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{{short description|Indian cricket commentator}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Harsha Bhogle}}
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| name = Harsha Bhogle
| image = Harsha Bhogle.JPG
| caption = Bhogle in October 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|7|19}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)|Andhra Pradesh]](present{{endash}}day [[Telangana]]), India
| education = (B.Tech) [[Osmania University]] [[Hyderabad]]
(MBA) [[IIM Ahmedabad]]
| occupation = TV commentator and presenter
| spouse = Anita Bhogle
| children =
| website = {{URL|www.harshabhogle.com}}
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'''Harsha Bhogle''' (born 19 July 1961) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[cricket]] [[Sportscaster|commentator]] and journalist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/tag/harsha-bhogle/ |title=Harsha Bhogle: About Harsha Bhogle, News and Photos on Harsha Bhogle - The Indian Express |website=The Indian Express |language=en-US |access-date=2018-03-29}}</ref> Bhogle has cemented his reputation for being a notable personality in the global cricket broadcasting industry.

== Early life ==
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Bhogle was born into a [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-speaking family in [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/harsha-bhogle-1253195|title=Harsha Bhogle Profile}}</ref> He is the son of Achyut D. Bhogle, a professor of French language, and Shalini Bhogle, a professor of [[psychology]]. During an interview with [[The Grade Cricketer]] podcast, Bhogle revealed that his mother's family was originally from [[Lahore]] and she migrated to India as a child during the [[Partition of India|partition]], in the middle of 1947. He attended [[Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet]], and subsequently earned a [[B.Tech]] degree in [[chemical engineering|Chemical Engineering]] from [[Osmania University's College of Technology]] in Hyderabad. He received an [[Masters in Business Administration|MBA]] from [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIM Ahmedabad]]. He then joined an advertising agency for which he worked for two and a half years, following which he served at a sports management company for an equal period.

== Career ==
Early on, Bhogle played A Div cricket in Hyderabad and represented Osmania University at the Rohinton Baria Tournament. He started commentating at the age of 19 with [[All India Radio]], while living in Hyderabad. In 1991–92, he became the first Indian commentator to be invited by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] during India's cricket series before the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]]. He has since worked for [[ABC Radio Grandstand]] during India's Australian tours, and for eight years worked for the [[BBC]] as part of their commentary team in the [[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]] and the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]]s.

Since 1995, he has been presenting live cricket from all around the world for ESPN STAR Sports and was part of the commentary team that included [[Ravi Shastri]], [[Sunil Gavaskar]], and [[Alan Wilkins (cricketer)|Alan Wilkins]] along with [[Geoff Boycott]] and [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], for a few seasons, and later, [[Ian Chappell]] and [[Sanjay Manjrekar]].

He covered the 2011–12 series in Australia solely for ABC Radio.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

Bhogle has been covering all [[Indian Premier League]] seasons since 2009. He was dropped from the commentary team by BCCI in April 2016. No official reason was given, but according to media reports, it was due to a combination of factors including criticism from Indian players and an incident during the opening game of the T20 World Cup where Bhogle's access between Hindi and English commentary boxes was restricted.

He has hosted television programs such as ''Harsha Online'', ''Harsha Unplugged'' and ''School Quiz Olympiad'' for [[ESPN]] and [[Star Sports (Indian TV network)|Star Sports]].

Bhogle had a television programme named after him, ''Harsha ki khoj''({{Literally|Harsha's search}}), that strove to find broadcasting talent in India.

Bhogle expanded his online presence by hosting ''Out of the Box with Harsha Bhogle'' on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://harshabhogle.com|title=Indian Cricket Commentators. Cricket Tweets, Blogs – Official Website Harsha Bhogle|date=2013-12-16|work=Harsha Bhogle|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-US}}</ref>

Bhogle was voted the favourite TV cricket commentator by ESPNcricinfo users based on a worldwide poll.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/360351.html|title=Bhogle, Shastri, Benaud voted favourite commentators|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708123247/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/360351.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bhogle has also anchored BBC's travel serial ''Travel India'' and Business Today Acumen Business Quiz and Debate competitions.

Bhogle was the advisor to the [[Mumbai Indians]] for the 2008 [[Indian Premier League|IPL]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/news/2008/04/08/bhogle-appointed-as-mumbai-ipl-side-advisor.html |title=Harsha Bhogle appointed as Mumbai IPL team advisor |access-date=8 May 2008 |archive-date=26 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426043852/http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/news/2008/04/08/bhogle-appointed-as-mumbai-ipl-side-advisor.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bhogle has published and authored a number of books, including a biography of [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] and a collection of columns in ''[[The Indian Express]]'', ''Out of the Box – Watching the Game We Love'' and is also a columnist for the Chennai-based "The Sportstar" a subsidiary of The Hindu group of Publications under the title "Hitting Hard" by Bhogle. (2009). Bhogle has presented the program ''Travel India: With Harsha Bhogle'' on the [[Discovery channel]] and [[TLC (TV network)|TLC]].

In the [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011 World Cup]] held in [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh]], he anchored the pre and post match shows that featured [[Simon Hughes (cricketer)|Simon Hughes]], [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], [[Sunil Gavaskar]], [[Tony Greig]] and [[Sourav Ganguly]].

