Virat Kohli

Personal information
Full name	Virat Kohli
Born	(1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 23) Delhi, India
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm medium pace
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 268)	20 June 2011 v West Indies
Last Test	28 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 175)	18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	18 March 2012 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–present	Delhi
2008–present	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	8	85	38	116
Runs scored	491	3590	2,622	4,941
Batting average	32.73	50.56	50.42	50.41
100s/50s	1/3	11/21	8/11	15/28
Top score	116	183	197	183
Balls bowled	66	274	534	332
Wickets	0	2	3	2
Bowling average	–	133.00	96.33	159.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	n/a	1/20	1/19	1/20
Catches/stumpings	10/–	41/–	37/–	61/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 28 May 2012

Virat Kohli  pronunciation (help·info) (born 5 November 1988 in Delhi) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a middle order batsman, who can also open the batting. He can also bowl right arm medium pace.^[1] Kohli was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket and plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He also played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy.^[2] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, he only played his first Test in 2011.

Personal life[link]

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi to Prem and Saroj Kohli.^[3] He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna.^[4] Virat attended school at Vishal Bharti and Savier Convent. Virat's father, Prem, worked as a lawyer and died in December 2006.^[3] Little is known of Virat Kohli's personal life.^[5]

Youth cricket and early career[link]

The West Delhi Cricket Academy was created in 1998 and Kohli was part of its first intake.^[5] Kohli first came into the spotlight when he played for Delhi in a Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka on the day of his father's death. Choosing to stay and bat, he went on to score 90 runs. Mithun Manhas, the team's captain, remarked that "That is an act of great commitment to the team and his innings turned out to be crucial".^[6]

Kohli captained the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia.^[7] Batting at number 4, he scored 235 runs in 6 matches at an average of 47, including a century against the West Indies U-19s.^[8] He was also commended for making several tactical bowling changes during the tournament.^[9] His mother noted that "Virat changed a bit after that day. Overnight he became a much more matured person. He took every match seriously. He hated being on the bench. It's as if his life hinged totally on cricket after that day."^[3]

Kohli was instrumental in India's win of the 2009 Emerging Players Tournament in Australia. In the final against South Africa, Kohli scored a century and India went on to win the game by 17 runs. Kohli emerged as the leading run scorer of the tournament, aggregating 398 runs from seven matches including two centuries and two fifties.^[10]

Kohli played for Royal Challengers Bangalore at the 2008 Indian Premier League.^[11] He was bought for $30,000 before the first season in 2008. He did not perform well, scoring only 165 runs in 13 innings at an average of 15 and taking only 2 wickets with his bowling. But he improved marginally in the second season, scoring 246 runs in 16 innings with an average of 22.36 and taking 9 catches and effecting 2 run outs. In the third season, he scored 307 runs, including two half centuries, in 13 innings at an average of 27.90. In the fourth season of the IPL, he was the only player that Royal Challengers Bangalore retained, preferred over the likes of Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor.

ODI specialist (2008–2011)[link]

Following a hundred in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia in 2008, Kohli was selected in the ODI squad for India's tour of Sri Lanka.^[12] Kohli made his debut in One Day International against Sri Lanka in the Idea Cup in 2008 when both Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured. He opened the batting in the first match, but was out for 12. But he made a crucial 37 in a low scoring second match in the series, which helped India win and level the series. He made his first half century, a score of 54, in the fourth match which helped India win the series. This was India's first one day series win against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. He was included in the squad for the home ODI series against England later that same year but was not given a chance to play,due to inclusion of Sachin and Sehwag in team. Kohli was then dropped from the squad for the five-match ODI series in Sri Lanka against Sri Lanka in January 2009.

Kohli played in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy after Yuvraj Singh was injured, and since mid-2009 has been the reserve ODI batsman. Yuvraj regained fitness for the home series against Australia, so Kohli only played in occasional matches in the series.

