Why people think Harsha Bhogle is a poor commentator?

[virufan]

He has something to say, has good English, keeps chirping away at the box, keen observer and makes his point. Then why people do not like his commentary? Why do they think he is a chew**ya? Pls enlighten.

[Old guy]

he is first man who not only annoys the viewers but also other commentators :hatsoff:

[maniac]

Actually harsha is good when he tones down his humor and just asks the right questions to the analysts....the problem is when he himself becomes the analyst or asks retarted questions which probably are funny in his mind to try and make the analysts laugh.....in turn they get more annoyed with him. He seems to be a guy I would want to have a conversation over a few beers though :dontknow:

[Straight Drive]

He has not played cricket professionally. Probably that is the reason why he gets overawed easily by the presence of other ex cricketers , some of which are superstar cricketers and hence is always praising them rather than talking more about the match on hand. Then digs out stories about other players that his co-commy has played with. Then asks some quiz questions as if he is doing that Horlicks Quiz contest with kids which he hosted for Zee TV. When he does all that in one session of commentary, his relevant talk regarding match on hand is far too less than other gossiping.

[Old guy]

on another day you would have regretted opening this thread :agree:

[rkt.india]

He talks too much.

[BlueBee]

He talks too much.

++ Also I don't like his voice. But can't complain 'bout that.

[Sachin=GOD]

He used to be India's best commentator. Then he started talking too much and got irritating. Now he doesn't let others talk.

[Marco Polo]

Ian Chappell absolutely hated him. I switch to Hindi commentary whenever he comes. But if Arun lal is commentating in Hindi channel, I mute the TV for a while.

[King Tendulkar]

He has something to say' date= has good English, keeps chirping away at the box, keen observer and makes his point. Then why people do not like his commentary? Why do they think he is a chew**ya? Pls enlighten.

That's the problem

[CoverDrive]

thing is there is only so much you can take of a person. he is been at it for 20 or so years now. with cricket on for 80% of year you get a lot of him all the time. I am sure people liked shastri when he started and harsha was admired lot more before. now he just seems like a parody of himself. his appeal was that he is a normal guy getting to be with these cricket stars. but after so long his awe and talk of romance of cricket feel fake

[SLICKR392]

I used to like listening to him too but now he talks way too much than he should and tries hard to crack a joke which ends up in a disaster. Problem is he tries to crack one too many. Eg: After a batsman hits a 4- M.Holding: 'Runs' 'That's a sweetly timed 4' Harsha: 'ahh...there might be few on this planet earth who could put that away in such fashion, and this guy is a sure candidate. It's a wonderrrrfulllyyy timed shot for 4. It is these kind of shots which makes you wonder why this game of cricket is so beautiful. And with that drive he moves onto a wonderrrrffulll 50'

[undisputed chap]

He is the biggest brown noser ever. Sucks up to the goras big time & puts down our own players

[SLICKR392]

He is the biggest brown noser ever. Sucks up to the goras big time & puts down our own players

Manjrekar beats him in sucking up.

[Old guy]

Manjrekar beats him in sucking up.

i love ganguly :P he gives them back and i still have smile thinking about that banter between dravid and ganguly which bhogle spoiled :giggle:

[G_B_]

Bhogale has all the knowledge in the world but he talks way too much. Shut the feck up and concentrate on the match

[G_B_]

I used to like listening to him too but now he talks way too much than he should and tries hard to crack a joke which ends up in a disaster. Problem is he tries to crack one too many. Eg: After a batsman hits a 4- M.Holding: 'Runs' 'That's a sweetly timed 4' Harsha: 'ahh...there might be few on this planet earth who could put that away in such fashion, and this guy is a sure candidate. It's a wonderrrrfulllyyy timed shot for 4. It is these kind of shots which makes you wonder why this game of cricket is so beautiful. And with that drive he moves onto a wonderrrrffulll 50'

nailed it.

[BlueBee]

I used to like listening to him too but now he talks way too much than he should and tries hard to crack a joke which ends up in a disaster. Problem is he tries to crack one too many. Eg: After a batsman hits a 4- M.Holding: 'Runs' 'That's a sweetly timed 4' Harsha: 'ahh...there might be few on this planet earth who could put that away in such fashion, and this guy is a sure candidate. It's a wonderrrrfulllyyy timed shot for 4. It is these kind of shots which makes you wonder why this game of cricket is so beautiful. And with that drive he moves onto a wonderrrrffulll 50'

:haha::haha: So true

[Temujin Khaghan]

he spoils nice banter b/w ex-test player commentators he gets sold out to white people very fast. there was atherton i believe next to him when england's wickets are falling and he kept saying noooooooooo everytime an english wicket fell lol

[kubrickian]

he spoils nice banter b/w ex-test player commentators he gets sold out to white people very fast. there was atherton i believe next to him when england's wickets are falling and he kept saying noooooooooo everytime an english wicket fell lol

True. I watched the highlights and I noticed he spoiled the moments a bit with his stupid commentary. He really irritates me when he is on air. He did the same during Champions Trophy final as well. He just gives off a very negative, low confidence vibe. Manjrekar is another one. He was continuously going, "Noooooo, what are you doing England ? What's going on here ? England are just panicking blah blah blah " rather than appreciating the bowlers' effort. If it had been some Eng or Aussie commie talking about their team, they would praise the bowlers and focus less on the other team.