Star Sports, on Saturday (March 16), announced a star-studded line-up of commentators for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The long awaited IPL 2024 With less than a week.
The 17th season of the IPL is scheduled to be played from March 22. Reigning champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in a delightful first tournament in Chennai. Last month, the BCCI announced the schedule for the first 21 matches of the tournament, scheduled to be played from March 22 to April 7.
And while the BCCI The complete schedule of IPL 2024 is yet to be announced, Star Sports has announced the complete list of commentators and presenters. For the Hindi coverage, they have announced as many as 19 commentators, including Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ambati Rayudu, Ravi Shastri, Imran Tahir, Mohammad Kaif and others.
For English coverage, Star Sports has announced the names of 27 commentators, including Michael Clarke, who was reportedly dropped by the BCCI last year after a video of his altercation with his girlfriend surfaced. Apart from the 27 commentators, Star has also announced six former international players as part of the IPL coverage.
🔊 Drum roll please! 🥁
🎙 Introducing the star-studded cast whose voices will bring the cricket action to life! 🏏
2️⃣0️⃣ IPL winners with 4️⃣1️⃣ trophies! 🏆
9️⃣ T20 World Cup champions, winning 1️⃣0️⃣ titles! 🌍🏏
9️⃣ ODI World Cup winners, winning 1️⃣3️⃣ trophies! 🌍🏆… pic.twitter.com/JEFjTbEXmb– Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 16, 2024
IPL 2024 broadcasters have also released the names of commentators for regional language coverage.
IPL 2024 Commentators:
International:
Steve Smith, Stuart Broad, Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis, Tom Moody, Paul Collingwood
Hindi:
Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ambati Rayudu, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Varun Aaron, Mithali Raj, Mohammad Kaif, Sanjay Manjrekar, Imran Tahir, Wasim Jaffer, Gurkeerat Mann, Unmukt Chand, Vivek Razdan, Rajat Bhatia, Deep Dasgupta, Raman Bhanot , Padamjeet Sehrawat, Jatin Sapru
English commentators:
Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Brian Lara, Matthew Hayden, Kevin Pietersen, Michael Clarke, Sanjay Manjrekar, Aaron Finch, Ian Bishop, English coverage, Nick Knight, Simon Katich, Danny Morrison, Chris Morris, Samuel Badree, Katey Martin, Graeme Swann, Deep Dasgupta, Harsha Bhogle, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Anjum Chopra, Murali Kartik, WV Raman, Natalie Germanos, Daren Ganga, Mark Howard, Rohan Gavaskar
tamil
K. Srikkanth, S. Badrinath, Lakshmipathi Balaji, Murali Vijay, Murugan Ashwin, N. Jagadeesan, RJ Balaji, Yo Mahesh, Muthuraman R, KV Sathyanarayanan, Thirush Kamini, Bhavana Balakrishnan, Swastika Rajendran
Telugu:
Ambati Rayudu, Mithali Raj, MSK Prasad, Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Kalyan Krishna D, Gnaneshwara Rao, Rakesh Deva Reddy, Daniel Manohar, Sasikanth Avulapalli, Ravi Rakle, M Anand Sri Krishna, Vindhya Medapati, Geeta Bhagat
Kannada:
Vijay Bharadwaj, Vinay Kumar, Gundappa Viswanath, Jagadeesh Suchith, NC Aiyappa, Pavan Deshpande, Akhil Balachandra, GK Anil Kumar, Sumesh Goni, Shashank Suresh, Roopesh Shetty, Kiran Srinivas, Madhu Mailankody