Love Beyond Wicket (LBW) marks Vikranth’s first web series, featuring an ensemble cast and a cricket-driven emotional narrative.
The Tamil series streams on JioHotstar from January 1, 2026, with a weekly release format and the first four episodes dropping on day one.
The show follows a former cricketer turned coach who rebuilds a losing local academy team through passion, perseverance, and teamwork.
Love Beyond Wicket is a Tamil web series that marks the OTT debut of the actor Vikranth. Other than that, the series will also cast Sindhu Shyam, Harish, Ayaz Khan and more talented actors and actresses. Written by Aruna Rakhee, the web series will show the story of a former cricketer whose career never reached the heights he had hoped for. It further shows passion, struggle, and teamwork through the lens of cricket, highlighting the journey of a coach and his underdog team. Here’s everything you need to know about this Tamil blockbuster, from its OTT release date, platform, storyline, cast and more.
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Love Beyond Wicket (LBW): OTT release date and platform
The web series will officially be released on JioHotstar. Viewers can enjoy Love Beyond Wicket starting January 1, 2026. The makers have opted for a weekly release format. However, the first four episodes will be released on day one.
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Love Beyond Wicket (LBW): Storyline
Love Beyond Wicket is the story of Rangan, who is a former cricketer whose ambitions were not fulfilled in the cricket field the way he wanted them to be. He is now a coach and decides to take up the challenge of training the struggling team at the local cricket academy, where the team is full of untrained and low-confidence players, and the team is yet to win a match in years.
This is the biggest challenge for the coach, who has to motivate them and, at the same time, fight his own battles and frustrations in the process. He gradually starts understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the player and unites them to perform like a team through collective effort and perseverance, thus bringing the lost honour to the cricket academy and achieving the impossible through collective effort and perseverance through the series.
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Love Beyond Wicket (LBW): Cast and crew
LBW stars Vikranth in the lead role. The series is written by Aruna Rakhee and directed by Ganesh Karthikeyan. The ensemble cast includes Sindhu Shyam, Niyathi, Harish, Ayaz Khan, Akshatha, Naveen, Nikhil Nair, and Viswa Mithran.
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