The game of cricket has taken giant strides towards modernisation and over the course of time, we have seen multiple changes coming into play to enhance the viewing experience for the fans on television. A lot of new technology is being used to enhance commentary as well because this is the most imperative tool in connecting the TV audience to the game being played thousands of miles away.

From the days of Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry, Tony Cozier, and Tony Greig to the exuberance of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/no-ms-dhoni-in-harsha-bhogles-asia-cup-xi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harsha Bhogle</a>, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas, and David &#8220;Bumble&#8221; Lloyd, every era had some mind-boggling commentators who made the fans reiterate a few iconic lines again and again whilst reminiscing a few memorable moments.

But these days, the quality of &#8220;Action description&#8221; has certainly dipped. A fact that most of the ex-cricketers are roped into the panel although they don&#8217;t have a lot of experience in the field might be one reason.  Here are five such commentators who have not been up to the mark for a fairly long period of time and might be on their way to the exit doors soon.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-279560" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Russel-Arnold.jpg" alt="Russel Arnold" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-279560" class="wp-caption-text">Russel Arnold. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Russel Arnold was quite a decent batsman during his playing days, but he has failed to accumulate any similar respect as a broadcaster. Although it is common for a lot of commentators to sound a little biased towards their national side, Arnold is wee-bit too patriotic in the commentary box.

Whenever Sri Lanka plays, his emphasis mostly remains on how good or bad the Lankans are playing and is never really appreciative of the other sides. His voice base tends to lower a bit as well when his side doesn&#8217;t play well, which is never going to compel the audience watching the games on TV.

He also keeps taking unnecessary jibes at other teams, more often the Indian side, which leads to only him getting brutally trolled. Going by fans&#8217; reaction towards commentators, he has not done anything good enough to attract the viewers in a positive way.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-200167" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sanjay-Manjrekar.jpg" alt="Sanjay Manjrekar" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-200167" class="wp-caption-text">Sanjay Manjrekar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Blessed with an exuberant voice and pretty articulate dialogue delivery, Sanjay Manjrekar so easily could&#8217;ve avoided getting into this list. But the former Indian cricketer is always in the news for the wrong reasons and often tends to pick out some vague points, which neither is compelling nor makes sense on occasions.

He received a lot of criticism during the IPL for how biased he was whilst Mumbai Indians were playing. During IPL 2017 Hashim Amla had hit a 100 in the first innings and after the innings was over, the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2018-19-semi-final-1-mumbai-vs-hyderabad-review-dominant-mumbai-romp-through-to-the-finals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mumbai</a> players went over to congratulate him and Manjrekar went on to say, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure the umpires will award fair play points to Mumbai for this.&#8221;

There&#8217;s nothing wrong in appreciating a team spirit but incidentally, he spoke very little about how well Amla had played, which didn&#8217;t go down well with the fans. This has happened on a lot of occasions during international matches as well and it really is perplexing to see so many commentators voicing biased opinions on such a frequent basis.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-277331" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sunil-Gavaskar-3.jpg" alt="Sunil Gavaskar" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-277331" class="wp-caption-text">Sunil Gavaskar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Take nothing away from the legend <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/australia-vs-india-sunil-gavaskar-names-3-players-who-should-be-included-in-the-xi-for-the-1st-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunil Gavaskar</a> as a cricketer, but his time is pretty much up as a commentator. There&#8217;s a famous line in the show Game of Thrones &#8220;The ink is dry&#8221;, which pretty much is the case with the Little Master. He is falling short of words and is only being repetitive in an obnoxious way.

A couple of years ago during the India-New Zealand series, Gavaskar and other fellow panelists spent a good five minutes in discussing how a selfie should be taken whilst there was some pretty interesting cricketing action happening. Even in Hindi commentary, he uses a lot of informal catch phrases to describe the action, which once again has been repeated too many times.

