Tony greig advises Ravi Shastri and Sunil Gavaskar to speak their minds – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Manohar-Gavaskar-c91863, to commentate professionally and honestly according to their experiences and not to toe the line of the Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI), which pays them huge amounts of remunerations for their services in the commentary boxes of Team India’s International matches.
Greig argues that a good commentator is one who always speaks what his knowledge and experience tell him instead of taking dictation from someone else.
However, he believes that biasness and patriotism are natural factors in every commentator but he must not let these passions overcome ethics and realities.
Greig, who is also a renowned commentator, tells that the main function of a commentator is to state the facts and create interest in the game, so he should avoid speaking on political and social issues as long as he is in commentary box.
Greig has also revealed that the influential and cash-rich Indian board has a lot say in the selection of commentators during its team’s matches and those who resort to speak against the board or the team are sidelined.
The former captain has cited an example of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 (CA), is an independent commentator on Channel 9, and the board never tries to meddle into or care for what he speaks.
Greig opines that Sunil and Shastri should convince the BCCI on the use of ball tracking technology in matches as, he claims, it will improve the standard of the game and ratio of correct decisions. He tells that he has studied the technology very deeply
and found it to be fair enough.
The issue of two former Indian skippers’ biased and pro-BCCI commentary came into notice during the 2nd npower Test match between India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 at Trent Bridge, and the world cricket experts lashed out on the duo. However, both the commentators
have contradicted the criticism and clarified their positions but the matter is still in air.
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