Though we are missing out on many names when it comes to female cricket presenters or reporters but since it’s our writer getting the creative freedom, these are the top 5 Female Cricket Reporters at present who are not only making the already popular sport more popular but making millions of men weak in their knees.
Karishma Kotak
The 37yr old beauty whose father hails from Gujarat and mother from East Africa is raised in North West London did her boarding school as well as bachelor of arts in advertising from London. She initially wanted to become a teacher but she started receiving modeling and advertisement offers at the age of 16. At a young age she worked in magazines like Just Seventeen and several other projects in England.
Her charm and good looks attracted millions of fans around the globe when she was roped in as Cricket Reporter for IPL in 2014. It was when she visited India, she realized her true potential and went on to become one of the most loved Cricket Presenters of India. She was also a part of the ICC World Cup ‘2019 as the official sports presenter.
Mayanti Langer
Daughter of an Army Man, Mayanti Langer in no time became the face of Star Sports Network in the last 4-5 years. Whether its IPL every year or World Cup 2019, the 34 yr old Indian beauty is right up there on the TV Screens keeping every men glued to the screens.
Apart from Cricket too, she has hosted numerous tournaments like FIFA World Cup, Fifa Café on Zee Sports amongst other top sports assignments. Mayanti has also been the official Cricket presenter for the 2011 and 2015 ICC Cricket World Cups making her one of the prolific female Cricket Reporters in the World. In 2012, she got married to Cricketer Stuart Binny who has represented India in ODI’s and T20’s.
Isa Guha
A Former England Cricketer herself who has represented England in 2005 & 2009 World Cups , she is the perfect example of beauty with brains. Apart from being a successful cricketer, ISA made sure her post retirement goals were in place by becoming an ace cricket presenter for ICC. The 34yr old was the official commentator in the ICC Cricket World Cup’19. Isa also does Television and Radio broadcasting making her one of the most influential women cricket reporters at present.
Known for her smooth reporting, beautiful vocab and voice, excellent match analysis and logical talks, she is often a part of healthy cricket discussions with ace cricketers in ICC tournaments.
Mandira Bedi
Well she may have aged like a fine wine but you can’t deny the fact that she was the very 1st television actress to become a cricket reporter at a time when something like “female cricket reporters” were completely unheard of. She gained national fame in the 1994 television serial Shanti but she earned twice the name, fame and love when she forayed into the sport of cricket.
47yr old Mandira Bedi has hosted ICC Cricket World Cups in 2003 and 2007, Champions Trophy in 2004 and 2006 as well as a few initial seasons of IPL.
23 television soaps, 17 bollywood movies, 2 world cups, 2 champions trophy, IPL season 2, fashion designer and what not! She has donned multiple hats with elan and indeed she was a role model for many female cricket reporters who looked upto her when she began Cricket hosting duties and broke all the “manly” norms!
Zainab Abbas
Pakistan is known to produce the most beautiful women you can ever come across the globe and Zainab Abbas is a testimony for it. She was made the Official presenter for the ICC 2019 Cricket World Cup and within a month she got lakhs of fans swooning over her majestic beauty. She is also associated with PSL, Ten Sports, Dunya News for sports assignments.
The 31yr old just made her big move this year by getting featured in World Cup and we are sure she is going to have great career ahead.
Haineel Shah (Sports Journalist & Author)