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Monday, September 29, 2025
TopicCricket commentary

Topic: Cricket commentary

IPL in 12 languages—bland English, spicy Punjabi, juicy Haryanvi. Which one’s your favourite?

What has made the outrageous exploits of IPL players on the field so much fun are the verbal antics of the commentary team in the box.

A part of Tiger Pataudi’s legacy is glossed over—cricket commentary

Indian Cricket: Then and Now captures the evolution of cricket in India. The book discussion was a gathering of old colleagues, each a bottomless pit of cricket content.

Sanjay Manjrekar to Gautam Gambhir, commentators failed too. But nobody’s talking about it

What the audience watching the 2023 World Cup at home often got from Indian commentators was patriotism in superlatives.

WPL historic but not without these commentators, umpires—’Sachin on microphone’, fun umpiring

In England, BBC TMS Radio made a point that all the top male commentators watched women's matches as well.

Sanjay Manjrekar wrong to bully Harsha Bhogle. Time to bring sanity back to commentary box

Sanjay Manjrekar tried to shut down Harsha Bhogle by saying he hadn’t played any first-class cricket, but sports punditry has never been about that.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.