Harsha Bhogle is widely recognized as the face and the voice of Indian cricket. A recipient of numerous awards, he was voted by readers of Cricinfo as their ‘most favourite cricket commentator’ in a worldwide poll in 2008. One of his proudest possessions is a photograph of a group of spectators in Pakistan holding a banner that says ‘Harsha Bhogle fan club’. Harsha has been the face of ESPN in India since the day they went on air in 1995 and presents cricket—and, in an interesting diversion, the World Cup of football in 2006—for ESPN Star Sports. He has worked on all the major radio stations in the cricketing world as well, with a special affinity for Australia which he first visited in 1991-92, and where he was dubbed the ‘sexiest voice on radio’. He is close to achieving the double of working on 100 Tests and 400 one-day internationals, the first of which came in 1983.
- Penguin Books India