Former cricketers often take up commentary after finishing their playing careers, which isn’t a bad thing considering the wealth of cricketing knowledge they have.
While most of the cricketers-turned-commentators try their best to ensure they remain unbiased regardless of their national affiliations, some let their emotions get a hold of them and Bangladesi commentator Athar Ali Khan is one of them.
Unfortunately, former Bangladesh cricketer, Athar Ali Khan, is known more for his commentary than his playing days and he has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the ongoing Pakistan tour.
From unnecessarily praising Bangladesh pacers for bowling deliveries that Pakistani batters intentionally left to unduly lauding Bangladesh batters even when they got hit by some ferocious deliveries of Pakistani pacers, Athar has made a fool of himself by his biased commentary.
Twitter users have also pointed out Athar’s one-sided commentary and are wondering what is wrong with the cricketer-turned-commentator.
Let’s have a look at some of the top reactions.
https://twitter.com/Amermalik12/status/1462760481895108612
Someone needs to recheck from Athar Ali Khan whether Pakistan has actually won the test match or Bangladesh continues to outplay us in all departments of Cricket? #BANvPAK
— Umar Saif (@umarsaif) November 30, 2021
https://twitter.com/Jawadspeaks_/status/1464825119965126664
Athar Ali Khan right now : pic.twitter.com/xXO2BlgHyh
— Usama Zafar (@Usama7) November 28, 2021
COMEDY-COMMENTRY 😅
Have a look at this !
Beautifully played, he gets knocked over but he is still there, he is fighting hard 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/QXhsiMVizy— CricMady (@CricMady) November 29, 2021
Athar Ali Khan :
wow helicopter is flying hard to make the security tight whooo. #PakvsBan pic.twitter.com/kK6FCrEtAT— Abu Bakar (@Oye_Bakar) November 29, 2021
Athar ali khan is back ! pic.twitter.com/1oM4jutyWF
— murtaza (@TweetAliTweet_) November 29, 2021
https://twitter.com/Tehseenqasim/status/1462003165931491336
Athar Ali Khan commentating on every boundary hit by a Pakistani player pic.twitter.com/MKzpayDeWu
— F (@falahtah) November 19, 2021
Athar Ali Khan appreciating good cricket from opposition pic.twitter.com/w2rv52aIkK
— Anonymous (@ElonMuskKhan) November 27, 2021
athar ali khan as he had to say "may be had a deviation and touch off the bat" pic.twitter.com/WQsdI4QMK8
— Zainub Razvi (@zainubrazvi) November 28, 2021
Athar Ali Khan is a good example for age has nothing to do with the maturity
— Eᗪᗯᗩᖇᗪ KEᑎᗯᗩY (@mhxxd_) November 30, 2021