During India’s first innings in the Mohali Test against England, Jayant Yadav – the newly inducted Indian off-spinner – was playing a brilliant hand, lower down the order.
At 381-8, and with no other notable batsmen left, Yadav ensured that India got a sizeable lead by continuously farming the strike and playing some crisp shots along with it.
It was a fascinating period of grueling Test cricket where a young Yadav showed remarkable maturity. Strangely, however, the Indian commentators on air during that stage kept discussing something completely different – about steamed idlis in Chennai.
Sadly, moments like these aren’t an aberration these days during the Indian home cricket season. And it is here that one really misses the voice of Harsha Bhogle.
One means no disrespect towards the current crop of Indian commentators, but listening to Harsha speak about the game was an experience in itself.