With the Indian Premier League 2026 season starting on Saturday, March 28, the official broadcaster Star Sports announced its star-filled commentary team on March 27.
The long and elaborate list includes some prominent names, including Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Harsha Bhogle, Deep Dasgupta, Suresh Raina, and Mohammed Kaif, among others. It has also seen the inclusion of some new faces like Faf du Plessis, Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav, and others.
IPL 2026 Commentary Panels
Hindi – JioHotstar
| Commentators |
|---|
| R Ashwin |
| Suresh Raina |
| Harbhajan Singh |
| Irfan Pathan |
| Virender Sehwag |
| Anil Kumble |
| Piyush Chawla |
| Umesh Yadav |
| Aakash Chopra |
| Cheteshwar Pujara |
| Aditya Tare |
Hindi – Star Sports
| Commentators |
|---|
| Navjot Singh Sidhu |
| Sunil Gavaskar |
| Sanjay Bangar |
| Ajay Jadeja |
| Mohammad Kaif |
| Saba Karim |
| Deep Dasgupta |
| Padamjeet Sehrawat |
| Anant Tyagi |
| Sunil Taneja |
English Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| AB de Villiers |
| Dale Steyn |
| Faf du Plessis |
| Kevin Pietersen |
| Aaron Finch |
| Eoin Morgan |
| Michael Clarke |
| Mitchell McClenagan |
| Deep Dasgupta |
| Sunil Gavaskar |
| Ravi Shastri |
| Harsha Bhogle |
| Ian Bishop |
| Simon Doull |
| Daniel Morrison |
| Daren Ganga |
| Nick Knight |
| Graeme Swann |
| Mpumelelo Mbangwa |
| Simon Katich |
| Murali Kartik |
| WV Raman |
| Anjum Chopra |
| Abhinav Mukund |
| Alan Wilkins |
| Katey Martin |
| Raunak Kapoor |
Tamil Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Murali Vijay |
| S Badrinath |
| L Balaji |
| Yomahesh |
| Sadagopan Ramesh |
| S Sridhar |
| Russel Arnold |
| Abhinav Mukund |
| Thirush Kamini |
| Baba Aparajith |
| Baba Indrajith |
| RJ Balaji |
| Nanee |
| Muthu Pradeep |
| Ashwath Mukunthan |
| Bhavna Balakrishnan |
| Sameena Anwar |
| Vishnu Hariharan |
| Gowtham Dhavamani |
Telugu Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Hanuma Vihari |
| MSK Prasad |
| T Suman |
| Kalyan Krishna |
| Ashish Reddy |
| Akshath Reddy |
| Ravi Teja |
| Kalyan Kollaram |
| NC Kaushik |
| Vindhya Vishaka |
| Prathyusha Sadhu |
| RJ Hemant |
Kannada Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Vinay Kumar |
| Krishnappa Gowtham |
| Bharat Chipli |
| Vijay Bharadwaj |
| Srinivasa Murthy |
| Pavan Deshpande |
| Akhil Balachandra |
| GK Anil Kumar |
| Veda Krishnamurthy |
| Kiran Srinivasa |
| Shashank Suresh |
| Roopesh Shetty |
| Madhu Mailankody |
| Sumesh Goni |
| Reena D’Souza |
Bhojpuri Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Saurabh Singh |
| Sumit Mishra |
| Shivam Singh |
| Satyaprakash Krishna |
| Gulam Hussain |
| Jwala Singh |
| Abhay Kumar |
| Shalinee Singh |
Haryanvi Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Manvinder Bisla |
| Anil Chaudhary |
| Padamjeet Sehrawat |
| Sonu Sharma |
| Ajit Singh |
| Ravin Kundu |
| Vishwaas |
| Ashish Hooda |
| Sumit Narwal |
Marathi Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Kiran More |
| Salil Ankola |
| Aditya Tare |
| Dhawal Kulkarni |
| Praveen Tambe |
| Prasanna Sant |
| Chaitanya Sant |
| Ganesh Joshi |
| Prasad Kshirsagar |
Bangla Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Jhulan Goswami |
| Shreevats Goswami |
| Raja Venkatraman |
| Anustup Majumdar |
| Saradindu Mukherjee |
| Shiladitya Chatterjee |
| Sanjeeb Mukherjee |
| Subhomoy Das |
| RJ Varun |
| Gautam Bhattacharya |
| Shrijit Mukherjee |
| Soumitra Chatterjee |
Gujarati Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Sheldon Jackson |
| Nayan Mongia |
| Rakesh Patel |
| Bhargav Bhatt |
| Atul Bedade |
| Akash Trivedi |
| Aseem Parikh |
| Manpreet Juneja |
Punjabi Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Sarandeep Singh |
| Reetinder Singh Sodhi |
| Mandeep Singh |
| Chetan Sharma |
| VRV Singh |
| Sunil Taneja |
| Gurjit Singh |
| Rahul Sharma |
Malayalam Commentary Panel
| Commentators |
|---|
| Sachin Baby |
| Raiphi Gomez |
| MD Nideesh |
| Sony Cheravatur |
| Vishnu Hariharan |
| VA Jagadeesh |
| CM Deepak |
| Rohan Prem |
| Aju John Thomas |
| Manu Krishnan |
IPL 2026 Presenters
| Presenters |
|---|
| Anant Tyagi |
| Mayanti Langer |
| Abhinav Mukund |
| Tanay Tiwari |
| Bhavna Balakrishnan |
| Swedha Baahal |
| Suren Sundaram |
| Sahiba Bali |
| Nidhi Dugar |
| Navneeth Krishna |
| Nashpreet Singh |
