Harsha Bhogle is widely acknowledged to be not just the voice, but the face of Indian cricket. He started at a time when few Indian broadcasters were considered good enough to be on overseas networks. But he changed those perceptions, especially in Australia where in 1992 he was rated as the possessor of the “sexiest voice on radio” and in 1999 when a poll on an independent web site rated him the number one commentator for the season.
He brings a fresh perspective to cricket and is seen as a voice of reason which makes him acceptable across all cultures. His interesting background, a chemical engineer and an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad, India’s premier business school, has made him a role model for many.
The Hindustan Times said “Warne and Bhogle are one. They made a complicated and tricky art appear easy, prompting many imitations, but no true successors.” The Deccan Herald said “In many ways, Bhogle is a pioneer, the man who put Indian radio and television commentating on the world map.
Bhogle is perhaps in a class of one” Adam Gilchrist called him “India’s Richie Benaud equivalent and the guru of cricket from India”. Sachin Tendulkar said “I have realized that speaking to him sometimes opens up completely different perspectives in addition to the ones I already have…” And Cricinfo said he has “the boy-next-door image. Once he found his feet in television, he became the first superstar of the game in India who was not actually a player”
Not surprisingly in a global poll, readers of Cricinfo voted him as their “most favourite commentator” and he was the only one to feature among the top three in each of the categories – ‘favourite commentator”, “most unbiased”, “most insightful” and “most entertaining”. The Hindustan Times while ranking him no 1 called him “the average Joe who has become the icon of cricket commentary”.
Harsha Bhogle took to Twitter and praised Shankar for his all-round performance in the match. He added that the Tamil Nadu- based cricketer should bat at No.4 for India. Harsha Bhogle's tweet didn't go down with the Twitterati as they trolled the veteran commentator for making such a huge claim after just one decent performance. Kolkata blinked big time, can't believe they lost vs Mumbai: Harsha Bhogle Must Watch: Harsha Bhogle & Joy Bhattacharjya relive Mumbai's first-ever game No home advantage, no fortress in 2021: Harsha Bhogle. Dwayne Bravo and Mustafizur Rahman. (Photo Source: Twitter) Harsha Bhogle, the veteran commentator, has called for ‘Mankading’ to be made mandatory to cut down on the undue advantage in favour.
He has been the face of ESPN from the day the channel was launched and that role grew to include Star Sports and Star Cricket which also broadcast signature programmes like “Harsha Unplugged” and “Harsha On-line”. When ESPN were looking for new anchors they called their reality show “Harsha ki khoj” to attract the best talent.
- The heated argument started when Harsha Bhogle opined that consulting the players should be the best option to get the views on the pink ball. He said: “When there is a post-mortem done of this match, the visibility of the ball will be one of the things to look at,”.
- Harsha Bhogle joins commentary for India vs Australia 1st Test, reveals unique experience. On Thursday, December 17, i.e. During the Fox Cricket Live panel for India vs Australia 1st Test, Harsha Bhogle took to Twitter and revealed that he joined the Australian-based commentary panel from Mumbai itself via online. He said that upon joining, he.
He has now commentated on over four hundred one-day internationals, over a hundred test matches and has been closely associated with T20 cricket, right from the first game that India played, through six IPL tournaments, five Champions Leagues and five T20 World Cups.
His columns are widely read and a selection of those has been put together in a book called “Out of the Box”. His video blogs “Step Out with Harsha” were quite popular and he now has over a million followers on twitter. No other sports media person is half as close.
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He has, at various times, been in brand commercials for Pepsi, Hero Honda, Airtel, Tata-AIG, Sugar Free, Procter & Gamble (for Vicks), has done brand promotions for Vodafone, Cadbury, IBM among many others and is now a brand ambassador for Castrol and Boehringer Ingelheim (Stroke Awareness)