This is India. Subjectivity and irrelevant comments from so called experts form the basis of selection and the common man who are less biased and relatively better judge have to tolerate the lesser gods.
The BCCI will never tolerate any criticism about itself or its players, hence no surprise that Harsha Bhogle got the sack.
Now the problem is that we have to put up with the inane commentary of verbose Rameez Raja, motor mouth Danny Morrison, tiresome Pommie Mbangwa, perpetually verbal diarrhoea ridden Navjot Sidhu. Even the other decent commentators are going to be extra cautious when speaking, because of the BCCI's Damocles sword hanging over their heads.
I am an avid cricket watcher and I am fairly discerning about what is said by commentators. Harsha Bhogle is an interesting commentator, well endowed with information and is usually well prepared before talking. However, he does suffer from one weakness: he talks too much which is unnecessary given the fact that we are watching what is happening and not just listening. He also has the tendency to speak favourably more of the opposition players than us and he is ready to criticise our players though inappropriate comparisons. However, he is a more endearing speaker than others like Venkatesh Prasad, V V S Laxman, all of Sri Lankan and a couple of Bangladeshi commentators. Nevertheless, Bhogle's ouster is not in the least justified. He could have just been spoken to quietly.
Not sure why this the termination of the contract of an employee called Harsha Bhogle has found its way to media discussions... Its something between BCCI and Harsha, and its time we stopped speculation. Also underlines, how media survives these days by providing juicy nuggets and innuendos, which the unsuspecting public laps up.
Re: Much ado...
by Kakali Chatterjee on Apr 12, 2016 02:04 PM
You cannot abruptly terminate-u have to have some reasons.And since common man is the customer of his voice one has to be transparent.your logic is not acceptable.
Re: Re: Much ado...
by Subrata Poddar on Apr 13, 2016 11:34 AM
Abrupt terminations happen across the corporate world, and this is just another... None of us (public) are aware of the nuances of the contract that was there between Harsha and BCCI, and so it will be presumptous ( and naive) on our part to conclude that the termination was without a valid reason. If Harsha is aggrieved, he may go to Court- as is done by numerous other terminated employees across the world. Instead, Harsha is trying to garner public sympathy, and media indulging in juicy speculation... All I am reiterating is that Harsha may be a public figure, but at the bottom of it all- he was an employee of BCCI and his termination is a matter between BCCI and him alone.
I do not exactly know what did Harsha Bhogle said on microphone while doing commentary, but commentators need to take care while uttering words on the microphone ! Long long ago the famous commentator Mr.Devraj Puri just said Venkataraghavan's bat was miles away from the ball when he was given out caught behind by the umpire in a Test Match and the crowd on listening to this on their transistors started burning the stadium !! So the commentators need to be very careful !
What kind of article is this? It purports to give out the truth. Only to turn out to be a column rather than a report. Headline purports to give out the truth. What it is, is just a collection of articles from various sources. This is something which any reader could have gauged by himself. There was no need of this article
