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How to Watch Hotstar Live Cricket in the UK

Want to watch live cricket with Hotstar in the UK? Hotstar is an incredible platform, whether using it for movies, TV shows, or sports and is even mostly free, with the issue being that you can’t watch Hotstar live cricket in the UK right now, as Hotstar doesn’t work in the UK anymore.

In this guide, we talk over why Hotstar doesn’t work anymore in the UK. And of course, about how to make it work, step-by-step, although frankly there are not many steps for that.

Explaining Why Hotstar Live Cricket in the UK Doesn’t Work Right Away

Although if you visit Hotstar’s website, it might seem like it’s because of the GDPR, the reality is that it goes down to rights to the content.

Hotstar can’t show a lot of its content in the UK because somebody already has the rights to show it in the UK.

This applies to the Premier League, for instance.

If Hotstar was to show content that somebody else has exclusive rights to in a specific country, they would be streaming something illegally. And that’s the true reason behind why Hostar live cricket is not available in the UK right away.

To solve this issue, you will need to make Hostar think that it’s in a supported region such as India.

For that, you will need to use a tool that will allow you to virtually change your location.

And that’s what a VPN allows for.

If you were to try just any VPN for this right now, you would realize that it’s not as simple as a VPN with an Indian server, though.

That’s because Hotstar also has measures against VPN services.

As a result, just about no VPN services work with Hotstar.

And this is where PrivateVPN comes in as a service that is able to unblock Hotstar live cricket in the UK.

To try it out, signup for a 7-day trial that doesn’t ask for a card, download PrivateVPN and connect to a Hotstar server followed by going to Hotstar.

You might however also want to get the Hostar app for live cricket, and we’ll break that down now:

How to Watch Hotstar Live Cricket with the App on Android Devices

  1. Connect to a US or Indian region with a VPN.
  2. Press on 3 bars on the top-left of the screen in your Play Store, followed by going to Account.
  3. Google will now give you an option to switch to a location you are connected to with a VPN.
  4. Update your payment method and download Hotstar.

On Android, you can also just download the app from the internet, but if you take that approach, make sure it’s from a trusted source.

How to Watch Hotstar Live Cricket with the App on Apple Devices

On Apple devices, you are going to have to sign out of your iCloud account, followed by creating a new one based in either India or the US.

If you were to just switch your location with your current account, you would lose everything.

Of course, after you download Hostar, you can log out of that account and sign back into your old one.

Hotstar on a TV

The sad news about Hotstar on a TV is that while Hotstar is supported on the best-known platforms out there, that most platforms including, the Apple TV, Chromecast, and even Roku, don’t support VPN services.

As a result, it’s hard to watch Hotstar live cricket on TV.

The easiest solution? 

  1. Connect your laptop to a TV via HDMI.

The most convenient solution? 

To get an Amazon Fire TV Stick.

It supports Hotstar and VPN services.

If you only ordered one now, when creating an account, make yourself look like you are in the US/India.

Already have an account? Here’s what we recommend:

  1. Go to your current Amazon account in the web browser.
  2. Press on Accounts & Lists, and then go to Manage Your Account and Content.
  3. Select for your region to be in the US/India
  4. Go to your Amazon Fire TV device. Press on Settings and My Account.
  5. Deregister and sign back into your Amazon account.
  6. Now download Hotstar.

That’s All You Need to Watch Hotstar Live Cricket

Want to watch Hotstar live cricket in the UK? As long as you are connected to the right VPN server, you will be able to do so.

And after you finish, you will also be able to unblock many others services in the UK such as RTE or DAZN, by simply switching your server location, and also, in certain cases, with the help of our guides.

Written by Michael Smolski.

Disclaimer: While PrivateVPN works with Hotstar, due to the nature of VPN services always being a target of streaming services, it cannot guarantee that it will work with Hotstar at all given times, just like any other service.