In the absence of the injured Yuvraj, Kohli got a chance to play in the 4th ODI when Sri Lanka toured India in December 2009. He scored his first ODI century, milking singles with Gautam Gambhir they shared a 224-run partnership for the third wicket as India won by seven wickets to seal the series 3–1.

Senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar was rested for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh in January 2010, so Kohli played in each of India's five matches. After making nine in the opening loss to Sri Lanka, he top-scored with 91 to help secure a win after India collapsed early in their run chase against Bangladesh on 7 January 2010. He then ended unbeaten on 71 to help win the match for India with a bonus point after they chased down their target quickly. The next day, he scored his second ODI century, against Bangladesh, bringing up the mark with the winning runs. He was much praised for his performances during the tournament, and became only the third Indian to score two ODI centuries before their 22nd birthday, following in the footsteps of Tendulkar and Suresh Raina.^[13] However, in the final against Sri Lanka he made only two as India collapsed to 5/60 and an eventual four-wicket defeat.

Kohli was named vice-captain of the ODI side for the Tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in June 2010 as all the other first-choice players skipped the tournament. In the same series, he became the fastest Indian to score 1,000 runs in ODI cricket.^[14] He was India's leading run-scorer in 2010, with 995 runs including three centuries from 25 matches at an average of 47.38.^[15] Kohli was preferred over Raina for the 2011 World Cup and became the first Indian to score a century on World Cup debut. He also scored 59 against West Indies while sharing a 122-run patnership with Yuvraj Singh.^[16] His 83-run partnership for the third wicket with Gautam Gambhir was instrumental in India taking the upper hand during their run chase against Sri Lanka in the final.^[17] He made 282 runs in 9 innings at an average of 35.25.^[18] Between 1 January 2009 and 1 September 2011, Kohli was India's second highest run-scorer in ODIs with 1,994 runs at an average of 47.47.^[19]

Introduction to Tests (2011–2012)[link]

When India toured the West Indies in June and July 2011, they chose a largely inexperienced squad, resting Tendulkar and others such as Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag missing out due to injuries. Kohli was one of three uncapped players in the Test squad.^[20] India won the Test series 1–0 but Kohli struggled on his debut in the format; he struggled with the short ball^[21] amassing just 76 runs from five innings.^[22] Particularly troublesome for Kohli was the fast bowling of Fidel Edwards, who dismissed him three times in the series.^[23] Initially dropped from the Test squad for India's four-match series against England in July and August, Kohli was recalled as cover for the injured Yuvraj Singh,^[24] though did not play in the series.^[25] He participated in the subsequent ODI series, scoring 194 runs from five innings including a century,^[26] although India lost the series 3–0.^[27] In October England faced India in a return ODI series in India. India won 5–0 and Kohli was the highest run-scorer on either side with 270 across five matches and a highest score of 112 not out.^[28][29]

In November and December 2011, the West Indies toured India for three Tests and five ODIs. Following his ODI success against England the previous month Kohli was included in the Test squad ahead of Raina. In competition with Yuvraj Singh for the number six position,^[30] it was not until the final match of the series that Kohli was selected in the team.^[25] The match ended in a draw, and having won the first two Tests took the series 2–0; Kohli scored a pair of fifties in the match, passing his previous highest score of 30.^[31] India won the subsequent ODI series 4–1 and Kohli managed 243 runs at an average of 60.75 with a highest score of 117.^[32]

Kohli was included in India's squad for the tour of Australia in December 2011. After the first Test he felt his position in the team was in jeopardy,^[33] and during the second Kohli was fined half of his match fee for swearing at fans at the Sydney Cricket Ground who were insulting him.^[34] In an interview after the incident, he remarked "Scoring eight hundreds in one-day internationals can't be a fluke. It's international cricket as well. I don't know why people have been questioning my technique or temperament so much. ... All of this is a learning curve for me. I am playing on difficult wickets, in Australia."^[33] Kohli top scored in each of India's innings in the third Test, with 44 and 75,^[35] and in the fourth and final match Kohli scored his maiden Test century of 116 runs in the second innings; it was the only century scored by an Indian in the series.^[36] India lost the series 4–0^[37] and Kohli was the top scorer for India in the same series.^[38]

