Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, Nov 26: The oldest and biggest rivalry in the history of Cricket, the Ashes will be telecast in four languages in India for the first time.
Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN) will broadcast The Ashes 2021 live from December 8. The series will be telecast live on SONY SIX (English), SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) & SONY TEN 4 (Tamil & Telugu) channels and livestreamed on its on-demand OTT platform SonyLIV.
“The Ashes is the platinum standard of Test cricket and has raised the bar of Test cricket over the years. Sony Sports channels will broadcast the series in four languages for the first time, English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, so that cricket enthusiasts all over the country can enjoy the matches in their language of choice. With a galaxy of superstars on both Test teams, the much-anticipated series promises to be a tight-knit contest and has garnered a brilliant response from the advertisers as well,”said Rajesh Kaul, Chief Revenue Officer, Distribution and Head of Sports Business, Sony Pictures Networks India.
Interestingly Vivek Razdan, Saba Karim, Atish Thukral, Raman Bhanot, Snehal Pradhan and Reetinder Singh Sodhi are some of the prominent names in Hindi commentary panel. The Tamil commentary panel will have former cricketers Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Woorkeri Raman along with Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, T. Arasu, S. Seshadri, Arun Venugopal, Aarti Sankaran and Sunil Viswanthan while the Telugu commentary panel will feature Keerthi Viswanadha, Prem Sagar, Vijay Mahavadi, Sudheer Mahavadi, RJ Hemant, Venkatapathy Raju, C Venkatesh, and Sandeep Kumar.
The Ashes 2021 will commence on December 8 in Brisbane. Iconic clash between England and Australia will also be seen in this series. Currently, Australia is leading with 33 wins in the series while England has 32 wins so far.
