Screengrab showing the non-functional Jio Cinema platform.
Credit: JioCinema
As hundreds of thousands of people logged on to Jio Cinema to watch the mega auction for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Ambani-owned platform crashed, leaving netizens incensed. The matter was resolved soon, and services are now back up.
In the meantime, Elon Musk-owned social media platform X was flooded with angry responses as netizens demanded answers for the poor preparation.
"Jio cinema sucks (sic)," wrote one user, while another called on the platform to fix the issue at the earliest.
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"Jio Cinema if you do not have the infrastructure to provide the service please dont take up the rights," wrote another.
The two-day extravaganza, which was scheduled to begin at 3.30 pm Indian Standard Time, is being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with the 10 IPL franchises set to play a tug of war to lay their hands on the best batters, bowlers and all-rounders as per their aspirations and budget.
A total of 574 players are in the auction pool, among which 366 are Indians, while the remaining 208 are foreigners.
There will be Rs 641.5 crores cumulatively in the kitty of 10 teams.