India remained in Australia for the triangular ODI series, that followed the Tests; it was contested by Australia, Sri Lanka, and India. Kohli was India's leading run-scorer in the series scoring 373 runs including two half centuries and a century – again, the only century scored by an Indian in the series.^[39] Though India did not progress to the final,^[40] victory against Sri Lanka in India's last match kept them in contention until the final fixture of the group stage. Chasing 321 to win, Kohli came to the crease with India's score at 86/2 and went on to score 133 not out from 86 balls to win with 13 overs to spare. He was named Man of the Match for his effort, which included scoring 24 runs from an over by Lasith Malinga.^[41] He was named vice-captain of the ODI team for the 2012 Asia Cup in March.^[42]

He scored 183 off 148 balls against Pakistan in the fifth match of Asia Cup 2012, recording the joint-fourth highest score by an Indian in ODIs. Coming in at 0/1, he struck 22 fours and a six to take India to a record chase of 330. This is his highest score in One Day internationals and the highest individual score in the Asia Cup. Kohli's innings was the highest individual innings for a batsman against Pakistan in a ODI surpassing previous record by Brian Lara (156).^[43][44] The 2012 Indian Premier League followed in April and May and Kohli scored 364 runs fron 16 matches, with two half-centuries.^[45]

International centuries[link]

Test centuries

Virat Kohli's Test centuries
#	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	116	213	11	1	Australia	Adelaide, Australia	Adelaide Oval	2012	Australia won by 298 runs[46]

ODI centuries

Virat Kohli's ODI centuries
#	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	107	114	11	1	Sri Lanka	Kolkata, India	Eden Gardens	2009	India won by 7 wickets[47]
2	102*	95	11	0	Bangladesh	Mirpur, Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2010	India won by 6 wickets[48]
3	118	121	11	1	Australia	Visakhapatnam, India	ACA-VDCA Stadium	2010	India won by 5 wickets[49]
4	105	104	10	0	New Zealand	Guwahati, India	Nehru Stadium	2010	India won by 40 runs[50]
5	100*	83	8	2	Bangladesh	Mirpur, Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium	2011	India won by 87 runs[51]
6	107	93	9	1	England	Cardiff, Wales	SWALEC Stadium	2011	England won by 6 wickets[52]
7	112*	98	16	0	England	Delhi, India	Feroz Shah Kotla	2011	India won by 8 wickets[53]
8	117	123	14	0	West Indies	Vishakapatnam, India	ACA-VDCA Stadium	2011	India won by 5 wickets[54]
9	133*	86	16	2	Sri Lanka	Hobart, Australia	Bellerive Oval	2012	India won by 7 wickets[55]
10	108	120	7	0	Sri Lanka	Mirpur, Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2012	India won by 50 runs[56]
11	183	148	22	1	Pakistan	Mirpur, Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2012	India won by 6 wickets[57]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Player profile: Virat Kohli from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Virat Kohli from CricketArchive

v t e India squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup (2nd Title) 3 Harbhajan 5 Gambhir 7 Dhoni (c & wk) 10 Tendulkar 11 Chawla 12 Yuvraj 13 Munaf 18 Kohli 28 Yusuf 34 Zaheer 36 Sreesanth 44 Sehwag 48 Raina 64 Nehra 66 Ashwin Coach: Kirsten Praveen Kumar was injured and replaced by Sreesanth.

