philcric Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 24 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said: If i have to say in Harsha's words "On another day it could have been Manju" ... but it was me ... e v e n t u a l l y diehardpacer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitinbwj Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Please ban manhoos Manju and mbangwa.Mbangwa is boring as hell.Also,Gavaskar,Shastri etc. diehardpacer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonMan Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Gavaskar and Manju should face the firing squad .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 HB will be back soon... It's just a temporary layoff... BCCI is just trolling everybody... diehardpacer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosingh Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Sounds like senior players complained to the BCCI about Harsha's commentary. Not a Harsha fan, but this incredibly disgusting behavior by the players, if true. Would love to hear which players specifically. All Harsha said was " "The previous generation - when you had the likes of Sourav, VVS, Rahul and Sachin around - was too classy and too big in stature to get involved in such petty instances." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/ipl/news/Senior-players-triggered-commentators-IPL-ouster/articleshow/51773126.cms diehardpacer and Mosher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Don't like HB, but who are the players dictating who should commentate it not? Imagine how much clout these players had in the past. No doubt they don't want any criticism, or tough coach... I remember Dhoni retweeting Bachchans tweet... This Dhoni has become pucca politician...sala... diehardpacer, adi B and Mosher 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulbul Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 19 minutes ago, asterix said: Don't like HB, but who are the players dictating who should commentate it not? Imagine how much clout these players had in the past. No doubt they don't want any criticism, or tough coach... I remember Dhoni retweeting Bachchans tweet... This Dhoni has become pucca politician...sala... ex CSK gang [Dhoni/Raina/Ashwin] all made some weird comments during press meet recently. diehardpacer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWall Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 (edited) Instead they could have banned siddhu and sivaramkrishnan... Both r fit to be selling samosas on trains.... Edited April 11, 2016 by TheWall diehardpacer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi B Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Harsha is a joker but far better than manju and gavaskar,his points on the star team is right.its an absolute cringe to listen to those morons especially the hosts ,they talk like indian fans,everything about india ,nothing about the opposition or the other teams diehardpacer and Mosher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaloo Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Manju ko bhi nikalo. Cant stand this two faced bigot. Always putting our players down. express bowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelig Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Players got Harsha sacked? Disgraceful if true. Lannister, Laaloo and diehardpacer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalebi_bhai Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Good riddance. It's been all downhill ever since he decided to stop doing the thing he was best known for, play-by-play commentary mixed with stats. He digresses way too much nowadays, constantly trying to come up with witty one liners as well as shooting out unsolicited trivia. I do sincerely hope that he gets back to his best soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Not really a fan of his commentary, but if players really start deciding who should be commenting and who should not, then it is truly pathetic of the BCCI. Are they encouraging commentary that involves unabashedly showering praises on Indian cricketers whether they play well or not? Is that how they plan to convince the public how great a team India is? Also, please don't tell me that he or other commentators are being judged on the basis of Amitabh Bachchan's tweet. I mean why should Indian commentators only talk about Indian players? They are expected to be objective and discuss about the game and all players involved. In fact, on the contrary I feel Indian commentators are talking too much about Indian players and singing their praises. They are really not THAT good. The only time I'd expect Indian commentators to stand up for Indian players is when opposing team's commentators start ganging up on the Indian players as had happened in the "Monkeygate" and on numerous tours to Australia. Mosher, express bowling and diehardpacer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 ^Forget about commentators, hardly any ex-Indian cricketer will criticize the current players publicly... all the benefits/pension by BCCI is tied to that. Srini Mama's legacy :wall: express bowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannister Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I hope those Lodha recommendations will soon be implemented. Will be a tight slap on BCCI. express bowling and diehardpacer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philcric Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 From HB's FB page ... I must confess I am a little uncomfortable with all the attention I have been getting recently. I am just a cricket commentator. I go to a cricket match, tell the story of what happened, look for joy within it if possible and come back feeling blessed to have had the opportunity. I tell the story, I am not the story. I am, though, deeply moved by the messages I have got. I am overwhelmed that people who don't know me have taken the trouble to express their views on the matter. Young men and women who are my children's age have offered me advice. Famous people and simple cricket lovers have gone on public platforms. And I have been particularly touched by the people who say they don't rate me as a commentator but who speak out in my favour (that you may disagree with people but fight for their right to have an opinion was an attitude injected into me very early in life). It is an incident that tells me how much we care for the game that we hold so dear. I don't know what lies ahead. I have a contract with Star Sports with whom I share an excellent relationship. It is the reason why I don't have to do the IPL. I do it because I genuinely like the cricket on offer, I want to be part of cricket's laboratory to see what is brewing. It is a fantastic tournament. I still don't know why I am not doing the IPL. I haven't been told. I can accept the fact that people don't like me. But I genuinely hope it isn't because cricketers have complained about what I have to say. I tell every young cricketer who cares to listen that we will never agree on everything but I will always desire that they do well; that I cannot stop them from scoring a run, or taking a wicket or holding a catch. Doing that is their job, telling the story of what they did, or didn't, is mine. Our paths will be strewn with admiration and disagreement. It is the nature of the job whether you are a university level cricketer or among the best there has been. And, for heaven's sake, my greatest criticism is that I don't do enough of it. And when I do, my friend Prem Panicker isn't sure whether I have critiqued a player of proposed marriage!! So, thank you very much. I love what I do and your words have been overwhelming. But, I remain the teller of the story, not the story itself. keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moniker Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Crappy though his commentary is, the fact that he has openly encouraged constructive criticism tells you of his maturity as an individual. Pretty ironical when you compare this against the very players who lack the professionalism to handle criticism. Instead of listening to the critics and working on their shortcomings, they are actually attacking the critics. What a disgrace! express bowling, philcric, Mosher and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosher Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Harsha's commentary has become really lame but he comes across as a mature individual. Commentators are supposed to be unbiased, commentators who talk about the game as a whole instead of being cheerleaders for their respective countries. Don't need more Athar Ali type commentators who keep praising their countries players. express bowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) Seriously MSD quoting AB was low level stuff. Edited April 12, 2016 by Number keith, Mosher and asterix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulbul Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 4 minutes ago, Number said: Seriously MSD quoting AB was low level stuff. Guy became too grumpy...even calling that foreign reporter to sit beside him and asking him whether he have a brother or son also pathetic. asterix, Number and Mosher 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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