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Harsha may be a good commentator but he is often too full of himself. His IIM MBA fuelled hubris shows itself all too often and is rather annoying. The fact that he hasn t played anything besides street cricket also runs against him. For me one can t comment on a game unless one has played it at the highest level.
I remember a television discussion featuring Harsha and MAK Pataudi some years ago (It was possibly just after India s exit from the 2007 WC after India lost to Bangladesh). Harsha was breathing fire on Rahul Dravid, going to the point of suggesting that he should stop playing ODIs and stick to test cricket. To this MAK calmly asked, And how many tests have you played, Harsha? . I can still pay to see Harsha s face when he heard this! It was hilarious! Old MAK sure did know how to puncture hot air balloons
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The sudden deaths that shook the cricket fraternity
They say, ‘Death is inevitable!’ While the sudden death of the 59-year-old World Cup winning Aussie cricketer-turned-coach and commentator, Dean Jones, is still fresh in our minds who recently passed away after a heart attack in Mumbai, the unexpected demise of much loved Pakistan’s national cricket team’s foreign coach Bob Woolmer during the forgettable 2007 World Cup campaign in Jamaica was equally saddening and haunted the Pakistani dressing room for long.
Both of these deaths came as an unanticipated horror. Sudden death of an otherwise healthy individual, let alone a healthy sportsman, without any prior sickness and not showing any significant health concerns, is always shocking. It is, however, the accidental death of young cricketers that left their followers in tears. Here we recall some of the accidental deaths of cricketers and deaths that occurred for on-field reasons that shook the cricket fraternity and the cr