Put aside BCCI’s comment panel for the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020), even after he issued an apology, Sanjay Manjrekar hasn’t even been chosen by the official broadcaster Star Sports in their 90-member comment team of IPL.
Manjrekar who fell apart with the higher command of the BCCI after his ‘bits and pieces’ The comments during the 2019 world cup had sent an apology to the board via email, but it didn’t work.
“I will work full time with ESPN-Cricinfo for their pre and post game shows. I am also in the final stages of discussions with a news channel and will be an internal expert for a fantasy league platform. I will also be writing columns and making updates for an FM radio station ”, he told the platform.
According to Manjrekar, it has been ‘completely misunderstood’ in your on-air comments
“We Indians are very sensitive to criticism. The other problem is that English as a language is often misunderstood. For most people, it is not even the second language. Many of the terms I use are not well understood. For example, when I said that “Tendulkar-related” problems are like the elephant in the room. So that was a term that was misunderstood. People thought he called it ‘white elephant’. In the case of ‘bits and pieces’, people thought it was the demotion of a player. So if I had said ‘non-specialist’ then I don’t think there would have been a scandal. Once Naseer Hussain had called some Indian players ‘donkeys on the field’ which is a normal English term for people who move slowly and there was a lot of controversy. So that’s one of the problems with making observations in English and assuming that everyone knows it, ”he told Moneycontrol.
IPL 2020: Aakash Chopra, Ajit Agarkar Join Hindi Comment Panel for IPL 2020
Meanwhile, the list of commentators for the IPL broadcast is getting longer every day. Star India has employed more than 90 commentators in different languages to serve IPL audiences. A selected group of commentators will work from the location i.e. the United Arab Emirates and the rest will be based in the Star Sports studio in Mumbai and will bring live images and commentary to the screens of IPL fans around the world.
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IPL 2020: Harbhajan will also be part of a new program at IPL 2020 and Hindi commentary team from Mumbai Studio
Harbhajan Singh will also stay connected with the thirteenth edition of IPL 2020. Despite retiring from his contract with the Chennai Super Kings for “personal reasons”, Bhajji’s connection to IPL 2020 will remain intact. As previously reported on September 4, the former Indian spinner has officially signed up with Star India for a broadcast period at IPL 2020. Bhajji will be part of Star Sports’ Hindi commentary team. The channel has not yet officially announced the union.
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