Harsha Bhogle was born on 19 July 1961 and is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist.
19 Facts About Harsha Bhogle
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Harsha Bhogle is the son of AD Bhogle, a professor of French language, and Shalini Bhogle, a professor of psychology.
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Harsha Bhogle received a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
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Harsha Bhogle then joined an advertising agency for which he worked for two years, following which he served another two years at a sports management company.
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Early on, Harsha Bhogle played A Div cricket in Hyderabad and represented Osmania University at the Rohinton Baria Tournament.
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Harsha Bhogle started commentating at the age of 19 with All India Radio, while living in Hyderabad.
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Harsha Bhogle has since worked for ABC Radio Grandstand during India's Australian tours, and for eight years worked for the BBC as part of their commentary team in the 1996 and the 1999 Cricket World Cups.
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Harsha Bhogle has been covering all Indian Premier League seasons since 2009.
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Harsha Bhogle was dropped from the commentary team by BCCI in April 2016 due to alleged criticism from Indian players.
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Harsha Bhogle has hosted television programs such as Harsha Online, Harsha Unplugged and School Quiz Olympiad for ESPN and Star Sports.
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Harsha Bhogle was voted the favourite TV cricket commentator by Cricinfo users based on a worldwide poll.
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Harsha Bhogle has anchored BBC's travel serial Travel India and Business Today Acumen Business Quiz and Debate competitions.
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Harsha Bhogle was the advisor to the Mumbai Indians for the 2008 IPL.
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Board officials said Harsha Bhogle had an angry exchange with a cricket official at the venue as he wanted him to open the door, and this reached the Nagpur-based BCCI president Shashank Manohar.
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Harsha Bhogle has been a part of Times Group subsidiary Cricbuzz since 2016 and writes articles as well as doing video analyses with them.
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Harsha Bhogle is currently one of the Board of Governors of IIM Udaipur.
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Harsha Bhogle raised concerns about the visibility of the ball, with Sanjay Manjrekar, his fellow commentator, replying that only people like Harsha Bhogle would need to ask such questions as they have not played at that level.
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Harsha Bhogle has authored a biography of Mohammad Azharuddin, and published a collection of articles in a book called Out of the Box.
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Harsha Bhogle is married to Anita, his classmate from IIM Ahmedabad, and they live in Mumbai with their two adult sons.