THE VOICE MACHINE
He is been compared with the greats who have done commentary he is a man to look upon whenever we hear the word cricket and its Relatives in India .He has not taken to the field of cricket in his life but he breathes cricket,talks cricket and eats cricket when you think of cricket there is a picture that comes to your mind and that is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. But when you think about cricket none other than Harsha bhogle comes to your mind. So what makes Harsha so great here are few points which come to my mind
This is the first and foremost requirement for the job of a cricket commentator. Knowledge of the game so that you can indulge the audience, draw the audience and point out some vagaries on-off the pitch. This is where the seasoned cricketers come in. most of the commentators today are ex cricketers. Because you need to know something in order to blabber about it!
2) Flawless English:
Sorry to disappoint those of you who like to hear commentary in your native language, but simply put, I cannot enjoy it in any other language apart form English. Why? Because I have grown up listening that way. No one likes the commentary by Siva RamaKrishnan. Why? Because he stumbles and fumbles for words.
3) Spontaneous humor & infinite number of ready made puns:
No one likes to be told that it is a boundary when the ball has been pelted for a four. People do not constant reminders. They like something funny, something that would remind them of the match later. The whole collection of Harsha's comments can be found here:
Harsha Bhogle did his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering and later passed out from IIM-A, having played almost no form of cricket. How does this guy become one of the best, less boring and least cliched commentator ever? He gained knowledge of the sport when he was 19 when he was on All India Radio commentating ( you learn much if you watch many matches and remembering anecdotes from matches does matter). The point number two, his proficiency in English stems from the fact that he attended IIM-A. I am willing to bet that IIMs only enhanced his speaking set of skills and the fact that he attended a management institute and commentates speaks volumes of stuff about him. He chose this purely out of interest. Other cricketers are bored of sitting at home. This guy, loves what he does and that people laugh along on his jokes.
As for three, I can only say that he is naturally funny and intelligent too. He makes up intelligent jokes and puns that are funny on many levels.
Source..wikipedia infmtn on his peronal life
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