Star Sports Unveils Multi-Language Commentary Panel for IPL 2026

March 27, 2026: IPL seasons are remembered for much more than just two months of cricket. They are a complete entertainment package, where the action on the field is matched by excitement off it. Commentary plays an important role by adding depth, emotion, and energy to every moment of the game.

As IPL 2026 approaches, the Indian Premier League will begin on March 28. Broadcasters are making strong efforts to improve the viewing experience. Along with exciting matches, fans can expect high-quality analysis, as Star Sports has announced a large and diverse panel of commentators.

The IPL has always been known for combining great cricket with engaging commentary. Continuing this tradition, Star Sports has brought together a mix of experienced experts, former players, and fresh voices to make IPL 2026 more enjoyable for viewers.

160+ voices. 12 languages. 1 epic STARCAST! 🎙️

Voices that will bring TATA IPL 2026’s Bindaas energy to your screens! 😍#TATAIPL 2026 👉 Starts SAT, 28th MAR, 5:30 PM pic.twitter.com/YOCQS1Qwcy

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 27, 2026

Multi-Language Coverage and Star-Studded Commentary Panel

For the first time, fans can follow live match discussions with IPL stars through a special digital feed on JioHotstar. The platform will offer coverage in multiple languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, and Malayalam. It will also include Indian Sign Language and an audio descriptive feed.

JioHotstar will also bring back MaxView and provide multiple camera angles such as Hero Cam, Stump Cam, Batter Cam, Field View, and multi-view, giving fans more control over how they watch matches.

Making his commentary debut is Ravichandran Ashwin, who will join top names like Virender Sehwag, AB de Villiers, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Faf du Plessis, and Anil Kumble. Other global names include Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Clarke, Eoin Morgan, Aaron Finch, Dale Steyn, and Kevin Pietersen.

The English commentary panel includes AB de Villiers, Aaron Finch, Dale Steyn, Faf du Plessis, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Michael Clarke, Sunil Gavaskar, M Kartik, Ian Bishop, Simon Doull, Danny Morrison, Darren Ganga, Nick Knight, Graeme Swann, Alan Wilkins, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Anjum Chopra, WV Raman, Raunak Kapoor, Mitchell McClenaghan, Katey Martin, Simon Katich, Harsha Bhogle, and Ravi Shastri.

The Hindi panel features Ravichandran Ashwin, Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Anil Kumble, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sanjay Bangar, Piyush Chawla, Mohammad Kaif, Ajay Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Cheteshwar Pujara, Aakash Chopra, Saba Karim, Padamjeet Sehrawat, Anant Tyagi, and Deep Dasgupta.

The Tamil commentary team includes RJ Balaji, Muthuraman, Vishnu Hariharan, Ashwath Bobo, KV Satyanarayan, S Badrinath, Yo Mahesh, Sadagopan Ramesh, Thirush Kamini, Baba Aparajith, Baba Indrajith, R Sridhar, Russel Arnold, and Abhinav Mukund.

The Telugu panel features MSK Prasad, Hanuma Vihari, NC Kaushik, T Suman, Kalyan Krishna, Ashish Reddy, Akshath Reddy, Ravi Teja, and Kalyan Kollarappu.

The Kannada team includes Vinay Kumar, Vijay Bharadwaj, Srinivas Murthy, Kiran Srinivasa, Sumesh Goni, Shashank Suresh, Bharat Chipli, K Gowtham, Pavan Deshpande, GK Anil, B Akhil, J Suchith, and Veda Krishnamurthy.

The Bhojpuri panel has Sumit Mishra, Saurabh Singh, Shivam Singh, Gulam Hussain, Satya Prakash, Abhay Kumar, and Jwala Singh.

The Punjabi panel includes Sarandeep Singh, Chetan Sharma, Rahul Sharma, VRV Singh, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Mandeep Singh, Gurjit Singh, and Sunil Taneja.

The Haryanvi panel features Manvinder Bisla, Anil Chaudhary, Sonu Sharma, Ajit R, Ashish Hooda, Sumit Narwal, Vishwaas, and Ravin Kundu.

The Marathi panel includes Dhawal Kulkarni, Kiran More, Salil Ankola, Aditya Tare, Prasad Kshirsagar, Praveen Tambe, Prasanna Sant, Chaitanya Sant, and Ganesh Joshi.

The Gujarati team has Sheldon Jackson, Nayan Mongia, Atul Bedade, Rakesh Patel, Bhargav Bhatt, Aseem Parikh, Akash Trivedi, and Manpreet Juneja.

The Malayalam panel includes Sachin Baby, Vishnu Hariharan, VA Jagadeesh, CM Deepak, Rohan Prem, Sony Cheravatur, Raiphi Gomez, Manu Krishnan, MD Nideesh, and Aju John Thomas.

The Bengali panel features Shreevats Goswami, Jhulan Goswami, Saradindu Mukherjee, RJ Varun, Sanjeeb Mukherjea, Subhomoy Das, Shiladitya Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar, Raja Venkatraman, and Gautam Bhattacharya.

The presenters for IPL 2026 include Mayanti Langer Binny, Tanay Tiwari, Bhavna Balakrishnan, Suren Sundaram, Swedha Bahal, Nidhi Dugar, Natasha Cheriath, Sahiba Bali, Nashy Singh, Sameena Anwar, Vindhya M, Prathyusha Sadu, Roopesh Shetty, Madhu M, Reena D Souza, Debi Saha, and Shalinee Singh.