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Star-studded commentary panel for PSL 2026

By Our Correspondent
March 24, 2026
The collage of photos shows former West Indies all-rounder Charlos Brathwaite (left) and former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram. — AFP/File
The collage of photos shows former West Indies all-rounder Charlos Brathwaite (left) and former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram. — AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: Former West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite will make his HBL PSL commentary debut, and former Australia women’s player Lisa Sthalekar is set to return as the Pakistan Cricket Board announced a star-studded 23-member bilingual commentary panel for the upcoming marquee event.

Shoaib Malik, who featured in all the previous 10 editions of the HBL PSL as player, will be appearing as Urdu commentator in the 11th edition and he will be joined by former Pakistan captains Salman Butt and Sana Mir.

Seasoned commentator Tariq Saeed, former Pakistan women’s international Marina Iqbal, Shah Faisal and Pepsi Voice of Pakistan 2022 winner Ayaz Chaudhary will form the seven-member exclusive Urdu commentary panel for the HBL PSL 11.

Apart from Barbadian Brathwaite, the English commentary panel will comprise South Africa’s Jean-Paul Duminy and the melodic Michael Haysman, England’s Dominic Cork, Nick Knight and Mark Butcher, Martin Guptill from New Zealand, Greg Blewett and Lisa Sthalekar from Australia and Athar Ali Khan from Bangladesh.