"When Bhuvneshwar makes the ball talk, it talks in Hindi, which the Australians don't understand."

Sunil Gavaskar's expert analysis on the Indian bowler's success

"The pitch looks, as always, pretty ugly. You wouldn't want to have dinner with someone who looks like that."

Experienced beauty contest judge Ravi Shastri lays into the Chennai track

"Twenty-five thousand runs! Are we talking runs?"

Kapil Dev gets rather apoplectic with Sachin Tendulkar on the verge of yet another landmark - this time, first-class runs

"It's missed bah Misbah"

Keen rhyme connoisseur Ramiz Raja pounces on a dropped catch

"We promise to serve you first-class one-day cuisine, because these two teams have been well fed on a one-day diet"

Welcome to the restaurant of cricket. Your maitre'd today is Ramiz Raja

"He didn't take his eyes off it even for a nano-second."

The IPL forces players to raise their game, and Sunil Gavaskar's vocabulary is up to the task

"It's Batman Robin, here tonight."

Danny Morrison gives you two superheroes for the price of one while describing Robin Uthappa

"It's not funny when you're hit on the hot spot."

The charming and erudite Ravi Shastri finds a way of explaining to the entire family that getting a ball in the crotch is - contrary to what we all thought - not amusing

"The Cool & Cool Cup is looking pretty cool."

Multitasking amateur poet Ramiz Raja fulfils his commercial obligations

"You can only be out caught if you hit the ball in the air."

Don't have the cricket laws at hand? Jeff Dujon will help you out