Harsha Bhogle releases statement on IPL axing

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Harsha Bhogle. (Photo by Vivek Shah-IPL 2010/IPL via Getty Images)

The axing of Harsha Bhogle from the commentary team came as a surprise to one and all. The 54-year old has been the voice of Indian cricket for over two decades. However, while Bhogle has been removed from the commentary team, the rumors for the reasons for his axing still remains to be a history. Should Bhogle himself be believed, he himself doesn’t know the reasons for his termination.

Finally, Harsha Bhogle quenched the rumors with a huge post on his official Facebook page. Most of the questions regarding the axing and the involvement of the senior players in the Indian team has been answered by Bhogle.

Harsha Bhogle’s Facebook post read:

“I must confess I am a little uncomfortable with all the attention I have been getting recently. I am just a cricket commentator. I go to a cricket match, tell the story of what happened, look for joy within it if possible and come back feeling blessed to have had the opportunity. I tell the story, I am not the story.

I am, though, deeply moved by the messages I have got. I am overwhelmed that people who don’t know me have taken the trouble to express their views on the matter. Young men and women who are my children’s age have offered me advice. Famous people and simple cricket lovers have gone on public platforms. And I have been particularly touched by the people who say they don’t rate me as a commentator but who speak out in my favor (that you may disagree with people but fight for their right to have an opinion was an attitude injected into me very early in life).

It is an incident that tells me how much we care for the game that we hold so dear.

I don’t know what lies ahead. I have a contract with Star Sports with whom I share an excellent relationship. It is the reason why I don’t have to do the IPL. I do it because I genuinely like the cricket on offer, I want to be part of cricket’s laboratory to see what is brewing. It is a fantastic tournament.

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. I tell every young cricketer who cares to listen that we will never agree on everything but I will always desire that they do well; that I cannot stop them from scoring a run, or taking a wicket or holding a catch. Doing that is their job, telling the story of what they did, or didn’t, is mine. Our paths will be strewn with admiration and disagreement. It is the nature of the job whether you are a university-level cricketer or among the best there has been.

And, for heaven’s sake, my greatest criticism is that I don’t do enough of it. And when I do, my friend Prem Panicker isn’t sure whether I have critiqued a player of proposed marriage!!

So, thank you very much. I love what I do and your words have been overwhelming.

But, I remain the teller of the story, not the story itself.”

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