Harsha Bhogle
Harsha Bhogle
Harsha Bhogleis an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He was born in a Marathi speaking family in Hyderabad. Bhogle has recently become a freelance TV presenter...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 July 1961
CountryIndia
looked number sports sustenance
Traditionally, sport has looked down at number crunchers, but the reality is that they give sport the financial sustenance it needs.
among cheats diligent sportsmen
Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals.
people sports
Sports and management are not as diverse as people think.
careers few glory investment lifetime offers people sports starting
Cricket, like all sport, offers glory to few and a lifetime of it to even fewer. For the investment it demands, it offers short careers that end when people in other professions are starting to flourish.
rational sports
Cricket is not a rational sport in India, and we go overboard.
sports blue opponents
Sometimes, quite out of the blue, sport will throw up a tender moment, when hostility ceases and an opponent is acknowledged.
sports team flaunting
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions.
sports mistake opportunity
Sports teaches you there is always a second innings in life. If you fail today, theres a second innings maybe two days later. Maybe theres another opportunity coming up three or six months later. If you look at mistake as learnings and commit never to make a same mistake again, then you actually get better with every mistake that you make.
played university
I am a kid who played university cricket, so to be around international cricket is a blessing.
audiences cannot games spectators throw
Cricket cannot afford to throw up meaningless games before its benefactors, which is what spectators and television audiences are.
cricket fairly good love played remember watch watching
I always wanted to play cricket, and I have played competitive cricket to a fairly good level. I remember that my father used to come and watch me play. He used to love watching me play.
bit cover million next pay rights sold time unless
For a long time, television said, 'We won't cover cricket unless you pay us to cover it.' Then they said, 'OK, the next rights are sold for 55 million dollars. The next rights are sold for 612 million dollars.' So, it's a bit of a curve, that.
great life outside
To be a commentator, you must have a life outside cricket, too. If cricket is all that you know, then you would not be a great commentator.
cricketers good okay realise
Cricketers are made to feel that they are very special. That is okay as long as cricketers realise they are only as good as their last innings.