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S5E1: A Brief History of Cricket Commentary

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Taliarkhan: A Pioneer in Cricket Commentary

Taliarkhan had a mustful command of English. If he had a vice, it was his contempt for other commentators who he did not count for much. When he refused to share the mic with two fellow commentators during the 1948 visit of West Indies to India, all India radio wanted three commentators to walk together and Taliarkhan simply refused. That was the end of an extremely remarkable and glorious pioneer in Korea in cricket commentary.

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