My memory takes me back to the early 90s on the time spectrum when Narottam Puri, Suresh Sarayya and other radio commentators used to be the rich baritones behind the microphone on AIR. The series between India and England in 1993 was almost exclusively followed by me on radio. The uncertainty of a wicket falling any time on radio is a source of anxiety and excitement at the same time.
The curiosity stemmed from the commentators' vantage point of watching the match and listeners distance from the scene of action. Indeed the likes of Puri and Sarayya always had us listeners beholden to whether Kapil Dev would break the barrier of 431 wickets, whether the youngster Sachin Tendulkar would get a hundred or whether the bespectacled and gentle leg-spinner Anil Kumble would take a five-wicket haul on the given day. Glorious days indeed when radio used to rule our hearts.
The curiosity stemmed from the commentators' vantage point of watching the match and listeners distance from the scene of action. Indeed the likes of Puri and Sarayya always had us listeners beholden to whether Kapil Dev would break the barrier of 431 wickets, whether the youngster Sachin Tendulkar would get a hundred or whether the bespectacled and gentle leg-spinner Anil Kumble would take a five-wicket haul on the given day. Glorious days indeed when radio used to rule our hearts.
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