Wonder What These 5 Cricket Commentators Drank Before Saying These Lines On Air

Commentary forms an integral part of the cricket viewing experience on television. Good commentary has the power to uplift a boring spell of cricket. On the other hand, bad commentary can be a mood-killer. The following instances are not cases of bad commentary, but I’m convinced that these are all cases of ‘drunk commentary’. Be my guest in guessing what these guys were high on before saying these lines on air.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Where does Navjot Singh Sidhu buy his alcohol from? Nobody knows. What did he mean when he said, “A fifty is like kissing a virgin, you just have to go on”. Nobody knows. But what we do know is that alcohol was the cause behind a statement like this being said on air.

Dean Jones:

They call him “Professor” in the cricket world, but even a school boy would have the basic sense to not say “The terrorist has got another wicket” on air, with reference to Hashim Amla. Dean Jones was banned from international commentary for the longest time after this incident. He was probably high on some banned alcohol? Or was it karma that came to bite him in the ass because he must’ve consumed alcohol in a dry Indian state, or on a dry day during one of his many India trips as cricketer and commentator?

Ramiz Raja:

Ramiz Raja says a lot of stupid things on air, so I won’t be surprised if he’s quite the regular drinker before stepping into the commentary box. Picking one line from his repository of drunk one liners was a task, but there was a clear winner in “Misbah looked cool from exterior, don’t know about interior”.

Kapil Dev: 

Kapil Paaji, I’m not sure what you are more popularly known for today – for your impeccable record, or for saying on air, “Mushkil to nahi keh sakte, lekin tough zaroor hoga India ke liye”. This is like saying ‘Mujhe rum pasand nahi, par I love rum’. What did you mean, paaji?

Virender Sehwag:

Sehwag keeps outdoing himself in the commentary box, just like how he kept outdoing his 300 plus scores in test cricket. Okay, he was probably trying to be funny when he announced the arrival of “Kung Fu Pandya”, referring to Hardik Pandya. But if he had tweeted this instead, I would’ve passed it off as just another Sehwag one-liner. But saying this on air convinces me that he was a few pegs down. You don’t have to be bold and funny to say something like this in the commentary box, you just have to be drunk.