The then Indian vice-captain had been dismissed for a measly seven runs and after hearing Bhogle's comments, he asked the commentator, "Why did you make such comments? Bhogle and Kohli were on extremely good terms before this incident and according to the report, the former tried to pacify the batsman by contacting him on WhatsApp.
For now, Bhogle is anchoring videos for a website which are becoming quite popular on Facebook and seems to hardly be bothered about his exclusion from the commentary team.
We have updated our Privacy and Cookie Policy. If you continue to use our site, you agree to the updated Policies. Sports , Cricket. Published Feb 19, , pm IST. Updated Feb 19, , pm IST. According to reports, Virat Kohli could be behind Harsha Bhogle's continued absence from the commentary team on Star Sports. Harsha Bhogle used to be on good terms with Virat Kohli. It wouldn't be far from the truth to say that cricketers, having seen and experienced the game from close proximity, turn out to be better commentators.
Harsha Bhogle serves as the living exception to this rule and reigns as the king of commentary in Indian Cricket. Born into a family of academicians, Bhogle received premiere education right from his childhood. When he was studying Chemical Engineering at Osmania University, he represented their cricketing team but he didn't ever really make the cut for playing on higher levels in the game. He was roped in to commentate by All India Radio at just Before he knew it, he got into the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
After completing PGDM from IIM-A, Bhogle joined an advertising agency for two years before finally going to work for a sports management company, a stint that brought him closer to doing what he loved. This was a time when not many Indians were considered good enough to make it onto English commentary panels because of pre-conceived racist notions of thick accents that were impossible to understand by the viewers.
It was also assumed that not many people knew English, which reduced the scope of a successful market anyway. Sachin changed the game on the pitch in the 90s, Bhogle changed the game off it. Despite all the barriers that came in his way, Australian Broadcasting Corporation invited him to commentate in India's tour of Australia and Harsha became the first person to have achieved this. In , he was voted number one commentator for the season by an independent website.
So many years on, Bhogle is unarguably one of the most sought after English commentators. Every ICC tournament remains incomplete without his voice gracing the commentary box. Bhogle described the same as the first of such ever since the ongoing pandemic brought about changes for safety precaution for commentary teams as well.
Wow, that was a first in these Covid times! Loving you and Kerry together again - reminds me of ABC radio days and all of Kerry's nonsense with you. Was hoping we get a live commentary feed from the ground too. We did have it for the ODI's intermittently but not for the T20's. I thought it was great TV. It felt like you were right there in the box with them. Among overseas panelists, Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath is also a part of the experts team.
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