T20 World Cup 2021 Commentators List: The ICC T20 World Cup 2021 was scheduled to take place in India, but had to be shifted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The UAE recently hosted the second leg of IPL 2021, which had to be moved out of India.
T20 World Cup 2021 Commentators List
Athar Ali Khan is the only representative from Bangladesh. Former Scotland cricketer Preston Mommsen will also be there in the commentary box. Sunil Gavaskar, Murali Kartik, Bhogle and Anjum Chopra form the Indian contingent.
Chopra is also one of the two female commentators for the tournament along with Natalie Germanos. Chopra also has the experience of commentating in a number of tournaments in Bangladesh.
Bazid Khan and Alan Wilkins have also weaved magic in various ICC events. Shane Watson, who retired from international cricket in 2016, will also be seen.
Former Zimbabwe cricketer Pommie Mbangwa, who was a part of the IPL 2021 commentary panel, has also been roped in. Mark Nicholas is another popular name from the commentary world.
| Commentators | Country |
| Ian Bishop | West Indies |
| Shane Watson | Australia |
| Dale Steyn | South Africa |
| Sunil Gavaskar | India |
| Daren Sammy | West Indies |
| Nasser Hussain | England |
| Anjum Chopra | India |
| Danny Morrison | New Zealand |
| Russel Arnold | Sri Lanka |
| Mark Nicholas | England |
| Niall O’Brien | Ireland |
| Harsha Bhogle | India |
| Michael Atherton | England |
| Natalie Germanos | South African |
| Simon Doull | New Zealand |
| Murali Kartik | India |
| Bazid Khan | Pakistan |
| Alan Wilkins | England |
| Athar Ali Khan | Bangladesh |
| Preston Mommsen | Scotland |
| Pommie Mbangwa | Zimbabwe |
As Star Sports extends their broadcasting services in different languages they also ropes ommentators in different lanhuages including Hindi, Tamil, Telungu, Kannada, etc. Following are the details of the commentators for various regional languages:
T20 World Cup 2021 Commentators – Hindi
Following are the list of the T20 World Cup 2021 Hindi and Dug out commentators:
- VVS Laxman
- Brian Lara
- Jarin Sapru
- Aakash Chopra
- Deep Dasgupta
- Nikhil Chopra
- Scott Styris
- Parthiv Patel
- RP Singh
- Sanjay Bangar
- Gautam Gambhir
- Harbhajan Singh
- Ajit Agarkar
T20 World Cup 2021 Commentators – Telugu
Following are the list of the T20 World Cup 2021 Telugu commentators:
- M Anand Sri Krishna
- Neha Matcha
- Vindhya Vishaka Medapati
- MSK Prasad
- Ashish Reddy
- Kaushik Nallan Chakravarthy
- Sasikanth Avulapalli
- Kalyan Krishna D
- Venugopalarao Yalaka
- T Suman
T20 World Cup 2021 commentators – Kannada
Following are the list of the T20 World Cup 2021 Kannada commentators:
- Madhu Mailankody
- Kiran Srinivas
- Srinivasa Murthy P
- Vijay Bharadwaj
- Bharath Chipli
- GK Anil Kumar
- Venkatesh Prasad
- Veda Krishnamurthy
- Sumesh Goni
- Vinay Kumar R
T20 World Cup 2021 commentators – Tamil
Following are the list of the T20 World Cup 2021 Tamil commentators:
- Radhakrishnan Sreenivasan
- RJ Balaji
- S Badrinath
- Hemang Badani
- Abhinav Mukund
- Sadagoppan Ramesh
- Yo Mahesh
- Nanee
- Krishnamachari Srikkanth
- Pradeep Muthu
T20 World Cup 2021 commentators – Malayalam
Following are the list of the T20 World Cup 2021 Malayalam commentators:
- Vishnu Hariharan
- Shiyas Mohammed
- Tinu Yohannan
- Raiphi Gomez
- C M Deepak
T20 World Cup 2021 commentators – Bengali
Following are the list of the T20 World Cup 2021 Bengali commentators:
- Boria Majumdar
- Sanjeeb Mukherjea
- Saradindu Mukherjee
- Gautam Bhattacharya
- Joydeep Mukherjee
- Debasish Datta.
T20 World Cup 2021 commentators – Marathi
Following are the list of the T20 World Cup 2021 Marathi commentators:
- Kunal Date
- Prasanna Sant
- Chaitanya Sant
- Snehal Pradhan
- Sandeep Patil
- Vinod Kambli
T20 WC 2021 Telecasting Channels & OTT
Star Sports have the official broadcasting rights of Live Streaming T20 World Cup 2021 while Hotstar+Disney has the online streaming rights in India and its subcontinents. Alternate TV broadcasters and Online streaming platforms were partnered by Star Sports for the countries where these two can’t provide the service.
| Country | Broadcasting Channels & OTT |
| India & Sub Continent | Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 3, Star Sports HD, DD Sports, DSport, Sony Ten, Sony Ten 2, Sony Six HD, Sony Six, Hotstar, Disney+, SonyLiv (App), FanCode |
| Pakistan | PTV Sports, Ten Sports Pakistan, Geo Super, BSports Pakistan, Jazz TV, MJnuoon TV, Tapmad, |
| Australia | Fox Sports, Channel 9, YuppTV, Kayo Sports, Foxtel Sports |
| United States | Willow TV, Willow Xtra, YuppTV, Hotstar, Disney+ |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports, Sky Go App, SlingTV |
| New Zealand | Sky Sports NZ, Spark Sports, Fan Pass |
| Singapore | Star Cricket, Star Hub, Singtel |
| Hong Kong | Star Cricket, Now TV |
| Caribbean | ESPN, Flow Sports |
| Bangladesh | Gazi TV (GTV), T-Sports, Rabbitholebd, Maasranga TV, BTV |
| Sri Lanka | Channel Eye (SLRC) |
| The Middle East & North Africa | OSN Cricket HD |
| Malaysia | Astro Cricket HD |
| Austria, Germany | Dazn |
| Mena Countries | OSN Play |
| Japan | ICC’s Facebook Page |
| China | Fox Network Group |
| Fiji | Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC TV) |
| Afghanistan | Moby TV |
| UAE | Cricwick App |
T20 WC 2021 Audio Telecasting Channel List
| Country | Channel – Radio | Language |
| Australia | ABC | English |
| India | All India Radio (AIR) | Hindi |
| Middle East & North Africa | Radio 4 (89.1) | Hindi |
| Middle East & North Africa | Radio 4 (101.3) | Malayalam |
| Pakistan | Avenue Intl Pvt. Ltd | Urdu |
| Sri Lanka | VFM, SLBC | English, Tamil & Sinhalese |
| South Africa | SABC | English & Afrikaans |
| United Kingdom | All India Radio (AIR), Talksport | English |