Sunny Gavaskar is still a pretty amazing analyst and reads the game better than anyone else. Another facet which has been a bit predictable and obnoxious is his usage of the Caribbean accent to sound funny, which doesn&#8217;t sound funny anymore. He still speaks a lot of sense when it comes to his columns, but he lost his extempore ability which is pretty imperative for a commentator.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-205881" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ramiz-Raja.jpg" alt="Ramiz Raja" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-205881" class="wp-caption-text">Ramiz Raja. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Another one of those individuals who make it to this list sheerly because of their biased commentary is Ramiz Raja. The whole &#8220;Being biased to their countries&#8221; has become a very unhealthy and nonsensical trend in the cricket commentary world these days and there&#8217;s no way we can miss out his name whilst discussing this topic.

In the early days of his career as a commentator, he often used irrelevant metaphors and his sentence construction was poor on occasions. He always had a strong command over the language, but live commentary is a tough nut to crack and he did get over these weaknesses later.

But then, his problems are very similar to that of Sanjay Manjrekar. His voice modulation varies depending on how good or bad Pakistan are playing, which isn&#8217;t the best way to keep the audience glued to their TVs. He did have some fine moments during his tenure, but cricket needs more diplomatic and unbiased commentators right now.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-181955" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Athar-Ali-Khan.jpg" alt="Athar Ali Khan" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-181955" class="wp-caption-text">Athar Ali Khan (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

One of the few commentators from Bangladesh who has a great command over the language and can pull off some pretty decent moments with the mike, Athar Ali Khan has been a good commentator on occasions, but there are too many things which bought him an entry into this list.

He often gets too excited about a few Bangladeshi talents. It&#8217;s fine and a lot of other commentators do that as well, but he exaggerates a little too much. There was once an occasion when a young <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/soumya-sarkar-feels-not-thinking-much-about-his-comeback-helped-him-get-back-his-touch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soumya Sarkar</a> took a catch at covers, his commentary began at how good a fielder he is and went till how good a batsman he can be for a good 3-4 minutes, which is way too much.

One can understand his passion, the place where he comes from, cricket is more than just a religion. But to do commentary at this level, one cannot get overly excited for small things and ramble about it for a long time. If not for the &#8220;Exaggeration&#8221; and &#8220;Over excitement&#8221; factors, he is a pretty decent chap behind the mike.

Disclaimer: These are clearly the author&#8217;s views and CricTracker may or may not agree with the opinions in the article.

The game of cricket has taken giant strides towards modernisation and over the course of time, we have seen multiple changes coming into play to enhance the viewing experience for the fans on television. A lot of new technology is being used to enhance commentary as well because this is the most imperative tool in connecting the TV audience to the game being played thousands of miles away.
From the days of Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry, Tony Cozier, and Tony Greig to the exuberance of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/no-ms-dhoni-in-harsha-bhogles-asia-cup-xi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harsha Bhogle</a>, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas, and David “Bumble” Lloyd, every era had some mind-boggling commentators who made the fans reiterate a few iconic lines again and again whilst reminiscing a few memorable moments.
But these days, the quality of “Action description” has certainly dipped. A fact that most of the ex-cricketers are roped into the panel although they don’t have a lot of experience in the field might be one reason.&nbsp; Here are five such commentators who have not been up to the mark for a fairly long period of time and might be on their way to the exit doors soon.
<h3>1. Russel Arnold</h3>
<figure id="attachment_279560" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-279560" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-279560" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Russel-Arnold.jpg" alt="Russel Arnold" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-279560" class="wp-caption-text">Russel Arnold. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Russel Arnold was quite a decent batsman during his playing days, but he has failed to accumulate any similar respect as a broadcaster. Although it is common for a lot of commentators to sound a little biased towards their national side, Arnold is wee-bit too patriotic in the commentary box.
Whenever Sri Lanka plays, his emphasis mostly remains on how good or bad the Lankans are playing and is never really appreciative of the other sides. His voice base tends to lower a bit as well when his side doesn’t play well, which is never going to compel the audience watching the games on TV.
He also keeps taking unnecessary jibes at other teams, more often the Indian side, which leads to only him getting brutally trolled. Going by fans’ reaction towards commentators, he has not done anything good enough to attract the viewers in a positive way. 

