Published 19:59 IST, December 23rd 2019

Ind vs WI: Harsha Bhogle responds to fans criticising him for speaking to Jadeja in Hindi

To avoid any controversy, Harsha Bhogle took to Twitter to calm Indian fans. He responded to fans with the reasons that prompted him to speak in Hindi.

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Team India pulled off a stunning run-chase against West Indies at Barabati Stadium to pocket three-match series 2-1. India’s second-innings effort was fuelled by Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. Each of top three batsmen slammed half-centuries. Amidst blazing kcks by top-order, ‘Men in Blue’ also found unlikely heroes in form of Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur. two batsmen played ir part in run-chase by forming a match-winning alliance in end.

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Ind vs WI: Harsha Bhogle calms down fans after criticism over speaking in Hindi with Ravindra Jadeja

In post-match interview, cricket expert and commentator Harsha Bhogle did a little Q&A session with both Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja. While Bhogle was speaking with Thakur in English, he immediately switched to Hindi while asking questions with Jadeja. Initially, all-rounder also gave his replies in Hindi. However, sometime later, Jadeja started answering in English. When Harsha Bhogle realised that cricketer is comfortable speaking in English, commentator also switched to same langu accordingly.

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After seeing ir post-match conversation, Indian cricket fans took to Twitter and flooded Harsha Bhogle’s account with a barr of questions. Bhogle drew much flak from fans as y criticised him for speaking with Jadeja in Hindi. To avoid any controversy, even Harsha Bhogle took to micro-blogging site and responded m with reasons that prompted him to speak in Hindi. Check out Harsha Bhogle’s tweet down below.

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