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"He's not a big hitter of the ball."
Ramiz Raja lets us in on a secret about Karan Goel, a man who scored at a mere two runs a ball or so in his first innings of the tournament
May 7, 2009
"Ooooohoooohhooooo"
Danny Morrison is shocked into eloquence as he goes down a slide on the sidelines of a match
May 7, 2009
"When you can't succeed with the orthodox, try the unorthodox."
Alistair Campbell stumbles upon an eternal truth of batting, and indeed life itself
May 6, 2009
"That's a Citi moment of disaster."
Robin Jackman misplaces his script while attempting to describe a dropped catch
May 6, 2009
"I'm wondering who is this smart dude and bewitching damsel in South Africa."
Endorsing fours and sixes seems to have got to the Set Max presenters as well. Saba Karim greets his on-field colleagues, Gaurav Kapoor and Mandira Bedi with fulsome praise, IPL style.
May 3, 2009
"Superman's here tonight as well." "...He took that catch flying like Batman."
Ever mindful of potential comedy-tag-team opportunities, Ravi Shastri chips in with a witty description of a Suresh Raina catch immediately after Alistair Campbell remarked on a spectator in fancy dress
May 3, 2009
"He has managed to clear the deep long-off"
Further proof of how revolutionary the IPL is: Ranjit Fernando invents a new fielding position
May 2, 2009
"Irfan Pathan... knocked the Citi moment of success over. The building... the building went down."
Jeremy Coney produces that rare creature that all commentators strive for - the moment of inspired, total incomprehensibility
Apr 30, 2009
"Shades of that triple-hundred from Chennai a few years ago."
Danny Morrison provides a fine illustration of the phrase "jumping the gun" as soon as Virender Sehwag hits his first ball of the innings against Deccan Chargers. Sehwag was dismissed for 20
Apr 30, 2009
"That was a serious shot."
Pommie Mbangwa can tell the difference between a lofted drive which means business and other strokes that are just looking for a good time
Apr 29, 2009
"He-he-he's a very, very, very strong boy."
Mark Nicholas successfully parodies Mark Nicholas as he attempts to describe a Yusuf Pathan six
Apr 29, 2009
" I don't think... I don't think... I do think... I do think"
Mark Nicholas makes half a damaging confession as he watches Yusuf Pathan send one to the fence
Apr 28, 2009
"These are crucial times, the last 10 overs"
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan casts the net rather wide
Apr 27, 2009
"He's got to pick up wickets, he's got to be economical"
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan explains, for the benefit of the blind, the ignorant and the bored senseless, just what it is that Anil Kumble needs to do
Apr 26, 2009
"The key to the match is going to be Ajantha Mendis. He can mend things or destroy things."
An anchor on SET Max gets rather more crap than usual
Apr 23, 2009
"ABD made batting look like A - B - C - D."
Mandira Bedi has clearly been working on her scripts
Apr 23, 2009
"He DLF-ed it with ease."
Robin Jackman coins new verbs in his eagerness to push some product
Apr 23, 2009
"He's got hands like buckets."
We held our breaths for this one and finally it came on day three of the IPL. Fred Flintoff has hands like buckets? Who would have thought it possible if Ranjit Fernando had not informed the world?
Apr 20, 2009
"You talk of Citi Moments of Success, but when you get five wickets in four overs like that, that's very special indeed."
Robin Jackman describes how unique Anil Kumble's feat on day one is, failing to account for the inconvenient fact that normal human beings do not, in fact, actually talk of Citi Moments of Success
Apr 19, 2009
"What a brilliant stroke, clever stroke, stroke of genius"
Mark Nicholas lays it on with a trowel after Vinay Kumar plays a scoop in game two of the IPL
Apr 18, 2009
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