JioStar, the official broadcast and digital partner of the TATA IPL announced its presentation for the 2026 season, replete with T20 champions, former internationals, world-class presenters, accomplished experts, seasoned broadcasters, and language and innovation options that will elevate fans’ viewing experience. For the first time, fans will watch along with TATA IPL champions through a dedicated digital feed as the action unfolds on JioHotstar.
JioStar’s presentation of 20+ feeds will be brought to viewers by over 150 presenters and experts across JioHotstar and Star Sports Network. Star Sports Network will present the world’s greatest T20 carnival in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada while JioHotstar will offer fans as many as 12 language options, including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, and Malayalam.
These will be enhanced by two audience-inclusive feeds- Indian Sign Language and Audio Descriptive feed. In addition, JioHotstar will once again bring MaxView in Hindi and English, and also allow fans to choose a vantage point from which they can experience the game through a multi-cam experience featuring five camera angles such as a Hero Cam, Stump Cam, Batter Cam, Field View, and a multi-view angle.
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For the first time ever, former India spin maestro and CSK legend Ravichandran Ashwin will pick up the commentator’s mic in JioStar’s studios. Ashwin, an accomplished storyteller, and analyst of the game will bring his insights to live action for the first time. He will be joined by India and TATA IPL legend Virender Sehwag, RCB legend AB de Villiers, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup champion Irfan Pathan, CSK’s TATA IPL winners Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, and Faf du Plessis, former RCB Captain and Mentor Anil Kumble.
JioStar’s expert panel will be bolstered by the likes of seasoned broadcasters and former international legends such as Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Clake, Eoin Morgan, Aaron Finch, Dale Steyn, and Kevin Pietersen among many others. JioStar will also introduce a dedicated digital feed in Hindi that will feature former TATA IPL champions, legends, and some of the best analytical minds in the business for a unique watch-along experience.
Ravichandran Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Aakash Chopra will come together on the feed to regale everyone with first-hand dressing room stories, never heard before tales about TATA IPL players and decode the players’ mindset as live action plays out.
JioStar’s regional presentation also adds punch to its Tamil feed by roping in former Sri Lanka all-rounder Russel Arnold and RJ Balaji. In addition, familiar faces such as two-time TATA IPL champion Manvinder Bisla, renowned broadcasters Navjot Singh Sidhu and Ajay Jadeja, former India international and cricket administrator Kiran More, and former Chennai Super Kings batter S Badrinath return to JioStar’s regional feeds, besides several others. Siddharth Sharma, Head of Content, Sports – JioStar, said , “As the TATA IPL continues to scale up in unprecedented ways, our push is to assemble legends and heavyweights of the league together in our studios in a way that will offer a unique insider’s perspective to fans, alongside also making the biggest T20 extravaganza more accessible to all. Along with bringing together the sharpest minds in the game, fans can take control of their viewing experience with numerous options on demand and enjoy an enhanced visual spectacle across devices.”
The 19th edition of TATA IPL promises to bring three different generations – fearless prodigies such as Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Priyansh Arya, and Ayush Mhatre, heavyweights such as Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer, and legends Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma – head-to-head, creating an unmissable spectacle for fans.
IPL 2026 Commentators
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