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa
Personal information
Full name	Rohit Gurunath Sharma
Born	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 25) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
ODI debut (cap 168)	23 June 2007 v Ireland
Last ODI	12 February 2012 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 17)	07 December 2011 v England
Last T20I	3 February 2012 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/07–present	Mumbai
2008-2010	Deccan Chargers
2011-present	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition	ODI	FC	List A	T20I
Matches	72	46	131	24
Runs scored	1,810	3,748	3,729	415
Batting average	34.80	63.52	36.92	29.64
100s/50s	2/9	12/16	5/21	0/4
Top score	114	309*	192*	79*
Balls bowled	371	912	1079	38
Wickets	6	10	26	1
Bowling average	52.00	50.40	34.92	55.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	n/a	0	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	2/27	3/23	4/28	1/22
Catches/stumpings	26/–	33/–	48/–	8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2012

Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian cricketer. Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm offbreak bowler. Having started his international playing career at the age of 20, Sharma quickly exhibited his athletic fielding and cool temperament to compliment his graceful stroke play. He is pegged by many analysts to be a permanent fixture on the Indian cricket team in the next decade.^[1]

Early life[link]

Rohit Sharma was born to Telugu parents from Andhra Pradesh. His mother Purnima Sharma hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.^[2] Sharma completed his primary education at Our Lady of Vailankanni high school, Mumbai. He was later enrolled in the Swami Vivekanand International School^[3] on a scholarship, after his talent was noticed by the school's cricket coach Dinesh Lad at a summer camp.^[1] He excelled in the Giles and Harris Shield school cricket tournaments,^[1] after which he was selected for the Mumbai Under-17 team.^[1] He was later chosen for India's Under-17 and Under-19 teams, and made his mark at the 2006 U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, finishing among the top run-getters in the tournament.^[4] He was enrolled as a student at Rizvi College, Mumbai, before he was called up to the national side.

Playing career[link]

List A[link]

Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in March 2006, at Gwalior.^[5] It was his unbeaten innings of 142 in 123 balls against North Zone at Udaipur in the same tournament,^[6] that brought him into the limelight.^[7] Performances for the India A sides in Abu Dhabi and Australia followed, leading to him being selected for the 30 member probables list for the Champions Trophy,^[7] although he did not make the final squad. This was before he had made his Ranji Trophy debut.^[7] He was also selected for the Challenger Trophy.

First-class[link]

Sharma at fielding practice.

Sharma made his First-class debut for India A against New Zealand A, at Darwin in July 2006.^[8] He made his Ranji Trophy debut for his First-class side Mumbai in the 2006/2007 season. Though he was unable to contribute much in the initial matches,^[9] he scored 205 off 267 balls in the match against Gujarat.^[9] Mumbai went on to win the tournament with Sharma scoring a 50 in the final against Bengal.^[10]

International[link]

Sharma was first selected for the limited-overs matches on India's tour to Ireland in 2007. He made his One Day International debut against Ireland at Belfast,although he did not bat in the match.^[11]

Sharma bowling in the nets.

Sharma eventually made his mark at the international stage on 20 September 2007, when he led India to victory by scoring an unbeaten 50 (which came off 40 deliveries) against South Africa in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.^[12] The win reserved India a berth in the semifinals of the tournament. At one stage India were 61-4, but his partnership of 85 runs with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India to post a total of 153-5.^[12] He was eventually declared Man of the Match.^[12] Sharma then proceeded to score 30 runs off 16 balls in the final against Pakistan.^[13]

Sharma scored his maiden ODI half-century against Pakistan, at Jaipur on 18 November 2007^[14] and was selected as part of India's 16-man squad for the CB series in Australia.^[15] Here, he scored 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with 2 fifties,^[16] including his score of 66 in the 1st final at Sydney^[17] partnering Sachin Tendulkar for most of India's successful runchase.

However, Sharma's ODI performances suffered a downturn after this and his middle-order position was taken over by Suresh Raina, and eventually, Virat Kohli took his position as the reserve batsman.

In December 2009, Sharma scored a triple century in the Ranji Trophy and was recalled to the ODI team for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh as Tendulkar was being rested. However, Kohli and Raina were selected ahead of him in the playing eleven, and he did not play in any of India's five matches. In the meantime, he missed the Ranji Trophy final.

