Switchblade Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/bcci-rapped-for-not-involving-indian-commentators-in-ipl-play-offs/articleshow/64403478.cms The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials’ move to restrict the number of Indian commentators to only two – Sunil Gavaskar and Sanjay Manjrekar - for the IPL play-off games hasn’t gone down well with former players.A few senior former players have raised the issue with the BCCI bigwigs especially after a board official apparently claimed at a private gathering of the official broadcaster that the Indians weren’t as good as the foreigners. This comment has irked a lot of cricketers.The BCCI, which was using at least four commentators in the last 10 years for the play-off games, could not justify as to why the board took a different route by clubbing more foreigners than Indians. “The board all of sudden is finding that the Indian commentators aren’t good at speaking in English. Does BCCI have problem with the Indian accent?” a source asked.However, with the officials focusing on regional commentators and thereby making room for former state players to speak in their mother tongue, BCCI had engaged more foreigners than Indians in the commentary team. Apart from Gavaskar and Manjrekar, the likes of Simon Doull, Graeme Smith, Michael Slater, Mathew Hayden and Michael Clarke were a few of the names which TOI was the first to report. When TOI spoke to the authorities concerned, they declined to comment on the issue. But sources confirmed that BCCI has indeed got a complaint for involving only two commentators for this year’s IPL. Even TOI received phone calls from former captains, who were disturbed with the development. “This is our Indian Premier League and the priority should be given to the Indians first. This has been the norm for last 10 years, why is it changing right now?” a former captain, who didn’t wish to be named, said. Meanwhile, the BCCI shortlisted five commentators for the inaugural India-Afghanistan Test match starting from June 12 in Bengaluru. The team has Gavaskar, Manjerekar, Harsha Bhogle, Sivaramakrishnan and Murali Karthik. It is believed that two to three more foreigners would be involved before the one-off Test begins. Ironically, there is no hard and fast rule when the Hindi commentators are picked. Sources said that when the official broadcaster engaged former cricketers like VVS Laxman, whose Hindi isn't as good as his English, there is no bar on that. "No one says anything when some of the south zone players make mistakes on air while doing Hindi commentary. This isn't the right approach," another TV broadcasting source added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 should have kicked sunnnji out as well.. whatta shot whatta ball whatta catch whatta fielding whatta .... vvvslaxman, Zero_Unit and chewy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowl_out Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 3 hours ago, velu said: should have kicked sunnnji out as well.. whatta shot whatta ball whatta catch whatta fielding whatta .... LSRK should replicate that to say Ot*a shot Ot*a fielding Zero_Unit, velu, sourab10forever and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switchblade Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, bowl_out said: LSRK should replicate that to say Ot*a shot Ot*a fielding Got the distance and the elevation right as well BrantFUGH and Zero_Unit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalhope Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Manju is the worst of them all. Zero_Unit and Ridgepi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordPrabhzy Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) Indian commies dont have any banter.... or sense of humour for that matter. As IPL is being targeted to the non asian countries too, the viewers need something familiar in terms of jokes and banter from foreign commentators which frankly ex indian players suck at. Lets not chest thump without reason. Are you telling me Manju would last 5 secs in Sky Commentary with Nas, Atherton, Gower, Holding and Bumble? He'll probably take an hour and an english dictionary to try understand Bumble's yorkshire accent. Edited June 3, 2018 by LordPrabhzy chewy, Zero_Unit, BrantFUGH and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 On 6/1/2018 at 6:12 AM, velu said: should have kicked sunnnji out as well.. whatta shot whatta ball whatta catch whatta fielding whatta .... Just like poet he says that twice or thrice Vilander 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 If anything they needed Alan Wilkins in every match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketics Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Chothi sonch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wall2018 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Get Johny Lever, will comment in everybody's voice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero_Unit Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 They gotta bring in Danny Morrison for the final. That guy is an awesome commentator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Most indian commentators are boring , their facts are abysmally wrong , they have the capability to dull an exciting movement. Most of them aint good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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