Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

The Indian Premier League (2019) will be kickstarting today. Ahead of the popular Cricket tournament amongst Indian users, government-owned telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced a couple of prepaid plans, priced at Rs 199 and Rs 499. The new plans ship with daily data benefit, unlimited voice calling and free Cricket SMS Alerts about the current ongoing Cricket match. The Rs 199 prepaid plan comes with a validity of 28 days while the Rs 499 plan offers benefits for 90 days. Sadly, they both ship with just 1GB data per day which is underwhelming since BSNL is touting them as plans aimed at Cricket lovers and 1GB data benefit will not be enough for the users who stream Cricket matches on their mobile phone. Also, it’s unknown whether these plans fall under the BSNL Extra Data offer which adds 2.2GB daily data to your existing plan’s data benefit. Both the plans are effective across all the 20 telecom circles starting today where BSNL is providing operations.

BSNL Rs 199 IPL Recharge: Benefits and Details
Starting with the Rs 199 prepaid recharge, it ships unlimited voice calling benefit in the home circle only, meaning if a user travels to another circle, then voice calls will be charged at standard rates. As noted, the plan offers 1GB of data per day for 28 days, which makes it a total benefit of 28GB. If you reside in an area where BSNL is testing 4G services, then you can enjoy decent data speeds, otherwise, you’ll have to settle down with 3G speeds. Lastly, the plan also comes with Cricket PRBT along with Cricket SMS Alerts for the matches which are going on currently. The all-new Rs 199 prepaid plan from BSNL comes with a validity of 28 days.