<h3>2. Sanjay Manjrekar</h3>
<figure id="attachment_200167" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-200167" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-200167" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sanjay-Manjrekar.jpg" alt="Sanjay Manjrekar" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-200167" class="wp-caption-text">Sanjay Manjrekar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Blessed with an exuberant voice and pretty articulate dialogue delivery, Sanjay Manjrekar so easily could’ve avoided getting into this list. But the former Indian cricketer is always in the news for the wrong reasons and often tends to pick out some vague points, which neither is compelling nor makes sense on occasions.
He received a lot of criticism during the IPL for how biased he was whilst Mumbai Indians were playing.&nbsp;During IPL 2017 Hashim Amla had hit a 100 in the first innings and after the innings was over, the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2018-19-semi-final-1-mumbai-vs-hyderabad-review-dominant-mumbai-romp-through-to-the-finals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mumbai</a> players went over to congratulate him and Manjrekar went on to say, “I’m sure the umpires will award fair play points to Mumbai for this.”
There’s nothing wrong in appreciating a team spirit but incidentally, he spoke very little about how well Amla had played, which didn’t go down well with the fans. This has happened on a lot of occasions during international matches as well and it really is perplexing to see so many commentators voicing biased opinions on such a frequent basis. 

<h3>3. Sunil Gavaskar</h3>
<figure id="attachment_277331" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-277331" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-277331" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sunil-Gavaskar-3.jpg" alt="Sunil Gavaskar" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-277331" class="wp-caption-text">Sunil Gavaskar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Take nothing away from the legend <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/australia-vs-india-sunil-gavaskar-names-3-players-who-should-be-included-in-the-xi-for-the-1st-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunil Gavaskar</a>&nbsp;as a cricketer, but his time is pretty much up as a commentator. There’s a famous line in the show Game of Thrones “The ink is dry”, which pretty much is the case with the Little Master. He is falling short of words and is only being repetitive in an obnoxious way.
A couple of years ago during the India-New Zealand series, Gavaskar and other fellow panelists spent a good five minutes in discussing how a selfie should be taken whilst there was some pretty interesting cricketing action happening. Even in Hindi commentary, he uses a lot of informal catch phrases to describe the action, which once again has been repeated too many times.
Sunny Gavaskar is still a pretty amazing analyst and reads the game better than anyone else. Another facet which has been a bit predictable and obnoxious is his usage of the Caribbean accent to sound funny, which doesn’t sound funny anymore. He still speaks a lot of sense when it comes to his columns, but he lost his extempore ability which is pretty imperative for a commentator. 

<h3>4. Ramiz Raja</h3>
<figure id="attachment_205881" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-205881" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-205881" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ramiz-Raja.jpg" alt="Ramiz Raja" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-205881" class="wp-caption-text">Ramiz Raja. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Another one of those individuals who make it to this list sheerly because of their biased commentary is Ramiz Raja. The whole “Being biased to their countries” has become a very unhealthy and nonsensical trend in the cricket commentary world these days and there’s no way we can miss out his name whilst discussing this topic.
In the early days of his career as a commentator, he often used irrelevant metaphors and his sentence construction was poor on occasions. He always had a strong command over the language, but live commentary is a tough nut to crack and he did get over these weaknesses later.
But then, his problems are very similar to that of Sanjay Manjrekar. His voice modulation varies depending on how good or bad Pakistan&nbsp;are playing, which isn’t the best way to keep the audience glued to their TVs. He did have some fine moments during his tenure, but cricket needs more diplomatic and unbiased commentators right now.

