MANCHESTER: The incident involving Michael Holding, when the West Indies great was asked to 'go simple' at the umpires after he heavily criticized them on air on the conclusion of the West Indies vs Australia game at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, has introduced forth crucial factor across the game.
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Apart from ignoring a big-no ball by means of Mitchell Starc, the umpires bungled up on at least four occasions right through that game, when the West Indies have been on the receiving finish of all their unsuitable decisions. However, the ICC's next request to Holding and the other commentators to tone down complaint of the match officials did not go down smartly with the short bowling legend, who hit back on the concept of 'censoring' his fair opinion.
Closer home, many really feel that right through contemporary years even the BCCI has adopted a an identical approach towards commentators, asking them to avoid criticizing choices/ umpiring blunders or the BCCI's stand on sure problems.
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In an interview with IdealNews right here on Saturday, former opening great Sunil Gavaskar, commentating for just about three a long time now, dispelled ideas that he too has been on the receiving finish of this type of 'friendly emails' from the broadcasters/BCCI or the ICC.
"First and foremost, let me clarify that the BCCI has never sent any instructions to me or Ravi Shastri about what to say or not to say. If the others got any, we've no idea. Ravi and me were contracted to the BCCI on an annual basis."
Sharing his ideas at the factor, Gavaskar mentioned: "I believe that commentators should be allowed to speak their mind as long as they're not casting aspersions on anybody. I mean, if it's bad umpiring or a shot, it stays so. Tomorrow, the authorities might come and say: 'Listen, don't criticize the players, because we want to promote the game. While nobody, even the commentators, should bring the game into disrepute, but asking them not to criticize…it's their job to pass comments on what they see."
He then made a pertinent level. "Not every commentator is blessed like Richie Benaud to be able to find the right words without offending people. I mean, that's why Benaud was what he was. He could say things which were hard-hitting, but maybe with a glove, while some of us commentators do it bare knuckled! And that's why it probably hurts. The intention is not to hurt. It's just that I don't have the vocabulary that Benaud had," he explained.
The 69-year-old "absolutely" backs Holding on this factor. "Having said that, I don't know what Michael actually said. But, I don't think that commentators should be told not to criticize the umpires or not say things that the rights holders feel will damage their relations with someone," he mentioned.
So where precisely does this downside emanate from? "I think that the TV rights holders sometimes get paranoid about the fact that they'd be blacklisted or something like that. I haven't seen them getting blacklisted for what is actually being seen on television, because they're the ones who're showing it," he wired.
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Apart from ignoring a big-no ball by means of Mitchell Starc, the umpires bungled up on at least four occasions right through that game, when the West Indies have been on the receiving finish of all their unsuitable decisions. However, the ICC's next request to Holding and the other commentators to tone down complaint of the match officials did not go down smartly with the short bowling legend, who hit back on the concept of 'censoring' his fair opinion.
Closer home, many really feel that right through contemporary years even the BCCI has adopted a an identical approach towards commentators, asking them to avoid criticizing choices/ umpiring blunders or the BCCI's stand on sure problems.
READ ALSO: Michael Holding fumes as ICC tries to gag him
In an interview with IdealNews right here on Saturday, former opening great Sunil Gavaskar, commentating for just about three a long time now, dispelled ideas that he too has been on the receiving finish of this type of 'friendly emails' from the broadcasters/BCCI or the ICC.
"First and foremost, let me clarify that the BCCI has never sent any instructions to me or Ravi Shastri about what to say or not to say. If the others got any, we've no idea. Ravi and me were contracted to the BCCI on an annual basis."
Sharing his ideas at the factor, Gavaskar mentioned: "I believe that commentators should be allowed to speak their mind as long as they're not casting aspersions on anybody. I mean, if it's bad umpiring or a shot, it stays so. Tomorrow, the authorities might come and say: 'Listen, don't criticize the players, because we want to promote the game. While nobody, even the commentators, should bring the game into disrepute, but asking them not to criticize…it's their job to pass comments on what they see."
He then made a pertinent level. "Not every commentator is blessed like Richie Benaud to be able to find the right words without offending people. I mean, that's why Benaud was what he was. He could say things which were hard-hitting, but maybe with a glove, while some of us commentators do it bare knuckled! And that's why it probably hurts. The intention is not to hurt. It's just that I don't have the vocabulary that Benaud had," he explained.
The 69-year-old "absolutely" backs Holding on this factor. "Having said that, I don't know what Michael actually said. But, I don't think that commentators should be told not to criticize the umpires or not say things that the rights holders feel will damage their relations with someone," he mentioned.
So where precisely does this downside emanate from? "I think that the TV rights holders sometimes get paranoid about the fact that they'd be blacklisted or something like that. I haven't seen them getting blacklisted for what is actually being seen on television, because they're the ones who're showing it," he wired.
Never got instructions from BCCI about what to say: Gavaskar
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