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How Chandrasekhar P Sant's sons are carrying forward their father's legacy
Updated On: 25 June, 2023 12:00 PM IST | Mumbai | Jane Borges
The sons of late veteran journalist and Marathi commentator Chandrasekhar P Sant have been bringing us ball by ball action of the ongoing Maharashtra Premier League. The brothers revisit the genesis of their journey in the lanes of Bandra’s Patrakar Colony
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Chaitanya (left) and Prasanna Sant have been doing Marathi commentary at the ongoing Maharashtra Premier League that began in Pune this month. Pic/M Fahim
While the debut edition of the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL), which kick-started in Pune on June 15, has brought a wide gamut of talent from the state to the fore, off field two Mulund-based brothers have been adding local tadka to the sweeping sixes and wickets. It’s not commonplace to hear “dehboli”, meaning body language, when talking about the mind space and confidence level of a cricket player on the ground, but 37-year-old Prasanna Sant’s commentary in Marathi is replete with such hook words. His younger brother, Chaitanya, 32, also a commentator, is more flamboyant—he turns to “chaabuk” to describe that moment when a batsman has whipped a bowler with that fabulous shot. “But when a player goes to hit a ball over long off, and it takes the outside edge and goes to third man [instead], I call it the ‘Karjat-Kasara shot’... He intended to play there, but it goes elsewhere,” Chaitanya tells mid-day. “All of us [in the cricket commentary box] have a good laugh about it.”
The Sant brothers are as popular a face in the cricket stadium, as the players. For the last few years, they’ve been hosting major International Cricket Council (ICC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) events, including television shows, and doing live commentary for matches. But more than anything, they are carrying a legacy forward. Their late father, Chandrasekhar P Sant, was sports editor with a leading regional daily and a famed Marathi commentator, associated with the All India Radio and Doordarshan for decades.
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