Reinstate Harsha Bhogle

The Issue

Harsha Bhogle is the most authentic TV sports presenter we have. He has worked for BBC, ESPN, Radio New Zealand and South Africa. He speaks well with an unmatched eloquence for words, a profound understanding of the game of cricket and a deep awareness of his limitations. As Rahul David put it, he never gets into the technical aspectin of the game. This endearsenal him to the players, his fellow commentators, who are certainly expected to better that that. He is unbiased, he knows his audience like no one else. All he does is talk to us, the audience with his charming voice and gestures, suggesting a conversation is taking place not a lecture. Once described by an Australian writer Susan Kurosawa as cricket's sexiest voice, he prefers to be a-regular-guy in his own way. His background in engineering, management and advertising gives him a lens that most of his colleagues must envy, he is able to go beyond the boundary of a cricket ground. Recently, his IPL contract was terminated by the BCCI for undisclosed reasons. We impress upon them to reinstate him as commentator for the viewers cannot afford to miss his witty remarks. As he described an Adam Gilchrist flying catch, "some of the seagulls are going to get a complex."
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The Issue

Harsha Bhogle is the most authentic TV sports presenter we have. He has worked for BBC, ESPN, Radio New Zealand and South Africa. He speaks well with an unmatched eloquence for words, a profound understanding of the game of cricket and a deep awareness of his limitations. As Rahul David put it, he never gets into the technical aspectin of the game. This endearsenal him to the players, his fellow commentators, who are certainly expected to better that that. He is unbiased, he knows his audience like no one else. All he does is talk to us, the audience with his charming voice and gestures, suggesting a conversation is taking place not a lecture. Once described by an Australian writer Susan Kurosawa as cricket's sexiest voice, he prefers to be a-regular-guy in his own way. His background in engineering, management and advertising gives him a lens that most of his colleagues must envy, he is able to go beyond the boundary of a cricket ground. Recently, his IPL contract was terminated by the BCCI for undisclosed reasons. We impress upon them to reinstate him as commentator for the viewers cannot afford to miss his witty remarks. As he described an Adam Gilchrist flying catch, "some of the seagulls are going to get a complex."
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Petition created on 10 April 2016