Old transistor sets were out all over the country bringing back the era of Radio back into view. Test Cricket commentary made a remarkable comeback on All India Radio national network as AIR started to broadcast of live running commentary of the current India Sri Lanka cricket series on 26th July 2017, and this time with an additional feature for its listeners to be part of the commentary by sending SMS during the live commentary, the result over a thousand SMS's on d Day! Only from all the corners of the country, be it Kashmir or Hyderabad, Guwahati or Bhuj, all congratulating AIR for bringing the old romance of AIR Cricket commentary back into their life. Some messages were real expert comments on the game suggesting how deep rooted is the knowledge of the game in every individual fan of cricket. Comment that the cricket commentary sounds much better on Radio then on T.V is such a delight for all the presenters and the entire team. Another misconception that Test matches are not followed that well is also busted by the innumerable listeners of All India Radio spread all across the country. Just a few of the messages are reproduced here. Thanku Akashwani I have been listening u till i was 9 and now i m 21 Its pleasure to listen commentary I love it more than watching the match on IRFAN
AH ALLAYEE FROM KASHMIR BUDGAM INDIA IS A STRONG TEAM
i m saqib javed from nasrullah pora budgam kashmir bada maza aaraha hai commentary sun k 640 to 660 run banaygi taem india ishteyaque ahmad goraegaon Mumbai Thank for giving us commentary And also congratulation to Shikhar Dawan for his higest score 190 in test and C Pujara for his153
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Gym Singh Himachal Pradesh Kullu se Akashvani Dhanyavad hi rahunga chunki unhone is series ko broadcast Kiya aur Aisi Asha Karta Hoon Ki Akashvani akashvani ka bahut shukriya
Dhawan nd pujara ki batting kamaal ki Aap logon ki comm superb akhir me team ke 5 wickt gire So sad MANJU SRIVASTAV NOIDA
RINKU MEENA DAUSA RAJASTHAN Thank you so much Radio commentary Javaid from Pet Makhama Magam indian cricket is meaning less without All india radio and all india radio is tasteless without our beautiful commentary team INDIA 550 TO 600 INDIA VIN BY INNIMS R ASWIN 50 sHIKHARDHAVAN MAN OF MACH TO MAN SIREES by
P MOHANDAS THAMBURU P O MUKKAM KOZHIKODE DIST KERALA 673602 Fantastic comentry ke liye aakashwani team ko very very
Thanks XX Mohammed kalimulla place kolkata west Bengal good morning Very nice commentary team and i enjoying the commentary thanks to all india radio and kholi play like t20 game no need wrong shots ANDHRA PRADESH
This is apart from the innumerable number of phone calls received during two live interactive programmes, From the dressing room during Lunch break and during Tea break. Time for All India Radio to thank its listeners as well.
Source : Nitish Arora