<h3>5. Athar Ali Khan</h3>
<figure id="attachment_181955" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-181955" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-181955" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Athar-Ali-Khan.jpg" alt="Athar Ali Khan" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-181955" class="wp-caption-text">Athar Ali Khan (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
One of the few commentators from Bangladesh who has a great command over the language and can pull off some pretty decent moments with the mike, Athar Ali Khan has been a good commentator on occasions, but there are too many things which bought him an entry into this list.
He often gets too excited about a few Bangladeshi talents. It’s fine and a lot of other commentators do that as well, but he exaggerates a little too much. There was once an occasion when a young <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/soumya-sarkar-feels-not-thinking-much-about-his-comeback-helped-him-get-back-his-touch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soumya Sarkar</a> took a catch at covers, his commentary began at how good a fielder he is and went till how good a batsman he can be for a good 3-4 minutes, which is way too much.
One can understand his passion, the place where he comes from, cricket is more than just a religion. But to do commentary at this level, one cannot get overly excited for small things and ramble about it for a long time. If not for the “Exaggeration” and “Over excitement” factors, he is a pretty decent chap behind the mike.
Disclaimer: These are clearly the author’s views and CricTracker may or may not agree with the opinions in the article.&nbsp;

The game of cricket has taken giant strides towards modernisation and over the course of time, we have seen multiple changes coming into play to enhance the viewing experience for the fans on television. A lot of new technology is being used to enhance commentary as well because this is the most imperative tool in connecting the TV audience to the game being played thousands of miles away.
From the days of Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry, Tony Cozier, and Tony Greig to the exuberance of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/no-ms-dhoni-in-harsha-bhogles-asia-cup-xi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harsha Bhogle</a>, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas, and David &#8220;Bumble&#8221; Lloyd, every era had some mind-boggling commentators who made the fans reiterate a few iconic lines again and again whilst reminiscing a few memorable moments.
But these days, the quality of &#8220;Action description&#8221; has certainly dipped. A fact that most of the ex-cricketers are roped into the panel although they don&#8217;t have a lot of experience in the field might be one reason.  Here are five such commentators who have not been up to the mark for a fairly long period of time and might be on their way to the exit doors soon.
<h3>1. Russel Arnold</h3>
<figure id="attachment_279560" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-279560" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-279560" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Russel-Arnold.jpg" alt="Russel Arnold" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-279560" class="wp-caption-text">Russel Arnold. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Russel Arnold was quite a decent batsman during his playing days, but he has failed to accumulate any similar respect as a broadcaster. Although it is common for a lot of commentators to sound a little biased towards their national side, Arnold is wee-bit too patriotic in the commentary box.
Whenever Sri Lanka plays, his emphasis mostly remains on how good or bad the Lankans are playing and is never really appreciative of the other sides. His voice base tends to lower a bit as well when his side doesn&#8217;t play well, which is never going to compel the audience watching the games on TV.
He also keeps taking unnecessary jibes at other teams, more often the Indian side, which leads to only him getting brutally trolled. Going by fans&#8217; reaction towards commentators, he has not done anything good enough to attract the viewers in a positive way. 

<h3>2. Sanjay Manjrekar</h3>
<figure id="attachment_200167" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-200167" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-200167" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sanjay-Manjrekar.jpg" alt="Sanjay Manjrekar" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-200167" class="wp-caption-text">Sanjay Manjrekar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Blessed with an exuberant voice and pretty articulate dialogue delivery, Sanjay Manjrekar so easily could&#8217;ve avoided getting into this list. But the former Indian cricketer is always in the news for the wrong reasons and often tends to pick out some vague points, which neither is compelling nor makes sense on occasions.
He received a lot of criticism during the IPL for how biased he was whilst Mumbai Indians were playing. During IPL 2017 Hashim Amla had hit a 100 in the first innings and after the innings was over, the <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/vijay-hazare-trophy-2018-19-semi-final-1-mumbai-vs-hyderabad-review-dominant-mumbai-romp-through-to-the-finals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mumbai</a> players went over to congratulate him and Manjrekar went on to say, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure the umpires will award fair play points to Mumbai for this.&#8221;
There&#8217;s nothing wrong in appreciating a team spirit but incidentally, he spoke very little about how well Amla had played, which didn&#8217;t go down well with the fans. This has happened on a lot of occasions during international matches as well and it really is perplexing to see so many commentators voicing biased opinions on such a frequent basis. 

