Sony Sports Network and Sony LIV have announced their commentary and analysis panel for India’s tour of Sri Lanka, scheduled from August 15 to 27, 2026.
The two Test series will feature a panel comprising former cricketers and broadcasters from India and Sri Lanka, with former India captain Ajinkya Rahane set to make his Test commentary debut.
The English commentary panel will include Samir Kochhar, Harsha Bhogle, Arjun Pandit, Sanjay Manjrekar, Angelo Mathews, Russell Arnold, Farveez Maharoof and Roshan Abeysinghe.
For Hindi coverage, the panel will feature different combinations across the two Tests. The first Test will have Samir Kochhar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ajay Jadeja, Mohammad Kaif, Murali Kartik, Vivek Razdan and Paul Valthaty. The second Test will feature Gaurav Kapur, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajay Jadeja, Mohammad Kaif, Saba Karim, Vivek Razdan and Paul Valthaty.
Regional language coverage will feature W.V. Raman, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Bhagavathy Prasad, Sudhir Srinivasan and Shailaja Sundar in Tamil; KS Bharat, Venkatapathy Raju, Ravi Teja, Rakesh Deva and Sandeep Kumar in Telugu; and Venkatesh Prasad, Sujith Somasunder, Sharath HS, Chandramouli Kanavi and Sumanth Bhat in Kannada.
The panel will provide pre-match, mid-innings and post-match analysis, covering areas including team selection, player matchups, individual performances and key moments from the series.
India will be led by Shubman Gill, with KL Rahul serving as vice-captain. The squad also includes Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Gurnoor Brar, Devdutt Padikkal, Saransh Jain, Auqib Nabi and Sarfaraz Khan.
Jasprit Bumrah will miss the series due to injury. Auqib Nabi has received his maiden India Test call-up, while Sarfaraz Khan returns to the Test squad for the first time since November 2024. Sai Sudharsan has been ruled out.
The first Test will be played from August 15 to 19, followed by the second Test from August 23 to 27. Both matches will begin at 10 AM and will be broadcast on Sony Sports Ten 1 SD and HD, Sony Sports Ten 3 SD and HD in Hindi, and Sony Sports Ten 4 SD in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
The India tour of Sri Lanka will also be streamed on Sony LIV.
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