Star Sports to telecast Karntaka Premier League

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Bengaluru, August 25: The Karnataka State Cricket Association inked a deal with Star Sports to telecast the sixth edition of the Karnataka Premier League to be played from September 1 to 23 across Bengaluru, Mysuru and Hubbali.

The tournament will aired on Star Sports 1, Star Sports HD1 and Hotstar.

With Star Sports on board, the tournament will have enhanced quality of production, especially with the addition of super slow-motion and ultra-motion cameras, along with commentary panel filled with international superstars, including Brett Lee, Michael Hussey, Daniel Vettori and Dean Jones.

The other commentators are ex-India and Karnataka stars Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil Joshi, former Karnataka batsman Fazal Khaleel, former India opener VB Chandrashekar and sports presenter Charu Sharma.

The telecast will be presented by anchors Mayanti Langer and Sanjana Ganesan.

"Star Sports is excited to partner with the Karnataka State Cricket Association for KPL. This tournament, over the years, has served as a cradle of high quality T20 talent and has thrown up several cricketers who've gone on to succeed in India's premier T20 competition and even represent the Indian team.

"This is in line with our strategy to build a sporting culture by taking India's favourite game deeper, turning the spotlight on emerging talent and investing in serving quality Cricket to fans round the year," said Sanjog Gupta, head product, Star Sports.

"Star Sports has always set the standards for sports broadcasting in the country, and we at the KSCA are delighted to have them on board for the upcoming edition of the KPL. I'm sure this partnership will take this tournament to greater heights," said Vinay Mruthyunjaya, a member of the KPL Governing Council.