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L-R: Mike Atherton, Ravi Shastri, Nasser Hussain, Kumar Sangakkara (Pic credit: Shastri's X post)
As the action on the field raged with gripping intensity during the second Test between India and England at Edgbaston, an equally spirited - albeit far more stylish - contest unfolded off the field among the Sky Sports commentary team.
The prize? The coveted (and tongue-in-cheek) title of “Best Dressed Commentator.”Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!With former players turned pundits in fine voice and finer threads, viewers were invited to judge the sartorial showdown. It sparked a wave of lighthearted banter, good-natured jibes, and classic English wit.
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It began with Michael Atherton calling out his colleague Nasser Hussain for breaching dress code etiquette.
“In your three-quarter zip top. Breaking the dress code with no jacket and giving us all grief. Unbelievable,” Atherton said, taking aim at Nasser's casual fashion choice.But Nasser, ever the showman, hit back with a hilarious awards-style rundown: “Right, the votes are in. At the bottom, by some distance, Michael Scruffy Atherton. One shirt, no iron. About as scruffy as they get. Second from bottom, Ian Ward. Third from bottom, mid-table mediocrity - me. Mark Butcher has slipped down. Then we have double-breasted Broad. But Kumar Sangakkara does it better.”
He crowned Dinesh Karthik runner-up - disqualified from top spot due to “the stripy shirt” - and declared the undisputed champion: Ravi Shastri.“Not many can pull off the white jacket. Ravi Shastri is number one. Well played, Rav.”
In the studio, the banter rolled on. “The man who looks like he should be making deals with Don Corleone has beaten both you two,” joked Butcher.Sangakkara responded in kind: “I think - a white jacket carried off in that style.
Deserved winner.”Stuart Broad, mock-grumbling, added: “The concern is that Nasser was the only judge.”
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