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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicCricket commentary

Topic: Cricket commentary

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

Shailaja Bajpai -
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

Antara Baruah -
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

Shailaja Bajpai -
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

Nidhima Taneja -
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

Rajesh Tiwary -
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

YourTurn

Opinion

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Shailaja Bajpai -
Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

Why electoral ‘reform’ is cause for worry—the Modi govt uses it to cement political hold

The world’s biggest trade deal is in the making. India and EU must close it now

Economy

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Udit Bubna -
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Defence

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Vaibhav Pant -
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

National Interest

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

Shekhar Gupta -
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.

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