He scored his maiden ODI century (114) against Zimbabwe on May 28, 2010. He followed it up with another century in the next match of the tri-series against Sri Lanka on May 30, 2010 by scoring 101 not out.

He was dropped from the Indian squad for 2011 World Cup.^[18]

He was selected for the West Indies tour of 2011 after the IPL in a squad where senior batsmen such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and skipper MS Dhoni were rested, and Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir were out to injuries. The side was captained by Suresh Raina with Harbhajan Singh as his deputy. He contributed 26 of 23 balls (2 sixes) in the only T20I at Queen's Park Oval and strung a 71-run partnership with Subramaniam Badrinath leading to an Indian victory.

In the ODI series that followed, he carried on with his form. The 1st ODI was also played at Queen's Park Oval.He had a 43-run partnership with left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan, and then a 80-run partnership with skipper Suresh Raina. Rohit was elected man of the match for his 68 not out of 75 balls (3 fours, 1 six). In the 3rd ODI played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua; Sharma scored a matching winning 86 of 91 balls against the West Indies. Rohit along with Harbhajan Singh got India out of trouble to win the match after they were reduced to 92 for 6. He was widely appraised for his calm and matured performance. Sharma won his first Man of the Series award for excellent batting performance throughout the ODI series.

International centuries[link]

ODI centuries of Rohit Sharma
#	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Against	Venue	Date Result
1	114	119	6	4	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	28 May 2010 India lost
2	101*	100	6	2	Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	30 May 2010 India lost

Indian Premier League[link]

Sharma was signed up by the Deccan Chargers franchise for a sum of US$ 750,000 a year.^[19] He was one of the leading run scorers in the 2008 IPL season with 404 runs at an average of 36.72.^[20] He also held the coveted Orange Cap for a brief period.

In the 2009 IPL season he was appointed the vice-captain of the Deccan Chargers. In a match against Kolkata Knight Riders where 21 was required off the last over, Sharma scored 26 off the over from Mashrafe Mortaza to seal a win. He was named the best under-23 player of the tournament. In the 2011 IPL auction, he was sold for US$ 2million to the Mumbai Indians.

Injury prevents Test debut[link]

Sharma was called into the Indian Test team in February as the only reserve batsman, and when V. V. S. Laxman failed to recover from an injury, he was set to make his debut, but injured himself playing football in the warm-up on the first morning of the match. It was too late to bring in a replacement batsman, so the reserve wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha had to play as a specialist batsman.

Since then Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli have overtaken him and made their Test debuts in the middle order. He was part of the squad selected to play in the Australian series.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rohit Sharma

• Player profile: Rohit Sharma from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Rohit Sharma from CricketArchive

v t e India squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 (1st Title) 1 Harbhajan 2 Dhoni(c) 3 R Sharma 4 Yuvraj 5 Joginder 6 YK Pathan 7 Gambhir 8 Uthappa 9 R. P. Singh 10 Sreesanth 11 Chawla 44 Sehwag 12 IK Pathan 13 Agarkar 14 Karthik Coach: Rajput

v t e India squad – 2009 ICC World Twenty20 3 Harbhajan 7 Dhoni(c) 45 Rohit 12 Yuvraj 84 Jadeja 28 Yusuf 5 Gambhir 30 Ojha 9 R. P. Singh 29 Ishant 48 Raina 46 Sehwag 63 Irfan 34 Zaheer 1 Karthik 8 Praveen Coach: Kirsten

v t e India squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 3 Harbhajan 7 Dhoni(c) 45 Rohit 12 Yuvraj 26 Jadeja 28 Yusuf 5 Gambhir 24 Chawla 08 Vijay 64 Nehra 48 Raina 46 Yadav 23 Vinay 34 Zaheer 1 Karthik 8 Praveen Coach: Kirsten Praveen Kumar was injured and replaced by Umesh Yadav halfway through the tournament.

