Most of you cricket crazy people have been following IPL and have of course had your moments of joy and sorrow. Its been real fun watching the games. But there's one little thing am very upset about. Its the coverage by SET MAX.
The Hindi movie broadcaster have OUTRIGHTLY sucked ever since they ventured into telecasting matches. In their formative years being so desperate and failing to match ESPN Star's (ES) expertise they stooped down to the levels of bringing the legendary Mandira Bedi to ask questions like "What is a Doosra? Will India win today? and many such things that reminded you of Tamil movie heroines' dialogues. But you could probably give it to her for being so hot at the age of 78 but it was clearly irritating to watch Charu Sharma drooling rather than presenting a cricket show.
Just when I thought I had seen the last of these bufoons comes MAX, that too to host IPL. Although they managed to steal some good commentators from ES, they still suck as much as NEO sports does.
There are different aspects to their suckiness
1) having ranjit fernando and aamir sohail.
now, I don't really know how MR. RF gets these assignments. Maybe he plays the sympathy card. I heard there is some reservation for tsunami hit countries and RF being the only guy who knows good English in the island nation
I ve hated RF right from my childhood because of the stupid shit he speaks on air. It changed to total hatred the night of the match between Bangladesh and India in the 2007 world cup. I along with millions of indians was matching the match with great agony. India was tottering with Bangladesh chasing so comfortably when RF failing to contain his amusement said "India is sorely missing someone in the likes of Chaminda Vaas or Maharoof". Yes you moron there are no better bowlers than Maharoof and stop speaking about srilanka when its TOTALLY irrelevant.
I also hate the way he pronounces "deliveries" sounds like "DAHLLIWORRIES" he keeps saying it all the time. :(( . His most useful insights into the game include
"the gameplan of this partnership is to score runs in quick time without getting out" woooow isnt that a totally creative thing to say?
kapugedara sucking big time with the bat "very promising batsman hes doing his job so beautifully in the centre" yes dude you are a srilankan but please speak some sense once in a while?
"if Chennai bats well, you never know they can win this game" i have no comments for this
"Joginder Sharma is such an experienced campaigner"
i ve forgotten many others which were probably a lot more insightful nevertheless...
i thought of some innovative stuff to stay on air myself:
"Jayasuriya Murali and jayawardene rock"
"sangakkara rocks"
"chandrika kumaratunga rocks"
"if it rains too much there is a chance the match might be abandoned due to rain"
"orange cap is orange in color"
Coming to Aamir sohail he has serious problems with his pronounciation. He says Sahwag Dallli (delhi)
Today he said Sangwan is an experienced campaigner..dude he is 17 and has played 5 matches.
One of these days they did a Doordarshan by screwing up their telecast as a result the match couldnt start. Ever heard of "match delayed due to stupid tv guys?"
Yesterday riya sen came to the studio during the ten minute break. 2 minutes ad 3 minutes the anchor who's paid max for presenting the show 5 minutes arun lal explaining the nuances of kolkattas wicket. I could see riya's face for 10 seconds :( really PISSES ME OFF :( :(
The cameras are another eye sore. Bad and CRAZY angles making me feel its better to watch from the ground. I dont seriously know how they manage such weird angles which are pretty much unheard of on television.
No Activesports so i cant catch up if i was out on a date or if my grandparents insisted on watching Kolangal serial.
And yea the worst is
these commentators saying "That is a DLF six" or "CITI moment of success"
Please give it back to EspnStar we want to watch some intelligent cricket. A humble request from a true cricket lover.
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Nice post. Would have made sense to me if I followed the IPL though ;)
The content of this post is very well planned out and written. It has a high level of sarcasm and cracks me up whenever i read it. Props to you. However what could make your blog give a stronger message is formatting and editing. This often shows formality and structure and brings out a more serious message about your post.
v tru da.. DLF maximum irritates me a lot! even this ranjit is a big time sucker!is srilankan counter part of ramiz raja..often praisin compatriots n blurtin obv reduntant things!!
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