Twitter Reactions: Fans surprised over Harsha Bhogle's absence from IPL commentary team

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

The cricket world was shocked after it was reported that popular cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle will not be a part of the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) commentary team after the BCCI decided to terminate his contract. There is, however, no news regarding the reason for the termination of his contract. The 54-year-old has stated that he was unaware of the reason behind such a surprising decision by the board, ahead of the new season.

Harsha Bhogle has been associated with cricket since the 80’s and been the voice of cricket in India. He has been a part of the IPL since its inception and was also part of the promotional video ahead of the ninth season.

Bhogle took to social media to express his disappointment at missing out on what he labelled as his ‘favourite tournament’. However, when one of his followers on twitter quizzed him about the reason behind this decision, Bhogle said, “I don’t know. That is the truth”.

The decision seems like an afterthought as Bhogle was initially listed as a part of the television crew and he had even received his roster for the tournament.

“When deciding the commentators, we take feedback from everyone. We monitor social media reactions on commentators, and also take inputs from players,” an unnamed senior BCCI official was quoted as saying by the Sunday Express.

There have been a lot of speculations and rumors about the reason behind the BCCI’s decision. The most talked about one is Amitabh Bachchan’s recent Tweets in which he had suggested Indian commentators to talk more about Indian players than foreigners. This tweet was supposedly directed at Bhogle.

Stunned cricket fans did not hold themselves back and expressed their support for Bhogle on twitter.

https://twitter.com/xmsdhoni/status/719105046689013760

https://twitter.com/xmsdhoni/status/719103307042668544

https://twitter.com/Lokendra729/status/719102768624050176

 

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