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Harsha Bhogle
Born	(1961-07-19) 19 July 1961 (age 50) Hyderabad, India
Occupation	TV Commentator/Presenter
Spouse	Anita
Children	Chinmay and Satchit

Harsha Bhogle (Marathi: हर्ष भोगले) (born 19 July 1961) is an Indian cricket commentator and journalist. He was born in a Marathi speaking family in Hyderabad. Bhogle has recently become a freelance TV presenter.

Early life[link]

Harsha Bhogle is the son of A. D. Bhogle, a professor of French, and Shalini Bhogle, a professor of psychology. He went to Hyderabad Public School, then studied chemical engineering at Osmania University in Hyderabad and later at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. After graduation, he joined an advertising agency and worked there for two years before moving on to another two year stint in a sports management company.

Career[link]

Bhogle began his career as a commentator 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 and the 1999 Cricket World Cups.

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

He covered the 2011-'12 series in Australia solely for ABC Radio - the first time in a decade he has not been part of an ESPN Star broadcast.

Harsha has been covering all Indian Premier League seasons since 2009 and is an expert cricket analyst on CNN-IBN.

He has hosted television programs such as Harsha Online, Harsha Unplugged and School Quiz Olympiad for ESPN and Star Sports.

Harsha even had a Television programme named after him, "Harsha ki khoj"/"Hunt by Harsha", that strived to find broadcasting talent in India.

Bhogle was recently voted the favourite TV cricket commentator by Cricinfo users based on a worldwide poll.^[1] 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 IPL.^[2]

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.

Bhogle has recently become a freelance TV presenter, not being employed with any one channel. In the 2011 World Cup held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, he anchored the pre and post match shows that features Simon Hughes, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sunil Gavaskar, Tony Greig and Sourav Ganguly.

Bhogle's presence in electronic media can be seen through his twitter account "bhogleharsha" and his weekly article on espncricinfo [1].

Personality[link]

Harsha is a vegetarian. He has been a brand ambassador of PETA.^{[citation needed]} Harsha is known to be a very modest person. Although quite technology savvy on the web, he still owns an old Nokia cell phone and travels in yellow cabs from the airport to his home in Mumbai.^{[citation needed]} Harsha is a cricket icon who follows his passions. He quotes,"Give your best performance and make the result irrelevant".^{[citation needed]} He is regarded today as one of the best commentators, staying true to his father's golden words,"Give your best so that the God of Fortune asks you What do you want".^{[citation needed]}

Books[link]

He and his wife Anita Bhogle have written a book titled The winning way: Learning from Sport managers based on business knowledge drawn from the sporting world. This book is result of ten years of work and experience in sports based communication. His has also authored a biography of Mohammad Azharuddin. His collection of articles is published in a book called Out of the Box.

Other Work[link]

Harsha, along with his wife, Anita (also a management graduate), runs a sport-based communication consultancy called Prosearch. ^[3]

Family[link]

Harsha is married to Anita, his classmate in IIM-A, and the couple live in Mumbai with their sons Chinmay and Satchit. Harsha's elder brother, Srinivas is an ex-ISI and a statistician based in Bangalore.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Harsha Bhogle's Speech on Achievers of Excellence at IIM Ahmedabad
• Harsha Bhogle's columns for the Indian Express
• Harsha Bhogle's biography at ESPN STAR Sports
• Its All About - Harsha Bhogle
• Harsha at IMDB.com

Sidhartha Mallya
Sidhartha Mallya at People magazine party
Born	(1987-05-07) May 7, 1987 (age 25) United States
Occupation	Director of Royal Challengers team and Mohun Bagan General Manager of Marketing in United Spirits Ltd.
Parents	Vijay Mallya, Sameera

Sidhartha Mallya (born 7 May 1987) is the son of Vijay Mallya. He is the director of the Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bangalore and the football club Mohun Bagan.^[1][2] He is the General Manager of Marketing in United Spirits Ltd., and has been named by Vijay Mallya as the future head of UB Group.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

References[link]