The Hindi commentator of Star Sports, Aakash Chopra had not been included in the initial list. This had been published by Star Sports on their Twitter handle. The fans had been disappointed not to see the name of their favourite commentator in the list. Aakash Chopra’s puns are very much popular in the commentary box. That is alongside his cricketing vision. The star commentator has been a good analyser of the game also. So, it has been quite a shock for the viewers.
The Indian Premier League is going to begin from 19th September in the United Arab Emirates. The players and team members have reached the United Arab Emirates already. The teams have started their preparation after the quarantine phase.
Hi! Here are the #Dream11IPL 2020 commentators. English – Sunil Gavaskar, Harsha Bhogle, Deep Dasgupta, Ian Bishop, Murali Kartik, and Danny Morrison to name a few. Hindi – Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra, Jatin Sapru, Nikhil Chopra and Sanjay Bangar.
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) September 12, 2020
The commentators’ list had also been published by Star Sports on Saturday. The commentators who will be at the United Arab Emirates for on-field commentary will also need to go early and get themselves quarantined in a bio-bubble ahead of the tournament.
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BCCI has been taking all the measures to ensure the safety measures of the players. However, it is an extremely difficult job for them to pull off such a long tournament with maintaining proper health measures. The players are trying to cope up with the new normal situation as the fans will not be there to cheer their team this time.
Star Sports announced the name of English and Hindi commentators in one Tweet. In the list of English commentators, there has been the presence of Danny Morrison, Harsh Bhogle, Deep Dasgupta, Sunil Gavaskar, Ian Bishop and Murali Karthik. The viewers have been very much pleased after seeing the English commentators. Sanjay Manjrekar has been excluded from the list and fans have really liked it.
However, the fans have not liked the list of Hindi commentators as the star commentator, Aakash Chopra was missing from the list. The fans have been outrageous in Twitter and their love for Aakash Chopra has been visible in the comment section of the Tweet.
Star Sports eventually mentioned all the names of the Hindi commentators later in another tweet. The Hindi commentators’ list consists of Aakash Chopra, Irfan Pathan, Jatin Sapru, Ashish Nehra, Nikhil Chopra, Kiran More, Ajit Agarkar and Sanjay Bangar. The complete list of commentators will certainly impress the viewers.
Hi! Here are the Hindi commentators for #Dream11IPL 2020: Aakash Chopra, Irfan Pathan, Ashish Nehra, Jatin Sapru, Nikhil Chopra, Kiran More, Ajit Agarkar, and Sanjay Bangar.
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) September 13, 2020
Why Was Akash Chopra Initially Not Included?
The reason behind the exclusion of Aakash Chopra’s name has not been quite clear yet. Some have thought that Star Sports have mentioned the names of the commentators who will go to the United Arab Emirates. There will be some commentators who will be doing commentary from India also.
However, Aakash Chopra has posted a picture of Emirates flight. It is clearly indicating that he is going to the United Arab Emirates to do on-field commentary. Aakash Chopra has been quite active in Social Media these days. His analysis have been spot on. So, the viewers will certainly feel good about the decision of Star Sports to keep Aakash Chopra in the list on-field commentary in the United Arab Emirates this time.
