IPL 2025: Full list of commentators announced

(Courtesy : BCCI)
IPL 2025 will begin on March 22.
The much-awaited 18th edition of the world’s biggest franchise cricket league, the Indian Premier League (IPL), will begin on Saturday, March 22, in Kolkata. The opening game of the tournament will see the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The IPL 2025 season will feature 74 matches over 65 days. The 70 league games will be followed by the Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2 and Final. The playoffs will begin on May 20.
A total of 10 teams will participate in the tournament namely: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Mumbai Indians (MI), Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Delhi Capitals (DC), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gujarat Titans (GT).
KKR will enter the season as the defending champions, while MI and CSK will enter as the most successful teams with five titles each.
A day before the start of IPL 2025, official broadcasters of the tournament in India – Star Sports Network – has announced the list of commentators, experts and anchors for the tournament. Let’s take a look at the full list.
IPL 2025: Full list of commentators announced
National feed commentators
- 1. Sunil Gavaskar
- 2. Navjot Singh Sidhu
- 3. Aakash Chopra
- 4. Sanjay Manjrekar
- 5. Michael Clarke
- 6. Matthew Hayden
- 7. Mark Boucher
- 8. RP Singh
- 9. Shane Watson
- 10. Sanjay Bangar
- 11. Varun Aaron
- 12. Pragyan Ojha
- 13. Ajay Jadeja
- 14. Virender Sehwag
- 15. Shikhar Dhawan
- 16. Harbhajan Singh
- 17. Anil Kumble
- 18. Suresh Raina
- 19. Kane Williamson
- 20. AB de Villers
- 21. Aaron Finch
- 22. Robin Uthappa
- 23. Ambati Rayudu
- 24. Mohammad Kaif
- 25. Piyush Chawala
World feed commentators
- 1. Eoin Morgan
- 2. Graeme Smith
- 3. Harsha Bhogle
- 4. Simon Doull
- 5. Mpumelelo Mbangwa
- 6. Nick Knight
- 7. Ian Bishop
- 8. Danny Morrison
- 9. Alan Wikins
- 10. Darren Ganga
- 11. Katey Martin
- 12. Natalie Germanos
- 13. Ravi Shashtri
- 14. Sunil Gavaskar
- 15. Matthew Hayden
- 16. Deep Das Gupta
- 17. Shane Watson
- 18. Michael Clarke
- 19. Aaron Finch
- 20. Varun Aaron
- 21. Anjum Chopra
- 22. WV Raman
- 23. Murali Karthik
National feed anchors
- Jatin Sapru
- Mayanti Langer
- Sahiba Bali
- Tanay Tiwari
- Swedh Singh Bahal
- Nashpreet Singh
- Raunak Kapoor
- Anant Tyagi
- Abhinav Mukund
- Bhavna Balakrishnan
- Suren Sundaram
Bhojpuri feed commentators
- 1. Ravi Kishan
- 2. Manoj Tiwary
- 3. Sumit Kumar Mishra
- 4. Saurabh Kumar
- 5. Satya Prakash
- 6. Mani Meraj
- 7. Ashutosh Aman
- 8. Gulam Hussain
- 9. Shivam
Gujrati feed commentators
- 1. Manprit Juneja
- 2. Aseem Parikh
- 3. Bhargav Bhatt
- 4. Sheldon Jackson
- 5. Atul Badade
- 6. Akash Trivedi
- 7. Shailendra Jadeja
Bangla feed commentators
- 1. Debi Saha
- 2. Sreevats Goswami
- 3. Jhulan Goswami
- 4. Subhomoy Das
- 5. Saradindu M
- 6. Raja Venkat
- 7. Sanjeeb M
- 8. Shiladitya Roy
- 9. Gautam B
- 10. Anindya Sengupta
Malyalam feed commentators
- 1. S Sreesanth
- 2. CM Deepak
- 3. Raiphi Gomez
- 4. Rohan Prem
- 5. Sony C
- 6. Vishnu Hariharan
- 7. Nidheesh M D
- 8. Shiyas Mohammed
- 9. Aju John Thomas
- 10. Manu Krishnan
- 11. RJ Renu
Haryanvi feed commentators
- 1. M Bisla
- 2. Sumit Narwal
- 3. Sonu Sharma
- 4. Anil Chaudhary
- 5. RJ Kisna
- 6. Ravin Kundu
- 7. Vishwaas
- 8. Ashish Hooda
Punjabi feed commentators
- 1. Sarandeep Singh
- 2. Chetan Sharma
- 3. Bipul Sharma
- 4. Rahul Sharma
- 5. Mandeep Singh
- 6. Sunil Taneja
- 7. RS Sodhi
- 8. Gurjit Singh
- 9. VRV Singh
Marathi feed commentators
- 1. Kedar Jadhav
- 2. Aditya Tare
- 3. Siddesh Lad
- 4. Chaitanya Sant
- 5. Dhawal Kulkarni
- 6. Prasanna Sant
- 7. Nilesh Natu
- 8. Prasad K
- 9. Salil Ankola
- 10. Pravin Tambe
- 11. Kiran More
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