IPL 2024: Full list of commentators announced by official broadcasters

Official broadcasters have announced commentary panel for six different languages for the IPL 2024.

Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 opening match, the official broadcasters Star Sports on Saturday, 16th March, 2024, announced a star-studded line-up of commentators for 17th edition of the tournament. The first encounter of the IPL 2024 will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on March 22.

Previously, the BCCI announced the schedule for the first 21 fixtures of the cash-rich league. The first-leg will be played from March 22 to April 7 in a home and away format.

While the Indian cricketing body is yet to announce the full schedule of IPL 2024, Star Sports announced the full list of commentators and presenters in several languages to give a smooth experience to cricket fans.

The official broadcasters have included some legendary names on the English panel this season. Names like Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Matthew Hayden, Kevin Pietersen, Danny Morrison, Harsha Bhogle. Apart from the 27 commentators, Star has also announced six international players as part of the IPL 2024 coverage.

For the coverage in Hindi, they have announced as many as 19 commentators. The list includes some famous former international cricketers like Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ambati Rayudu, Ravi Shastri, Imran Tahir, Mohammad Kaif, and others.

The official broadcasters are diversifying the commentary panel in the upcoming cash-rich league. The IPL 2024 commentary panel will see three more regional languages. Star cricketers like K Srikkanth, S Badrinath, Lakshmipathi Balaji, Murali Vijay, and more will be doing commentary in Tamil language.

While in Telugu, esteemed Indian players like Ambati Rayudu, Mithali Raj, MSK Prasad, Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Kalyan Krishna D, and more will do commentary during the IPL 2024.

Vijay Bharadwaj, Vinay Kumar, Gundappa Viswanath, and more former Indian cricketers will be seen doing IPL 2024 commentary in Kannada language throughout the season.

🔊 Drumroll, please! 🥁🎙 Introducing the star-studded cast whose voices will bring the cricketing action to life! 🏏2️⃣0️⃣ IPL winners boasting 4️⃣1️⃣ trophies! 🏆9️⃣ T20 World Cup champions, clinching 1️⃣0️⃣ titles! 🌍🏏9️⃣ ODI World Cup victors, claiming 1️⃣3️⃣ trophies! 🌍🏆… pic.twitter.com/JEFjTbEXmb

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 16, 2024

Here is the full list of IPL 2024 commentators:

International commentators

Steve Smith, Stuart Broad, Dale Steyn, Jacques Kallis, Tom Moody, Paul Collingwood

Hindi commentators

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 commentators

K. Srikkanth, S. Badrinath, Lakshmipathi Balaji, Murali Vijay, Murugan Ashwin, N. Jagadeesan, RJ Balaji, Yo Mahesh, Muthuraman R, K.V. Sathyanarayanan, Thirush Kamini, Bhavana Balakrishnan, Swastika Rajendran

Telugu commentators

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 commentators

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

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