WPL 2023: Full list of commentators in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu on TV & Live Streaming platforms

Mumbai, March 3: The Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023 is set to begin with much fanfare on Saturday (March 4) with the season-opener on March 4 will see Gujarat Giants taking on Mumbai Indians.

The cash-rich league will see participation from some of the best female cricketers in the world and set the stage on fire.

Big players in action in WPL 2023

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney, Alyssa Healy, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Katherine Brunt, Ashleigh Gardner, Nat Sciver, Sophie Devine, Sophie Ecclestone, Hayley Matthews, Shabnim Ismail, Amelia Kerr, Tahlia McGrath, Tammy Beaumont, Taznim Brits, and several other top cricketers will participate in the tournament.

Big Commentators in WPL 2023

Fans are in for a treat as Anjum Chopra, Punam Raut, Reema Malhotra, Veda Krishnamurthy, Natalie Germanos, Kate Cross, Mel Jones, Zaheer Khan, Aakash Chopra, Venkatesh Prasad, Parthiv Patel, Saba Karim, Pragyan Ojha, and Abhinav Mukund will come together for a five-language presentation in 4K in English and Hindi on JioCinema for free.

"We are thrilled to present the first season of the Women's Premier League across JioCinema and multiple channels of our network. Our efforts are focused on offering viewers an immersive experience which is accessible, affordable, and in multiple languages to scale up the league's impact and reach," said Viacom18 Sports Head of Content Siddharth Sharma.

"Through our wide-spread coverage, including 4K presentation in English and Hindi, we aim to bring the excitement and competitiveness of the league to millions of sports fans across the country in their favourite language for free on JioCinema. We look forward to an exciting season of top-class cricket and celebrating the incredible cricketers on the field."

Engaging Content for fans during WPL 2023

The network also dropped a wide range of content, offering fans and viewers compelling background stories of players with insights from their families and coaches. Fans will also be treated with a peek into the training sessions of all the teams, along with expert reviews leading up to the start of the inaugural season.

WPL 2023 Anchors and Presenters

Through the season, Viacom18 will offer studio shows with expert analysis and player interviews. The anchor-led daily show will see Sanjana Ganesan and Ridhima Pathak debuting for the network alongside Suhail Chandhok and Anant Tyagi. In addition, fans can enjoy a weekly wrap-up of top action from WPL every Saturday through the season.

WPL 2023 Sponsors

Viacom18 has signed TATA Motors, TATA Capital, Hero Vida, Bank of Baroda, MPL Striker, World Gold Council, H&M, JSW Paints, Noise and Apar Industries as sponsors for their inaugural WPL presentation.

WPL 2023 campaign title

The announcement comes on the back of Viacom18's WPL campaign launch titled, Naam Hoga Tera Har Zubaan Par. You can watch the film here.

Full WPL 2023 expert panel across languages

English: Kate Cross, Natalie Germanos, Mel Jones

Hindi: Anjum Chopra, Reema Malhotra, Samantha Lobatto, Zaheer Khan, Aakash Chopra, Parthiv Patel, Anant Tyagi and Saba Karim, Punam Raut, Pragyan Ojha

Tamil: Niranjana Nagarajan, Aarti Sankaran, Abhinav Mukund, Anirudha Srikkanth, Vidyut Sivaramkrishnan, Sudhir Srinivasan, Bagawati Prasad, R Sridhar

Kannada: Veda Krishnamurthy, Karuna Jain, Venkatesh Prasad, Sujay Shastry, Raghavendra Raj, Sumanth

Telugu: Sunitha Anand, Sravanthi Naidu, Sandeep Bavanaka, Vijay Goud, Venkatpathy Raju, Hanuma Vihari, Akshath Reddy.

When and Where to watch WPL 2023?

It will be presented in English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu on JioCinema for no cost. On TV, viewers can catch the action live in English and Telugu on Sports18 - 1 SD & HD, in Hindi on Sports18 Khel, in Kannada on Colors Kannada Cinema, and in Tamil on Colors Tamil.