The former umpire Anil Chaudhary, who will be joining the commentary team for the forthcoming IPL 2025 season, which will begin on March 22 at the Eden Gardens between Kolkata Knight Rider and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, was one of the many transitional times in the IPL.
Chaudhary has many years of experience as an umpire. In addition to having officiated IPL matches for the past 17 years, he will share his thoughts on the Haryanavi feed during the competition. Although some might think that switching from umpiring games to commentating would be difficult, Chaudhary has disclosed that he has been doing so for the past three months and discusses how his viewpoint on the game may be different from that of the former cricketers. Despite not being a member of the ICC elite panel, which has only included one Indian umpire thus far in the form of Nitin Menon, he added that he is happy with his work as an umpire.
For the last three to four months, I have been making comments. I was therefore already in the transitional stage. In addition, I have been teaching commentary and umpiring online. In my previous role as an umpire, I would officiate over 50 games in a season, compared to about 15 as an umpire. Former cricket players have their own opinions on the game on broadcast, and as an umpire, I see it differently. Chaudhary, as cited by NDTV, stated, “It’s enjoyable.”
“I spent over 12 years as an international umpire. Having participated in more than 200 IPL games since 2008. The umpire from Delhi continued, “Kuch na kuch toh reh hee jata hain life mein (Something gets left behind in life).”
On the pitch, we take a lot of stress: Anil Chaudhary
In addition to discussing his experience as a commentator, Anil Chaudhary shared his thoughts on why Indian umpires aren’t performing well in the game. According to Chaudhary, Indian umpires endure a great deal of stress on the pitch and can neglect their health. He added that the game will suffer much more if bookish information gets mugged up.
On the pitch, we put a lot of strain on ourselves. Our umpires don’t always eat healthily. We should be more concerned with the actual implementation of the theory, but we are concentrating too much on it. It is not the ideal method to approach umpiring when someone gets overly technical and constantly quotes the law. The game is being harmed by umpires who rely on bookish knowledge. We must comprehend the spirit of the legislation. Chaudhary asserted, “Mugging up the law won’t get you anywhere.”
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