person other than the Participant. Joint Entries are not permitted, and each Participant must send a separate Entry to participate in the Contest.
    4. The Entry should be original, authored/owned by the Participant alone in his/her individual capacity and should not infringe and/or violate any intellectual property of third party and/or privacy/personality rights. The Participant represents and warrants that the Participant has the necessary releases and permissions as required including without limitation location releases (if applicable), without the need for payment to any other person or entity, to use and exploit, and to authorize the Company to use and exploit, the Entry in all manners contemplated by these Contest Terms.
    5. The Entry should not contain any third-party song, music and/or lyrics.
    6. The Participant should not have, prior to the submission of the Entry, pitched or shared or presented to any third party including but not limited to any persons, broadcasters, production houses, media companies.
    7. The Entry should be in good taste and not be pornographic, unlawful, misleading, discriminatory, fraudulent, profane, obscene, vulgar, libelous, blasphemous, derogatory, defamatory, insulting, annoying, hurting religious sentiments, national sentiments, immoral, abusive, offensive, insensitive to any person/occupation/religious sections/gender/age group/sections of the society, in violation of any applicable laws and/or in any manner infringes the intellectual property rights including copyright rights of third party(ies) and/or their privacy rights;
    8. The Entry should not contain any text, or any content that promotes commercial products and/or services of any third party and does not contain any third-party logos, products or brand names.
    9. The Entry should not contain any content that gains or would gain access to any other person's computer, software, or data or otherwise threaten another person’s privacy without the knowledge and consent of such person or otherwise contains destructive code.
    10. The Participants acknowledge that they may only submit 1 (one) Entry during the Contest Period and if multiple Entries are submitted by one Participant, then only his/her first Entry will be considered for the purpose of this Contest. Accordingly, the Participants agree not to spam the social media accounts/handles associated with any of the Hashtags. In case a Participant is found indulging in such acts, he/she shall stand disqualified from participating in the Contest.
    11. By posting an Entry on Instagram, you acknowledge and agree that the Company will have access to any information that you make publicly available on Instagram (including your name, bio, past posts etc.); and that the Company may make available such information for any promotional material in relation to the Contest.
    12. You also acknowledge that these Contest Terms, to the extent applicable to submission of Entries, do not supersede or substitute the terms and
  5. Gratification:
    1. It is clarified that the Company and the Judges shall select the Shortlisted Participants and the Fantastic Four at their sole and absolute discretion. All decisions of the Company shall be final and binding and no correspondence shall be entered into on any decision made by the Company in this regard.
    2. Each of the Shortlisted Participant’s Additional Entry may be incorporated by the Company in programming where the Judges review and evaluate the Entries and/or Additional Entries, or such other programming as the Company may deem fit.
    3. The Vox Pox created by the Fantastic Four may be incorporated in cricket-related programming produced by or for the Company and/or its affiliates.
    4. The form and manner of incorporation, as well as the programming within which the Additional Entries and/or the Vox Pox will be incorporated, will be determined by the Company and/or its affiliates, at their sole discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that all Shortlisted Participants’ Additional Entries and/or all the Vox Pox may or may not be incorporated in programming.
    5. Additionally, the Winner selected from among the Fantastic Four may receive an opportunity to sit on the panel of a show in relation to the Indian Premier League 2025, which will be produced by or for the Company and/or its affiliates. In the event that the Winner is required to travel for them to be able to enjoy this opportunity, the Company shall, at its own cost, make the travel and accommodation arrangements for the Winner.
    6. The Company may also display your post on Instagram (including your handle) whereby you have posted the Entry in connection with the Contest. Accordingly, if your handle and/or any text/emoji used in the post on Instagram is profane, derogatory, or fictional, then the Company reserves the right to not display your post.
    7. The Participant understands and undertakes that if he/she is selected as a Shortlisted Participant/Fantastic Four/Winner and therefore gets a chance to perform/shoot a video/be present on the set of show, he/she may be included in the associated footage. Accordingly, the Participant consents to being recorded, photographed, and to otherwise store, reproduce, use, broadcast, communicate to public and/or utilize any such record, photograph, including without limitation, my appearances, likenesses, performances (if any) through any media whatsoever, with or without sound, including without limitation, spoken words, dialogue, lyrics and music synchronously recorded and to communicate any material in which any rights subsist in whole or in part by any means now known or later devised perpetually and worldwide in connection with his/her participation in the Contest and/or the Gratification.
