The International Cricket Council (ICC) has officially announced the commentary panel for the Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. For this tournament to be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka, veteran cricketers and experienced broadcasters from around the world have been given the responsibility of commentary. Five big names from India are included in the list released by ICC. Bangladesh team may have been out of the T20 World Cup, but one of their commentators has got a place in the commentary panel. Athar Ali Khan will represent Bangladesh in this World Cup. The T20 World Cup will start from February 7 and continue till March 8 and a total of 55 matches will be played.
These five stalwarts from India will do commentary
India’s strong presence has been seen in the commentary panel. The five names that have been included from India are—
Ravi Shastri
Sunil Gavaskar
Dinesh Karthik
Robin Uthappa
Harsha Bhogle
Athar Ali Khan gets a chance from Bangladesh
Athar Ali Khan of Bangladesh has also been included in this panel. He has been commentating in international cricket for a long time and is recognized as the voice of Bangladesh cricket. Amidst the current political and cricket controversies, the selection of a Bangladeshi commentator is also considered important. ICC has taken special care of experience and diversity for commentary this time, with a list of stalwarts from around the world. Many veterans are also included in the panel. All these names are considered big and trustworthy in the world of commentary. The special thing is that active players like Test champion captain Temba Bavuma and Angelo Mathews will also be seen in the commentary box. ICC.TV will provide world feed. ICC said that through ICC.TV world feed, all broadcasters will get uniform and high quality coverage. It will include pre-match show, innings break analysis, post-match show, daily highlights, so that viewers can get the complete experience of the entire tournament. Names of all commentators announced for T20 World Cup 2026: Ravi Shastri, Nasser Hussain, Ian Smith, Ian Bishop, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik, Kumar Sangakkara, Samuel Badree, Robin Uthappa, Carlos Brathwaite, Eoin Morgan, Wasim Akram, Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, Rameez Raja, Dale Steyn, Michael Atherton, Waqar Younis, Simon Doull, Shaun Pollock, Katie Martin, Harsha Bhogle, Pumelelo Mbangwa, Natalie Germanos, Danny Morrison, Alan Wilkins, Ian Ward, Mark Howard, Nick Knight, Athar Ali Khan, Kais Nayudu, Bajid Khan, Raunaq Kapoor, Niall O’Brien, Preston Momsen, Andrew Leonard, Russell Arnold, Roshan Abeysinghe, Angelo Mathews, Temba Bavuma. These will be the commentators on Geo Star. Geo Star has also announced the biggest expert panel so far for the event. This panel of Jio Star comprises of more than 100 leading experts and renowned broadcasters, which will support ICC.TV’s world feed talent roster. Through this, coverage will reach the audience in nine languages. These include commentary in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali, and for the first time in an ICC World Cup, commentary will also be available in Bhojpuri and Haryanvi. Special comeback of Yuzvendra Chahal. T20 World Cup 2024 champion Yuzvendra Chahal will start his World Cup commentary career with Jio Star. Along with him, 2007 T20 World Cup winner Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa and Piyush Chawla will also be included in the panel. Apart from this, India’s first centurion in the ICC T20 World Cup Suresh Raina, former Indian head coach Anil Kumble, former assistant coach Abhishek Nair and former batting coach Sanjay Bangar will also give their expert opinion to the audience.
india schedule
India will start its campaign in the group stage with a match against America in Mumbai on February 7. After this Team India-
From Namibia on 12th February
From Pakistan on 15th February
Will face Netherlands on 18th February.
