12 Famous Ravi Shastri cliches on commentary

For close to two decades, we have had Ravi Shastri doing commentary and fans all over the world are pretty aware of his cliched lines. Here, we have picked out 12 of the most famous ones.

#12 Tight contest

You hear this often from him in limited overs cricket, but isn’t that the sole purpose of the format in the first place?

#11 Stating the obvious - Part 1

Wow, really? Of course you are going to win if you end up playing well on all fronts.

#10 Fielder\'s delight

You don’t catch the ball in the outfield by making a mistake sir, it’s blatantly obvious.

#9 Caught behind

No prizes for guessing what he says when a batsman nicks a ball behind and gets out.

#8 Losing captain\'s nightmare

If losing a game isn’t bad enough, the first thing the captain hears from him in the post match presentation is this line.

#7 Crucial overs

He just has to say this whenever he enters the commentary box after a break irrespective of the state of the match.

#6 India in trouble

Not just ‘now’, they are always in need of a wicket.

#5 Aerial route

Have you ever heard anything different from the man whenever a batsman hits the ball in the air? I certainly haven’t.

#4 Stating the obvious - Part 2

But isn’t that the reason bowlers are in the team for, Mr.Shastri?

#3 The hard flash

Whenever a batsman’s attempt to cut the ball goes wrong and instead gets the ball to fly over to the third man region, don’t even guess what Ravi is going to say on commentary.

#2 Doctor

The phrase that he uses whenever a player does his role to perfection.

#1 Tracer bullet

Of all the lines, this is the most famous one. Time and time again, we have seen him getting mocked on the internet for this.