JioStar, the official broadcast and digital partner for IPL 2026, has announced a star-studded lineup for the IPL 2026 commentators as it has been announced on Friday (March 27).
The IPL 2026 season starts from Saturday as the world awaits a blockbuster action in the next two months or so.
For the first time, supporters can follow the live drama alongside IPL champions via a special digital feed on JioHotstar.
IPL 2026 Commentary Languages
With over 150 presenters and experts, JioStar delivers 20+ feeds across JioHotstar and the Star Sports Network. The network covers the action in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada, while JioHotstar expands to 12 languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, and Malayalam. Inclusive options include Indian Sign Language and an Audio Descriptive feed.
JioHotstar also revives MaxView in Hindi and English, plus a multi-cam setup letting fans pick from five angles like Hero Cam, Stump Cam, Batter Cam, Field View, and multi-view.
Making his commentary debut in JioStar studios is IPL 2026 newcomer and former India spin wizard Ravichandran Ashwin, the CSK icon and sharp storyteller. He’ll team up with IPL greats Virender Sehwag, RCB’s AB de Villiers, T20 World Cup winner Irfan Pathan, CSK champs Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, and Faf du Plessis, plus ex-RCB skipper and coach Anil Kumble. The lineup grows with pros like Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Clarke, Eoin Morgan, Aaron Finch, Dale Steyn, and Kevin Pietersen.
A New Hindi Watch-Along for IPL 2026
A new Hindi digital watch-along feed spotlights IPL champions and top analysts-Ravichandran Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Aakash Chopra-sharing insider dressing-room yarns, untold player stories, and mindset breakdowns during live play.
Regional flair amps up the Tamil feed with ex-Sri Lanka star Russel Arnold and RJ Balaji. Returning voices include two-time IPL winner Manvinder Bisla, broadcasters Navjot Singh Sidhu and Ajay Jadeja, ex-India player and admin Kiran More, and former CSK batter S Badrinath, among others.
IPL 2026 Commentators and Experts List
English
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, Knick Knight, Graeme Swann, Alan Wilkins, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Anjum Chopra, WV Raman, Raunak Kapoor, Mitchell McClenaghan, Katey Martin, Simon Katich, Harsha Bhogle, and Ravi Shastri
Hindi
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
Tamil
RJ Balaji, Muthuraman, Vishnu Hariharan, Ashwath Bobo, KV Satyanarayan, Subramaniam Badrinath, Yo Mahesh, Sadagopan Ramesh, Thirush Kamini, Baba Aparajith, Baba Indrajith, R Sridhar, Russel Arnold, and Abhinav Mukund
Telugu
MSK Prasad, Hanuma Vihari, NC Kaushik, T Suman, Kalyan Krishna, Ashish Reddy, Akshath Reddy, Ravi Teja, and Kalyan Kollarappu
Kannada
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
Bhojpuri
Sumit Mishra, Saurabh Singh, Shivam Singh, Gulam Hussain, Satya Prakash, Abhay Kumar, and Jwala Singh
Punjabi
Sarandeep Singh, Chetan Sharma, Rahul Sharma, VRV Singh, Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Mandeep Singh, Gurjit Singh, and Sunil Taneja
Haryanvi
Manvinder Bisla, Anil Chaudhary, Sonu Sharma, Ajit R, Ashish Hooda, Sumit Narwal, Vishwaas, and Ravin Kundu
Marathi
Dhawal Kulkarni, Kiran More, Salil Ankola, Aditya Tare, Prasad Kshirsagar, Praveen Tambe, Prasanna Sant, Chaitanya Sant, and Ganesh Joshi
Gujarati
Sheldon Jackson, Nayan Mongia, Atul Bedade, Rakesh Patel, Bhargav Bhatt, Aseem Parikh, Akash Trivedi, and Manpreet Juneja
Malayalam
Sachin Baby, Vishnu Hariharan, VA Jagadeesh, CM Deepak, Rohan Prem, Sony Cheravatur, Raiphi Gomez, Manu Krishnan, MD Nideesh, and Aju John Thomas
Bengali
Shreevats Goswami, Jhulan Goswami, Saradindu Mukherjee, RJ Varun, Sanjeeb Mukherjea, Subhomoy Das, Shiladitya Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar, Raja Venkatraman, and Gautam Bhattacharya
Presenters
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