    8. It is clarified that only Participants who fulfill all the requirements set out in these Contest Terms including submitting valid documents to the Company for verification, to the satisfaction of the Company shall be entitled to win the Gratification.
    9. It is further clarified that the Company shall make only one (1) attempt to reach the Shortlisted Participants and/or the Fantastic Four and/or the Winner.
    10. For the avoidance of doubt, it is clarified that if a Shortlisted Participant’s/Fantastic Four’s/Winner’s selection is invalidated due to (i) their non-response to the Company’s communication; (ii) their failure to execute any further documents as required by the Company to enjoy the Gratification/verify the eligibility details; or (iii) their non-compliance with tax (direct and indirect) compliances required to claim the Gratification, the Company shall have the right (but not the obligation) to select the next eligible Participant as a Shortlisted Participant/Fantastic Four/Winner.
    11. The Company reserves the right to change or withdraw the Gratification at any time (a) if the selected Shortlisted Participant/Fantastic Four/Winner fails to comply with any of the Contest Terms and/or applicable laws; or (b) to remain in compliance with applicable laws.
    12. The Participants hereby acknowledge that the Gratification is non-refundable, non-transferrable and non-exchangeable. For the purpose of clarity, no cash equivalent or alternative prize shall be given to the Shortlisted Participants/Fantastic Four/Winner, and the Shortlisted Participants/Fantastic Four/Winner cannot exchange the Gratification for a gift of equivalent value and/or liquidate the Gratification in the form of cash, monies or any other nature of interests. Further, the Gratification won (if any) is personal to the Shortlisted Participants/Fantastic Four/Winner and the Shortlisted Participants/Fantastic Four/Winner cannot transfer the Gratification to any other person(s).
  6. Participant Information: At the Participant’s option, the Participant hereby authorizes and consents to the use of the Participant’s personal or sensitive personal information, and personal data as applicable, (“Data”) by the Company including its affiliates, agents, advisors or subcontractors (“Authorized Entities”), for such lawful purposes as may be deemed necessary including for, conducting the Contest pursuant to these Contest Terms. The Participant understands and acknowledges that (i) the Data is the Participant’s personal or sensitive personal information as understood within the meaning of the applicable laws; (ii) the Participant has voluntarily and at the Participant’s sole option, agreed to provide the Data to the Authorized Entities for such lawful purposes as may be deemed necessary pursuant to these Contest Terms; and (iii) the Data shall or may be transferred by the Authorized Entities including its affiliates, agents or subcontractors, for such lawful purposes as may be deemed necessary pursuant to these Contest Terms. The use of the Data by the Company shall be governed by the provisions of the Privacy Policy and the Supplemental Privacy Policy for India which are available on https://www.espncricinfo.com/. The Participant agrees and accepts to be bound by the terms thereof.
  7. Release:The Participants agree and acknowledge that:
    1. The Contest may be accessible to people who are below the age of 18 (eighteen) years as on March 3, 2025, however, they are not the intended audience for the Contest and the Contest is only aimed at persons who have attained the age of majority in India.
    2. The Company is not liable for any harm caused by or related to the theft of the Participant’s Data. By participating in the Contest, Participants agree, where if information is requested, Participants will provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about themselves.
    3. The Company, all participating sponsors (if any), and any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, professional advisors, employees and agencies shall not be responsible for: (a) any late, lost, misrouted, garbled or distorted or damaged transmissions or entries; (b) electronic, hardware, software, network, internet, or other computer or communications-related malfunctions or failures; (c) any disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by events beyond the control of the Company; or (d) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest. The Company reserves the right to remove any Entry from the Company’s social media pages that the Company considers, in its sole discretion, to be off-topic, inappropriate or objectionable.
    4. By participating in the Contest, the Participants shall indemnify the Company, participating sponsors and any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agencies and hereby release them from any liability of whatsoever nature, and waive any and all causes of action, related to any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Participants/ participation in the Contest including but not limited to any violation of these Contest Terms and/or any third party rights.
  8. Other Permissions:
    1. The Participants hereby grant the Company, the non-exclusive right/permission to shortlist, edit, crop, overwrite, use, exploit, display, publish and/or utilize the Content, for the purposes of the Contest, as it may deem fit at its sole discretion, on any/all modes, media and platforms.
