As Indian men’s Test cricket enters one of its storied phases under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, one wonders about the role of our cricket commentators. What is their commentating cred? On air, why are the Indian English commentators pandering to jingoism and cheerleading Indian cricketers ad nauseam? True, India have fought when under the pump and there is much to celebrate, but where should a cricket commentator’s loyalties lie – with the art and craft of the sport or with satisfying ‘nationalist’ urges?