Ahead of the Ashes 2023, former India cricketer, Dinesh Karthik has been included in the commentary panel. With a day left at the start of the series, the team for the five-match series has been announced. Notably, Karthik happens to be the only Indian to be included in the team. However, the fans aren’t happy with his inclusion. Some of them want Ravi Shastri, who is known to be a strong voice to be included.
Commentary team for the Ashes 2023
- Ian Ward
- Nasser Hussain
- Ricky Ponting
- Mel Jones
- Mark Taylor
- Michael Atherton
- Eoin Morgan
- Kevin Pietersen
- Kumar Sangakkara
- Mark Butcher
- Dinesh Karthik
- Andrew Strauss
- Nick Knight
- Isa Guha
- Simon Doull
- Charlotte Edwards
- Lydia Greenway
- Lauren Winfield-Hill
- Charles Dagnall
Perfect job for Kohli at this point of time seeing his performance.
— Anoop Mishra (@Anupmis25) June 15, 2023
Definitely not Dinesh Karthik as a commentator @ECB_cricket you have a much better choice commentators in this planet, but not suggested Dinesh Karthik
— Arvind Raghava (@ArvindRaghava5) June 15, 2023
Damn. They should've got Shastri if he was available. Would have been epic to hear him call what could be one of the best Ashes ever
— The Short Leg Fielder (@ShortLegFielder) June 15, 2023
Mark Taylor. Wow after a long time
— DJ_Here (@DJHere5) June 15, 2023
At least will get some better hard fought test cricket to see now . India was highly disappointing.
— Ravi Kukreja (@RaviKuk15405190) June 15, 2023
Atherton and Nasser hussain top commentators.Pitiersen and ponting is good as they are outspoken.Karthik is not bad whilst sanga has good insights but sometimes he fakes his accent
— Fibonacci trader (@Dalalstreet369) June 15, 2023
Why don’t they add Mark Nicholas? He is one of the best voices.
— Sawan (@sawan0108) June 15, 2023
Dk in commentary Box be like pic.twitter.com/LfCej8s2qj
— Pssdj (@Pssdj3) June 15, 2023
Micheal Atherton and Nasir hussain ?
— Parminder Pal Singh (@Parmind07575022) June 15, 2023
Nice to see Mark Taylor
— Swaroop K (@swar_koolkarni) June 15, 2023
Notably, the two-time World Champion was also part of the commentary team for the World Test Championship final 2023. Before this, the wicketkeeper batter made his commentary debut in the 2021 English summer. As he was selected in the Indian team last year, his commentary career was paused till the 20-20 World Cup 2022.
On the other hand, England has announced their playing XI ahead of the first Test. The Aussies have chosen to keep their cards close to their chests as of now.
England XI for the first Test: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jonathan Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson, and James Anderson.
