Not only did the Test Match Running Commentary made a thumping come back on All India Radio but this time it came with a pleasant surprise for all the listeners spread all across the country. The charm of holding a transistor set on your ear visualizing the action through a visual narrative was fully served by the charismatic commentators of All India Radio .This was nothing short of nostalgia for the age old listeners of Radio Commentary but what about the younger generation? AIR bowled them over with a googly, yes interactive Running Commentary wherein every listener no matter which part of the country he is can be a part of this running commentary. The twist was provided in the form of sending SMS which were used right through the action. And it was raining SMS’s, giving a new turn to the season of monsoons. In fact the veteran commentators were in for a surprise themselves with the knowledgeable comments made by the young listeners and on the very first day of the second test match, came an SMS suggesting to include emails and ever receptive AIR team immediately created an email id specific for the series and this time it was raining emails. In between the innings and sessions it was time to take the phone calls. AIR keeping its pace with the changing time is perhaps the only Radio channel that attracts listeners of all age groups. Over a thousand SMS every day equal number of emails and phone ringing all the time whenever phone lines were thrown open. The charm of cricket, though a visual sport is equally strong on the Radio as AIR was the factor that made cricket so much popular in every nook and corner of the country and that magic was recreated when Test Match commentary made a comeback on All India Radio in the nm going India- SriLanka cricket series. We are reproducing some of the SMS’s
GOLD The selection of VETERAN commentators for this series presently tests are sensing great ENGLISH OR HINDI BOTH DESERVES APPRECIATION SAMI J k
GOLD best lower order performance by India today Jabardast Jordar maza aa gaya Enjoying the best commentary from AIR Good job AIR Keep it up Hardi. Gujarat
Gold Akashwani ka bhut bhut dhnyawad Vineetji Premji sath me Susheelji sone pe suhaga sma bandh diya aap logo ne mja aa rha h CHANDER SHEKHAR SHIMLA. Himachal Pradesh
Gold all the best for Indian team And I love to listening commentary You guys febbulish Name Sahil Sinha from Mumbai
GOLD Why Not Indian Captain Declare The Innings After 550 Land Mark From Manabendra Mukhopadhyay 2 88 SreeColony Kolkata 700092. Kolkata
Gold Abhilesh hudda Baghpat UP villege me aapki commentry ka intezar ham aise karte hai jaise kishaan ko baarish ka intezar rhta hai i love u sir ji. UP West
Gold namaskar nice commentry Sushil g ki comm sun kar bachpan yaad aa jata hai Dilip kumar ludhiana panjab. Punjab
Gold There is no signal in T V set so i am hearing AIR this is brilliant Rahul kerala. Kerala
GOLD I wish batting bowling and fielding techniques be also shared all along with the wonderful commentary Aojhal Junaid from Kulgam Kashmir
gold pavan tailor karnataka nandikurali wel come to criket cometry all redio thanku, Karnataka
gold we are happy by getting a chance to listen the match in air india india should score more than 500runs to win the match we want to watch the match on dd national live samuel priyatam dash bhubaneswar odisha, Orissa
GOLD apki cometry mujhe bahut achi lagti hai mai apaki cometry 1999 se sun raha hau suresh banrji dr milind tifniss praksh vaghankar aur app sabki cometry bahut achi lagti hai thanks to all My best plyear is not play today ro hit man sharma mukesh pawar maharashtra karad, Mumbai
Gold thanks to Barath Sarkar JAGO GRAHAK JAGO from vincent pinto Mangaluru KARNATAKA STATE, Karnataka
Gold though commentary is good but instead of repeating stories please repeat main score frequently DRGVidyasagar waragal, Andhra Pradesh
Source :
nitish arora
Follownitish arora
Programma executive at CRD, DG AIR