Here’s why Harsha Bhogle matters: Top 10 quotes by the commentator

Cricket has seen only a few commentators match up to Harsha Bhogle’s wit, understanding of the sport and way with words.

Cricket has seen only a few commentators match up to Harsha Bhogle’s wit, understanding of the sport and way with words.

The noted commentator was sacked by the Board for the Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) from the ongoing ninth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on April 11.

“I still don’t know why I am not doing the IPL. I haven’t been told. I can accept the fact that people don’t like me. But I genuinely hope it isn’t because cricketers have complained about what I have to say,” posted Bhogle on his Facebook page.

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Following BCCI’s decision, Bhogle’s fans started tweeting in his support which soon became a Twitter trend.

Here are 10 of Bhogle’s most memorable quotes...

1. During Yuvraj Singh’s destructive innings against Australia in the World T20 semifinal in 2007

2. When ‘The Wall’ took guard, the bespectacled man came up with this gem..

3. After MS Dhoni sent a Mitchell Starc delivery to the boundary…

4. On former Indian opener Virender Sehwag...

5. About Rahul Dravid’s devastating form...

6. On West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle...

7. On the Master Blaster...

8. In a match, when Michael Clarke bowled over Sachin when he wasn’t ready...

9. While co-commentating with Rahul Dravid in a Test match that India was losing to England.

10. Bhogle on Sachin, so humble, so much in awe..

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