mancalledsting 1,850 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Worst commentary lineup in a long while. I wish BCCI would fly in Ian Chapell, Bill Lawry or Shane Warne. Nasser Hussain’s commentary has declined in past couple of years but I’ll miss Atherton. Still miss Shastri the commentator. Link to post
goose 1,336 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Such a disappointing set from India. Deep Dasgupta might be the best Link to post
The Realist 6,908 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Atherton is sleep inducing Hussain is like a broken record They are part of Sky who don't have the broadcast rights for the series and have not shown any Ind series for 2 years as won't cough up what the BCCI wants Link to post
Laaloo 18,959 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 8 hours ago, Sandeep99 said: Sivaramakrishnan, murali karthik, bhogle, deep Das Gupta... pick your poison mancalledsting 1 Link to post
express bowling 43,165 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Nehra, Gambhir and Pathan should have been in the English panel too. Link to post
dilliboy 136 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I really like Vivek Razdan's commentary in Hindi.. Will probably switch to exclusively Hindi this time Link to post
Stan AF 4,598 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Nasser and Atherton would have been better. What about Bumble? Link to post
MechEng 3,229 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 On 1/23/2021 at 8:23 PM, express bowling said: Good that Manju is not there. Manju should be there, he is our trump card. Stan AF 1 Link to post
adi B 6,122 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I'd rather listen to the hindi panel at least there will be some fun Link to post
rollingstoned 324 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) Knight is a good commentator, don't know why people here are panning that. Butcher isnt a bad commentator either tbh. Gavaskar and siva are decent commentators depending on where they commentate. Edited January 25 by rollingstoned Link to post
Lone Wolf 1,339 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 5 minutes ago, rollingstoned said: Knight is a good commentator, don't know why people here are panning that. Butcher isnt a bad commentator either tbh. Gavaskar and siva are decent commentators depending on where they commentate. Butcher is commentating on this Eng SL series & he is worst of the lot I have to say. Zero insight & his voice is sleep inducing. Simon Doull doing a fine job though. Link to post
Nikhil_cric 1,856 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Enough of Athers and Nasser. Nasser, in particular, is a bit overrated. Link to post
Gollum 26,036 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 5 hours ago, MechEng said: Manju should be there, he is our trump card. No Jaddu, hence no need of Manju. MechEng and Stuge 1 1 Link to post
Lone Wolf 1,339 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 18 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said: Enough of Athers and Nasser. Nasser, in particular, is a bit overrated. So who according to you is good.. Certainly not that Fox team of Hussey & Warne who were asking Paine to declare with 250 lead & get Indians 8 down at stumps lol... Nasser & Atherton are best when it comes to unbiased commentary... Deep das almost cries when India starts to lose on air Link to post
Gollum 26,036 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) Who else is there among Indians? Our commentators are by and large mediocre, Zak and Sir Aggy work better in the post-session/day analysis sitting in the studio. Siva and Deep will at least talk a bit about domestic scene, Siva did some good analysis about spin bowling last I remember, a slight improvement maybe? Sunnyji is there for his unfunny and oft repeated 'jokes' and milestone talk, Bhogle and Karthik dunno what they bring to the table!!!!! Ok if Nasser and Athers are missing. But why not rope in KP and Swann, heroes of 2012. KP is a strong analyst and popular name in India, Swann is damn funny and a sharp mind. Even Sanga would have been good, isn't he an honorary Englishman these days? Why can't we hire some non-Indians to commentate in our home matches, someone said Doull. I would love to see more of Ian Bishop, probably the best commentator going around, such a chilled guy and love how he dissects fast bowling, he also seems to love doing the job unlike most others. And damn sure he knows more about our domestic, U-19 scene than all Indian commentators. Wonderful if we could have him as a permanent commentator here in India like Holding in Sky/England. Edited January 25 by Gollum Link to post
sage 1,100 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Nick Knight is the British Harsha Bhogle. Rarely adds any insight. Link to post
sage 1,100 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 We could fly in Isa Guha she seems to be up for anything Link to post
Bigg Brother 2,438 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Boycott and David Gower both arent with any broadcaster. Should have hired them for a brief stint, atleast for tests. Link to post
Bigg Brother 2,438 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Most of the experts have found a way to earn money in covid times and that is Youtube channel. And this quarantine rules have made difficult it for them to show some zeal to travel in diferent country to cover the matches. I just hope TMS covers the tour, I dont spare time to watch matches anyway. Link to post
