cricketUpdated: Feb 13, 2020 17:29 ISTA commentator courted controversy on Thursday during Karnataka and Baroda’s Ranji Trophy game by saying that “every Indian should know Hindi as it is our mother tongue”. I also loved it that he called the dot ball as a ‘bindi’ ball.”READ: Zaheer on Bumrah’s poor show in NZ ODIsTo this, the other commentator replied: “Every Indian must know Hindi. This is our mother tongue. You are staying in India then you will obviously speak its mother tongue,” he added. But their conversation which had words like “Odi Odi Ba” (come running), “Bartheera” (will you come), “Beda Beda” (no no) and “Ba ba” (come) must have pleased the cricket buffs in Karnataka as it was clearly audible on the stump mic.

Source: Hindustan Times February 13, 2020 11:58 UTC