Cricket is an interesting sport that involves extensive involvement of crowds and fans. Athletes constantly participate in crowd work too. Watching a cricket match in a stadium is a great sense of excitement. People engage among themselves, get excited on each boundary short, and appreciate the batsman each shot. They get high as well as low according to match results. But audiences who prefer to stay at home and watch are also full of entertainment. For this purpose, commentators and sports anchors are hired. They organize special pre and post-match presentations to make it more interesting. Watching a match and listening to commentators is really an enjoyable affair. This article will go through the top 10 commentators who bought more excitement to a match.

1. Harsha Bhogle

Harsha Bhogle is the best Indian commentator. He is also regarded as the “Voice of cricket.” He does commentate in most of the bilateral series and tournaments. He does English commentating very often. His voice is very famous in the sports world. He is also a part of Times Group since 2016. He was also in one of the commentator teams of the 2019 50 world cup.  He is currently serving as one of the board governors of IIM Udaipur.

2. Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar is a renowned cricket player of the early era of Indian Cricket. He was one of the players from the 1983 Indian world cup winning team. He was an opener during his playing course of time. He also led the Indian team during his playing years. After the first innings of his life, he started his second innings by participating in commentating. He is India’s one of best commentators. Because he was a player beforehand, he describes some cricket events and discussions while commenting, which creates excitement among the viewers. He can do this both in Hindi and English.

3. Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri is one of the greatest players of the Indian Cricket team. He was also part of the 1983 world cup winning team. After his playing career ended, he decided to stay in the off-field cricket activities. He was India’s Men National team coach for a long period. He achieved a lot in his coach tenure. He also participates in commentating. We all enjoy his commentating. His special words like “champions, tracer bullet” and his grudge voice make it more interesting. One of his special commentating experiences is the 2011 50-over world cup final.

4. Aakash Chopra

He is one of the former Indian cricketers. He was an opening batsman in his cricket career. But his career peaked when he started commentating. He also runs his youtube channel. His specialty is that he provides a good number of stats about every player. He does this in both Hindi and English. His style of commentating is way similar to Navjot Singh Sidhu’s. He also gives one-liners and says short poems even. Often his statements are criticized.

5. Sanjay Manjrekar

Sanjay Manjrekar is a former Indian cricketer. He used to be a right-handed middle-order batsman. Later in his career, he shifted towards the career of commentating. He does flawless commentating in both Hindi and English. He is one of the permanent members of Star Sports. He also did commentate in the past few world cups. We generally see him during the post-match presentation. He specially distributes votes of thanks and other presentations like the man of the match. We often see his tweets having criticism against Ravindra Jadeja, for which he gets criticized over social media platforms.

6. Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly is often regarded as Dada, one of the greatest captains of the Indian national cricket team. He was a left-handed batsman and had good leadership skills. He even played in IPL. Later in his life, he was a part of BCCI and later was BCCI’s president. He often shares the media room with Harsha Bhogle and Sanjay Manjrekar. He often shares dressing room details and team meetings discussion, which makes the viewers a match more interesting and exciting. He even shares knowledge of cricket too.

7. Arun Lal

Arun Lal is a retired Indian cricketer and Indian commentator. He was a gritty right-handed player who played for India in ’the 80s. He was also given a Lifetime Achievement Award. He has several records while playing at the domestic level. He was a player from the east zone. He had a special way of commentating. But his commentating soon took a pause when he was declared unfit. He was diagnosed with jaw cancer. He was often listed in criticism due to his tough and harsh training method. In the Bengal cricket camp, his coaching methods were even mocked.

8. Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh is a former Indian cricketer. He is one of the team members of the 2011 world Cup-winning team. He is a legendary spinner who used to bowl extremely well. He used to spin a bowl extremely well and was a dangerous bowler on Indian pitches. He also set some records before getting retired. He also bowled some good innings in IPL too. After his career ended, he started his second innings in the commentator profession. He does it in the Hindi language. He is a permanent commentator for IPL seasons.

9. Vvs Laxman

VVS Laxman is a legendary great Indian cricketer. He is currently head of the National Cricket Academy. He was appointed as coach for the under-19 Indian teams. He was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He was predominately better as a test batsman. Apart from other roles, he also serves as a commentator. He has a unique way of expressing each shot and has succeeded much as a commentator.

10. Ajay Jadeja

He is a former ex-Indian cricketer. He is a regular member of the Indian cricket team in the late 90s. He had played 15 test matches and 100 plus one-day internationals, which means he has a good amount of experience. Later in his career, he started commentating. He does both in Hindi and English language. He is a very famous face in the domestic and IPL seasons’ commentator box.