no indians in the commentary team during the second test?
By stardustcdsd
@stardustcdsd (1856)
India
March 29, 2009 4:12am CST
hi friends.since the match is telecasted at 3:30 in the morning,i dont get to watch the full match but when i do,i never heard anyone indian commentator during the second test match.i somewhere heard that ravi sastri wont be available cuz of personal problems.is he the only indian commentator for this tour?secondly,in one of my other discussion,i mentioned about the BCCI threatening to withdraw indian commentators if craig macmillan was included in the commentery team as he played for the rebel ICL league.is that the reason why we didnt have an indian comentators or is there any other reason or did i miss the match while the indian were commentating?
4 responses
@Jasmeetsingh (167)
• India
31 Mar 09
I think it was more of sky sports not making better offers to indian commentators...when there is a match in india, the official broadcasters neo sports make sure there are more than couple of commentators from opposing team and a neutral one along with the indians . I think it just adds the whole expirience of watching if there is someone from both sides...the whole D U M B comment was not called for in case of sehwag , i am very upset over it.
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
30 Mar 09
Yes,ravi shastri was supposed to commentate but has come back for personal reason. Other than him i think there was no other indian commentator on board in the first place so that could be the reason. The bcci obviouslx didnt want mcmillan to commentate but it is upto the broadcasters to decide that so it is not in the hands of the bcci.
@rashmie (947)
• United Arab Emirates
30 Mar 09
BCCI is a bunch of mad ****...they don't see anything other than money...luckily they will continue to get money due to large followers of cricket here in India...If other's Cricket Board like ECB or ACB be equipped with so much money then the situation in those country will be far much better than India....It is a matter of shame that not a single Indian commentators are there in the box...really disgusting people...I don't think that our BCCI president is seeing a match even on TV because of his other more important preoccupations....
