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{{Short description|Indian sports commentator}}<br />
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'''Devender Kumar''' (born 1988) is an Indian [[sports commentator]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/chasing-his-tony-greig-dream-nowhere-to-right-there-514496|title=Chasing his Tony Greig dream: Nowhere to right there |first=Subhash |last=Rajta |date=17 December 2017 |website=[[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Acharya |first=Shayan |title=Near-death experience won’t stop Indian cricket commentator from calling the game in Afghanistan |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/indian-cricket-commentator-devender-kumar-bomb-blast-afghanistan-sphageeza-league-match-kabul-stadium-taliban/article65759780.ece |date=12 August 2022 |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref> He is also a BBC Test Match Special Commentator. For his passion, bravery, and dedication to Afghanistan Cricket he also known as the "voice of Afghanistan cricket"<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/devender-kumar-the-indian-commentator-who-is-now-the-voice-of-afghanistan-cricket-1450967|title=The Indian commentator who is now the voice of Afghanistan cricket|website=ESPNcricinfo | first=Daya | last=Sagar | date=13 September 2024 | accessdate=16 July 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Devender Kumar was born in 1988 in Chhatarpura village near [[Jodhpur]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/devender-kumar-commentator-voice-of-afghanistan-cricket-jodhpur-kabul-9561926/|title=Braving bomb blast, winning hearts: Indian commentator Devender Kumar’s journey from Jodhpur to Kabul|date=11 September 2024|newspaper=The Indian Express|first=Pratyush|last=Raj|accessdate=16 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> He was educated at a government Hindi-medium school.<ref name="news18">{{Cite web |date=20 August 2022 |title=क्रिकेट की दीवानगी ने पहुंचाया अफगानिस्तान, ठीक से आती नहीं थी हिंदी, अब इंग्लिश में करते हैं कमेंट्री |trans-title=Cricket craze brought him to Afghanistan, he did not know Hindi properly, now he does commentary in English |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/rajasthan/jaipur-inspirational-story-jodhpur-devendra-kumar-did-cricket-match-commentary-in-english-at-afghanistan-t-20-cgpg-4484919.html |first=Mahesh |last=Dadhich |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=[[News18]] |language=hi}}</ref> He holds a [[diploma]] in [[nursing]].<ref name="Mehta2017">{{Cite news |title=The ‘Tony Greig’ from Jodhpur village |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 December 2017 |author=Ashish Mehta |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/the-tony-grieg-from-jodhpur-village/articleshow/62110745.cms |access-date=2023-08-28 |issn=0971-8257 }}</ref><ref name="auto"/><br />
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From an early age, Kumar had an interest in cricket commentary. He was influenced by [[Tony Greig]]'s commentary and made efforts to learn English using [[radio program]]s, such as [[Voice of America]]'s ''Dynamic English'', and [[English dictionary|English dictionaries]].<ref name="Mehta2017"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Kumar began his professional career as a staff [[nurse]].<ref name="Mehta2017"/> He was offered a job at a [[hospital]] in [[New York (state)|New York]], but he declined to focus on his career as a commentator.<ref name="Mehta2017"/><ref name="auto"/><br />
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As a commentator, Kumar was given an opportunity to commentate on the [[Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2017–18|Ireland vs. Afghanistan cricket series in 2017]].<ref name="Mehta2017"/><ref name="auto" /> He has been doing commentary for [[domestic cricket|domestic]] and [[international cricket]] matches under the [[Afghanistan Cricket Board]] since 2017.<ref name="news18"/><br />
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Apart from cricket, Kumar has also commentated for other sports, including [[badminton]], [[association football|football]], [[handball]], [[horse polo]], [[kabaddi]], [[karate]], [[tennis]], and [[volleyball]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/050623/indian-voice-in-sri-lanka-afghanistan-matches.html|title=Indian voice in Sri Lanka-Afghanistan matches |first=Bipin |last=Dani |date=5 June 2023 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref><br />
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