In 2013, he was given the seat in commentary by [[Ian Bishop (cricketer, born 1967)|Ian Bishop]] to conduct the final interviews when [[Sachin Tendulkar]] played his final test.<ref>{{Citation|last=Cricbuzz|title=Episode 1: The Little Master Bids Goodbye (English version)|date=2016-11-26|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BHZhu0v0UA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/4BHZhu0v0UA |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-01-17}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Bhogle currently hosts a weekly show called "This Week's Special" aired on Star Sports. The show takes the viewers back in time to make them relive cricketing memories from the past. The first episode was aired from 1 October 2015. On 10 April 2016 His IPL contract as a commentator was terminated. The decision came as a surprise for the voice of Indian cricket since he had conducted the Season 9 draft auction, featured in the league's promotional videos, was in the commentators’ 51-day-long duty roster, and even had his flight booked by the production house. Board (BCCI) officials said Bhogle had an angry exchange with a cricket official at the venue as he wanted him to open the door, and this reached the Nagpur-based BCCI president Shashank Manohar. Those in the know said this incident was the trigger that resulted in Bhogle losing out.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/harsha-bhogle-off-air-for-ipl-2016-says-no-one-told-me-anything/|title=Harsha Bhogle off air for IPL 2016, says ‘no one told me anything’|date=2016-04-10|website=The Indian Express|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref>

He has been a part of Times Group subsidiary [[Cricbuzz]] since 2016 and writes articles as well as doing video analyses with them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Cricexec |date=2022-07-01 |title=Who’s Who in Cricket: Harsha Bhogle |url=https://www.cricexec.com/whos-who-in-cricket-harsha-bhogle%EF%BF%BC/37552/ |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=cricexec |language=en}}</ref>

Bhogle is currently one of the Board of Governors of IIM Udaipur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iimu.ac.in/about/people-at-iim|title=Vision, Knowledge, Leadership|website=IIMU|language=en|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>

On 16 May 2019, he was named among the 24 commentators for the [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019 ICC World Cup]] held in [[England]] and [[Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1221576|title=ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 announces most advanced Cricket World Cup coverage to date|website=www.icc-cricket.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}}</ref>

During the 2nd test of Bangladesh's tour of India, the 1st D/N test of both Indian and Bangladeshi cricket teams, a few Bangladeshi batsmen were struck by the pink ball. Bhogle raised concerns about the visibility of the ball, with Sanjay Manjrekar, his fellow commentator, replying that only people like Bhogle would need to ask such questions as they have not played at that level. This on-air spat raised many eyebrows.

== Books ==
Bhogle and his wife Anita have written books titled ''The Winning Way'' and ''The Winning Way 2.0'' based on their business knowledge drawn from the sporting world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vembu|first=Venky|title=Sports meets biz|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/books/sports-meets-biz/article9804745.ece|access-date=2021-12-27|website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref> He has also authored a biography of [[Mohammad Azharuddin]], and published a collection of articles in a book called ''Out of the Box''.

===''The Winning Way''===
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'''''The Winning Way''''' is a 2011 [[debut novel|debut]] book by Harsha Bhogle and Anita Bhogle, published by Westland And Tranquebar Press.<ref>[http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5236148 Corporates can learn from Team India: Anita & Harsha Bhogle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203041030/http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5236148 |date=2013-12-03 }} MSN India</ref> It is Harsha's first book published as an author.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestmediainfo.com/2011/05/anita-harsha-bhogle-unveils-their-first-book-the-winning-way/|title=Anita & Harsha Bhogle unveils their first book 'The Winning Way'|publisher=BestMediaInfo.com}}</ref> The pair stated that the book took them two years to write, with ''[[The Hindu]]'' calling it "lively".<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2054115.ece Winning and how!] The Hindu</ref>

''The Winning Way'' is a management advice book that focuses on what comprises a successful athlete and shows how management teams could apply that to their work force. ''The Hindu'' reviewed the book, calling it a "right pick as a playbook for managers."<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2155866.ece Check if you are a Sachin or a Sourav] ''The Hindu''</ref> [[Business Today (business magazine)|''Business Today'']] praised the book, saying it "captures the essence of values in sport, values that make champion players and champion teams".<ref>[http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/the-winning-way-review/1/16438.html Going beyond talent] ''Business Today''</ref>

== Personal life ==
Bhogle is married to Anita,<ref>{{cite news|last=Jadhav|first=Prashant|title=Launch of Harsha Bhogle and wife Anita's book on cricket|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sport/slideshow_launch-of-harsha-bhogle-and-wife-anitas-book-on-cricket_1547009|access-date=7 June 2012|newspaper=[[DNA India]]|date=24 May 2011}}</ref> his classmate from [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIM Ahmedabad]], and they live in Mumbai with their two adult sons.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/03/31/stories/2004033100840400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040927144223/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/03/31/stories/2004033100840400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=31 March 2004|access-date=7 June 2012|title=Shots of life: Catch Harsha Bhogle unplugged over soup and salad|last=Rajamani|first=Radhika}}</ref> Bhogle has been a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] since age 17.<ref>[https://archive.today/20230123224611/https://wirally.com/top-16-indian-celebrities-that-avoid-meat/ "Top 16 Indian Celebrities That Avoid Meat"]. wirally.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.</ref>

The couple run a sport-based communication consultancy called ''Prosearch''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prosearch.in/about-us/|title=About Us. Prosearch|website=www.prosearch.in|access-date=2018-03-29}}</ref>

== References ==
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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnstar.com/opinion/full-bio/item56305/|title=Harsha Bhogle|website=[[ESPN Star Sports]]|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422021822/http://www.espnstar.com/opinion/full-bio/item56305|archive-date=22 April 2012}}</ref>
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://harshabhogle.com}}
* {{IMDb name|2577668}}
* [http://archive.indianexpress.com/columnist/harshabhogle/ Harsha Bhogle's columns] at ''[[The Indian Express]]''
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/FameboxCricket Out of the Box with Harsha Bhogle] on YouTube {{plays audio}}
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