<h3>3. Sunil Gavaskar</h3>
<figure id="attachment_277331" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-277331" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-277331" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sunil-Gavaskar-3.jpg" alt="Sunil Gavaskar" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-277331" class="wp-caption-text">Sunil Gavaskar. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Take nothing away from the legend <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/australia-vs-india-sunil-gavaskar-names-3-players-who-should-be-included-in-the-xi-for-the-1st-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunil Gavaskar</a> as a cricketer, but his time is pretty much up as a commentator. There&#8217;s a famous line in the show Game of Thrones &#8220;The ink is dry&#8221;, which pretty much is the case with the Little Master. He is falling short of words and is only being repetitive in an obnoxious way.
A couple of years ago during the India-New Zealand series, Gavaskar and other fellow panelists spent a good five minutes in discussing how a selfie should be taken whilst there was some pretty interesting cricketing action happening. Even in Hindi commentary, he uses a lot of informal catch phrases to describe the action, which once again has been repeated too many times.
Sunny Gavaskar is still a pretty amazing analyst and reads the game better than anyone else. Another facet which has been a bit predictable and obnoxious is his usage of the Caribbean accent to sound funny, which doesn&#8217;t sound funny anymore. He still speaks a lot of sense when it comes to his columns, but he lost his extempore ability which is pretty imperative for a commentator. 

<h3>4. Ramiz Raja</h3>
<figure id="attachment_205881" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-205881" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-205881" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Ramiz-Raja.jpg" alt="Ramiz Raja" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-205881" class="wp-caption-text">Ramiz Raja. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Another one of those individuals who make it to this list sheerly because of their biased commentary is Ramiz Raja. The whole &#8220;Being biased to their countries&#8221; has become a very unhealthy and nonsensical trend in the cricket commentary world these days and there&#8217;s no way we can miss out his name whilst discussing this topic.
In the early days of his career as a commentator, he often used irrelevant metaphors and his sentence construction was poor on occasions. He always had a strong command over the language, but live commentary is a tough nut to crack and he did get over these weaknesses later.
But then, his problems are very similar to that of Sanjay Manjrekar. His voice modulation varies depending on how good or bad Pakistan are playing, which isn&#8217;t the best way to keep the audience glued to their TVs. He did have some fine moments during his tenure, but cricket needs more diplomatic and unbiased commentators right now.

<h3>5. Athar Ali Khan</h3>
<figure id="attachment_181955" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-181955" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-181955" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Athar-Ali-Khan.jpg" alt="Athar Ali Khan" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-181955" class="wp-caption-text">Athar Ali Khan (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
One of the few commentators from Bangladesh who has a great command over the language and can pull off some pretty decent moments with the mike, Athar Ali Khan has been a good commentator on occasions, but there are too many things which bought him an entry into this list.
He often gets too excited about a few Bangladeshi talents. It&#8217;s fine and a lot of other commentators do that as well, but he exaggerates a little too much. There was once an occasion when a young <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/soumya-sarkar-feels-not-thinking-much-about-his-comeback-helped-him-get-back-his-touch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soumya Sarkar</a> took a catch at covers, his commentary began at how good a fielder he is and went till how good a batsman he can be for a good 3-4 minutes, which is way too much.
One can understand his passion, the place where he comes from, cricket is more than just a religion. But to do commentary at this level, one cannot get overly excited for small things and ramble about it for a long time. If not for the &#8220;Exaggeration&#8221; and &#8220;Over excitement&#8221; factors, he is a pretty decent chap behind the mike.
Disclaimer: These are clearly the author&#8217;s views and CricTracker may or may not agree with the opinions in the article.

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