Harsha Bhogle shuts down a social media troll with a befitting reply

It is a known fact to the cricket community that Harsha Bhogle is one of the most loved commentators in India, if not in the world. Time and again we have seen a public outrage when a person or an institution has taken stern action against him. Known for his vast knowledge about the game, it is very much expected that his fans would shut anyone down who tries to prove against it, something which happened today (September 24) when a Twitter user tried to make fun of him.

Harsha had been commentating on the ongoing series between India and Australia. The men in blue sealed the series today with a thumping, and once again the man of the hour was Hardik Pandya. Electric in the field, cunning with the ball and elegant with the bat, the Australians are finding it tough to deal with him. While the rest of the Indian cricket loyalists were celebrating the victory, a Twitter user named Helio had a different concern. His Twitter bio reads “I’m watching everything.”, something which was proved today.

He was disgusted with Bhogle way of pronouncing the word ‘Pandya’. Hence, he took to Twitter to write “@bhogleharsha Dude man. As an Indian, u shud know how to say Indian names right. It’s Paandya not Pandya. Pls it’s f**ing annoying 2 da ear.” Well, he was simply unaware of the fact that ‘Pandya’s pronunciation in Hindi (Pandya’s spelling in Hindi- पंड्या, and not पांड्या) is not at all different from its pronunciation in English.

@bhogleharsha Dude man. As an Indian, u shud know how to say Indian names right. It's Paandya not Pandya. Pls it's f**ing annoying 2 da ear

— helio (@heliophilos) September 24, 2017

Harsha’s reply

In his reply, Bhogle wrote, “Does anyone want to tell this poor fellow he might need to be corrected?” This was enough to trigger his fans who came in huge numbers to teach Helio a lesson. While some laughed at his number of followers, which happens to be nil, the others exclaimed their joy of listening to Bhogle while enjoying the match.

Does anyone want to tell this poor fellow he might need to be corrected? https://t.co/tWmzdF2yRe

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 24, 2017

Here are some replies:

Ignore him . No wonder he has 0 followers

— Mihir Chavan (@ImMihir05) September 24, 2017

Forget it. His autobiography is called Losing Ways ?

— Dharmendra Mehta (@dharam_mehta) September 24, 2017

Pandya is right. But have we lost our minds to abuse Harsha over this ?

— Chinmayanand Jha (@cnjha) September 24, 2017

He Might be high on weed ??

— Thala Hemanth (@viruhemanth) September 24, 2017

These trollers don't spare even the PM so small mercies!
Leave them to their Karma, we are happy that you are back, that's it!

— TusharDand (@TiDeee) September 24, 2017

Leave It Sir.We are very happy to listen you again . People always ready to throw stone around you its very important how and when you react

— Shobhit Srivastav (@shobhit833) September 24, 2017

Hathi chale bazaar, kutte bhoke hazaar.
your commentary amd pre match shows are a touch above the best. ?

— Rudresh Ranaswi (@rudresh_om) September 24, 2017

dont blame him Harsha, while normal people have ears, he just has "da ear"

— Ahmir Yousuf (@ahmiryousuf) September 24, 2017

No sir, you are simply too great and fantastic even to give a reply to such people…. Lots of love!!!!

— Pratik Bhansali (@BhansaliPratik1) September 24, 2017

अरे बाबा पांड्या नहीं , पंड्या, पंड्या.

— Shaunak Shah (@shaunakbshah) September 24, 2017

If anyone finds Harsha Bhogle annoying it means only one thing, That guy is on the wrong Planet. #GentlemanOfCommentary #Cricket

— Manoj Raje (@rajemanoj) September 24, 2017