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Sportskeeda Cricket Commentary API
Returns the current commentary feed. To page to older events, pass a 24-character lowercase hexadecimal cursor from an event in /sportskeeda/cricket-match's commentary field (the full feed may contain zero-filled IDs); language then selects an upstream language. The match page's commentary selector offers en, hi, ta, te, and bho. Language without cursor is rejected because the upstream feed ignores it.
GETapiKey4 credits/requestSportskeedapublicnews.sportskeedaCricketCommentaryResponseDoc
Sportskeeda/sportskeeda/cricket-commentaryEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /sportskeeda/cricket-commentary
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 4 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Sportskeeda
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.sportskeedaCricketCommentaryResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameters:
slug(required): host-free match path returned by/sportskeeda/schedule, such aslive-cricket-score/india-vs-west-indies-2nd-odi-30-september-2026.cursor(optional): nonzero 24-character lowercase hexadecimal commentary ID copied from an event in/sportskeeda/cricket-match'scommentaryfield. Supplying it requests older events. The full commentary feed can contain zero-filled event IDs; those are rejected as unusable cursors.language(optional): valid only withcursor; exact values areen,hi,ta,te, andbho. The live match page labels these English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Bhojpuri. If omitted with a cursor,enis used. A language without a cursor is rejected because the upstream's first-page feed ignores that parameter.
Commentary event objects preserve the upstream event fields, including event text/type, over, score, timestamp, batsman, bowler, and source cursor ID when present. count is the number of events returned; zero is a valid empty older-language page.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /sportskeeda/cricket-commentary?slug=live-cricket-score%2Findia-a-vs-australia-a-2nd-unofficial-test-29-september-2026
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 95.8%
- Median response time
- 2.41 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /sportskeeda/cricket-commentary?slug=live-cricket-score%2Findia-a-vs-australia-a-2nd-unofficial-test-29-september-2026
- Items in commentary
- 2398
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 0
- Fields empty in some or all items
- 17
| Field | Filled in, of 2398 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| _id | 500 | |
| auto_comms_idx | 500 | |
| cardId | 0 | |
| comment_text | 428 | median 43 characters |
| comment_type | 500 | comment in all 500 |
| is_external_comment | 500 | true in 500 of 500 |
| source | 500 | comment in all 500 |
| timestamp | 500 | 2026-10-02 |
| batsmen | 72 | median 2 entries |
| bowlers | 72 | median 1 entry |
| comment_edited | 499 | true in 499 of 499 |
| inning_number | 72 | 4 |
| opta_ball_type | 499 | normal (418), end of over (72), bye (6) and 1 more |
| over | 72 | 32 to 103, median 67 |
| over_summary | 72 | median 11 characters |
| runs | 499 | |
| score | 72 | “310/9” and 59 other values |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | Yes | Host-free match path returned by /sportskeeda/schedule | live-cricket-score/india-vs-west-indies-2nd-odi-30-september-2026 | |
| cursor | string | No | Nonzero 24-character lowercase hexadecimal commentary ID from /sportskeeda/cricket-match commentary | 6abba0970c04cda719d37b18 | |
| language | string | No | Older-comment language; valid only with cursor Allowed values: en, hi, ta, te, bho. | en | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sportskeeda/cricket-commentary?slug=live-cricket-score%2Findia-vs-west-indies-2nd-odi-30-september-2026&language=en" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 0,
"data": {
"slug": "live-cricket-score/india-vs-west-indies-2nd-odi-30-september-2026",
"count": 1,
"commentary": [
{
"comment_type": "comment",
"over": "85.4",
"text": "Example commentary"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.sportskeedaCricketCommentaryResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | sportskeeda.CricketCommentaryResponse | No | ||||
| data.commentary | array | No | ||||
| data.count | integer | No | ||||
| data.cursor | string | No | ||||
| data.language | string | No | ||||
| data.slug | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sportskeeda/cricket-commentary?slug=live-cricket-score%2Findia-vs-west-indies-2nd-odi-30-september-2026&language=en" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"Shared guides
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