Started as a male-dominated industry, then came the women commentators who started giving voice to the cricket sports. Mandira Bedi stepped into the field with the 2003 ICC World Cup as the host of Extraaa Innings and paved the way for women presenters.
Mayanti Langer
She is one of the most recognisable faces in Indian sports broadcasting and a known voice in some of the high-level cricket matches.
She started her journey with FIFA Beach football as a guest anchor followed by which she joined ZEE Sports as an anchor & Associate Producer for Football Café. She has also done anchoring for the Indian Cricket League and Nehru Cup Football Tournament. She has also hosted several IPL matches.
Her career breakthrough was during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in India. Her experience go across broadcasters like the Star Sports Network and ESPN.
Sanjana Ganesan
With a strong on-screen presence, Sanjana is currently among the highest paid sports journalist who started her career with Star Sports in 2016. Since then she has hosted major events like the ICC World Cups and IPL.
Besides thia she has worked with the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise and has hosted the both the ISL and IPL auctions.
The sports presenter is married to famous Indian cricketer Jasprit Bumrah back in 2021.
Ebony Rainford-Brent
An award-winning TV presenter and broadcaster, Ebony is the first black woman to represent England in the sport. She is currently working as the commentator on BBC and Sky Sports for the Test Match Special for the BBC and Sky.
As for her achievements, she has won the Sports Journalist Award and a BAFTA for her rwmarkable work in the sport. She has done commentary for cricket tournaments such as ICC Cricket, WBBL, WPL, and IPL.
Alison Mitchell
A ground-breaking presenter in radio and television, Alison is her country’s first female ball by ball cricket commentator of Test Match Special and has covered the England Test team for the BBC.
She is a sports presenter of the flagship Today programme on BBC Radio 4 and worked as a runner for Channel 4 Cricket alongside a legendary commentator like Richie Benaud.
She is currently a radio reporter and presenter for BBC Sport and co-presenter of The Phil Tufnell Cricket Show on Five Live.
Isa Guha
Isa is a popular presenter for the BBC and Sky Sports. She was the first female presenter for Star Sports on the Indian Test Series for Star Sports. Her experience goes across the globally.
Her presenting debut was during the 2011 IPL for ITV. Her passion and experience got her the host and presenter opportunities in Yorkshire Cricket Awards and the VIP Phil Tufnell Club.