    2. The Participants agree and have no objection to the Company’s right to develop/modify/change and moderate the Content, creatively in any manner as deemed fit by the Company.
    3. The Participants, grant to the Company a non-exclusive, sub-licensable, irrevocable and royalty-free worldwide license under all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, privacy and publicity rights and other intellectual property rights to use, reproduce, transmit, telecast, publicly display, exhibit, distribute, redistribute, copy, index, modify, adapt, create derivative works based upon, make available and otherwise exploit the Content, in whole or in part, on any service(s) and/or platform(s) owned and/or operated by the Company, in all media formats now known or hereafter, in any number of copies and without limit as to time, manner and frequency of use, without further notice to the Participant, with or without attribution, and without the requirement of permission from or payment to the Participant or any other person or entity, in accordance with these Contest Terms.
    4. The Participants agree and acknowledge that their name, and their city of residence may be featured by the Company along with the Content on the Company’s official social media pages on Instagram, Facebook, X (erstwhile Twitter) and YouTube.
    5. The Participants further agree that their social media handles (as provided by the Participants) may be tagged by the Company at its sole discretion on its social media pages while posting the Content or any part(s) thereof.
    6. The Company reserves the right to deny any Participant(s) from participating in the Contest if the Participant(s) is found to be in breach of any provisions of these Contest Terms and/or the Platform Terms (each, as may be revised from time to time). The Company reserves the absolute right and discretion to deny the Participant(s) entry in the Contest, if the Company determines at its sole discretion that the Participant(s) is not compliant with any of the Contest Terms including alleged to be infringing any form of rights including rights in any form privacy or intellectual property rights of any third party. The decision of the Company in this regard shall be final and binding upon the Participant(s), and the Participant(s) shall not at any time challenge and/or dispute such decision of the Company.
  9. Representations, Warranties and Indemnities by You:You hereby represent, undertake and warrant as follows:
    1. Nothing in law, contract or otherwise restricts You from uploading the Entry or any part thereof;
    2. No rights in and to the Entry have previously been granted to any third party, nor has the Entry been otherwise exploited in any way, either by You or by any third party/(ies);
    3. The Entry is completely free of any liens, charges, claims of any nature and/or any other encumbrances of any sort by a third party;
    4. The Entry does not contain any confidential information relating to any third party/ies and/or any information relating to a third party which You are not lawfully authorized to disclose whether under a contractual obligation with a third party and/or under applicable laws anywhere across the world.
    5. The Entry does not contain any sensitive personal data or information.
    6. You will ensure that the submission of the Entry is, at all times, in compliance with the requirements laid down under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011 and accordingly You shall not host, display, upload, publish, transmit, update or share any information that belongs to another person and which You do not have right to;
    7. You will not do or fail to do anything that harm minors in any way;
    8. You will not do or fail to do anything that violates any privacy laws for the time being in force;
    9. You will not do or fail to do anything that deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
    10. You will not do or fail to do anything that impersonates another person;
    11. You will not do or fail to do anything that threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.
  10. Miscellaneous. The Participants agree to be bound by these Contest Terms and by the decisions of the Company, which are final and binding in all respects. The Company reserves the right to change these Contest Terms at any time, in its sole discretion, and to suspend or cancel the Contest or any Participant's participation in the Contest should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the Company’s control affect the administration, security or proper conduct of the Contest or the Company otherwise becomes (as determined in its sole discretion) incapable of running the Contest as planned. Participants who violate the Contest Terms, tamper with the operation of the Contest or engage in any conduct that is detrimental or unfair to the Company, the Contest or any other Participants (in each case as determined in the Company sole and absolute discretion) are subject to disqualification. The Company reserves the right to exclude Participants whose eligibility is in question or who have been disqualified or are otherwise ineligible to enter the Contest.
  11. Other General Terms:
    1. An external third-party agency (“Agency”) may be appointed by the Company to assist the Company in shortlisting and collating the Entries; and editing/packaging the Content and making the same on the Company’s social media pages and/or platform(s). The Participants agree and acknowledge that such Agency shall have access to the Entries submitted for the limited purposes of executing this Contest. The Company and/or the Agency shall not be responsible in the event any entry is not received due to any technical error of any nature whatsoever. For purposes of the Contest Terms, ‘receipt’ of an Entry occurs when the website server records the Entry information upon the entrant clicking ‘Post/Upload’ button. Any automated receipt confirmation does not constitute proof of actual receipt.
