JioStar unveils multi-language coverage plan for TATA IPL 2026
JioStar has announced an expanded broadcast plan for TATA IPL 2026, featuring over 20 feeds, 12 language options, and more than 150 experts. New features include multi-camera viewing, sign language feeds, and a dedicated watch-along experience with former players
Hyderabad: 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 over 20 feeds will be brought to viewers by more than 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 an 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 Hero Cam, Stump Cam, Batter Cam, Field View, and a multi-view angle.
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, and former RCB captain and mentor Anil Kumble. JioStar’s expert panel will be bolstered by seasoned broadcasters and former international legends such as Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Clarke, 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 viewers with first-hand dressing room stories, never-heard-before tales about TATA IPL players, and decode the players’ mindset as live action unfolds.