Harsha Bhogle talks too much; Wasim Akram is trying too hard

Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized

Listening to commentary on ABC, if Harsha Bhogle is on, he doesn’t let any of the other commentators speak! Even when they start, he doesn’t stop until he’s finished whatever he’s started, and he would’ve started long, long, back. Also, you can detect the situation India are in from his tone - he is fast and ‘happy’ when India’re good; hardly saying anything otherwise. Not taking any credit away from his talent, he does explain everything in detail as a good radio commentator should.

Wasim Akram is trying too hard to impress with his commentary(I don’t know who, maybe his position in ESPN-Star is in question), it doesn’t sound too great. But, I would say, Indian commentators are not as good as the others(English are the best; Australians are next). The English (Gower especially) commentate in such a way that they don’t disturb you watching the live action; maybe that has to do with the English vocabulary which they are naturally better at.

On that note, the life of Indian commentators over the years has been on a roller coaster ride… Sanjay Manjrekar, L Sivaramakrishnan, Charu Sharma… Once upon a time Sivaramakrishnan was a local favourite on Doordarshan, Sanjay used to be on some commentary team, same with Charu. During ‘98-’99 when ESPN-Star Sports were dominating with almost all the matches on their channels, all these three were almost ‘dead’, many including myself thought it would be the end of Sanjay. However, with the entry of Ten Sports, then Sony (2003 World Cup) and Zee Sports, now Neo Sports, commentators must be in demand now. Many ‘accuse’ Sanjay of being a bad commentator and talking a lot, but I don’t think he’s that bad. Sivaramakrishnan is quite simple I would say. No comments about Charu. He thinks he’s a king of all he surveys. Ha. But each and every time, I am very surprised each and every time ESPN-Star don’t win rights to a tour - because I think they are the best team in the house for cricket with arguably the best experience. I wonder why they aren’t bidding as high as the others.

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March 2, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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