    2. The Participants agree and confirm that the Company shall at no time be held responsible and/or liable for any non-receipt of an Entry due to a technical error and/or defect in the functioning of the website server, network problem, breakdown of machinery, unclear network, disruption in the network and to the extent permissible in law, the Participant(s) waives his/ her right to initiate any claim, proceedings, actions, damages, suits, in relation to the same against the Company and/or its affiliates.
    3. The upload or submission of an Entry will result in the use and consumption of internet/data for which data charges as charged by the Participant’s internet/telecom operator may apply. It will be the Participant’s sole responsibility to understand and enquire charges as may be applicable to the Participant, with the Participant’s telecom operator. In case of using internet/data while roaming in different circle/zone, additional roaming rates may apply. The Company shall not be responsible for any such charges incurred by the Participant. In the event of a dispute arising between the Participant and the telecom operator, the same shall be resolved between the Participant and the telecom operator without recourse to the Company.
    4. You acknowledge and agree that You may be required to make yourself available for the Company and participate in any activity and/or campaign of any nature whatsoever without any money payable to you.
    5. You hereby agree, represent and undertake to sign/execute, accept additional documents i.e. release letters, company policies etc., and produce further documents, as may be required by the Company promptly, as and when called upon, in relation to your participation in this Contest. The Company reserves the right to reject the entry and disqualify Your participation in case of non-submission and/or delayed submission of such additional documents.
    6. You hereby understand that once the Entry is uploaded by You in accordance with the Participation Mechanism, the Company and the Judges shall only be able to consider it for the Contest if the Entry is not withdrawn.
    7. The Company shall not be responsible to pay for any cost, expenses (save and except what is mentioned under these Contest Terms), applicable taxes, duties, charges, license fees, insurance and/or levies applicable under the laws of India, in relation to the Your participation in the Contest. You/the Participants hereby agree that any such amounts stated above, including all income taxes, withholding taxes shall be solely borne by You and the selected Participants.
    8. Limitation of liability: By publishing the Entry, You acknowledge and agree that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or in connection with the Contest shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances will the Company, and/or its licensors and their respective affiliates be liable for any consequential, indirect, special, punitive, or incidental damages, lost business, lost goodwill or lost profits, whether direct or indirect, arising in any way whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise. Without prejudice to the foregoing, in any case the Company’s entire liability under these Contest Terms shall not exceed the total monetary value of Indian Rupees One Hundred.
    9. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, You expressly agree that You shall not seek to enjoin or restrain the production, exhibition, distribution, licensing, advertising and/or promotion of any of the Company’s programming, promotional or marketing material and/or any other rights including but not limited to intellectual property rights or content in this connection thereto. You hereby agree and understand that in the event of a breach and/or a threatened breach of this Contest Terms by You, the Company shall be entitled to any and all remedies in law and/or equity.
    10. You hereby acknowledge that there does not now exist, nor has there ever existed, a fiduciary relationship, or a relationship in the nature of an agent and principal between You and the Company. You further acknowledge that mere submission of the Entry and/or the Additional Entry and/or any Vox Pox shall not result in the establishment of a fiduciary relationship, or a relationship in the nature of an agent and principal between You and the Company.
    11. You hereby acknowledge that in case any portion/clause of these Contest Terms is deemed invalid or becomes unenforceable or prohibited by the law of the country, such portion/clause shall be considered divisible and shall not be part of the consideration, and the remainder of these Contest Terms shall be valid and binding and of like effect as though such provision was not included herein.
    12. You hereby irrevocably agree to maintain confidentiality in respect of any response and/or official communication that is provided to You from an employee or representative at the Company and/or Agency in connection with this Contest; and agree to make no public press announcements or information for publication without the explicit approval of the Company.
    13. You hereby acknowledge that Your representations, warranties, indemnities and obligations as well as the confidentiality provisions and dispute resolution mechanism shall survive the efflux of time and the termination of these Contest Terms.
    14. The Contest shall be null and void in any jurisdiction where prohibited by law.
  12. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution. These Contest Terms (and any dispute, difference, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in connection with these Contest Terms) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of India and shall be subject the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Mumbai.
  13. Queries: For any queries on the terms of this Contest, please reach out to us on the Platform Handle, at https://www.instagram.com/espncricinfo/?hl=en.
  14. None of the above paragraphs limit any other.