Star Sports announce commentary panel for IPL Phase 2

Star Sports announce commentary panel for IPL Phase two.

Commentary is an important part in any sport and when it comes to the game of cricket, the commentators set the entire mood of a match and a game without them, if it ever takes place, will look lacklustre. Indian Premier League is the biggest festival of cricket for the Indian fans and it is of utmost importance that the organizers decide it’s commentators wisely. And boy have they done it for the second phase of IPL 2021.

Star Sports, the broadcasters of IPL 2021 in India, have recently released the list of commentators for both Hindi and English for the second phase of IPL 2021. Let us first have a look at both the lists.

English Commentary Panel: Ian Bishop, Simon Dole, Kumar Sangakkara, Harsha Bhogle, Sunil Gavaskar, Rohan Gavaskar, Deep Dasgupta, Shiva Rama Krishnan, Anjum Chopra, Murali Karthik, Mark Nicholas, Kevin Pietersen, JP Duminy, Lisa Sthalekar, Daren Ganga, Pommie MBangwa, Michael Slater and Danny Morrison.

Hindi Commentary Panel: Parthiv Patel, Akash Chopra, Irfan Pathan, Gautam Gambhir, Ashish Nehra, Jatin Sapru, Nikhil Chopra, Kiran More, Ajit Agarkar, and Sanjay Bangar.

It might seem that the Hindi commentators’ list is much bigger than that of the English commentators but we have to keep in mind that the English commentators have a much wider range of audience to cater to and till date it is considered to be the best commentary.

However, the Hindi commentators are slowly picking up and it’s popularity will only grow over time. Given the number of cricket fans in India, it will not be shocking if Hindi viewers exceed the number of English viewers in the next few years.

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ICC ANNOUNCED THE FINAL DATE FOR TEAMS RE-SELECTION

The 2021 edition of ICC T20 World Cup is just around the corner. The tournament is scheduled to begin from 23 October just after the conclusion of the 2021 edition of IPL. The upcoming ICC event will be played in UAE and Oman. The finals will be played in Dubai on 14 November.

Several teams are releasing their 15-man squad plus 3 reserve players. So far Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies have released their squad for the upcoming tournament.

ICC will allow a total of 23 players (15+8) per team to participate in the competition. India were supposed to host the competition but BCCI moved the tournament to UAE and Oman because of the covid-19 pandemic. The tournament will have a total of 16 participants.

The ICC has stated to carry extra player with their squad because of the quarantine rules. However, the ICC will only bear the expenses of 15 players and 8 officials.

“The ICC has also allowed all participating nations to bring additional players with their squads because of the COVID-19 situation and bio-secure bubbles. However, the concerned boards will have to bear the costs of these additional players. The ICC bears the expenses of only 15 players and eight officials,” the official stated.

The official further revealed that teams are allowed to make changes in their squad till 10th October. The ICC will allow the participating teams to make changes five days prior to the start of the quarantine. So, there’s still hope for some surprise last minute inclusions in the squads.

India will lock horns with arch rivals Pakistan on 24 October at The Dubai International Stadium in UAE. The Indian team have currently packed their bags from England and are on their way to UAE for the 2021 edition of IPL.

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